Thank-you notes are appropriate whenever a person shares a gift or goes above and beyond. My mother made this eminently clear to me when I was a young boy. I received cash gifts from my grandparents ...

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If your child received money or a gift card, say what he or she plans ... about a mother who used to require her kids to write thank you notes before they could wear the new outfit or play with ...

The cash gift was what the couple had requested, since they had been living together and didn’t need household items. Our ...

But one commenter shared this more flexible perspective, with which I tend to agree: “Birthdays, weddings, showers, graduation, or "just because gifts" = thank-you note. Get well, gifts given to ...