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How to Mail a Thank You Card

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With the advent of the internet, sending mail yourself has become much less common. Brush up on your snail mail skills, and let someone know you're thankful for them!
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25 авг 2024

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@MaureenMurphy_ 6 лет назад

This channel is legit underrated as hell.

@Kayla-xd8qg 6 лет назад

Thank you for this! I’m getting married soon and had absolutely NO IDEA how to start my thank you cards for my bridal shower and for my upcoming wedding guests!

@B4brenda 6 лет назад

this video is pure gold! Im 34 and I had no idea as to how to start a Thank You card.

@amandamakesminis 6 лет назад

I'm thankful for this video - it's a good reminder to actually send out thank you cards this year! I always say I'm gonna do it...and then I don't. And then I feel bad about it. No more!!

@swingloveEKL 6 лет назад

About the return address location: it is perfectly fine to write the return address on the flap/top of the envelope back. It's even recommended in formal situations, like for wedding invitations and the like.

@lizziehodges4890 6 лет назад

I'm thankful for the Buggs! They let me come over and chill when I was having a rough time, and they always support me when I'm questioning life, and they're just a really great power couple and I admire them a lot

@ajcarreau 6 лет назад

If you are sending the card internationally, don't forget to write the country you're sending it to! Or else, it might take an unnecessarily long time for your card to get where you want it to go. :) PS I'm thankful for snail mail! It makes my life so much happier!

@Norimarisu 6 лет назад

I just came back here to say that my boyfriend's grandma really liked the card I sent her where I thank her for inviting me and my family over for Thanksgiving. I never would have even thought about doing that if it wasn't for this video!

@craigrandall5091 4 года назад

Just found this. We used it in our morning stand-up meeting. We are currently, as a business, working through Holly Bertone of PinkFortitude.com's 30-day Gratitude Challenge...today is Day 17: Send a Card. This fit like a glove and put a lighthearted spin on doing something that really stands out. Nice little lead-in for us. Thanks HtA!

@deeyoyo1 6 лет назад

I'm thankful for my friends who are all so patient and caring when I'm in a bad state physically and I'm gonna send out some cards as soon as I feel better!

@marksusskind1260 6 лет назад

Only the first ounce is eligible for a forever stamp. If you have a lot to say, you may need stamps for additional ounces.

@LauraDFTBA 6 лет назад

I... people are forgetting how to send mail? *insert "I'm the cryptkeeper" gif

@ripp_ 6 лет назад

I'm thankful I found this channel. I say, Good channel.

@TMM6900 6 лет назад

keep it short and sweet, always had problem with this. Always read it few days later and boil it down.

@TheNerdCloset 6 лет назад

This email was a helpful reminder for my letters of recommendation thank you cards. Thanks!

@HeyLauryn 6 лет назад

I'm currently working on a bunch of thank you letters to send to my crew from my last short film. 😁

@RobynJG 6 лет назад

Just had my bday... this is perfect timing!

@benaaronmusic 6 лет назад

Thank you, Hank.

@facebren 6 лет назад

CanadaPost has a nice website for info on how to address letters and postal rates. We also have "permanent" stamps here in Canada which are always the right amount for letters sent within Canada (1 stamp/letter). Don't forget to check the rates/amounts of stamps needed for international mail as they will be different.

@EbyKat 6 лет назад

I frequently get mail from the Can I Pet Your Dog podcast FB group people I have become friends with. It always makes me smile.

@KarlFFF 6 лет назад

Thank you for leaving in Hanks ramblings at the end, they are entertaining and brightened my morning. I know that the majority of your audience is american, but I would have liked a small comment on envelope formats depending on country and that people should check the standards of their own country.

@stecky87 6 лет назад

Thank you for explaining how to properly address mail. I'm 30 & I've come across far too many people not much younger than me who don't know how to do this - apparently they don't teach it in school anymore

@ninaelle2003 6 лет назад

This is exactly what I needed! Thank you

@hanak5479 6 лет назад

If you're confused about stamps and everything, you can also just walk into the post office and ask the clerk to mail your letter. They'll generally ask you what way you want to send it (first class, etc.). Pick one and they'll stamp and send it for you.

@carolinetaai5772 6 лет назад

Thank you for this video! There is a need for people to just simply take a minute out of your day to say THANK YOU!

@Marie-hu7xd 6 лет назад

Forever stamps are so smart! I wish we had them in Europe, too.

@wanderlustlovelace 6 лет назад

We have them in the Czech Republic, though it's slightly more complicated - there are A (within CZ), E (within EU) and Z (all around the world) stamps.

