Thank you cards

United States
December 19, 2008 10:23pm CST
Do you send out a thank you card after receiving a gift? I find that more and more people have lost the art of sending thank you cards. When I receive a gift, I think it is necessary to send a short note of appreciation. I think that modern society has not placed enough emphasis on a simple thank you. What are your thoughts?
6 responses
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
20 Dec 08
I also send thank you cards. I think it is very important to do so.It puts a smile on the senders face and lets them know you care enough to take the time to thank them.
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@Ysabel (1201)
• Philippines
20 Dec 08
yes, i do. but i haven't done this christmas yet. i already received a lot of gifts, but i just said "thank you" personally. i would send a thank you card by january. early days of january 2009. =)
• Philippines
20 Dec 08
well i always make a thank you card for my friends when i was in high school and college days but after i graduated college i never give a thank you card to those people i want to give a compliment for being there for me. but right now ive been planning to give thank you card again cause i want them to know that im really appreciated they effort and time that they gave to me. well to those people who accepted me as one of their friends well i just want to say thank you and God bless!
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@bluishrose (2289)
• Philippines
20 Dec 08
Im guilty of this, I dont send thank you cards but I always say thank you everytime I receive a gift. Maybe I just didn't grow up doing this tradition. Maybe I'll try this once in a while until I get the hang of it hehehe
• United States
20 Dec 08
I agree with you. I send a thank you card if I get something through the mail. If someone gives me a gift face to face I thank them once, then usually in a brief e-mail about other subjects I will say "thanks again for the nice bath salts" (or whatever the gift might have been). I think thank you cards are important for a couple of reasons. For one thing, if someone is nice enough to give me a present I can certainly take a little time in return to say thank you. Another thing is that a lot of my family members live in other states. So if I send a gift and don't get a thank you note, either one via mail or e-mail, I don't know if they even got my present unless I ask (and I don't like to ask, always awkward). So for the ones who never bother sending me a brief thank-you card, eventually I just quit sending gifts, assuming they don't really want them since they never acknowledge their arrival.
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@chaomi (56)
• Philippines
20 Dec 08
No. I don't send a thank you card after receiving a gift... Instead, I thank them personally and if I have some money, buy a gift for them.