“The top reason to send a thank-you note is after receiving a gift,” Browne says. “This is a must. When you don’t acknowledge the gift you have received, they may worry you didn’t get it.

However, if you receive a gift from your employer you should send a thank-you note, according to Pam Harvit, a corporate etiquette and protocol consultant who also writes the "Mind Your Manners ...

A thank you card is always a polite thing to send after the holidays, said Whitmore. “It’s always good etiquette to send a thank-you note if you received a gift or if someone hosted you ...

Dear Giver: The problem of thank you notes and expressions of gratitude comes up a lot in the letters I receive.This is especially odd to me because there seem to be more and more of those little ...

I recently received a small monetary bequest. My friend’s executor is the eldest of her three children. Should I write a thank-you note for this bequest, and if so, to whom should it be addressed?

So ungrateful! Just one in four adults write thank-you notes after receiving a gift, research finds. Almost 75% of adults admit they don't send thank you letters after getting gifts ...

Advice columnist Carolyn Hax: I happen to believe it’s fine to skip thank-you notes for what are plainly intended as thank-you gifts, though I’m always grateful to receive them.