@TomZoy 6 лет назад

We also have them in the UK.

@ptolemystoned 6 лет назад

You can put the return address on the back but the post office doesn't love it when you do that.

@averiefraser1749 6 лет назад

How late is too late to send a thank you card? I bought thank you cards to send to people who sent me money when I graduated college... last year. I kept forgetting to write them and at this point I feel like it's too late.

@victoriazwergmaus9813 6 лет назад

Never to late! Say thank you, and tell them 2-3 nice think happen till now.

@TomZoy 6 лет назад

It's never too late! But the more you wait, the harder it gets to do it.

@jobriq5 4 года назад

Why is the background music so nice

@kaseybasler4500 3 года назад

Thank

@donbrunodelamancha1927 6 лет назад

Hank, this is toooooooo funny. You are right though, I asked my older Godkids, 13 & 11, thet no clue how to send a letter. It was hilarious. Ironically my youngest male Godchild, 7, knew exactly what to do. In all fairness my sister in law has always made him, and baby Sister, participate in writing thank you notes, Christmas card, Birthday cards.

@ThisIsFiftyWithLil 6 лет назад

Jeff.

@ericmsandoval 2 года назад

0:01 orange pen 0:03 green pen

@SaucerJess 6 лет назад

💚

@kaseybasler4500 5 лет назад

I once maild a card to my dad

@eloisacaulk5950 3 года назад

Mild

@TomZoy 6 лет назад

On this note tho'; what's the best, polite way to ask for someone's postal address, without saying that I want to send them a card?

@EbyKat 6 лет назад

TomZoy I’ve always just asked. 🤷🏼‍♀️

@alrightythen214 6 лет назад

really..

@sciencenerd8879 6 лет назад

If I don't know where the person lives, can I still mail them a thank you card to their work? Or, should I just email them instead? Mailing people in their work place feels weird.

@thatjillgirl 6 лет назад

Yeah, mailing things to an office is typically fine. I worked in a real estate office once, and lots of the realtors got cards in the mail.

@MissMarilynDarling 6 лет назад

hello sam

@omars2426 6 лет назад

*lol*

@thewinterizzy 6 лет назад

I can’t believe someone wouldn’t know how to mail a letter but... I guess they are pretty outdated these days. :O Good refresher on format, though!

@laststanding5791 4 года назад

It's 2019 and almost 2020 and were forgetting

@tomatenmagnet 6 лет назад

ok but writing the adress in the middle looks so wrong. maybe it's a european thing but it belongs in the bottom right corner.

@thatjillgirl 6 лет назад

Must be a European thing. Center address is the standard method in the U.S.

@deeyoyo1 6 лет назад

I'm Dutch and we write it in the middle too...

@lilMissAdoria 6 лет назад

Canadian and it goes in the middle too! ☺

@tinkers_tools 6 лет назад

New Zealand does it in the middle to the left

@frnks3020 5 лет назад

Now where do you get stamps from? lol

@sisifromthefuture 5 лет назад

you can get them from Walmart

@Norimarisu 6 лет назад

If someone invited you and your family who are staying with you to a ThanksGiving gathering with really good food ... is that worthy of a thank you letter? Or would that be over the too?

@swingloveEKL 6 лет назад

Having someone over for a meal (especially a holiday) is definitely a good occasion to send a thank you note!

@Norimarisu 6 лет назад

MariposaGal19, I did the thing amd the lady liked it a lot.

@annarostagno8599 6 лет назад

People are confused about how to adress a letter? Did they go to elementary school?

@Biathine 6 лет назад

Oh, come on. This has nothing to do with education (I certainly don't remember learning how to post letters in school) and a lot to do with how often you do this specific thing. I haven't posted a letter in years and did need to google it recently to be sure I've got it right. Please take your high horse back to the stable.

@mimsydreams 6 лет назад

I thought it was kinda crazy too, then I remembered that I'm old and most younger people don't send snail mail anymore. Everything is done by email or online form. There's a reason why the post office is struggling really hard to stay open these days.

@aurelijabud 6 лет назад

Isn't "Thank you notes" an American thing? There is no such thing there I live....

@EbyKat 6 лет назад

Aurelija not sure where you live, but give the sheer size of the US it can be hard to thank someone in person all the time so a letter doing so is important. The podcast Shmanners did an episode about this. I don’t think it’s just an American thing. I want to say it came out of the UK from people inviting one another over for tea.

@aurelijabud 6 лет назад

EbyKat I see. I'm from Lithuania btw 😊