Many parents decide to have their baby baptised. After birth itself, baptism is the second great moment in a young person’s life. Fittingly, the child will receive valuable gifts from his or her parents, godparents and relatives. Examples might include a cup made out of silver, designed to remind the child of the water with which it was baptised…

Some children being baptised are given a small pendant with a picture of a sacred image – their patron saint, for example. Also very popular are guardian angel pendants, or those featuring a cross. Pendants of this kind also make ideal gifts to mark a child’s first communion or confirmation