I'm new at this! I definitely sent thank you cards for all shower gifts and all gifts that were given when LO first arrived in August. Now I have relatives and friends giving her Christmas gifts too! Do you send thank you cards for Christmas gifts?
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I feel like I should! Maybe I'll make a cute photo one so I don't have to do much writing?
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YES! My sibling sends emails now and thinks that suffices. It doesn't. I send thank you cards and let M scribble on them.
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God I hope not!
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@mediagirl: do you do it for everyone that gives LO gifts? Like your Parents, ILs and your siblings? Or just for friends and Aunts and Uncles?
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@delight: everyone. I love to write cards, though so that's part of it. I know people love to get real mail (and not just junk mail) so I figure even if they throw it away after they get it, it's nice to get something in the mail.
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@delight: I ask for thank you cards every year for birthday and Christmas and use those to send out for gifts that were sent to lo and us.
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Absolutely. Simple notes, but I'd feel rude not sending anything.
For special people I'll get LO to color a picture,
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@mediagirl: oh what a great idea to ask for thank you cards! I'm totally doing that. I am all about sending thank you cards, I try to do it right away. I just didn't know if Christmas had a different protocol.
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Yep we always mail out thank you cards - for every single gift!
For the far away grandparents we take a pic of LO with the gift and include that in the card. -
I don't have kids yet, but I have 10 nieces and nephews from 4 families.
One family always sends thank you notes, usually it is just a blank note card that was colored by the kids and the mom writes a very simple "Thank you for the doll house" and the kids write their name.
Another family always sends regular store-bought thank you cards written by the mom.
One sends thank you cards most of the time.
One family never sends thank yous.
We don't buy our friends' kids many presents, but when we do (usually for birthdays) we get thank yous.
I really appreciate them and think it is a polite gesture.
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hmmm...I guess I am the odd man out. We give thank you cards for just about everything else- birthday gifts, baptism, shower gifts, etc. but I have never thought to give a thank you card for a Christmas gift. Everyone is going to give her her gift in person, so we will just thank them then. I actually feel like my family would be offended if I gave them thank you cards for Christmas gifts!
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I don't for Christmas gifts.
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We don't for Christmas. But we do exchange gifts with everyone. No Secret Santa, White Elephant, anything like that.
And we all get together so we can thank them in person.If a relative sends a gift for LO - there are a few that do - I'll call or write to thank them and send a photo of DS with the gift.
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This is out first year with a LO, but as a general rule, we don't do thank yous for Christmas gifts if it was given in person. If it was shipped, or given to us wrapped and intended to be opened on Christmas when the giver isn't there, we will be sending thank you cards. I like the idea of a picture thank you!
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@MrsRoo: Sincerely Ink and Just Wink great apps for making thank you cards - you can take a photo, write a note and send the card from your smartphone. (It is an actual, printed card.)
It made sending thank yous so easy when DS was tiny and the days were a blur -
@rachiecakes: that sounds amazing, thank you! In the hectic fog that is our morning so far, I am stupid excited about easy (and cute!) thank you cards!
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I don't. In my mind, if I'm giving a gift BACK to that person, a thank you is unnecessary. It's an exchange. But if someone gives us a gift we weren't expecting, I will write one.
I also do thank yous for any special event - like showers and baptisms.
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We do not for Christmas gifts, but we do for birthday. I guess we just all agree that becaue everyone is receiving things it cancels the need out?
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As the gift giver, I am perfectly fine with a verbal, text or FB thank you after the gift is opened. Thank me when you get it all wrapped up and when your child opens it. Telling my husband only doesn't cut it because he didn't buy the gift and he may not pass on your gratitude. Bonus points for sending a photo with your child enjoying the gift.
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Yep, I find them on Pintrest and let LO "write" her name on it.
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We don't for Christmas unless the giver wasn't with us. Like a package that arrived in the mail deserves to be acknowledged.
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Thanks for all the responses! I think that I'll send thank yous to people who mailed gifts or dropped gifts off. I won't for the family members who are there when we all open gifts together.
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I only do if the giver gave us something, but we didn't give them anything.
I have NEVER received a thank you note for an Xmas gift from anyone!!
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