Before our current era of email and telephones, the humble letter was the only way to communicate over long distances.  We now give the letter a certain amount of romanticism since it represents a bygone era.  However, in the past few years we’ve seen a slight renaissance in letter writing; stationary stores and specialty papermakers have reported that they’ve seen more people interested in designer papers and wax seals than they’ve seen in years.  It’s tough to completely revive letter writing though, since after all, writing an email or dialing up someone on the phone takes a lot less time than it takes to sit down and write a letter.

Though there’s a good chance you won’t turn off your computer and start writing letters to everyone you know instead of jotting them an email, there is one artifact of the times of letter writing that should find its way back into everyone’s life: the simple thank you card.

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