Thank You Note for Every Gift, Every Time?

I taught my boys the way I was taught...

You want the person to know you got the gift and you liked it? Write a thank you note.

For little trinkets when someone comes to visit? No. But Christmas, Birthday's, etc.? you betcha!

christmas and birthdays YES. little gifts like grandma picked up a cute halloween tshirt and gives it to him NO. I think i do still send a card even if grandma tutu watches him open this bday gift more so because the grandparents love to get the little thankyou note. shows you were thinking of htem and were appreciative.

if his preschool teacher gives every kid a valentines pencil i would say no. ig uess because it was more like a favor than a Gift Gift.

Don't forget it's a good way to practice penmenship and vocab and stuff like that as he gets older. Starting young like this is great!

That depends on you. If someone takes the time to buy you a lovely gift, anytime, regardless of the occasion, I think a "thank you note" is a kind gesture. If someone uses their hard-earned money to get you or your loved one's a gift, I think it is the same.

I wish more people sent thank you gifts because I remember when they don't as much as I remember when they do.

Sometimes when I get someone a nice gift and they don't send a "thank you note", I get the feeling that they either felt entitled or they didn't like it.

I love thank you notes! I think it's a shame that many adults stopped writing them, even if their kids still do.

I send a thank you note for every official "gift" - birthday, xmas, whatnot - and then again for special things, like a book in the mail from my aunt or something like that. I especially think it's important for out of town people to get one no matter what just to let them know it was received and that the greater effort was appreciated.

Now, my parents are constantly giving my 3 year old little things or taking us to dinner or something. For that, I send an occasional note depending on the treat, thank them a lot in person or more often, do something back for them. For instance, we recently made them dinner as a thank you for all that they have done for us the last few weeks and let them know that was the sentiment behind it.

My son's birthday, xmas and our anniversary are all within a week so between his thank you notes and mine, I get writer's cramp by new years!

When a gift is received at our house.... It is not used until a thank you note is written, stamped and in the mail.

It's just protocol at my house and the way I was raised. I had a neighbor call me the thank you note queen and I told her, I dont care if you throw the note in the trash.... I'm teaching my daughter that you respectfully say thank you when you receive a gift.

When you have a habit if it, it's not a "chore". Plus... It's good manners!

No, we dont rely on email or verbal thank you. We have blank, classic thank you cards and everyone of them are handwritten. Call me old fashioned but manners and etiquitte don't go out of style.

I always have my daughter write a thank you note for everything that she receives. I have been doing this since she was born. She is now 3 1/2 and she "signs" the cards. Everyone loves the cards that they get. Now that our son is here we will do the same thing for him. Its just an appreciation thing. Its lets ppl know that they received the gift and like it. My daughter also has her own return address labels, so the ppl know it is from her.

Yes.

I know it's a simple answer, but to me it is a simple question. In this day and age the art of Thank you cards is becoming lost. My mom taught me that you always acknowledge a gift with a thank you card, and my kids do that as well.

In reply to the info from ehow, Miss Manners always said that wedding thank you notes must be completed within a month of returning from your honeymoon. Taking 3mos was how long after a wedding it was okay to send a gift.

In reply to your question, we always do them when gifts are done for a party, special occasion or out-of-the-ordinary occasions (like when a friend took us on a tour for which she had extra tickets). When family drops off something, we only do a card if it came from someone we rarely see or is in from out of town. Otherwise, if the gift is from grandmother/aunt/etc, we just thank as we receive the gift. An aunt knitted him a dinosaur sweater, so we took pics and sent them to her.

Good luck!

I don't think that grandparents need to be sent thank you cards unless they live far away or gave something really big. They love spoiling the child and I always make sure my son gives them a genuine thank you and hugs and kisses. Birthdays you almost always send a card but not Christmas. If it is someone you see a lot I think it's up to you. I usually just take a few moments and tell them how much their gift meant to my child. If it's someone whom you correspond with through email, I think that is ok too. I think it's just making sure that the person feels appreciated and that can take many forms.

I don't think you need to write one when your local MIL brings things over on a whim. Definitely birthdays or other special occasions like a graduation, religious ceremony, baby shower, etc.

For me, I tend not to do thank you notes for most xmas/Hanukkah gifts. My friends and I who do mutual exchanges (either for ourselves or for our kids) have agreed not to take the time to do it. I also don't write notes to the grandparents at the holidays since we talk to them almost every day and see them once or twice a week at least.. But, if my kids get a gift from someone else, such as a family friend, a teacher, an aunt/uncle/cousin, etc, then I would write one.

not for the mil or the little here and there gifts, but for birthdays, holidays, graduations...yes.
When she could not write well, I typed or bought premade ones that you fill in the blanks and had her do that plus a picture.

I send a thank you notes for gifts for bigger events. like our wedding and baby shower. I don't do it for things like christmas gifts. I thank the giver in person.

I definitely do for birthdays and Christmas, even if we're there with the giver. However I stopped for all the extra little gifts the gparents always seem to give. I do also try to abide by the 1 week rule (send card w/i one week of receiving gift).

I really try to do thank-yous for birthday gifts. Last year I was a major slacker and only wrote a few and I still feel really guilty! My son just finished up his birhtday party, and my daughter's was last week so I need to dedicate the next few days to note writing as well! I don't do thank you notes at Christmas, I'm not really sure why, but I just don't. Maybe I'm too stressed or I don't know, but otherwise I do.

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yes, yes, yes. thank you card/note for every gift, every time. even when the kids are so little, they can draw something etc. when i was a little girl i remember my Mom would make a painted hand print of our little hands along a nice note/thank you card bofore we were drawing or writing. I have personalized stationary for both of my kids. For the families over sees and family and friends in other states, I also like to include a picture of the little ones. "Thank-you cards are used to acknowledge thoughtful gestures and gifts".

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