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Since when have Communions become such a plebian affair?

ibarelycare

When I was young your communion was about having a mediocre meal in the local hotel, getting fivers in cards from aunties and uncles, and if you’re lucky one of your friends’ parents hiring a bouncy castle, which half the street got the use out of.

These days they’ve become mini working-class weddings. Piss ups for the families, sweet carts, limos, candy floss machines, those tacky-as-ef Instagram/Facebook cardboard frames, hiring djs, renting out an area in a scummy pub, professional photo shoots, mothers and aunties and grannies booking their hair, tan, makeup months in advance, dads and uncles and grandads taking fashion tips from McGregor’s clan. It’s like a competition in some neighbourhoods to see who can get themselves in most debt to out-tack the people next door. The past few weeks in work I’ve heard numerous people talking about the “mad” communions they were at at the weekend. Seriously can people not leave the crates of Blue WKD and bags of poor quality cocaine for a day that’s not supposed to be about children?

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Buford T. Justice XIX

Brayson Freezing Flatware wrote: »

And idiots are best ignored.

Unless you're 8 years old and there's a good chance of cash coming your way:pac:

LirW

Was driving from my house to Carlow today, the amount of bouncy castles you see in private gardens is unreal.

meeeeh

conorhal wrote: »

Even still, it's a kids party not an adult one. It seems like a deeply wierd occasion to get smashed at. I can't imagine a bunch of adults falling about the place drunk at an 8yr old's birthday party.

I agree with that. I don't mind a bit of drink but why would you get completely hammered around kids.

GhostyMcGhost

€400 for an ice cream van
€600 for wood fried pizzas
even event planners

Booked out a year in advance!
It’s a communion ffs

People probably seriously stretching to throw the most lavish of parties

The boom is back baby... we’ve really learned **** all.... excuse me while I throw up

https://independent.ie/life/it-was-like-a-wedding-there-was-even-an-event-management-team-how-much-irish-parents-are-spending-on-communions-36953563.html

[Deleted User]

Gonna guess this is travellers

captbarnacles

There were vintage cars and limo's outside the church locally on Saturday. I'm not convinced Jesus would have approved.

pleas advice

I think I'm going to be sick...

Spent too long in the bouncing castle?

Overheal

Relax up Ghosty you don’t have to eat that all yourself

Pac1Man

It's lifestyle creep. People will always find something new to spend and waste their money on.

Funding that new lifestyle then brings it's own stresses. Probably not worth it in the long run.

[Deleted User]

My main concern is whoever wrote the article can't use a spell checker...

Gloomtastic!

Used to be a kids entertainer and the golden rule with Communions used to be, the more money the parents spent, the more miserable the kid.

M.Cribben

When there's helicopters dropping little Fionn and Sorcha to their communion, we have reached peak boom.

M.Cribben

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Used to be a kids entertainer and the golden rule with Communions used to be, the more money the parents spent, the more miserable the kid.

I've noticed also that the more money the parents spend, the less wealthy they usually are.

Franz Von Peppercorn

M.Cribben wrote: »

I've noticed also that the more money the parents spend, the less wealthy they usually are.

True dat.

Pinch Flat

“We do an artisan pizza, it's wild yeast not artificial yeast.“

Fcukin hell

whiskeyman

Deleted User wrote: »

Gonna guess this is travellers

Travellers are big into youghert making parties too.

It's their culture...

[Deleted User]

You'll enjoy this thread from last week.

kneemos

Big money in ice cream vans at all accounts.
Couldn't be too hard to pull in a couple hundred quid at least of an evening.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Mod note: As we already have a First Communion thread, I'm going to merge this with that one.

Please, let the outrage continue:P

Buford T. Justice

Poor Uncle Tom

I loves the Ortisson pizza, much noicer than the pepperoni......:D

GhostyMcGhost

Pinch Flat wrote: »

“We do an artisan pizza, it's wild yeast not artificial yeast.“

Fcukin hell

They’re making a fair chunk of wild dough alright

the purple tin

Ireland is supposed to be coming down with aetheists but it doesn't seem like many parents are opting out of communion.
Do they just want the excuse for a knees up, or to get the few quid for the chiseller?

lulu1

As far as dresses go I think that girls should have a plain white dress and boys a white shirt and black trousers. then there would be no competation among parents, because lets face it everyone wants their wee mary and Johnn'y to have the nicest outfit..

This would also help the less well of parents.

Going back centurys ago myself and 3 sisters all wore the same dress for our communion. The dress was 10 years old when it was my turn to wear it, but done the job