Babies: 9 - 12 Months

Thank you notes.

Does everyone send them for every christmas gift? I remember making my christmas thank you calls & cards.

 Will you do this with your kid or just do a card/call/nothing.

Re: Thank you notes.

  • My rule was either say it in person when opening it or send a note. So grandparents who were there Christmas morning - they got thank yous at that time. Grandparents who shipped the gifts - thank you notes.
  • We don't do TU notes for Christmas gifts, but def. TU calls.  I'm sure we will end up talking to everyone sending a gift on Christmas and we will be sure to say thanks on behalf of Kendall then.
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  • DD (I) will send thank you notes for every gift she receives. Yes it is a huge PITA, but it better than having an ungrateful child. It was the way I was raised. But, I do think that a call is way better than nothing.
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  • We have always said thank you in person if the gift giver is there, if not then usually a call.  I'll do the same with DD. 
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  • in the past, we've always either thanked people in person or received presents from close relatives to whom we also sent gifts and didn't exchange TY cards with them. this year, I imagine we might receive some gifts for DD from further flung relatives who aren't usually on our x-mas present list and for those, yes, I will sent TY notes.

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  • It's not that I'm against TU notes, it's just not the norm in our families at all, not for Christmas at least.  I think everyone would look at us like we had three heads if we sent them out.  However, for something like a birthday there are definitely thank you cards sent.
  • I don't get how making a child write thank you notes makes them a grateful child. It may give them the image of grateful to others, but doesn't actually make them grateful.

    I'm big on thank yous myself. But I don't think it changes a child's character if they call vs. write.

  • We don't do ty cards for Christmas. I make sure he says TY when he is opening. If they aren't there and an OOT family member mailed it to us, then he will call & say thank you.

     

  • We don't send TU cards. We say it in person if we can though.  Actually, we do send TU card to my dh's grandmom b/c she gives us a good amount of money every year and also b/c she will flat out tell us she "didn't get her thank you card yet" the next time we see her if we didn't send one.
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  • imageJessibell:
    DD (I) will send thank you notes for every gift she receives. Yes it is a huge PITA, but it better than having an ungrateful child. It was the way I was raised. But, I do think that a call is way better than nothing.

    I should clarify that we will be with my parents/family. We won't send thank you's to the immediate fam we are with (and don't expect them in return!)

    I guess I mainly am thinking of presents that come in the mail, people that you aren't as close with, or those that you don't exchange gifts with.

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  • imagelanie26:

    I don't get how making a child write thank you notes makes them a grateful child. It may give them the image of grateful to others, but doesn't actually make them grateful.

    I'm big on thank yous myself. But I don't think it changes a child's character if they call vs. write.

    I agree to an extent, but I think it is important to explain why you are doing either. Someone was nice enough to think of you and I think a thoughtful note is always nice to get in return. Maybe I overdo it, but I usually follow up an in person TU with a card.

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  • We never did thank you notes for Christmas.  If there person was local then we would tell them thank you in person.  Family who was far away always got a phone call on Christmas day after we had opened out presents.
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  • I write TU's for all gifts - mine, DH's and DC's.  I usually lump all the gifts we received from one person/family into the same note except for GP's they get a separate TU "f/ DC" because they eat that shite up.
  • imagerlthomas7:
    My rule was either say it in person when opening it or send a note. So grandparents who were there Christmas morning - they got thank yous at that time. Grandparents who shipped the gifts - thank you notes.

    Ditto!

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