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nferrandi
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non-religious baby ceremony
I am Jewish and DH is Catholic, though neither of us consider ourselves overly religious and we don't plan on raising our son to be very religious either. We will observe all of the holidays with our families and educate our son as to what each one means and stands for- but that's about the extent of it.
So DH and I are not planning on having a Baptism or Briss and I was wondering if anyone did anything different. We're thinking of just skipping a baby ceremony and then just having a nice party for his first birthday.
Just looking to see what others in this situation did.
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Posted 9/25/06 2:43 PM  |
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CookiePuss
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Re: non-religious baby ceremony
Why not have a baby naming cermony?
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| Posted 9/25/06 2:50 PM |
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JRG71
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Re: non-religious baby ceremony
My friend who is Jewish (DH is Catholic) is having a "Celebration of Life" party.
Basically a party to introduce the baby.
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| Posted 9/25/06 3:04 PM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: non-religious baby ceremony
Have you thought about going to a Unitarian church?
My twin didn't baptize her children. She had a family party for their first birthday (first child was at a place, second child was at her house). They had a ceremony that incorporated different religions with a minister performing it. Instead of godparents, they had a "god family". Basically they just made it up themselves.
My mom is Jewish & my dad is Catholic, we were raised Catholic with some Jewish holidays thrown in for my grandfather. If you're interested in reading a book on interfaith marriages, my ex bf read a "Raising Your Judeo-Christian Child" book when we were dating and he was trying to get me to marry him. I know he really liked the book.
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| Posted 9/25/06 3:09 PM |
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Shelly
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Re: non-religious baby ceremony
Posted by shamrock12472
Why not have a baby naming cermony?
I was thinking the same thing. You can have a party for the baby and just say a little something about how you came up with the name and if your child is named after anyone- the person they are named after. If you want to make it more formal you can have people recite poems or pieces of literature.
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| Posted 9/25/06 3:28 PM |
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anon
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Re: non-religious baby ceremony
Message edited 2/8/2007 7:45:27 PM.
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| Posted 9/25/06 4:33 PM |
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Tah-wee-ZAH
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Re: non-religious baby ceremony
DH is non religious Jewish.
I'm non-religious Catholic (12 years of Catholic school down the drain )
We attend the Unitarian Fellowship of Huntington and were marrried by the minister in a non-denominational ceremony that we wrote at our catering hall.
My extended family is going to have a @#$% fit when they find out our kids are not going to be baptized but I don't practice and think it would be very hypocritical just to baptize them if I don't practice. JMO.
When the time comes we will have a "Babies Naming/Babies Welcoming" party instead.
I'm not one for the extravagant first b-day parties. JMO.
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| Posted 9/25/06 4:38 PM |
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Cheryl
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Re: non-religious baby ceremony
I think a Welcoming Party sounds perfect.
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| Posted 9/25/06 5:45 PM |
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monkeybride
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Re: non-religious baby ceremony
We just had a huge 1st birthday which was great. DH is an atheist and I pretty much don't practice any organized religion and we refused to do it just for show for our families. So when she was born we didn't do anything special. I had a blast planning her 1st birthday. We had a great turnout and even though she won't remember it she had a really great time. She was so happy the whole day. It was awesome.
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| Posted 9/26/06 12:12 AM |
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lele4me
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Re: non-religious baby ceremony
I am Jewish and my dh is Catholic we had the Msgr. and Rabbi who married us perform what is called a baby blessing ceremony. It is a combination baptism and Hebrew naming ceremony. I know it's not for everyone but it was something we felt comfortable committing to exposing our kids to both religions.
FM me if you would like more info. I know the Msgr. and Rabbi allow people to observe the ceremony to see if it is something they would like to explore.
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| Posted 9/26/06 8:11 AM |
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