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Check with your priest or clergy to make sure he or she is available to perform the christening at your home on the date you prefer.
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Choose a day that is not busy for the priest.
Check with the godparents, if you have chosen them, to see if they are available to attend. If they are not available, find proxies or stand-ins for the ceremony.
Invite friends and family to the ceremony by sending formal invitations through the mail.
Set up an area suitable for the ceremony that includes a source of water, either a font of holy water that can be poured or a pool for submersion, as well as an altar or stage with a table for necessary books, cloths and candles that the clergy will bring.
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Set up an area in your home that resembles the altar in the church.
Arrange seating for spectators to watch.
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Borrow chairs from the church or a local school so guests can sit comfortably.
Bring the baby from a private room, dressed in his or her special christening dress, to the ceremony once guests are seated.
Follow the ceremony with celebratory food. Serve light hors d'oeurves, lunch or dinner and follow with dessert that includes a baptismal cake. Request a blessing of the meal by the clergy.
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Follow dinner with a special cake.
Open gifts on behalf of the newly christened baby before your guests leave.
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Guests might bring special gifts.
Provide the clergy with a check to be donated to the church and a card thanking him or her for coming to your home.
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