Christening Invites wording

[HPmum2B]

Hi,

I am just trying to think of the wording for my christening invites.
It will be a service in the morning and then I have hired a hall for a sort of buffet lunch and drinks straight after.

I am not planning an all nighter, I think the 'party' should last till about 3pm, how would you put this? I do like to have good etiquette on invites.

Also I want to mention food, but don't want people to think they are getting a 3 course meal (I don't want them to be disappointed). So I was thinking 'light buffet' or 'finger buffet' to be served.

I also don't really want gifts, but don't want to put 'no gifts' in case people think I was being presumptuous thinking they would all buy gifts, iykwim.

Any help appreciated!!

 

[robinator]

How about "followed by hors devours"? Or however you spell it lol

 

[mellyboo]

I just found out ours is May 12th and i was thinking about the whole invite thing too my cousin decided to double it up so her son and my daughter are getting baptized together so im not sure what she will want to do I wanted to have a get together and I told her we would do it here as mine and OH place is the biggest out of everyone's in the family..

One crapppy thing is ours is on May 12th at 1pm May 12th is mothers day in Canada boo friggen Boo!!.. taking away from my day ah well OH better still surprise me he has the morning ! LMAO.

 

[ARuppe716]

Ours is phrased as being followed by a reception. I went through an invite company and that was the wording they had.

 

[MamaE]

We had our party at my parents' house and just stated "lunch will follow the ceremony..." Honestly, I milled over the same thing, but I thought the word "lunch" implied light fare: sandwiches, salads, and a cake (of course)---all cold foods. I had everything catered, made life easier. Nothing requiring heating bc it's too much, esp. when it's warm out!

And honestly, I felt like if that wasn't good enough, f-'em if they had a problem. They were there for the baptism, not food. My SIL made a HUGE stink about the food and wouldn't let her kids eat---not even cake. But the whole things was immaculately catered, beautiful, and she was just feeling insecure bc I think it was nicer than her wedding. There. I said it.

 

[izzlesnizzle]

This is how I worded it:-

You are warmly invited to the Christening of............ on 17th March 2013 at............

The service starts at 10.30am and there will be a gathering for a buffet lunch and drinks at......................... from Midday.

Really hope you can make it, children included, to wish Eva well on her path in Christianity.

People didn't stay all day anyway. It only lasted until 3pm, some people started leaving after an hour or 2 and we were just left with close family by the end of it and home by 4pm.

 

[schnoogles]

We have just put 'with a reception to follow at ......' I think most people wouldn't expect more then a finger buffet after a christening and would expect it to finish midafternoon so I wouldn't worry too much. I'm not sure regarding gifts, my friend asked everyone who wanted to buy a gift to make a donation to a charity, then it's up to the guest if they do or not and its a lovely thing to do xx