Getting an actual card in the mail is such a surprise that makes you feel so good it's hard not to smile. Emily Post suggests sending a written thank you note after receiving a gift with a few ...

Your thank-you note should capture some of those good vibes and send them right back. Since the medium is the message — and the local drugstore card aisle never seems to cut it — I asked seven ...

The following week, I walked to CVS in Harvard Square to pick up two thank you cards so that students could write in them. I was shocked, first by how few thank you cards there were (I saw just ...