Thank You Notes?

[erinalexmom]

Do you write them when you recieve a gift? Do you have your children write them? My daughter is 6yrs old so this is the first year I am having her write them for her Christmas gifts. I am trying more and more to give my children an "old fashioned" childhood. I am also trying to teach them "old fashioned" manners. I hope this is a good start.

[nodmicks]

I do write them and have always made my children write them. Ia always tell them if they can't take the time to write one then they cant keep the gift.

[mauimagic]

I just received my first and possible only thank you note this holiday season - the old fashioned snail mail way - it was from a high school senior who has been sending me one since he could write - very charming. His older sister has stopped writing them, even though she and her two year old daughter both receive gifts. When she lived at home, they came regularly!!

I do write some snail mail thankyous - but more often than not, I will phone or email.

Totally support what you are doing with your daughter!!

[Ssindi]

I try to do thank you notes. Some one just gave us a 45th anniversary party and I spent about $50 on thank you cards and notes. Some will go by snail mail(about 20)since they live out of town.The others will be given to the persons intended.Most of the cards I bought were blank so that I could write personal messages.
However I have a Christmas gift from last year that I forgot to send a thank you to the person. I'm stilling trying to decide how to do the deed.

[OOwl]

My mother taught me manners like that and I still to this day hand-write thank-you cards for gifts I have received (and other occasions, such as condolences, praise, or support). I taught my children the same. They also said (and still say), "yes, ma'm" and "no, sir," too. Old fashioned, perhaps, but I intend to hold onto my core values, PC or not. Kudos to you for raising polite children.

[Rhiamon]

I never grew up having to do this but I think it is a wonderful idea I think we will do this, this week. DD is 8 and very polite and generous so I know she would love to do this.

Thank you for such a lovely idea.

[Neeley]

Absolutely. Whether it is Christmas, birthday, Easter, or whatever I always write thank you notes and our kids have always done them as well. When they were really little I would write them and have them sign their names. When they were about four or five, I bought the pre-printed notes that were a fill in the blank type note. Ex:
Dear____,
Thank you for _______. It was very cool.
Love, ____.
Once they could write, they stopped the pre-printed ones and wrote their own notes. I have them write their notes as soon as the gifts are opened and before they do anything else.

[Libby]

Never grew up with 'thank you notes' as in never had to send them nor receive them. It could be a cultural thing though. However we always said THANK YOU after receiving a gift or the next time we saw the giver if the gift was passed through friends etc. Or we called to say it.

I do want to say THANK YOU for teaching your kids manners though (all of you) - more and more each day I am seeing such a huge lack of them its starting to irk me while I'm out and about running errands.

[chris w]

I grew up not doing it, then after my parents split and my dad remarried, my step mom made us do it. However, I still am hit or miss.

I think it is a great thing to teach your child to do. A couple of years for Christmas my kids got a new set of thank you cards - something fun and I made them write them out during Christmas vacation.

So if you can start it now, I would.

[imagine]

Thanks for the reminder I still need to write my thank you notes.

[Telephus44]

I grew up doing this. I still do, although some years I'm lazy and just email. I write them up for my son (he's only 5) and have him sign his name.

[DixieJ]

I absolutely send thank you notes, I feel it is rude not to do so. I give checks for graduation gifts, and for some the only way I know that they have received it is by the check clearing--so unappreciative in my opinion.

[shoiji]

My version of a thank you note is a really nice postcard. Realize it is not an actual card but it is what I have and do. This day and age e-mails seem ok for thank yous but I really think sending something in the regular mail is a nice gesture.

[imagine]

Thanks for the reminder I still need to write my thank you notes.

Update thank you cards written and waiting for the mailman. Thank you for the reminder

[erinalexmom]

good job imagine! We have ours done and they are waiting for me to look up the addresses. Gonna get that done today and mail them tommorrow