As we wrap up the Holiday season let’s not forget the importance of showing gracious gratitude through the art of a handwritten thank-you note. Whether it’s for a gracious hostess or your sister’s gift of a strand of pearls everyone should be thanked. Graciously. It’s always easier to be gracious, when our gracious living is in order. Here are a few tips for getting our stationery wardrobe in order.
I keep a my stationery wardrobe well stocked in this little trunk…
The Supplies. If you don’t have everything you need to write a note, that is a huge roadblock for writing and sending a thank-you in an appropriate amount of time. Keep a basket or box with the following items:
1. Stationery (personalized cards and quick, cute notes of varying sizes for different lengths of notes)
2. A pen that features your penmanship well
3. Addresses (in hardcopy or on your computer)
4. Stamps
5. ManneroftheMonth.com downloads Thank-you Tracking Sheet and Script to help little ones learn the art of the handwritten note.
Tips on Timing from ManneroftheMonth.com December 2008 issue Gracious Giving, Gracious Receiving.
In The Bride’s Thank-You Guide by Pamela A. Piljac, she writes: “There are only two real ‘rules’ that you need to worry about in writing your thank-you notes. They are (1) that you write them and (2) that you send them out promptly.” Many leading etiquette experts differ on the amount of time between receiving a gift and writing a thank-you note (from two to ten days). Sometimes in our hectic lives our thank-you notes get put off for weeks (see: Thank you Organizational System) with the guilt hanging over our heads. No matter what the time, it is always important to send a thank-you. Remember, how quickly we send a thank-you communicates how thankful we truly are, so it is always best to communicate right away.
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