I almost want to laugh at the level of pathetic that she is.... Hopefully your Dh will see this for what it is. But more than likely it will be "See Aniki! She is sooooo sorry!" 

Wow. Laughable.

She really wants the money, eh? 

OMG, DH should just let her know the statute of limitations has expired and she can no longer get that Christmas money.  She can try for the rest of 2019 to be a reasonably pleasant human being and perhaps she will get some money for her birthday and/or Christmas.

That's just pathetic.

Is it possible that she genuinely doesn't know how to make a proper apology?

Maybe your DH should tell her to Google "What is an apology and how to make one".

I swear, having skids want to reestablish contact has its own set of problems. It's great that your DH is holding this hot mess accountable. My DH recently received a Holy Apology from one of his kids, and it's causing me stress thinking about having that toxic person back in my life.

Heart warming. I hope someday my SD16 & I have a reconciliating moment like that weve spoken abot 10 words to each other since before the new yr

At least she didn't write "I'm sry". Progress!   

Lol I bet she had somebody else write it for her.

oh that is rich....  how "nice" of her.  i love your dh's reaction tho'!!!!!!

Is she still at it?
OMG what a rubbish "apology".

Do you have Monopoly money?
Send her $200 from the game - with a Christmas Card.

This is not an apology story but it is similar in some ways.

SD(60) was told by her daddy recently that she should thank me (and not him as she had done) for an act of kindness I did for her (I had momentary lapse of judgment and re-engaged).  So I got a group text (DH, her, me-first text ever) that said “Thank U.”

 Now I see why we never get thank you s from gskids...bahahahaha

After the horrid home invasion where SS34 and his GF ransacked our home helping themselves to whatever they wanted two years ago I never received any apology.  I was only told that I needed to get over it.  They were pissed that they were no longer welcome at our lake house or my vacation home.

They can eat sh*t and die as far as I am concerned. They could apologize out the wazoo, crawl on their knees in repentance it they would still be dead to me. 

last year hubby had lost it with ss20 and his pathetic imaginary stress syndrome and princess attitude like it was a life and death matter being told to vacuum the house and empty trash because i am busy doing other things with 2 toddlers and he had to help out. Hubby told him we needed a fresh start and he had to come to me and apologise because he’s been such a rude prick. 

Hubby from work had messaged ss20 non stop for over an hour literally every 10 mins “have you gone to your stepmum, said hi and applogised for your unacceptable behaviour?”

finally whilst i had 2 crying toddlers needing their bottles and i’m busy making their bottles he suddenly reluctantly appears, mumbles a hi, then further mumbles “dad told me to apologise” whilst smiling and grinning the whole time. Yeah real genuine... hubby got a message from me about what happened and is this the way people apologise. Hubby lost it with his kid and he claimed imaginary stress syndrome and it was so pathetic and embarrassing.

Hubby had a head full of his crap and gave up, i don’t blame him, hubby has admitted ss is his problem child and he needs help to sort him out

i told hubby his problem was he let ss walk all over him and play/guilt him for a dumb fool. Late jan this year when he picked him up from uni to bring home from uni break as he had alot of belonging to bring home, hubby gave him the firm lecture that he’s done playing him made him clean his bedroom/bathroom that day till it was spotless, he vacuumed the whole house and empty trash daily...

only took 4 years and 2 months... not that i’m counting of course. The attitude of most of these skids with behavioural/attitude issues is “don’t give a stuff” 

in your case sd is still waiting to pick up xmas money right?