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Confirmation is a serious religious ceremony... followed by a reception to celebrate and honor the newly confirmed Christian.

Your party can be as fancy as you want - or as simple as a backyard barbecue. Your family and the wishes of the guest of honor should determine what type of reception you have.

These sites will make planning it easier no matter what you decide on...

Confirmation Party Themes - Party Pop has two themes, Baseball and Hollywood for the celebration after the ceremony. All of the details from a successul party to help you plan your own.

Gatherings - Confirmation parties are often more family gatherings than actual parties. This site is a great place to find recipes, ideas and themes for family gatherings that are fun and memorable.

Rites of Spring - Confirmation, First Communion, Coming of Age - Related stories on the day's importance, with an opportunity to post a special Confirmation congratulatoins message to your child online, from BeliefNet.com.

Teen Party Ideas - This page has plenty of ideas for parties submitted by teens - so they should be cool enough to avoid embarassment. A few of the ideas further down on the page are games that can be played by any age - so if your family shingdig is multi-generational... everyone can have fun together. Also check their section on games that abled and disabled can play - some fun games you may want to incorporate.

Sports Party Themes - If your pre-teen or teen who is being confirmed is into sport - board sports, cheerleading, soccer or just about any sport, the party themes on this site make for a cool confirmation. Ideas and supplies to create the theme are available. Also check their teen parties section for cool ideas, but skip the confirmation party page unless you are looking for religious theme plates and supplies.

Party Games for Adults & Family - These games can be played by anyone from 2 years old the senior citizens in your family. If your confirmation is a mixed group, this will give the party a boost.

Confirmation Punch - The recipe is called a Wedding Punch, but the comments give it a good review for Confirmation Parties. If you are looking for a variation on the ginger ale-fruit float punch, this might just be for you.

Confirmation Tanzania Customs - If anyone tells you that you're making too much fuss over the Confimation Party you are giving, just tell them about the customs in this country!