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●BaptismChristening（第2页）

Thebabyshouldhaveatleastthreegodparents:twoofthesamesexasthedoesex。Godparentsbefamilymembersorfrieisimportantthatyouchoosepeoplewhowilltakeainyourchild’sspiritualwelfareandwhowillprayforyouandyodparentsmustthemselvesbebaptized，andshouldalsobeed。

■ThanksgivingService

Youmayarishpriestabouthavingaserviksgiviofathisservice，youthankGiftofyourdthechildisblessed。Youdohesamepromisesasiismservice。

IfyouchoosetohaveaThanksgiving，youmayalsohaveaBaptismserviceforyourchildatalaterdate。

■gParties

&hebaptism（g）service，itisusualfortheparentsofthenewlyedbabytohostaninformalpartyfuestsaion。Followtheseguidelineswhenplanningagparty:

◇Chooseavehechurch。Thismaybeyourhome，afun，villagehall，restaurantorhotel。

&ureofthepartyusuallydepeimeofday。Forexample，afteramserviceabuffetorfamilyluafternoonteawouldsuitanaftern。

◇Itisusualtoservealpagne，wiheparty，aswellassoftdrinks，teaandcoffee。

◇Traditiohermakesatoast。Nowadays，hodpareedtothetaskbeaskedtosayafewwords。

◇Mostparentsalsoserveagcake。Thisshouldbeiwhiteahehebabyae。Traditionally，thecakewouldbethetoptieroftheparentalweddihispracticeislessonno>

◇Iftherearelotsof，theoprovidesomekioraseparateareaforthem。Ifyouareatahiredvenue，makesureyouspeaktotheatorifacilities。

◇Detthatmaswillbrisalongwiththem，sohaveasecureareaarraheybeleft。

◇Dettoi（andhisherspouse）totheparty。

■BaptismPresents

&ionofgivingg，orbaptismpresentshasalosihewishtogiveagoodstartinlife，soavaluableitem，orasmallgiftofmoneyreciatedasaninitialihechild’sfuture。ThegiftofsilverapostlespoonsisatraditionthatdatesbacktotheTudorera，andisthoughttobetheinoftheexpression“bornwithasilverspooninhismouth”。

Masprefertoadheretoestablishedtraditioifts—silverspoons，napkinrings，eggkards，rattles—arestillpreseraditionaliststoday，ahturysilverphotographframeshavealsobeensideredappropriate。

◆Godpares

Somegodpareogivesilver，butinaformthatwillbeusableinadulthood—silverks，bangles，charmbracelets（silverbegivenonbirthdaysthroughoutchildhood）。

&ioiurehasbeoreelastithe21ststury。Forexample，itisquiteacceptabletolaydownacaseofwine（perhapsfromtheyearofthechild’sbirth），raduallyaccumulateacaseoffihefirst18yearsofthechild’slife。

Somegodparentsexplivestmentinthechild’sfuture—puttiinasavingat，abondthatwillmatureonthechild’s18th，forexample。

◆OtherBaptismPresents

Althoughthereisnoabsoluteexpethatguestsatag（exgthegodparents）willgivepresents，itisagoodideatomarkaveryspecialo。

&agmayoretransitorypresentsthanthegodparents，arangeisavailable。Suitablepresentsinclude:a（therearespecialbabyrangesavailable），moneyboxes（perhapswithatributioninside），beddiembroideredbla，forexample），photographframes，photographalbums，orframedpicturesforthenursery>

Woodenorcuddlytoys（thoughpreferablynotplastic）arealsoperfectlyacceptable。AcollectableSteiffTeddyisagoodwayofgivihiachildwillajoy。

◆Thank-yous

Therearemawhethergodparentsshouldbegiventhaertheg。Thisislynueur，andshouldedbynewgodparents。However，ifyoureallyfeelimpelledtothaheirtimeandent，theographofyourchild（orevehegodparentandthechild）riate。

Thereise，however，abouttheythaersforbaptismgifts。Theseshouldbehandwritten，carefullypersoheactualpresentshouldbemehapositiveentaboutitsappropriateness）ahihey。

Godparentsshould，ofcourse，receiveaspek-youfortheroletheyhaveplayedinthey。