"Shall I send a present this year to Eric's daughter? I haven't heard from her in eight years or more. I don't even know what she looks like, but she must be an ungrateful and selfish girl not even to acknowledge my presents to her. Oh well, I suppose so. But it doesn't make any difference what I send her. Any little thing will do."
Adults were not always perceptive.
Dear Aunt Connie,
First of all, I want to thank you for the beautiful kilt with matching scarf and beret you sent me for Christmas eight years ago. I'm sure it would have fit and that I would have looked lovely in it if I had received it when it was sent. But I only got to see it yesterday. And that was by chance.
Also, if you sent me any other birthday presents or Christmas presents over the past eight years, I want to th
