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[quote=Anonymous]For the current situation, I think you need to graciously welcome them to celebration. I don't see any other option at this point. Just seat them with some welcoming folks and hope for the best.

On the off chance this isn't your only kid, you may want to do this differently next time. Both my kids invited tons of out-of-town camp friends, and they were both invited to lots of Bar/Bat Mitzvahs all over the East Coast. The one common thing I saw was that most parents included "child care" info in the invitations sent to faraway kids. For example, we had an insert that included details about some local camp families who would help with housing, how we could shuttle kids from the airport and train station, and so on. My kids went to almost all of the the simchas that included those details because it was an easy yes that didn't require me to figure out how to handle the logistics from afar or require me to go to a stranger's simcha. If invitations didn't have those details, my kids didn't go.[/quote]

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