Christening question....how much?

How much did your baby's christening cost overall (including invitations, church, party afterwards, etc.)? Did you give a favors? Did you have a DJ? How many guests did you have? Sorry for all the questions, I just want to get an idea.

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Jared's christening was 27 dollars per person and we had about 45 people. It was at Vincents in Carle Place. Plus we also had a bar bill. I gave out favors that were frames with pictures in it. We didn't have a DJ either.

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Aidan's was $26.95 per person ($35 pp w/ tax and 20% gratuity) Kids 5-10 half price.
We had 57 adults and 10 children.
Bar tab was separate and was just about the same as the food!
No DJ, I made chocolate covered pretzels and put them in bags for favors and ordered blue frosted heart cookies also.

It was at a golf club so we did get vouchers for a free foursome of golf which was nice.

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we had ours kids christenings at home and it cost about $500 for food, liquor, soda, desert, papergoods. I always love having it at home because you don't feel rushed and my family usually likes to hang out a bit later. we priced having it out, but i'd personally prefer to put the extra $ i would of spent on having it out into their bank accounts for cars for them or for their weddings!
it's definitelt more work to have it at home, but my best friend and parents usually help me and we get the ood out and then kitchen cleaned up quick! we always have about 50 peoplein total.

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I had my friend make my invitations so they were free she didn't charge me.

The place we rented was $600 that included soda and if you wanted alcohal we had a cash bar

for the favors we spent $150 that included the ribbon we got single serving wine bottles and put printed ribbon around the neck of it

Food was about $400 cake was included

No DJ

Also I got thank you cards at snapfish which was about 60 something dollars

we had 120 people

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My hall and Dj is $1090

My food which includes: 2 6ft heros and tray and a half of Zitti, tray and a half of chicken francise, Tray and a half of sausage and peppers, and a tray of wings, plus pot. and mac salad is costing me $300

Im making choc lollipops for favors... they cost me $25

I have to buy my own soda ( im expecting it will cost $40)

Im using their waitstaff- 2 cost $200

Their ice servic- $80

and they are taking care of all coffee tea sugar milk and so on for 1.20 pp. (I think)

Balloons- $20



papergood $100

That all comes to $1727

I just need to get a cake... I voted slighty off...
ETA- we are expecting about 65 adults and 10 children

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Okay, everybody's answering pretty much what I figured. I bought some cards to make my own invites for $19.99 and they came with matching "thank you" cards. We're not going to get a DJ. We're going to have brunch at the beach tree, which is $22 per person (we're having about 40) and the brunch includes unlimited soda and coffee and a free mimosa or bloody mary per person. We're debating on the open bar, which is $6 extra per person. Cake would be $3 extra per person, or $1 extra per person if we bring our own. Sounds like we're going to end up at around $1000-1500, depending on our final decisions. Thanks for answering everybody!

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I didnt go with the bar because it was a lunch-in and some of DH's stupid friends are lushes lol

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In absolute total we spent almost $8,000 for Michael's baptism.

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We had Julia's at La Parma resturant in Oceanside it was $40 pp we had 46 adults and 10 kids and they were 1/2 price. It didnt include bar tab. No DJ, and I gave out candle favors that I got made up with her name and date of her christening on it, that was $60 for 25 of them. Plus the balloon centerpieces I got made up for each table, that came to $125.
Total was :$ 2, 640

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Ours was about $2500 all together. I know it sounds high, but we waited so long for this day, so it was also a celebration for my DW and all she had to go through.

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