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Christening Gifts for an older child

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YouknowIknowbest · 02/07/2024 14:45

Simply that, I have been asked to be a godparent for a male older child (under 10). Any ideas on what would be a suitable gift?

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GloriaMundy · 03/07/2024 12:56

@HowIrresponsible , and you're telling me this because...?

CuttingMeOpenthenHealingMeFine · 03/07/2024 13:04

HowIrresponsible · 03/07/2024 09:01

If the family is not actively Christian and wouldn't use a bible, a nice pen sounds good.

If they're christening their son how can they not be actively Christian?

My DC are baptised Catholics, I am not Catholic and DH is very much lapsed. The DC we’re baptised partly for school as they will go through the various rites with the rest of their class and because Catholic/Protestant is more a cultural thing here than religious (West of Scotland - My family are ‘die hard Protestant’ for instance but most have never set foot in a church).

maw1681 · 03/07/2024 13:33

Best gifts my DDs got for their christenings were a silver photo frame, you could get their name or christening date engraved on it. I put a christening photo in them .

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YouknowIknowbest · 03/07/2024 14:51

Thanks for the amazing suggestions!

We ended up ordering an older child’s version of the bible and have also created a framed version of his baptism day details, with space for the actual certificate.

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