I assume you're talking a Christian christening? I know, I know... most of them are... :) Some little memento, typically... a picture frame or photo album... a little piece of jewelry (obviously more for a keepsake than to be worn)... a special book with a handwritten note in the cover... a Christmas ornament inscribed with the occasion and the date... pretty much any little trinket you could get at a Christian bookstore... Or if you wanted to go with something more practical, you could give, say, a "Veggie Tales" video... I already mentioned a book... If it's a Catholic ceremony (which I'm guessing it's not, else you'd have called it a Baptism), you could give a special rosary... A children's bible or a book of kids prayers... The same sentiment without quite the same religious implication would be a book like, "Children's Letters to God" which is adorable no matter what your religious practice... Something small and engraved from a shop like "Things Remembered" (a child's fork/spoon set or a cup or little jewelry box or something).
Just think "keepsake" and "Hallmark" and give something little that you're comfortable with along those lines. It doesn't necessarily have to be religious in nature. Just more "thoughtful" in nature as opposed to "practical" is how I would go.
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Date: 2008-08-08 07:55 pm (UTC)Just think "keepsake" and "Hallmark" and give something little that you're comfortable with along those lines. It doesn't necessarily have to be religious in nature. Just more "thoughtful" in nature as opposed to "practical" is how I would go.
Did I help or just confuse?