DEAR MISS MANNERS: Unfortunately, in all my etiquette books, there is no reference on the time interval between receiving a wedding/baby shower gift and sending a thank-you note. Is there a too ...

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On Nov. 11, 1875, a story began in Springfield when St. John’s Hospital opened. Bishop Peter Baltes of Alton, Illinois, wanted health care services in his diocese, so he wrote to the Hospital Sisters ...

Bloomingdale’s has launched an investigation after a woman said she was shocked to find a “Free Palestine” note tucked into her Hanukkah gift. New York resident Arielle Harris posted about the ...

Thank you for 23 years of entertainment. Thank you for 23 years of knowing whenever you showed up on our screen, we should listen up and never take our eyes off you because you did your homework to ...

I realize that the concept of mailing a handwritten thank-you note after a job interview sounds really old-fashioned. But I still believe that sending such notes – even to an avatar – conveys more ...

Dear Abby: A few years ago, my husband and I were invited to the wedding of a close friend’s daughter. We stayed two nights at the destination and gave a $300 cash gift to the newlyweds. The evening ...

A handwritten thank-you note is a special way to show appreciation, as the medium becomes part of the message. Keep your message short and sincere, and send the note within two weeks of receiving a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The advice columnist said that the guest was being a "stickler," and speculated that "there’s something more behind" their ...

A guest asked an advice columnist if they were "overreacting" for feeling "underappreciated" that they weren't mailed a thank-you note after they "spent several thousand dollars" to attend their ...

DEAR ERIC: My 31-year-old daughter does not write thank you notes. I am chagrined by this because I’ve modeled this for years; she is more than capable of doing so. She had a very small wedding. Not ...