The first time, no thank you note/card gets a pass; the second time (there won’t be a second time).” “When the kids are little and don’t say thank you in some way, I put it on the parents.

The hosts of "Today With Jenna and Friends," offer up their best advice for dealing with some tough social situations.

Donations have totaled more than $1.5 million, with gifts sent to more than 27,000 children across Greater Boston. The post A ...

You asked for two very expensive presents and Santa can only do so much,” the typed-out letter read. Saint Nick told Jeremy that he needed to “learn to be grateful” for what he does have.

The U.S. Postal Service’s Operation Santa, which began accepting letters from those in need in mid-September, will launch registration and ID verification Monday for potential gift-givers.

Are you craving a white Christmas, pining for a red-nosed reindeer – all before a Black Friday? So is the U.S. Postal Service, which is opening its annual Operation Santa letter adoptions ...

Keeping streets clean in Santa Cruz should be a cooperative endeavor. As a resident in the city, I would like to thank the sweeper operator for listening to my request as to the timing he would swe… ...

(Between us, I will admit that my favorite gifts are notes of appreciation from students and parents.) In return, I have always taken the time to write careful and personal thank-you notes for ...

Santa will get all the credit. He always does. But at a home in Northern Virginia it is Mrs. Claus who spends her days checking a mailbox for letters, deciphering the scribbled wishes within them ...

You'll be more likely to write a thank you note if you do it soon after receiving a gift or an act of kindness. The general expectation is between one day and two weeks after opening a gift.

For Jeremy's final letter to Santa, he turned up the heat and questioned the "stunt you pulled with my parents." "You are on my naughty list now,' the boy wrote. "Be afraid you look slow and easy ...

Thank you all, so very much. Linda Matchan can be reached at linda.matchan@globe.com For 69 years Globe Santa, a program of the Boston Globe Foundation, has provided gifts to children in need at ...