Communion Cards - How much to give?

xzanti

I have 3 Holy Communions to 'acknowledge' this weekend.. 1 of which is my Godson so I'll have to go all out for him.. and happily so.

The other 2 are children of my cousins.. what's the general consensus for stuffing communion cards these days.. for say, extended family.. 50? 20? 10? 5?... a scratch card? :pac:

I'm pretty broke at the minute

meoklmrk91

Give what you can afford they can like it or lump it.

inmyday

Give what you can afford. If that's nothing, then give them nothing.

Cody Pomeray

omg op don giv dem anyting any1 who brainwashes der kids in d catolic church dese days must be tick lol add me on fb ...xoXoXoXo...

Ilyana 2.0

I'd say 15-20e each would be more than enough for the cousins' children, and then for your godson just go with whatever you'd like to give.

Could you buy them presents instead? You might get away with spending a little less depending on the gift, and it's not like 8 year olds need lots of cash anyway :P

highly1111

I'd suggest €10 for extended. Max max €30 for godson.

now I just news to press the reply button before I start ranting about what a money making farce the whole thing is.... ;-)

admiralofthefleet

im going to 2 communions tomorrow for extended family that follow that evil cult. we are sticking a fiver in each card

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Banned.

FatherLen

I.O.U.'s

Mint Sauce

I just got a load of mass books and rosery beads for mine.

A tenner I'd say is more than enough for a 7 year old.

murra

If you are putting anything less then 20 euro in the card, then don't bother giving a card. 5 euro is an insult.

joebloggs32

Give them some Rosary Beads

homemadecider

murra wrote: »

If you are putting anything less then 20 euro in the card, then don't bother giving a card. 5 euro is an insult.

"You're giving me free money - I'm so insulted!"

Buh?

Tigger

murra wrote: »

If you are putting anything less then 20 euro in the card, then don't bother giving a card. 5 euro is an insult.

How is 5 euro an insult
Is a card with no money in it an insult?
An insult to a nine year old child
Is ten euro an insult
You said twenty minimum so is 15 an insult ?
Crazy to think this is where we are now

Prayer books and kids' bibles

admiralofthefleet

murra wrote: »

If you are putting anything less then 20 euro in the card, then don't bother giving a card. 5 euro is an insult.

its not the money that matters, its that a very hungover mammy and daddy get up each and every sunday morning from then on and bring their child to 'mass'

Scortho

Money to godson yes or maybe a present.
Money to neices and nephews yes. Money to cousins kids? Hell no. Unless you're really close to the cousins or something then there's no need for it.

What would I give? 50-100 to the godson or a watch. I got a watch for mine 14 years ago and still have it.
For nieces and nephews 20 is enough.

S28382

20 euro for each of em and 50 for your godson.

Parents and the like have to stop the nonsense that goes on at birthdays/christmas/confirmations/communions.

S28382

S28382 wrote: »

Parents and the like have to stop the nonsense that goes on at birthdays/christmas/confirmations/communions.

Like giving 50 quid to a 7-8 year old?

homemadecider

Why do people give money to children for marrying God? (I may have a rudimentary understand of communion)

hoodwinked

20-30euro for your godson is fine, €10 each to the cousins children...

ridiculous giving €50, i'd only give that to a sibling on their birthday...

S28382

bluewolf wrote: »

Like giving 50 quid to a 7-8 year old?

Yup. If you that is bad my youngfella completed his passage to the holy world in march and he got 100euro off his god parent i could of killed him for giving that much to him.

S28382

S28382 wrote: »

Yup. If you that is bad my youngfella completed his passage to the holy world in march and he got 100euro off his god parent i could of killed him for giving that much to him.

If you're agreeing with me that 50 is madness, why did you advise giving 50?

T-K-O

Cost me 50 (godson), why can't we just light a candle for these god fearing folk

edit, that was for a confirmation.

S28382

I never said i agreed with you, if i had a god son making his communion i would give him 50euro. You may think that is crazy but sure there is other people out there who would give more i think when if you are god person then giving out 50euro is fine as long as you can afford it.

TPD

Just refuse to be a godparent in future. Or, go back in time and refuse to be a godparent in the past. Simple!

T-K-O

What if you ran into yourself like the baddie in time cop?

For cousins kids - not a penny

murra

murra wrote: »

If you are putting anything less then 20 euro in the card, then don't bother giving a card. 5 euro is an insult.

Where do you keep your fivers? In a marble dispenser between the solid gold loo and the mink fur hand towels? Can I use your 25m swimming bathroom too?

