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Writing a thank you card for wedding gifts

Writing a thank you card for wedding gifts

A personal thank you note is the only appropriate way to say ThankYou!

At one time, notes were not considered necessary when you thankedsomeone in person.

Today, with guest lists being longer and guests busier, a personalthank you note is the only way to make sure sincere appreciation isexpressed.

Here are dos and donts from ourmarriage.com:

1. Never send a preprinted thank you card. When you send apreprinted card, you are telling the person receiving the thank youthat their gift didnt mean enough to you to even receive a mentionin your note.

A warm personalized, handwritten note, no matter how short, tellsthe guest how much you appreciated the gift.

2. Be sure to send thank you notes to friends and relatives whoarrange showers and parties for you. It is appropriate to thankthem for the party or shower in the same card you send thankingthem for their gift.

3. When you receive more than one gift from someone, each gift mustbe recognized with its own thank you card. If you receive a showergift from a friend or relative and then, three weeks later, receivea wedding gift from the same person, it is not appropriate to thankthem in one card.

Shower gifts should be acknowledged within 10 days of the party andwedding gifts within two weeks after returning from the honeymoon.

Wedding gifts arriving in advance of the wedding, should beresponded to immediately, so that an extended period of time doesnot pass between receiving the gift and its thank you.

4. Be sure to put your new return address on all thank you cards.

5. Although colored ink is readily available in your favoritestationery store today, it is still more appropriate to write yournotes in dark blue or black. It is more easily readable.

6. When writing thank you notes, never start the note with I.Always use you more than I or me in the note.