Isn't smashing the bottle over the bow of a ship supposed to evoke a christening?
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Isn't smashing the bottle over the bow of a ship supposed to evoke a christening?
Well that’s the name, does the symbolism work though? I mean, immersing has a very distinct, boaty meaning for a boat. Do they like, anoint kids in modern christenings? I dunno, by the time I got old enough for my peers to have kids A) none still practiced Christianity and B) they didn’t