TPD

T-K-O wrote: »

What if you ran into yourself like the baddie in time cop?

Give your past self the 50 quid instead, tell them to put it in the bank. Back to the present, hello compound interest :cool:

T-K-O

TPD wrote: »

Give your past self the 50 quid instead, tell them to put it in the bank. Back to the present, hello compound interest :cool:

Same matter cannot occupy the same space... be sure not to touch yourself

Czarcasm

xzanti wrote: »

I have 3 Holy Communions to 'acknowledge' this weekend.. 1 of which is my Godson so I'll have to go all out for him.. and happily so.

The other 2 are children of my cousins.. what's the general consensus for stuffing communion cards these days.. for say, extended family.. 50? 20? 10? 5?... a scratch card? :pac:

I'm pretty broke at the minute

Posted this before in a thread on a similar vein to this one-


Thread: Is €50 enough?

Czarcasm wrote: »

OP you could make a donation to a children's charity on behalf of the child, then print out the receipt and put it in an envelope before you present it to the child.

It teaches them the true meaning of it's better to give than it is to receive and it's a lesson that'll stay with them a lot longer than the couple of euro they'll get in an envelope and pìss away a few minutes later on a phone or a games console, etc.

Irishcrx

Some tight arses on here , godson easily €200 - €250 , probably €100 for brothers and sisters and the likes.

Get the lead out loike , their only children, they would be really upset with €10 - €20.

123balltv

I only give money to family €30 for nieces,nephews,cousins etc

inmyday

Irishcrx wrote: »

Some tight arses on here , godson easily €200 - €250 , probably €100 for brothers and sisters and the likes.

Get the lead out loike , their only children, they would be really upset with €10 - €20.

I hate you so much

Duckworth_Luas

Make them something out of wood like Jesus would have done. Say a spice rack. Kids will love that.

Super-Rush

Irishcrx wrote: »

Some tight arses on here , godson easily €200 - €250 , probably €100 for brothers and sisters and the likes.

Get the lead out loike , their only children, they would be really upset with €10 - €20.

Will ya go way outta that ffs.

No ten year old needs or deserves 250 euro.

old hippy

I'd give them the Dawkins book.

S28382

Super-Rush wrote: »

Will ya go way outta that ffs.

No ten year old needs or deserves 250 euro.

I think the poster was taking the piss.

Ruu

A Lotto quick pick?
€15-20, although I know my lot will be getting much more and this is in a middle of nowhere town in Meath.

FatherTed

Why DO you have to give money? It's a religious sacrament FFS.

S28382

FatherTed wrote: »

Why DO you have to give money? It's a religious sacrament FFS.

Because god said so.

wonderfulname

old hippy wrote: »

I'd give them the Dawkins book.

I have been so tempted to pull a stunt like that on my family, instead I completely forgot about posting a communion card until seeing this thread, so they shall be getting sweet shag all until I see them next... Rosary beads for their 18th it is.

kylith

I usually stick in €20, but if there were so many on the same weekend I couldn't stretch to €20 for each of them, so would give what I could afford.

jjbrien

old hippy wrote: »

I'd give them the Dawkins book.

Like this one http://www.amazon.com/God-Delusion-Richard-Dawkins/dp/0618918248

Might get it for my nices communion next week :rolleyes:

animaal

My daughter had her first communion this year. She was delighted getting cards with money in them, it didn't really matter to her how much was in any particular card. Whether she ended up with 50 or 500 at the end of the day didn't really matter, it's just a number to her.

Her great granny sent her a box of chocolates, and that's what she enjoyed most. The wife had to tell her that it's rude to hide the box up in her bedroom and scoff them all by herself.

Capt'n Midnight

Forty pieces of silver.

jonon9

Since its a Catholic thing just give your blessing or a voucher for kids shoes so the parents wont spend it.

Tom_Cruise

Give them a card worth 20 euro. That shows you are not cheap.

HondaSami

Nieces, nephews, god children €50, it's one day in a child's life and most remember the excitement of counting the money and what they are going to buy, we were all kids once, let them have their day, they have plenty of time to worry about the bigger things in life.
If you can't afford to put money in a card there are lots of lovely gifts in the shops at the moment at very reasonable prices.

the groutch

"A donation has been made in your name to The Human Fund"

mrs.doyle

To my nieces and nephews I give 50 euro, 100 for a godchild, 20 for neighbours child and 10 for friends of my children, I also bring a spare card on the day with 10 in it just in case we receive an unexpected card.