Aging in Atlanta Experts share how to handle unacknowledged gifts without losing your holiday spirit. When mailing your gifts this holiday season, you may not receive a handwritten note, text, email or call in return. (Dreamstime/TNS) By Rose Kennedy – For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 43 minutes ago “Thank you.” Those two small words can warm any gift giver’s heart, yet many older adults rarely hear or read them — from grandkids, adult children or even friends and siblings.