https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:12:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2378091 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:30:03 +0000 BSB 2378091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely have sent them for baby gifts that were mailed to us and gifts from the baby shower. Will try really hard to do birthday gifts since most will be mailed to us since we live across the country from most of our friends and family. As for Christmas gifts, I will mail a thank you card, if they are mailed to us and we don't have the chance to see them in person. If I see them in person, I feel like I don't have to send them a TY note. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2378080 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:25:39 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2378080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I send a thank you for every gift that DD gets. And when she is old enough to write them herself, she will do the same. I have distinct memories of writing thank yous for all presents received for birthdays, Christmas, etc. as a kid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2378077 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:22:59 +0000 PawPrints 2378077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sent them for the baby shower, and we have yet to have a birthday or Christmas so I'm not sure about those. I think I like the rule of sending them to people you won't see in person. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377998 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:25:20 +0000 brownepiano 2377998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always send them but lately I've been slacking. My rule is always to the people who send them to us, and always to the people who we didn't open in their presence. Sometimes to people we saw, except always for showers (baby, bridal, whatever). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377983 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:02:51 +0000 tofuwad 2377983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have this very distinct memory of my mother making me write Thank You cards when I was about 5 or 6 and her explaining that if people give you a gift you need to be thankful. And me thinking that the effort of writing the card was not worth the birthday party. Thinking about this now makes me laugh because as an adult I don't like gifts and the present aspect of birthdays and Christmas. </p> <p>That said, I come from a gift-giving culture and so I know in my family it's expected to either get a call or an in-person thank you, and if that's not possible, a thank you card. For every gift which in my family means birthdays, Christmas, everytime anyone ever goes on vacation (because they buy everyone souvenirs) and then just randomly throughout the year my grandparents send my father (who has heart disease and is obese) a bunch of candy, brownies, and cookies. Too many thank you cards! Ugh sorry about the rant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377929 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 10:01:00 +0000 daniellemybelle 2377929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My policy is to send them unless the gifts are reciprocal. So, at Christmas time I don't because we have gifted the person that gifted us/LO. </p> <p>Now, LO's birthday party was a month ago and I still haven't mailed her thank you notes... so. Ha. Better late than never! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377900 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 09:38:07 +0000 Alivoo01 2377900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sent them after our baby shower, but not for subsequent events like birthdays and Christmas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377893 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 09:30:46 +0000 youboots 2377893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for weighing in everyone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377875 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 09:21:46 +0000 erinbaderin 2377875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I sent them for my son's first birthday, because we opened the presents after everybody left. I would only send one at Christmas if it came in the mail - if the gift is handed over I thank the person right away and I feel like that covers it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377828 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 08:41:25 +0000 Jess1483 2377828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always send for pretty much everything. I don't generally send thank yous to LO's grandparents, but yes to everyone else. And when LO is writing his own, he will send to grandparents. I'm just lazy and I know my parents are cool with it. </p> <p>Our rule for Christmas growing up was that if we unwrapped the gift in front of the giver and said thanks, we didn't have to write one, but if we unwrapped when they weren't around, we did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377821 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 08:30:45 +0000 peaches1038 2377821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I send for everything as well. My mom made me when I was a kid and I will expect my LO to do the same </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377820 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 08:29:42 +0000 Mamaof2 2377820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was raised sending thank you note so that's what we do - plus now that my kids are writing its a great way for them to practice letters </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377789 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:36:07 +0000 travelingnanny 2377789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I send them for everything. I never receive them anymore but I still think it is a nice/ thoughtful gesture. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377683 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:02:27 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2377683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I'm in the minority here, but whenever he receives a gift, I send one. I feel like it's always a safer bet to send one than not, so I grit my teeth and do it! I can't *wait* until he can write them himself! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377681 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:00:07 +0000 Corduroy 2377681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Theoretically I send them for all gifts. Although I am way behind since LO2 arrived in June. I just got my birthday thank yous in the mail and my birthday was in Oct. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377671 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:44:39 +0000 youboots 2377671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: good point, if I don't see the gift giver I would send a card regardless of the occasion. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377668 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:42:53 +0000 blackbird 2377668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends who sends the gift. I don't send one to, say, grandma. Or the aunt we see AT Christmas. But if a friend buys her a present, I definitely send a card </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/thank-you-card-etiquette#post-2377666 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:41:29 +0000 youboots 2377666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just curious.... Do you always send out thank yous on behalf of LO? </p> <p>I am planning on sending them for her birthday, but not for Christmas. I don't recall ever getting a thank you card for a Christmas gift. </p>