What's the going rate for Communion money these days?

CuriousOwl

What would be the going rate for Communion money these days for a family member, taking into account attending an afters with meal etc. too?

brevity

20 quid?

Beyondgone

€100 or you're a bad relative.


Which is frankly nuts, but true.

Boggy Turf

Kid are earning up to 1000 yoyos for communions now. The whole thing is a nonsense.

D0NNELLY

50 quid

jules86

D0NNELLY wrote: »

50 quid

+1

brevity

jules86 wrote: »

+1

So 51€

Mech1

Hang on....
Op, what age are you?

mynamejeff

fifty quid ??

aw ffs !!!

soooo many godchildren

D0NNELLY

mynamejeff wrote: »

fifty quid ??

aw ffs !!!

soooo many godchildren

20 quid for a neighbour
50 quid for niece/nephew.
100 quid for a godchild

major bill

20 quid!! If they are close family then 50 or over.....Lil bastards should be taxed on it they make that much these days

me_irl

Donate to One in Four.

http://www.oneinfour.ie/help-us/

inajock

Money laundering

D0NNELLY

me_irl wrote: »

Donate to One in Four.

http://www.oneinfour.ie/help-us/

Yeah, but how much!?!

me_irl

inajock wrote: »

Money laundering

Magdalene?

Cortina_MK_IV

And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:19

Here is a (€2) prayer book little Oisin/Doras/Kayden/Jayden/Kyle/
Tyler/Fletcher/Cooper/River...

Go in peace and serve the Lord.

D0NNELLY

Boggy Turf wrote: »

Kid are earning up to 1000 yoyos for communions now. The whole thing is a nonsense.

Communion has nonsense written all over it. Kids making a few grand is the least of it

Beyondgone

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Yeah, but how much!?!

Nothing. Charities dirtied their bibs the last few years. Cynicism says it's going to pay the CEO's nail care bill.

Murrisk

Are sit down meals common for Communion Days outside the immediate family?

I went to my friend's son's Communion last year and the party at her house afterwards and gave him €20. Plenty of money for an eight year old!

harry Bailey esq

Come back kneemos,all is forgiven.Clean sheet!
€20 is adequate op. It's all relative though, are you the godparent of the child? Are you a broke student? Have you got a big/small family?
I received almost £500 punts for my communion,and that was in 1987.Large extended family,close knit neighbourhood. All in pound notes,fivers and tenners.Me ma and da got the best part of that obviously,that was a nice wedge 30 years ago.My aunt,who's also my godmother was able to open an account with a building society for me with 20 punts as a startup.That was the best present I ever got as I own my property and have a shared concern in two others,despite having spent my adult life self employed,unemployed or 'offside'. I give my own nephews and nieces prize bonds instead of cash.

nice_guy80

depends how many relations they have
I gave €60 last week to my godson.
he's lucky to have got that much

he gets a lot off me all year around

D0NNELLY

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Come back kneemos,all is forgiven.Clean sheet!
€20 is adequate op. It's all relative though, are you the godparent of the child? Are you a broke student? Have you got a big/small family?
I received almost £500 punts for my communion,and that was in 1987.Large extended family,close knit neighbourhood. All in pound notes,fivers and tenners.Me ma and da got the best part of that obviously, that was a nice wedge 30 years ago.My aunt,who's also my godmother was able to open an account with a building society for me with 20 punts as a startup.That was the best present I ever got as I own my property and have a shared concern in two others,despite having spent my adult life self employed,unemployed or 'offside'. I give my own nephews and nieces prize bonds instead of cash.

Eh, yeah, obviously o.O

Masala

What about if you invited to a meal/ lunch after the ceremony???? What should you give then??? Should you cover the cost of the meal (say €25) and €25 for the child. So.... a husband and wife give 25+25+25= €75 all in???

D0NNELLY

Masala wrote: »

What about if you invited to a meal/ lunch after the ceremony???? What should you give then??? Should you cover the cost of the meal (say €25) and €25 for the child. So.... a husband and wife give 25+25+25= €75 all in???

50 to the kid

Spanish Eyes

Its getting like the Wedding angst about "how much should I give as a prezzie" Jazsus.

The season is upon us. Get your money out now.

Nervous Wreck

D0NNELLY wrote: »

20 quid for a neighbour
50 quid for niece/nephew.
100 quid for a godchild

Is this a joke? Ain't no neighbours getting communion money from me. My nephew got 20 and was lucky at that!

infogiver

Donate to St Vincent de Paul or some other local charity of your choice and 20€ for the child is more than enough.
The vulgar ostentatious €50 notes of the Celtic Tiger is tasteless and very over.

Murrisk

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Is this a joke? Ain't no neighbours getting communion money from me. My nephew got 20 and was lucky at that!

