How much to give for my Nephew's Communion?

BaZmO* · 25-05-2007 03:31PM #1

Back in my day you were lucky to get an apple or an orange.......or was that Christmas?

Anyway what's the deal, how much do you give one of these money grabbing grown-up impersonators on their special day?

8k2q1gfcz9s5d4 · 25-05-2007 03:35PM

give them an apple or an orange. id sat €20 would be fine

BaZmO* · 25-05-2007 03:38PM

Isabelle Plain Infantryman wrote:

give them an apple or an orange. id sat €20 would be fine

Ah that's taking the p1ss. I was thinking more in the range of €50-€100. Definitely not less than €50 anyway.

c - 13 · 25-05-2007 03:43PM

Depends on how close you are to that part of the family i'd say BaZmO*

If they're not the kind of family that you talk to often i'd go with the €20
If you kind of close to then i'd say €50
If your very close to them, or if you the kids godparent i'd say €50 - 100

Its all a money game.

I'd give good money to see the look on his face if you gave him an orange !

Glowing · 25-05-2007 03:48PM

Don't get me started on this whole communion - money giving thing. I think its absolutely crazy. Correct me if i'm wrong, but even 20 euro for an 8 year old is not an insubstantial amount of money. The only reason you'd give 100 is so you don't look like a miser - and because everyone else gives that amount.

The whole practice should be banned. Whats wrong with a day out at the zoo like 8 year olds have for their birthdays etc?

Tusky · 25-05-2007 03:51PM

ahh. The old tradition of bribing impressionable children into signing up to a medieval twisted religion. Classic stuff.

connundrum · 25-05-2007 03:52PM

Take his birthday i.e. 26/12/98 - multiply those numbers, i.e. 26*12*98 = 30576. Divide that by the amount of days in the present year i.e. 30576/365 = €83.76. I'm sure you could round it up to the closest 5.

Scientific and proven to give joy to all those born toward the end of the year. Unlucky to those born in January.

BaZmO* · 25-05-2007 03:52PM

c - 13 wrote:

Depends on how close you are to that part of the family

Very close, it's my little sister's kid. I was gonna give him €100 but then started to think would that be too much, but then thought that €50 was too little.

c - 13 wrote:

I'd give good money to see the look on his face if you gave him an orange

Haha, good idea!

Although he's such a nice kid that he'd just say thank you.

Actually, at Christmas I told him I'd get him a pair of Rollerblades and when I gave him his present and he opened it to see that there was just a set of safety pads and no Rollerblades he just said thanks very much and that he'd be able to use them when he bought his Rollerblades from money that he had saved. His face was a picture when I gave him the Rollerblades.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 25-05-2007 03:54PM

well for me and most of my friends, the only good thing about the communion was talking soon after it, or the next day and discussing how much money we'd all gotten.

i mean, all they do is stand there (or sit, I forget) daydreaming until they hear their name spoken.. then I forget what happens, they are given money and get to go party.

as a young child, which would impress you more? some old fart in a dress talking ****e or fun money? If i hadn't got money for my communion, I prob wouldn't have stuck with catholacism for as long as I did.

Mossy Monk · 25-05-2007 03:57PM

i would give €50 at the absolute maximum.

Friend of mine who's god daughter got communion and she raked in over a grand. It is madness.

Corruptedmorals · 25-05-2007 03:59PM

I only made mine in 1997, and I made about £85. The most was something like £170. Now it's €600-800. Ridiculous! Suppose you can't look like the crap uncle. Compromise- €75.

BaZmO* · 25-05-2007 04:01PM

Glowing wrote:

Don't get me started on this whole communion - money giving thing.

But you could apply that to any religious occasion, Wedding, Christening, Communion, Confirmation, etc.

Glowing wrote:

Correct me if i'm wrong, but even 20 euro for an 8 year old is not an insubstantial amount of money.

Maybe it was when I made my Communion but not anymore.

Glowing wrote:

The only reason you'd give 100 is so you don't look like a miser - and because everyone else gives that amount.

Well I was more concerned about giving him too much rather than not enough tbh.

Glowing wrote:

Whats wrong with a day out at the zoo like 8 year olds have for their birthdays etc?

Nothing, and I do actually bring him to the pictures every now and then but it's not his birthday.

AlmightyCushion · 25-05-2007 04:05PM

It was my nephews communion last weekend and I only gave him €20. He was delighted with it. I am a student though so maybe I'm allowed to be cheap.

