Christening Present

[BrilloPad]

I've been asked to be the godfather to my niece. Do any of you lot have any good ideas for a christening present? (No horses heads etc) How much do people usually spend on a christening present?

When we had our kids baptized we specified all monies to go to charity. We still received a nice array of money boxes, St Christophers, gift cards etcetc.

 

[Menelaus]

I was christened a bit late (birth+ six years) whereas my daughter was christened ridiculously early (birth+ four hours).

She goes to a Sunday School with her mother who attempts to engender herself into the local community there despite being the female equivalent of a Glaswegian chav (chavette(sp?)) - Mum, not daughter.

Attendance at Sunday school has been voluntary for her but a lot of her friends go and she seems to consider it a wee social whilst the adults do their thang.

 

[NotAllThere]

It is for Christians.

If that version of Christianity is true, then it's as important for food whether someone is a Christian or not. With it, they alledgely get to live for ever. Without, they die/go to hell.

Perhaps so, but that doesn't necesarily mean it's right...

Pick a denomination that only baptises believers. Then, after the baptism, you can go to the pub with the baptisee. Sorted...

 

[tino]

The godfather of my son got him a Silver "Quaich".

It's a lovely gift and very unusual, inscribed with his name, christening date and a wee message

Similar to this:

http://www.broadwaysilver.co.uk/detail/595/sterling-silver-large-quaich-dish.html

 

[Menelaus]

The godfather of my son got him a Silver "Quaich".

It's a lovely gift and very unusual, inscribed with his name, christening date and a wee message

Similar to this:

http://www.broadwaysilver.co.uk/detail/595/sterling-silver-large-quaich-dish.html

My friend both me a Quaich as a gift when we celebrated our tenth-anniversary-of-getting-shot-at. It's a lovely thing.

 

[tino]

My friend both me a Quaich as a gift when we celebrated our tenth-anniversary-of-getting-shot-at. It's a lovely thing.

It is, I'd obviously seen them before, just never as a christening gift!

He got me a bloody hip flask when I was his best man, I want a quaich

 

[BoredBloke]

Cheers for the ideas folks. I'll pass them onto the wife who likes heading off to the shops buying things. It's my brothers daughter and I remeber when the kiddie fiddler in a frok, sorry priest, was pouring the water on his head. I was only little and I went to shove my hand in the font and the priest glared at me and told me that the water would burn me. He then poured it over my brothers head, who then started screaming. I was somewhat shocked - but also shocked by the lack of action on the part of my mum and dad. However my shock was nothing to the tulip I got into at school when I asked why the priest burns babies in church.

 

[tino]

Cheers for the ideas folks. I'll pass them onto the wife who likes heading off to the shops buying things. It's my brothers daughter and I remeber when the kiddie fiddler in a frok, sorry priest, was pouring the water on his head. I was only little and I went to shove my hand in the font and the priest glared at me and told me that the water would burn me. He then poured it over my brothers head, who then started screaming. I was somewhat shocked - but also shocked by the lack of action on the part of my mum and dad. However my shock was nothing to the tulip I got into at school when I asked why the priest burns babies in church.