I still can recall my amazement at my Confirmation at all the envelopes flying around outside the church afterwards. My family was much more conservative in that regard. My granny and aunts and uncles gave me something and that was it (and I don't have a large extended family). My Confirmation was 1995 and if I recall, I was getting tenners in cards, so I guess that would be twenty now. I can only assume it was tenners too for my Communion in 1991.

I just think anything more than twenty is too much for a kiddo! I mentioned my going to the communion of my friend's son above. I brought a card and also brought one along for him from my sister and mother. Each of us gave him €20. That may have been a bit excessive in total. But my friend is a very hard-working single mother so we were happy to be generous with her son.

fatknacker

A miraculous medal and a kick up the arse if you're lucky.

pragmatic1

Just gave my nephew 50 euro and that's plenty. He already got 50 euro off me for Christmas and he'll be getting another 50 euro from me for his birthday too. Has me robbed.

D0NNELLY

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Is this a joke? Ain't no neighbours getting communion money from me. My nephew got 20 and was lucky at that!

No, just different strokes...

Lollipops23

My little brother (also godson) got 50quid off me 3 years ago- he also gets cash off me for xmas/birthdays etc (usually 40quid).

Not long after I got together with the OH his brother had a confo and sister made her communion. Each got 30 quid off me and they were made up. Think it depends on the families tbh, but I reckon throwing 50s at 8 year olds is ridiculous.

myshirt

€50 is the absolute baseline.

With birthdays, christenings, Christmas, Easter, weddings, valentine's day, mother's day, and a shedload more days, it runs up to be an expensive business. There's something every month, it's no longer a one off expense, it's every month.

murpho999

Why do you have to give a present for a communion when it's supposed to be about god and all that jazz.

The whole idea of giving money to a kid for going to mass is ridiculous.

Ciaran_B

D0NNELLY wrote: »

20 quid for a neighbour
50 quid for niece/nephew.
100 quid for a godchild

No way. There's 100's, possibly 1000's, of kids on my street. I'd need a second mortgage to chuck each of them a score. I just don't open the door when they knock.

People in work have told me their children have 'made' ?850. Crazy days.

murpho999

Ciaran_B wrote: »

No way. There's 100's, possibly 1000's, of kids on my street. I'd need a second mortgage to chuck each of them a score. I just don't open the door when they knock.

People in work have told me their children have 'made' ?850. Crazy days.

Do you live on South Circular Road or somewhere like that and include every household?

Mint Sauce

€50 for your First Communion? I was lucky to get a tenner, most relatives gave me some Rosary Beads and a Prayer Book. Now for your Confirmation, that's where the money was made.

messy tessy

D0NNELLY wrote: »

20 quid for a neighbour
50 quid for niece/nephew.
100 quid for a godchild

100 euro for a godchild!! Holy moly.

PandaPoo

It's my nephews communion next Saturday. I'm really struggling.. ..i don't know whether to give €30 or €50. I can't remember what I gave his older sister.

I think €30 is plenty, what's he going to buy apart from ps4 games?

gotasmoke

Do parents pocket most of the kids communion money? Is this why we feel obligated to give upwards of €50 to a child?

nice_guy80

gotasmoke wrote: »

Do parents pocket most of the kids communion money? Is this why we feel obligated to give upwards of €50 to a child?

a sensible parent would pocket it as rent for the previous 8 years

Your Face

A knife and a pair of gloves.

Glenster

nice_guy80 wrote: »

an sensible parent absolute scab would pocket it as rent for the previous 8 years

FYP

biscuithead

'bout three fiddy

Sofiztikated

Some people need to fecking reevaluate their fecking sensibilities!

€50 and €100 quid for a communion?! Not ****ing likely.

Ciaran_B

murpho999 wrote: »

Do you live on South Circular Road or somewhere like that and include every household?

I exaggerate slightly for effect! But there's bloody loads of kids on my road - no way they're getting 20 notes each.

Glenster

Neighbours get nothing.

Kids of mates might get 20 bills.

Family members get 50 bills.

God kids get 100 bills.

That's how it works.

D0NNELLY

messy tessy wrote: »

100 euro for a godchild!! Holy moly.

I've only got two, so won't put me out on the street or anything

PandaPoo

nice_guy80 wrote: »

a sensible parent would pocket it as rent for the previous 8 years

I don't know about sensible but my in laws gave my 7 year old €70 for his birthday...so I gave him €20 and put €50 in his savings

robindch

CuriousOwl wrote: »

What would be the going rate for Communion money these days for a family member, taking into account attending an afters with meal etc. too?

I bought a religious statue and a religious book for every family communion I was ever invited to.

After a while, invitations stopped and that was fine with me

Murrisk

PandaPoo wrote: »

I don't know about sensible but my in laws gave my 7 year old €70 for his birthday...so I gave him €20 and put €50 in his savings

This seems sensible. He'll be delighted with the €20 to spend and even more delighted with the unexpected savings when he's older!