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Despite being in my late teens or possibly early twenties when we met, and despite being a grandchild by marriage only and living several states away, I was instantly rocketed to the position of favored grandchild by Mama Tickey, Last of the Southern Belles, when I became the first grandchild in a decade to send her a thank-you note for a Christmas gift. The power of the thank-you note cannot be understated. 

The “don’t start with the thankyou because there’s nowhere to go from there” part is also really good advice.

I will say while generally I agree with that, an alternate route to take is to start with a thank you and then go into how the gift has improved your life – you have to have really loved the gift to take this route, but “Thank you for the lovely Arbor Day sweater; it fits perfectly and has already helped me conceal my cocaine selling from the police several times” is a legitimate strategy. I know when I give a gift card I always like to hear what the person bought with it (in part so that I can take notes for future giving). 

ok great but have you started selling coke yet?

Cocaine? In this economy?

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