With the holidays officially over it's time to get on the ball with thank you notes.
Though it might be tempting to fire off a quick thank you e-mail, Kralik says true expressions of gratitude should be written the old school way — with pen and paper.
"Things we write in cyberspace are so easily deleted and forgotten ... buried by the next 30 e-mails we receive," Kralik says. "In this day and age, a handwritten note is something that people really feel is special."
I too believe in handwritten thank you notes, and I'm always touched when I receive one. Still there's people that don't even bother to say thank you. I've sent gifts to people before and never seen a thank you note or even a thank you e-mail or phone call. To this day I wonder if they ever received the gift!
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I absolutely love personalized stationary. I stocked up on easy initial cards at Hallmark stores, then for whimsical stuff I like www.expressionary.com and I've splurged for the good stuff from Horchow just once. I try to always send handwritten thank you notes. My mother has been drilling that into my head since I was a small child.