COMMUNIONS CAN BE a costly affair.

With pressure and cost increasing, one suggestion to ease the burden is to do away with dresses and suits for eight-year-olds.

The alternative is to have them make the sacrament in their school uniforms. Some schools already do this, while others wear robes for Confirmation.

We’re asking: Should children have to make their First Communions in their school uniforms?

Poll Results:

It should be mandatory (10828)

No (4212)

It should be optional (2572)

I don't know (785)

It should be mandatory
It should be optional
No
I don't know

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Poll: Should children have to make their First Communions in their school uniforms?

Poll Results:

Making a difference

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