What's the difference of Baptism to Christening?

I have only heard about baptism but never christening.. It sounds so alien to me.. hehe ^_^ I believe there should be some difference the two, such as being borned with that religion or maybe it happens after birth or whatsoever.. hehe ^_^ Out of so many religions, i find that christianity or catholics are the most confusing.. I just dun understand what's going on in church etc, and why things are always quoted out from the bible.. haha =D BUt no disrespect to any religions though ^_^

A baby is christened, an adult is baptized as Jesus was. I am southern baptist and we do not believe you can baptize a baby, you can dedicate them but one must make the decision for themselves and as a baby is not yet old enough to make the decision to follow Christ in baptisim it is no more than a christining or dedication when you Baptize a child. It is a commitment to raise the child in the church home and to provide them with the knowledge they need to make a sound decision when they are old enough to do so to follow Christ in baptisim.

I would say they are pretty much the ame thing just the ceremony is different. In England christenings are done in a church, usually to babies, and the head of the infant is sprinkled with a little water and god parents are chosen and attend. Here in Greece a baptism in the Greek orthodox church is much more jolly, the baby, young child or adult will be dunked whole into a large vessel which contains water and olive oil, their head will be submerged. The godparent is the most important person there. After the ceremony the vessel must be emptied into the sea and the towel and the sheet which the person is dried in after the baptism must be washed by hand in the sea, provoking much hilarity among watching tourists who presume that is the normal way the locals wash their clothes.