Do you send TY notes for Christmas?

[claralou]

Oh yes. Always. And I've been procrastinating. Better start them tonight...

[eav2c]

Yes. We will especially for the people who mailed gifts to C.

[TrudyCampbell]

To some people. Not to immediate family.

[hass2001]

I have never in my life sent TY cards for Xmas. Most of the gifts I get are opened in front of the person and they get an immediate thank you. The others I call on the phone to say "Merry Xmas and Thank you, etc..."

ETA: Also, I've never received a TY card either...

[muppetinma]

I wish I didn't have to, but it's just kind of expected with DH's family. They write thank you notes for EVERYTHING and would keep a running list of anybody who hadn't. We took pictures as he opened everything. We'll print out a picture of him with whatever gift, turn it into a postcard, and write a short note on the back.

[Deleted]

I don't. We see everyone in person. If we were mailed a gift, I could see a call/text/email/card thank you depending on who it was.

[eav2c]

I don't think Christmas TY's are expected but I do think they are nice. For me, you are more likely to continue getting nice gifts from my family if you acknowledge the gesture (which isn't always a TY card but a TY and hug in person, perhaps). My nephew/BIL/SIL don't acknowledge crap so they don't get big gifts anymore. For the people that mailed gifts, they will get a picture of C playing with it or wearing it. I guess the way I see it, if you go out of the way to think of my child and mail him a gift, I'll go out of my way to make sure they "see" him enjoy it. I'm a snob about TY cards though!

[rjamz]

I send emails for Chanukah and birthday presents, though I may do actual notes for his 1st birthday

[BlueNotebook]

I do for people who are out of town and shipped their gifts. If I thanked them in person when the gift was opened I don't bother.

[lolaburns]

Yes. I call too...then post/text/email a picture of L playing with the toy or wearing the outfit sent.


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[browneyedhunni85]

Only our immediate family did gifts. We just thanked them in person.

[mala]

I rarely write thank you notes. I'm a terrible person. I did them for my baby shower. And if I get a gift from someone I don't see often, like family in NY ive seen twice in the past year ill send a note. But family & friends I talk to regularly get an in person thank you or a phone call.

[pinkpeony6210]

No. I only write thank you cards for birthdays, and new baby arrival gifts.

[ruby412]

H's family doesn't do TY cards for x-mas, so I'll skip sending to them. But, everyone else, including my family will receive one.

[bebeetmoi]

Always. My mother is a TY card nazi and raised us to be basically the same.

[mumegs]

No, I've never given or received a xmas thank you note. But we always see everyone in person so we just thank them when we get the gift.

[Beener]

For our immediate family I won't because we got them gifts too and I don't expect a thank you from them. But many of my uncles (Emmy's great uncles) got her things and that was totally unexpected so we sent TYs to them.

[imimahoney]

We did Chanukah with Dh's family. While we were opening gifts they handed me a pad of paper with Ari's gifts written down and the person who gave it to us right next to it.

I never ever thought I would have to send a TY card. I get weddings and showers but not holidays. Seems silly to me but I did it to make his mother happy. I mailed them a few days ago.

[mamasaurus]

I send them, but only to people I couldn't thank in person.

[laurack]

No. No no no I do not. Can't believe it's a thing!! Wish Ty cards would DIAF.

[Dorothy Zbornak]

Yes!

Sent from the future.

[Deleted]

Not for Christmas, because family is right there at present opening and they get thanked in person. But I always send them for the kids' birthday gifts.

I have many IRL friends who don't even acknowledge kid b'day gifts and it makes me ragey. Or they do a Facebook post saying "thank you everyone for X's gifts"

Bad form in my book.

[JuliaGulia]

I have never heard of sending thank you notes for Christmas. If we were mailed any gifts from people we didn't see over the Holidays I would just call and thank them. I am a anti- thank you note person anyways...

[christidee]

Yes. They should finally be here today and I hope to send them out tomorrow.

[vidalia]

Jan 2, 2013 18:20:08 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

To some people. Not to immediate family.

I send a thank you card to anyone that sent/gave a gift to N that isn't immediate family. I've been using treat.com for all my thank you's since she has been born and it makes it so much easier! I make the card online, add pictures and it is mailed directly to the person. The website is owned by shutterfly so it is a perk of DH's job, but I think I'd use it even if I had to pay for the cards.

[dixeedeluxe]

Uh, no. I also don't buy gifts for or receive gifts from people I don't see.

[claralou]

This thread is turning my world upside down. I detest thank you notes, but they are like a religion in my family. The ONLY person I don't have to send one to is DH. I'm fascinated by the fact that so many of you don't do this, and a bit resentful now that it's the expectation in my family.

Out of curiosity, why is Christmas/Chanukah different than, say, a baby shower? In that case, I opened all of those gifts in front of people too, but I still sent thank you notes.

[jfh]

Jan 3, 2013 10:40:19 GMT -5 vidalia said:

Jan 2, 2013 18:20:08 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

To some people. Not to immediate family.

I send a thank you card to anyone that sent/gave a gift to N that isn't immediate family. I've been using treat.com for all my thank you's since she has been born and it makes it so much easier! I make the card online, add pictures and it is mailed directly to the person. The website is owned by shutterfly so it is a perk of DH's job, but I think I'd use it even if I had to pay for the cards.

I'd never heard of this! It sounds great! I'm going to check it out, thanks for the rec.

ETA: Oh, I am going to go crazy on this site!! I just sent my first card and I bought a 12-card package! THANK YOU!! I feel like I should send you a TY card for telling me about it

[fusion]

I do to some people, especially H's family. They are card obsessed and are also very generous, so the combo guilts me into it. I never send thank you notes to my family for anything.

[dixeedeluxe]

Jan 3, 2013 11:07:31 GMT -5 claralou said:

Out of curiosity, why is Christmas/Chanukah different than, say, a baby shower? In that case, I opened all of those gifts in front of people too, but I still sent thank you notes.

I don't think you should have to send them for this either. I only sent them because I didn't want to deal with people talking shit about me.