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How much did your christening cost? Am planning on booking Charlotte's christening on Friday and just wondering what the cost is. I know it might be different for each church but would like a rough idea.
Also, how many people did you invite? I want a very small christening. Just immediate family (ie parents and siblings so 16 in total). We'll probably have her christened during the All Age service and not have our own service. I don't want it to end up like our wedding where we ended up inviting loads of family we hardly knew/saw so we didn't upset someone. You know what it's like - you invite one person so you have to invite the next and so on......!
Thanks xx
Also, how many people did you invite? I want a very small christening. Just immediate family (ie parents and siblings so 16 in total). We'll probably have her christened during the All Age service and not have our own service. I don't want it to end up like our wedding where we ended up inviting loads of family we hardly knew/saw so we didn't upset someone. You know what it's like - you invite one person so you have to invite the next and so on......!
Thanks xx
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gown, shawl, shoes etc - 70
buffet - 250
cake - 70
invitations - 25
room & decorations - 50
Total 465
Hope that helps
The church didn't charge anything for Isobels christening. Don't know whether this is the norm or not though - our church is C of E.
We invited about 50 people, which was just our close family, friends and their children xx
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/lifeevents/baptismconfirm/baptism1.html
Dont know about other churches though
Ours was very cheap as mil made the cake, We used a loverly raw silk dress rather then a gown we were given in a random bag of clothes. We got the hall for the after do half price as we new the manager/sport captain and we supplied the minimum amount of food. Told people to eat before they come.
In total I think ours cost ??100 there abouts. we had about 60 people there.
Kerry
36wks today
X X X
jason's suit : ??30
church (C OF E) - 0
buffet (40) ??160
decorations at buffet ??20
cake - ??50
outfit cost ??6.50 - loveeee Ethel Austin
buffet was ??120
function room was free cuz my dad is on the commitee there but would have been ??50 if we were just random people
we're planning to invite about 35 people to Louise's christening. my pil are paying for it and hosting it though my dh is going to make sure that they dont have too much control over it! We did agrue a little over the weekend as they wanted to invite x, y and z but eventually gave in as its them who keep saying 'its not as nig as a wedding' and 'we wern't invite to so ans so's'. And us saying well in that case we have to invite .... and ..... etc etc!!
We are having family members who are very close and we see lots (not just at the usual family gatherings) and friends who care about Louise - oh and ofcourse the godparents and thier oh's.
suit ??25 from next
shoes already had some
donoation to church-??30
funcuction room/pub/- free they make a profit from drinks we buy..
buffet,did it all myself cost around ??70 for food
total 120