When and How to Say Thank You for Christmas Gifts . When you receive a present, there's no time like the present to say thanks! The sooner you say thank you after receiving a gift, the better.

Or "Thank you for thinking of me this Christmas season. You helped make my holiday special." The message, like the examples above, should be simple yet sincere.

The Thank You Card tradition (actually, a responsibility in our home) didn’t end in my youth. I remember, just shy of my 27th birthday, my mother reminding me numerous times, and then checking on me ...