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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG. This gets posted all the darn time.

If the child opens the presents at the birthday party, and says "thank you" right then to the person who gave the gift, you don't need to do written thank-you cards.

Written thank you cards serve two purposes. They acknowledge the gift -- if the person wasn't there to see you open it, they now know you got it. And they thank the person. If the gift is opened in person, the first purpose isn't necessary, they literally watched you open the gift, and the second isn't either -- you already said thank you. So it makes little sense to send thank you cards to people who watched you receive a gift and who already heard you say "thank you."

Think of the classic example of the gift thank you card ... it's for wedding gifts. Wedding gifts are either mailed to the bride, or, if brought to the wedding, put on a gift table and then opened by the bride and groom later, after the party. Under those circumstances the bride and groom need to let the person who gave the gift know that they actually got it, and they need to thank the person.

Kids sending thank you cards for gifts they opened right in front of the person is pretentious and generally reflects a parental lack of understanding with regard to etiquette. If the child doesn't open the gifts at the party and say thank you in person, then that is another story. But usually they do open them.  [/quote]

Well. Next time I'll send a photo of the gift we were going to give since no one needs to write a thank you for an actual gift.[/quote]

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