Just curious.... Do you always send out thank yous on behalf of LO?
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.
-
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
-
@blackbird: good point, if I don't see the gift giver I would send a card regardless of the occasion.
-
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.
-
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!
-
I send them for everything. I never receive them anymore but I still think it is a nice/ thoughtful gesture.
-
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
-
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
-
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.
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.
-
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.
-
Thanks for weighing in everyone!
-
I sent them after our baby shower, but not for subsequent events like birthdays and Christmas.
-
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.
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!
-
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.
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!
-
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).
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
Reply
Subscribe to our newsletter
- Google Plus
- Stumbleupon
- Twitter
- Facebook
- Pinterest
- Favorite0
17 comments