:: shakes head ::
That's just wrong. It's not like Catholicism doesn't have its own coming-of-age rituals. Have a Confirmation party... have a birthday party.
I grew up as one of the few Catholics in a very Jewish neighborhood. It seemed like every week during 7th grade there was another bar or bat mitzvah, and it was a little uncomfortable being just about the only kid who wasn't going to have one. But the thought of a faux mitzvah or unusually-lavish 13th birthday party simply did not occur to me. Instead, I had a Confirmation party when I was in 8th grade.
Is anyone else curious to know how lavish this girl's First Communion party was?
