Besides the more ritual and\or material functions, godparenthood implicitly included the acceptance of the responsibility to provide for minor godchildren.
I must also say that the godchildren have been far too polite ever to complain about the products they have received.
I listen to my godchildren and young friends at university when they talk about their work.
I wonder how many of those godparents ever carry out their vows with regard to the teaching and looking after of their godchildren.
We have a number of godchildren, and when the encyclopaedia salesman arrives she buys sets of encyclopaedias and sends them to the godchildren.
I am happy to say that the quota of godchildren is now entirely filled.
In that part of the world marriage between godparents and godchildren, or between the families of godparents and the families of their corresponding godparents' children is forbidden.
They are made by families and exchanged among groups of family and friends and given to godchildren.
