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Thank you card etiquette

HennessyHennessy member
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My shower isn't for a month or so but I've started to receive gift items shipped directly to me from my registry.. some from people who can't attend the shower and some from people who I know will be coming.

Just wondering if I should be sending out thank you cards now or if I can wait until after the actual event and send all my cards together?

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  • k.martellk.martell member
    Send them out as you receive gifts.  Not only is it polite IMO but it's less to do after the shower.
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  • sesigssesigs member
    I think it is best to send out a thank you note immediately after receiving a gift. And if you think about it, it will allow the sender to know that you received the gift especially if it was shipped to you. 
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  • BallSoxBallSox member
    I will NEVER understand why people think it's better to pile work up for yourself while letting your gift-givers wonder if you've gotten their gifts. 

    The only exception I would make is if they arrive gift wrapped, then I would wait.  However, every gift we had shipped to our house was in the original box. 

    Send the cards now.
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  • TrudyCampbellTrudyCampbell member

    imagek.martell:
    Send them out as you receive gifts.  Not only is it polite IMO but it's less to do after the shower.

    I agree. People like to know you have received their gifts.  

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  • rhubarb123rhubarb123 member
    I would send them as I received them...even for those you know will be coming to the shower.  Then...at the shower you can verbally thank them again when you speak to them.
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  • pearlymerly7pearlymerly7
    I've always hear that you should send thank yous within two weeks of receiving a gift. And if you don't send them people may think you didn't get the gift and your run the risk of just plain forgetting. I know I'd forget if I waited.
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  • eav2ceav2c member
    As soon as you get them.
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  • CranangCranang member
    Of course you send them as soon as you get the gift.  Why would you wait?  Doesn't make sense.
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  • PurpleDrewbie5PurpleDrewbie5 member

    imagesesigs:
    I think it is best to send out a thank you note immediately after receiving a gift. And if you think about it, it will allow the sender to know that you received the gift especially if it was shipped to you. 

    This. Especially the bold.

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  • jeffsteph1207jeffsteph1207
    Yep, thank you cards definitely need to be sent as you receive the gifts. We've received a couple of gifts from out of town family and I put cards in the mail the same day. I'm very proud of myself for that because I totally sucked at that with our wedding gifts, lol!
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