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[quote=Anonymous]My baby will be baptized in the Catholic Church soon. I'd like to be able to have a small celebration afterwards, perhaps at a restaurant. The baptism is on a Sunday. The godparents, who are coming from out of town, are very observant and refuse to go to a restaurant or partake in the purchasing of food after the baptism because they believe it violates the sabbath. Their "compromise" is that we would purchase food the day before to prepare at home on Sunday after the baptism. I am upset because I feel like they are trying to dictate how we, the hosts, celebrate our child's baptism. It also puts more work on me to cook and prepare a meal. I really don't want to go along with this, and I believe they are needlessly putting doctrine over family. I am worried that i will be resentful if I go along with what they want to do. But if we refuse, I imagine they will just leave and not celebrate with us, which will also cause resentment. I'd add that I was raised Catholic and never knew anyone to refuse to eat at a restaurant or engage in commerce on Sunday. The godparents are converts and are very strict in their beliefs. I'm okay with a compromise of getting platters of food and eating at home on Sunday, but I don't want to have to purchase the day before and prepare food on Sunday like they suggested. I'd also like a cake that is fresh and hasn't been sitting in my refrigerator for a day.  I'm not sure they'd see my plan as a compromise and agree to it. I'm not interested in throwing down the gauntlet on this but I also don't want to be resentful of them. Any advice on how to handle would be appreciated. [/quote]

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