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For Catholics, baptism is a new birth. The child is consecrated to Catholicism using the symbols of water and Spirit. Baptism is a happy occasion that is typically celebrated with food for the guests and gifts for the baby. Common Catholic baby christening gifts are keepsakes featuring inspirational sentiments. These are personalized and are meant to be kept and given to the baby when he is older.
Just because this is a Catholic rite and the baby is being baptized doesn’t mean that the baby gets baptism gifts catholic. It is common practice to give the baby toys and clothes and books that would be given just like in any other occasion. Great baby gifts are baby clothes, booties and mittens. Babies grow so fast, mommy will appreciate a sure supply all the time.
For many parents their baby’s baptism is the most important day in their lives. In the Catholic Church the baptism signifies the purification of the infant’s soul by removing both the guilt and punishment of Original sin. Catholic parents believe that delaying an infant’s baptism can put the child’s soul into jeopardy should he die unbaptized.
This is such a special day that most Catholic parents invite all their friends and family to the church to celebrate the event. Many people bring religious baptismal gifts to these occasions. One good gift idea is a baptism book. These books include prayers that a child can say at bedtime along with simply expressed statements of Catholic Christian belief that are young-children appropriate. These books are sentimental keepsakes that can help kids better understand the importance of their baptisms, since most were too young to remember the event.