BaZmO* · 25-05-2007 04:07PM

AlmightyCushion wrote:

It was my nephews communion last weekend and I only gave him €20. He was delighted with it. I am a student though so maybe I'm allowed to be cheap.

It's been a very long time since I was a struggling student!!

Winters · 25-05-2007 04:13PM

Nothing.

Then again, I am an Atheist and think communion is a waste of time.

egan007 · 25-05-2007 04:17PM

A helicopter ride around Dublin and SPA treatment in The Four Seasons.
You don't want him to feel left out ?

Dord · 25-05-2007 04:17PM

I wouldnt give him anything, f**ked if I'm bribing a child to stay in a ridiculious religion!

BaZmO* · 25-05-2007 04:19PM

joe robot wrote:

I wouldnt give him anything, f**ked if I'm bribing a child to stay in a ridiculious religion!

WHAT? I'm not bribing anybody!

Fajitas! · 25-05-2007 04:27PM

Slip 50 quid into an orange.

You get to see him feigning appreciation...and then finding 50 quid...

Slow Motion · 25-05-2007 04:43PM

My Goddaughters was last year I gave her €50, but only because she was my Goddaughter otherwise it would have been €20

Glowing · 25-05-2007 04:48PM

BaZmO*, I've nothing against doing something nice for your nephew, he seems like a lovely kid and will appreciate what he's given. I just have a problem with greedy little sh1ts who can't see further than lining their pockets and shake out their communion cards to get the money without so much as a thanks!

Why don't you give him the 50 quid and a voucher for you to take him to the cinema some other time? Rather than just cash .....

Mr Magnolia · 25-05-2007 04:54PM

c - 13 wrote:

Depends on how close you are to that part of the family i'd say BaZmO*

If they're not the kind of family that you talk to often i'd go with the €20
If you kind of close to then i'd say €50
If your very close to them, or if you the kids godparent i'd say €50 - 100

Its all a money game.

I'd give good money to see the look on his face if you gave him an orange !

^^Agree^^

Glowing wrote:

I just have a problem with greedy little sh1ts who can't see further than lining their pockets and shake out their communion cards to get the money without so much as a thanks!

That'd be all kids at that age so.

Frankieboy · 25-05-2007 05:06PM

I think it's a bad idea giving kids money like that. If you could buy him something that he REALLY likes or do something with him like bring him somewhere. But I suppose it'll come down to the rest of the kids comparing money, and him feeling a bit left out, and im sure you don't want to do that.

Thrill · 25-05-2007 05:21PM

I recently gave my nephew 30 euro for his communion. I used to give more but the average amount kept going up and up. So i decided to put a stop to it.

Does anybody know why the amount a child gets increases every year?

Are people afraid to be seen as a miser or do they want to be seen as the generous one who gives 50 or 100 euro?

I think 30 euros is plenty and from now on thats what all the others will get.

Mossy Monk · 25-05-2007 05:29PM

thrill wrote:

Does anybody know why the amount a child gets increases every year?

Inflation?

Binomate · 25-05-2007 05:36PM

Nothing. Why should you feel obliged pay your nephew to worship an imaginary friend?

BaZmO* · 25-05-2007 05:42PM

Binomate wrote:

Nothing. Why should you feel obliged pay your nephew to worship an imaginary friend?

I don't feel obliged at all, I actually want to give him something and was just wondering what other people give.
Fairplay to you if you want to take some type of anti-religious moral crusade with an 8 year old but that's certainly not my thing.

cson · 25-05-2007 05:46PM

Right, i'll just put on my suit of armour before I tell you my story...

Made my communion in 1997, we have a good few relations and the like. Now im not from a well of background or anything, I live in south east galway for feck sake, but I raked in £900 that day, a substantional sum today never mind 10 years ago. Thing is though, my parents gave me £100 and took the £800 left and put it in a deposit account. I dunno whats in it now but it seems a good idea.

skyhighflyer · 25-05-2007 05:49PM

Think you could give either Eur60 in 3 x 20 notes or do what was already suggested, 50 quid and a voucher to the cinema.

ferdi · 25-05-2007 05:57PM

give him nothing. save it for birthday or christmas. giving kids money for their communion is just plain tacky.

Binomate · 25-05-2007 05:59PM

BaZmO* wrote:

I don't feel obliged at all, I actually want to give him something and was just wondering what other people give.
Fairplay to you if you want to take some type of anti-religious moral crusade with an 8 year old but that's certainly not my thing.

I leave the crusades to the christians.

How much to give for my Nephew's Communion?

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