Please send your questions to Miss Manners at missmanners.com, by email to [email protected], or through postal mail ...

Gifts, to me, are not a chore and not an obligation. If I get a thank-you card, it is nice, but I do not see any obligation ...

With a written note, certainly a parent must stamp and address it, and perhaps hover over the child to inspire them to write.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My birthday is a few days after the new year. It’s a very easy date to miss altogether in the shadow of ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Why is it that people see it as mandatory to send a thank-you for a gift? It seems like people give gifts ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Over the years, I’ve maintained a special fondness for the act of writing and addressing Christmas cards to about 50 friends (old and new) and family members. I find taking a moment ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I would like to know if it’s proper for one person to hand another person a birthday card/Christmas card personally -- not one attached to a gift. It seems to me that a card should ...