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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”

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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.