Thank you letters

[EmmaCB1]

I've just written thank you cards to the people who gave my DS1 birthday presents this year. He's just turned 4. I've done this every year so far, for christmas and birthday. What do people think - a waste of time, money and paper, or a nice thing to do?

I like a thank you letter. I write them and my eldest is now old enough to do some.

It's lovely to receive a happy thank you. I know it's considered old-fashioned but a stamp and handwritten envelope is enticing when it drops through the letterbox.

My fuddy-duddy rating is soaring now.

I am still pondering whether or not to ask the bride whose wedding we attended this Summer if she liked the gift we gave her ( we thought it was a top pressie) - not had a verbal, text or note thank you. I like thank you's.

DD has always sent thank you letters for gifts recieved. She is 8y now and does her own. In tthe past when she was smaller I would write them and she would then add a scribble, a picture or her name.

I like to recieve them.

Not a waste of time in my opinion. It teaches children good manners and avoids situations like Pancakeflippers.

I like to receive them too! I think it's a lovely habit to instill in children.

I like messages that refer to the specific gift and how wonderful it was

But any will do

I think it's a nice thing to do. When DCs were very small, I wrote for them. As they grew, I had them draw a picture on a post card and I added thank you message on the back. As they learned to write, they started to put"thank you" and signed their names. Now I insist on a decent letter; but I think they'll mutiny if they hear me say one more time: "A present isn't properly yours until you say 'thank you'".

lovely thing to do,
when the boys were younger I got them to draw a picture for each person and I wrote on the back.
now they are older I get them to write them, themselves.

It's good manners, simple as that.

Unless the present has been opened in front of the donor, who has been thanked in person, we always do thank you letters. It really irritates me if I send a present to a nephew or whatever, and don't hear a dicky bird back.

Rude.

Thanks everyone, I agree and will carry on.
Not at all fuddy-duddy, pancakeflipper. Hope you hear back from your bride soon. Maybe she and new hubby are planning to combine their thank yous with christmas cards.