thank you card- from baby or parents?

↑ Capitalchick

Tue, Oct 20 2009, 8:18 pm

[quote="pobody's nerfect"]

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now, can y'all help me with the text? I feel like this is too short/choppy. all ideas welcome. (note: all but 2 gifts were clothing, and all are in bigger sizes, so I'm using those criteria for the standard letter and will tweak it as necessary.)

Dear ___,
Thank you so much for the adorable outfit you gave YZ. We can't wait until he is big enough to wear it! May we continue to share in simchas and only have nachas!
Love (I'd rather use a different salutation, but which?)
J, A, and YZ

Personally, I think that that's very short and it seems very generic...like a fill in the blank card. If I received this card, I would think that everyone else got the exact same text. When I wrote the cards for my daughter's birth, I really tried to include something personal about the family. Here are a few examples:

Dear Michael and Sarah,
Thank you so much for the adorable outfit that you sent for Channah. We've noticed she looks extra-cute in pink, so we know we'll love your outfit on her!
We had so much fun introducing Channah to your son Chaim. We can't wait to see them play together!
Thanks again for your generous gift!
Sincerely,
XYZ

OR

Dear Adam and Suzanne,
We are so appreciative of the throughful gift that you sent us in honor of our son's birth. We truly appreciate having friends like you, and we are so thankful that you made such an effort to attend Daniel's bris.
We look forward to seeing you next month at the Cohen Bar Mitzvah!
May we only share in simchas.
Sincerely,
XYZ

I KNOW I KNOW...these types of cards take triple the time. But...I had numerous people actually come up to me and thank ME for the thank you card!! How often does that happen? People actually said "Your card was SO nice. I really felt like it was genuine. I never get thank you cards like that."

I think it's worth the effort!!
Best of luck!!
And mazal tov on the birth of your baby!!

↑ Mirabelle ↓

Tue, Oct 20 2009, 8:58 pm

[quote="Capitalchick"]

pobody's nerfect wrote:

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I think it depends on how many you need to write. Between my husbands work people (seriously its only been a week and I already have 30 from just work people, with more on the way!), my family and friends, DH's family and friends, shul people, my father's work people and my mother's Florida maj jong friends, I know that I will get overwhelemed very fast. I think people appreciate a timely thank you note more than a personal creative one, but thats just MHO.

↑ Marion

Wed, Oct 21 2009, 2:33 am

Personalized is important, but within reason.

Dear X&Y,
Thank you so much for the outfit you gave us for YZ. It's cute, and we very much look forward to watching him grow into it.
We really appreciated the effort you made to join us in our simcha, and hope to see you at many more in the future. (Alternate text: We're sorry you couldn't join us for YZ's bris, but we look forward to sharing other smachot with you in the future.)
Fondly,
YZ's parents

mominisrael2

Wed, Oct 21 2009, 2:56 pm

Capitalchick wrote:

I KNOW I KNOW...these types of cards take triple the time. But...I had numerous people actually come up to me and thank ME for the thank you card!! How often does that happen? People actually said "Your card was SO nice. I really felt like it was genuine. I never get thank you cards like that."

I think it's worth the effort!!

I agree it's worth the effort -- it made me feel really good when I was at my BIL and SIL's engagement party not too long after DH and I got married and all these people coming up to me saying how nice my thank-you notes were...unfortunately being new to the family I was also thinking "Who the heck are YOU??" embarrassed

bandcm

Wed, Oct 21 2009, 9:22 pm

The correct thing to do is for the person who wrote the card to sign the card.
And, please, don't fall into the coomon trap of signing your husband's name as well as your own. Only one person wrote, only one person signs.
What you should do is add, "Chaim joins me in thanking you for the lovely gift" or " Chaim and I are so grateful for..." so that your husband is represented.
But for Heaven's sake sign your own name to your own letter!