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    jaylii9    September 5, 2010  

    Someone help me! Can thank you notes and holiday cards be combined??

    My husband thinks it would be great to send a combo picture thank you and holiday card. Is this acceptable? Tacky? Brilliant?

    I would of course write a personal thank you and seasons greetings note in each one.

    Thoughts?

     
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    noritake22    March 31, 2011   Seattle

    In my opinion, I think that it would be fine. It would save you postage and take care of two things at once.

     
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    jaylii9    September 5, 2010  

    Thanks Noritake! I was thinking that we would just order cards that say "Thank you" on them and then in each note says happy holidays as well.

     
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    kitzy    June 2011  

    i would definitely use a thank you card as opposed to a holiday card for this. you don't want the thank you to look like an afterthought...it should be more like by the way, happy holidays too. 

     
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    jaylii9    September 5, 2010  
     
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    Pia2010    November 26, 2009  

    yeah I don't think there's anything wrong witht hat

     
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    JBelle7757    May 29, 2011   Connecticut

    Eeesh, I think it's horribly tacky.  If you were sending thank-yous in June, you wouldn't wait around until the holidays to save on postage.  Just my opinion though.

     
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    Belle2Be      

    I think its a bit tacky. It will look like an afterthought. Send each separately.

     
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    Yankee Fan Bride    December 24, 2011   nyc

    I am not sure I would say tacky, but if I received a combo thank you/holiday card I would think "lazy".

     
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    I think its okay. I appreciate efficency.

     
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    Soladylike       Tennessee

    @jaylii9:I think it's fine and I think the personal touch of writing a note is cute.

     
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    jenter    September 4, 2011   NYC

    If the timing works out that it's the holidays and you're sending out thank yous, I think it's fine.  Sure it would be weird if you were just waiting for awhile after your wedding (if it were in the spring), but that doesn't sound like the case here.

     
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    bklynbridetobe    December 2011   Brooklyn Born

    I thinks its better to send separately. I'm with the other person who said, it may not be tacky but its kinda lazy.

     
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    Mrs Green Grass    August 14, 2010  

    I'm pretty much doing thank you cards instead.  I got photo cards and they are going out this week.  I think it would be a little strange if it had a wedding picture and a holiday picture.  But I think thank you can go in place of the other.  I can't imagine sending double the amount of cards, my hand is already tired!

     
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    cbee    July 26, 2010  

    I think a separate thank you would be best. 

     
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    BostonBaby    January 2012   MA

    Holiday cards are not required by etiquette, but thank-you notes certainly are. As PP have mentioned, if the timing works out nicely, then there is no prohibitive factor in sending a well-phrased thank-you note that also happens to wish the recipient a happy holiday. Neither the "thanks" part nor "happy _____" part should feel offhanded, but I believe that a note that speaks specifically to both is a lovely idea.

     
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    jaylii9    September 5, 2010  

    Thanks for all of the thoughts, everyone!

    I have ordered cards with a wedding picture on them that say "Thank You!" The note I will write in each one will specifically thank each person for the gifts that they gave us for the wedding. I will also extend holiday greetings in the note. I think that people will enjoy getting a card with a wedding picture on it.

     

     

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