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12-14-2004, 12:37 PM
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Holiday Party Protocol
If you are hosting a party - and some of the guests bring you hostess gifts (a bottle of wine, a box of chocolates, or the like)
Do you send them thank-you notes afterward? I've always thought - yes - any gift should be acknowledged with a note. But a friend told me - no - the gift is the thank-you to you for having the party -- so no written note is required. What do y'all do???
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12-14-2004, 12:42 PM
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I hate the whole idea of thank you notes, so I vote no.
If I give a gift, I give it because I want to give it. A vocal thank you might be nice, but to require written thank you notes seems ridiculous to me. I hate that particular cultural value.
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12-14-2004, 12:44 PM
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If I personally receive the gift and aknowledge it, I feel no note is required.
If there are a lot of gifts, where one could get missed or if it is mailed or left on a gift table, then I would send a note.
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12-14-2004, 01:01 PM
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Agreed - save your notes for the big stuff.
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#7
12-14-2004, 01:06 PM
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Re: Holiday Party Protocol
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Seriously, no note is required. Your friend and I agree.
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#8
12-14-2004, 01:22 PM
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no thank you note if you host the dinner party. The friend is correct in saying they bring gift to "thank you" for having the party and letting them eat your food, stay in your house, etc.
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#9
12-14-2004, 01:40 PM
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Sending a thank-you for a hostess gift is equivalent to sending a note acknowledging the lovely thank-you card you got.
On top of that, you don't have to serve whatever is brought. If it is perishable, or something you don't particularly want to keep around, it is OK to serve, but there is no requirement to use that wine at dinner, for example.
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