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Am I the only one still doing Christmas thankyou notes? email this discussion to a friend?

myLot reputation of 89/100. GreenMoo (2635)   ranked 2,606 out of 38,421 in life12 months ago

Call me old fashioned, but I think that when someone goes to the time and expense of giving you a gift, it is polite to send them a thankyou note.

However, I'm ashamed to admit that we're fast approaching the end January now and I've still not got Christmas thankyou cards in the post on behalf of my kids. I set aside an hour over the weekend and made them, and even addressed and stamped them, but I need to tie the kids down to actually write them. And I need to do it soon, before Christmas is but a distant memory and they can't remember who gave them which gift.

So how have you got on with thankyou notes this year? Do you write them, or write them on behalf of your kids? Are you one of those people who writes them straight away while the excitement of opening the gift is still fresh, or are you like me and feeling ashamed for putting the job off for so long? Perhaps you don't write them at all and prefer to say your thankyous some other way.

 
 
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ellie333 (6793) response was accepted on 1/23/2009.
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1. myLot reputation of 84/100. tooincome (329)   ranked 10,007 out of 38,421 in life   12 months ago

i've been done with my christmas thank you cards mainly because i didn't receive much this year. i went on vacation for christmas, so i didn't participate in all the gift exchanges i did the previous year. i also told people that they don't have to get me anything. hopefully you will finish yours soon. i know it can be hard to finish especially if you're working and if you have children, but i'm sure once you finish you're thank you note you will feel a lot better:)


myLot reputation of 89/100. GreenMoo (2635)   ranked 2,606 out of 38,421 in life  12 months ago

They´re now off in the post, and I feel like a great weight has been lifted!

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2. myLot reputation of 96/100. katsmeow1213 (4914)   ranked 85 out of 38,421 in life   12 months ago

We did not recieve gifts from anyone aside from each other and hubby's parents. So no, we are not sending Thank You cards. I used to have the kids write a thank you note to my mom when she was still alive, because she would send the gifts here to be opened Christmas day instead of seeing their reaction. If she'd been here when they opened them I don't think a Thank You note would have been needed.


myLot reputation of 89/100. GreenMoo (2635)   ranked 2,606 out of 38,421 in life  12 months ago

My thankyou notes were pretty much all from my kids, who were lucky enough to receive lots of parcels from relatives.

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3. myLot reputation of 96/100. dragon54u (9740)   ranked 264 out of 38,421 in life   12 months ago

I always made my kids write notes, as I was made to do! They still do it at 20 and 21, thank goodness!

I don't have any thank-yous to write this year, although I did send my ex mother-in-law and sister-in-law a picture I took of them with their husbands and my son and thanked them for a wonderful visit. I guess that was a thank you!


myLot reputation of 89/100. GreenMoo (2635)   ranked 2,606 out of 38,421 in life  12 months ago

Habits you learn as a child stick. My Mum used to have to stand over me to make me do mine when I was younger, but now I´m a Mum myself it´s something I think is really important to do.

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4. myLot reputation of 93/100. ellie333 (6793)   ranked 621 out of 38,421 in life   12 months ago

Hi GreenMoo, I have two still to write and send but both were late arrivals after the Christmas but were Christmas presents and my son has been so tired now that they are back at school that I also have not managed to get him to do but will over the weekend as I have a lot of birthdays next week so he will need to write in them also. I don't write to everyone but there are still a few distant friends and relatives that we don't see often that I do make sure we do. Huggles. Ellie:D


myLot reputation of 89/100. GreenMoo (2635)   ranked 2,606 out of 38,421 in life  12 months ago

My eldest was tired from the start of the new school term too, which is why I ended up making them on his behalf. I´m sure no-one will notice - my work isn´t all that professional looking;-)


myLot reputation of 93/100. ellie333 (6793)   ranked 621 out of 38,421 in life  12 months ago

Thanks for the best response, really appreciated, he fell asleep straight from school today and is still asleep, no tea, nothing. I haven't eaten either cos I thought he would wake up, but glad he is sleeping as have been a grouch from being tired the last couple of days. Huggles. Ellie:D

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5. myLot reputation of 98/100. sacmom (5876)   ranked 101 out of 38,421 in life   12 months ago

Possibly. LOL I sent mine out last week. I had actually wanted to do it sooner, but I wasn't sure if I still had some unused thank you cards from the year before and I was too lazy to look for them. I had an idea where they were, but by the time I would remember it would be time to go to sleep. I figured I would try again the following day, but the same thing would happen. At one point I decided to just buy some new ones while I was at Wal-Mart, but forgot about getting any a couple of times I went! UGH! LOL Finally I decided to look for the ones I thought I had, and sure enough I found them. Yay! I made sure to make them out right then as I had slacked on it long enough. I mailed them off a couple of days later. I actually almost forgot to do so when I got the grocery store, but remembered at the last moment, thank goodness. Otherwise that might still be in my purse. LOL


myLot reputation of 89/100. GreenMoo (2635)   ranked 2,606 out of 38,421 in life  12 months ago

I´m glad to say that mine are all now safely in the post. Phew!

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6. myLot reputation of 91/100. positiveminded1977 (4517)   ranked 223 out of 38,421 in life   12 months ago

That's a really nice gesture. I don't celebrate Christmas...so, I never get any gifts. LOL!! So that relieves me from the burden of sending people thank you notes.

Cheers and happy Mylotting


myLot reputation of 89/100. GreenMoo (2635)   ranked 2,606 out of 38,421 in life  12 months ago

Hmmm ... gifts and thankyou notes or no Christmas? I think my kids would probably prefer to stick with Christmas and having to write the notes, despite their moaning!

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7. myLot reputation of 91/100. shamzy18 (1298)   ranked 744 out of 38,421 in life   12 months ago

ive never really heard of christmas thank you notes i thought people just send a present back lol


myLot reputation of 89/100. GreenMoo (2635)   ranked 2,606 out of 38,421 in life  12 months ago

The notes were primarily from the kids, who were lucky enough to receive things from relatives that we didn´t necessarily buy for if they didn´t have kids themselves.

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8. myLot reputation of 98/100. aidenofthetower (1528)   ranked 1,039 out of 38,421 in life   12 months ago

I didn't even know that Christmas thank yous were a good thing to give out. On the other hand, it has been a really long time since I received very many gifts. In fact, I get more gifts from my husband's family then my own. My own grandparents didn't give my husband, son, or me anything, but his grandparents gave each of us money! My mom and his parents also gave us gifts, but we just got my mom's in the mail yesterday!


myLot reputation of 89/100. GreenMoo (2635)   ranked 2,606 out of 38,421 in life  12 months ago

To be honest, most of my notes were actually from the kids, who received loads more gifts than me!

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