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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]We do Mass, so there is not a lot of socializing surrounding the Christmas Eve and Christmas services.[/b]  However, with many of our Protestant friends, there is a big social component to the Christmas Eve service.  This is a chance for your in-laws to introduce their beautiful grand baby to all their church friends.  They think she is the most perfect, beautiful creature in the world and they want all their friends to know that all the bragging they have been doing the past 6 months is spot on :)

They aren't trying to convert her, or override your religious beliefs, they literally want to "show her off".

I would let your husband take her, and walk around the vestibule if she won't be quiet for the service.  There will likely be a lot of music, which she might actually enjoy.  Give her a chance to surprise you, and be grateful that they think this child is even more amazing than even you and your husband do.
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I'm curious what you mean by this.  I'm protestant, but I used to work in a group home with several Catholic residents so I've attended a lot of Catholic services, and the socialization seemed very similar on a regular Sunday.

I would imagine that the social aspects of a Christmas service would be the same.  You get there early because the seats fill up, and talk with the people around you.  You see someone across the church, and ask your neighbor or husband to save a seat, while you take the baby over, show her off a little, ooh and ahh over their toddler (again, there's plenty of time because you got there 30 minutes early to get a seat), or one parent takes the kids to the church hall to play before the music starts, and you have a chance to see all the other parents of little kids doing the same thing.  After the service, you stand around for a few minutes, and hug your friends, wish them a Merry Christmas, ask the little ones if they're excited about Santa, tell the middle sized ones they sung beautifully in the choir, or they made lovely shepherds in the nativity scene.

And then you go home.

Wouldn't a Catholic service be similar?

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