Welcoming your child to your religious belief is one of the important events that the parents have to tackle.
Rites vary depending on the church that a couple belongs to. Baptism celebration can be a beautiful event to share with family and friends. This is the time that the important people in your life can witness the welcoming rite of the infant to Christianity. Baptism in Catholic rite is the most familiar one to me since I came from the genealogy of Catholic faithfuls.
It is recommendable that the rite should take place when the baby is still months old. On the months that the baby has not receive the sacrament yet, it is practiced (by some, i guess) that the baby should not be brought out of the house. Taking in consideration the modernization of times, old practices can be a thing of the past. Since lifestyle of the couple most specially the working couple, baptism of the baby may take place later than the usual tradition.
To celebrate baptism, preparation has to be dealt with.
Church… yes, you have to schedule the date of baptism. You can not just walk in and ask the priest to baptize your baby. Depending on availability, it’s better to allocate a conservative time like one to two months in advance. Choose your own parish church or you may want to do it in a historical church of your choice. The advantage of allocating time is more time to prepare and convenience to your out of town family and friends.
Reception… this can be at your house or restaurant for your convenience. If you decide to hold the event in the restaurant, reservation is a must. Again, allocating time is a must. The convenience of having the reception in the restaurant is the “eat and go” idea. No need to clean after the event in which most of the time is the tiring part in any celebration. This is mostly true to the working couple. When you decide to hold it at home, you may consider catering. This way allocating time for the set-up of the table and some other whimsies are the only concern. Cooking can consume majority of your time most especially when you’re expecting more than ten guests. Must consider the distance between the church and the reception area for convenience.
Invitations… there are choices in the market to invite your family and friends. E-vite, is the online invitation which is fine if all of your family or friends have computer access. Affordable paper invitation is the traditional way and you can do it your own. If you have a creative skills, you can do wonders in a simple card stock.
Buying favors… there’s no other way to sincerely gratify the presence of the people who attended the important event of your baby. There are lots of choices that your budget can handle. You can choose buying it online for convenience and make sure to choose a favor store that offers free packaging, free thank you tags or you may spare some bucks by personalizing your tags in which the date of the event and the name of the celebrant are indicated. You may browse www.whimsandlikes.com for some samples of baptism favors.
Godparents… deliberately take time to choose the significant people you can assign the responsibility of being your baby’s godparents. I must say that my parents did a poor job on this aspect, I have only seen one of my six godparents and that is because she’s my Aunt, the rest just vanished!… Avoid this mistake.
Considering all the things above… you’re set for celebrating the baptism of your angel!
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