In the church, all the things on the table you can see below are used during the christening: there’s a bottle of chrism – a bit of which goes on the baby’s head, there is some holy oil that they put in the water used for the Christening, the small scissors is used to cut a bit of hair and the golden crosses and Bible are there to be kissed by the Godfathers at different moments during the ceremony. You can also notice in the background (will be a better image below) the special candle – it has to be held by the Godfather and generally it is decorated specifically for moment – we went for a cutesy little flower teddy that we liked so much! After the priests read from the book, the baby is placed into the holy water and the Christening is complete.
After the “bath” the baby is changed into a new set of clothes (the tradition has it that these have to be bought by the Godfathers, but we bought them ourselves) and he’s allowed to play with anything, as long as he remains happy: