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mummy_becks 
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Posted: 13 March 2008 at 6:34pm |
What does someone give as a gift at a christening??
My friend is going to one for a 5 month old girl at easter and has no idea on what to get and neither do I  .
Help please.
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caraMel
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Posted: 13 March 2008 at 6:40pm |
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I think it is "traditional" to give something the child can keep.
I know I got given an engraved brooch and an opal necklace for mine.
Depends how much your friend wants to spend and how close she is to the child I guess?
Maybe a nice hardcover book with a special message she wrote inside?
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Posted: 13 March 2008 at 6:56pm |
For Ella baptism presents we got were....photo frames, money boxes (heaps of them), necklaces, kids cultery set, wooden rattle, picture for her wall (that's all I can think of at the moment).
like the idea of a book with a message written inside...
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Posted: 13 March 2008 at 7:11pm |
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We've had our girls dedicated (not christened but similar ceremony) and didn't get anything. You can always go with clothing if you really want to buy something.
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Posted: 13 March 2008 at 7:13pm |
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My kids got a variety of things: picture frames, a sterling silver birth certificate scroll, little ornaments, rosary beads and I bought them each a Bible.
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Posted: 13 March 2008 at 7:44pm |
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My friend bought his nephew a bottle of whiskey - to be drunk at his 21st (and later that evening he drunk it but thats another story..)
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Posted: 13 March 2008 at 7:58pm |
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Tom got rosary beads from his godmother, a story book from someone I dont even know and some letters spelling his name for his door and a picture frame. Nothing too traditional apartfrom the rosary beads
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Posted: 13 March 2008 at 8:17pm |
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I've been to two Catholic christenings in recent times, and I bought a gold crucifix for one (a very very very dear friends daughter, so the $ was irrelevent) and a small baby size Rosary for the other. I would give a keepsake gift, a bangle, locket, cross, book, bible that sort of thing.
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Posted: 13 March 2008 at 9:19pm |
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Our thing we tend to get for baby's being christened is a silver rattle, you can get this engraved but we don't. Christies here in palmy has them, kinda a plastic round rattle with a silver heart shape in the middle that can spin, not too expensive, and the baby can actually use it.
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Posted: 14 March 2008 at 10:06pm |
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I got my girls bangles but I might get a charm bracelet or ID bracelet for Alyssa as the bangles are tiny so didn't last.
Photo frames or albums are good, you can write a special message inside an album cover.
Pacoes(sp) and farmers have a selection of silver money boxes or keepsake boxes and cute little ornaments for babies as well.
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Posted: 14 March 2008 at 10:11pm |
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Michaela was given a couple of framed religious pics, a bible, a charm bracelet, a silver photo album, a silver money box, books and clothes. Farmers has some nice 'keepsake' gifts.
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Posted: 15 March 2008 at 5:13pm |
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Luke was given a children's bible, a little sliver mug to be engraved, a necklace of saint, books, toys and clothes and a money box train with a first tooth and lock of hair carriages. Picture frames are money boxes are good. Farmers or stevens have a selection.
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