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Old 12-14-2004, 12:37 PM
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Default 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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Old 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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Old 12-14-2004, 12:42 PM
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I say send the note. Nobody gets offended if they get a note that wasn't necessary, but the converse is not necessarily true.

Besides, a short note is just nice.
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Old 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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Old 12-14-2004, 12:57 PM
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Patience nails it again.
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Old 12-14-2004, 01:01 PM
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Agreed - save your notes for the big stuff.
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Old 12-14-2004, 01:06 PM
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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???
Wally sez: What's this friend thing I keep hearing about?

Seriously, no note is required. Your friend and I agree.
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 12-14-2004, 01:50 PM
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I also am not a fan of thank you cards. So I say no.
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