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?
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Originally posted by TonyEnglish View PostI'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?
Go for a nice boxed set of kids books something they will read and appreciate when they are a little older not tear to pieces whent they are two, eg. beatrix potter stories, kids encyclopedia etc. Or, controversially, why not buy them a kids bible?
Alternatively money, eg. bung a few hundred quid into a pension and forget for 60 years.Last edited by moorfield; 27 July 2009, 16:13. -
Originally posted by moorfield View PostHavinf been on the receiving end of such gifts for our kids, I woyld say - Avoid the traditional tat that is napkin rings, tooth boxes, candles etc.
Go for a nice boxed set of kids books something they will read and appreciate when they are a little older not tear to pieces whent they are two, eg. beatrix potter stories. Or, controversially, why not buy them a kids bible.
Alternatively money, eg. bung a few hundred quid into a pension and forget for 60 years.
Not going mad there!!Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
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Originally posted by TonyEnglish View PostI'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?Comment
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I've just been through exactly the same thing myself with my nephew. Nightmare.
I thought that maybe a St Christopher medal would make a nice gift - then everyone said it was too religious & I couldn't find one anyway (if it's too religious wtf are they doing getting him christened anyway?) so I ran out of ideas and just got a cuddly toy. Spent about 30 quid. Just a word of warning, don't buy a money box - my nephew got no less than 4 of them last week. Seems to be the in present.Comment
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If you're a godparent, go for something a bit Christian like a bible (child-friendly or not), or a Noah's Ark, or a football Jesus.Comment
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All kids get a savings account these days - some money in that & some Winnie the tulip crockery did nicely for our niece.
Pewter or silver things seemed to be popular too. IIRC, niece got a few money & trinket boxes."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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I'd go for some premium bonds or a bottle of wine/whisky bottled this year.
Everyone else will give them rubbish such as a silver dummy/rattle or a pewter cruet set. Who wants that?Comment
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Originally posted by PRC1964 View PostI'd go for some premium bonds or a bottle of wine/whisky bottled this year.
Everyone else will give them rubbish such as a silver dummy/rattle or a pewter cruet set. Who wants that?
All were really nice. At the last one we went to, we bought a Royal Crown Derby baby bunny paperweight. It was lovely and was much appreciated.
So Tony, are you ready to renounce Satan and all his works??
PS - about £50 - as you are the Godfather and it is a big honorI'm sorry, but I'll make no apologies for this
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Tony English posted :I've been asked to be the godfather to my niece. Do any of you lot have any good ideas for a christening present
Don't get one.
When the parents ask why, explain that committing a child to an organisation when the child does not have the freedom of choice to choose is hardly in the child's best interests.
Let the child make an informed and consensual decision later in its life.Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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