So the topic of christenings came up recently. I was raised semi religious (we went to church Easter, Christmas etc) and started attending Catholic church through uni until I just drifted away from religion. My husband is not religious but his family very much is, his father used to be a vicar and his mother teaches religious studies. When the topic of christenings came up we decided to have one to keep both our families happy but the more I looked into it, it just felt disrespectful to practicing christians to have our daughter christened and say we will raise her with God etc when we probably won't. I researched alternatives as I would still like to have a ceremony for our family and friends to celebrate her birth and came across naming ceremonies. I really like the idea of celebrating our "village" of people who will be important in her life and affirm how we want to raise her to be good and kind etc but I am worried our families won't see it that way. Should it be all or nothing with a christening?