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*TIME’S UP!* Holiday Giveaway Extravaganza Spectacular Spectacle!
Sunday, December 21, 2008 at 9:34AM
Welcome to our first-ever Holiday Giveaway Extravaganza Spectacular Spectacle! Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah (or Chanukah, if you prefer)! Make the Yuletide gay!
Whatever you're celebrating, we want to help make your holiday a little brighter.
That's why we're giving away -- in our Holiday Giveaway Extravaganza Spectacular Spectacle -- three fabulous prize packages full of wonderfulness and awesomeness.
Tell them what they can win, Bob!
Bob?
BOB?
Fine, I'll just fill you in myself.
By entering our contest, you'll be eligible to win one of three great prizes.
Prize #1: A Three Irish Girls Sock Kit. This includes your choice of any of our awesome patterns and a skein of yarn in your choice of colorways to complete the pattern! If you are already a sock club member and you have all of our patterns, we'll have a special alternative for you. (Approx. $28 value!)
You know you want a pair of socks like these:
Prize #2: A custom colorway consultation and two skeins of a custom colorway! We can make your colorways dreams come true! On your favorite yarn base! (Approx $50 value!) Exclamation point!
Prize #3: Three months of your choice of club memberships! Sock Yarnista features your choice of two colorways, a custom designed pattern, and a fun extra each month.
If you prefer heavier weight yarns, Stash Menagerie has a broad variety of fibers, your choice of two colorways, and fun extras every few months!
Being a club member also gives you access to exclusive members-only colorways like these:
If you're already a club member, you can extend your membership, add extra skeins to your existing membership, become a member of a club you're not in, or give the membership as a gift to a very lucky person. (Approx $90 value.)
Why are we giving all of this away? For a few reasons. One is the spirit of the holidays. We like brightening people's days a little with a yummy yarn package. It's good to put a little good out there in the world.
Another is to say thank you for all of your support this past year -- you've been with us as we've moved into a new studio, expanded our yarn offerings, and started new clubs. We would be nowhere without our fantastic customers, and we want to say thank you.
Here's how you enter: leave a reply to this post answering the following question: What is your favorite holiday tradition? Do you have a latke party? (And does your house smell like latkes for three weeks afterward?) Do you have a family outing to cut down a Christmas tree? Do you bake something special? Watch something special? Go somewhere special?
If so, I want to hear about it!
Winners will be randomly selected from the responses. You have until Monday, December 22nd at 9pm EST to reply. Winners will be announced Tuesday, December 23rd.
If you'd like to give any of these prizes as a gift, that can certainly be arranged!
Thank you again, dear readers and loyal customers.
Whatever you're celebrating, we want to help make your holiday a little brighter.
That's why we're giving away -- in our Holiday Giveaway Extravaganza Spectacular Spectacle -- three fabulous prize packages full of wonderfulness and awesomeness.
Tell them what they can win, Bob!
Bob?
BOB?
Fine, I'll just fill you in myself.
By entering our contest, you'll be eligible to win one of three great prizes.
Prize #1: A Three Irish Girls Sock Kit. This includes your choice of any of our awesome patterns and a skein of yarn in your choice of colorways to complete the pattern! If you are already a sock club member and you have all of our patterns, we'll have a special alternative for you. (Approx. $28 value!)
You know you want a pair of socks like these:
Prize #2: A custom colorway consultation and two skeins of a custom colorway! We can make your colorways dreams come true! On your favorite yarn base! (Approx $50 value!) Exclamation point!
Prize #3: Three months of your choice of club memberships! Sock Yarnista features your choice of two colorways, a custom designed pattern, and a fun extra each month.
If you prefer heavier weight yarns, Stash Menagerie has a broad variety of fibers, your choice of two colorways, and fun extras every few months!
Being a club member also gives you access to exclusive members-only colorways like these:
If you're already a club member, you can extend your membership, add extra skeins to your existing membership, become a member of a club you're not in, or give the membership as a gift to a very lucky person. (Approx $90 value.)
Why are we giving all of this away? For a few reasons. One is the spirit of the holidays. We like brightening people's days a little with a yummy yarn package. It's good to put a little good out there in the world.
Another is to say thank you for all of your support this past year -- you've been with us as we've moved into a new studio, expanded our yarn offerings, and started new clubs. We would be nowhere without our fantastic customers, and we want to say thank you.
Here's how you enter: leave a reply to this post answering the following question: What is your favorite holiday tradition? Do you have a latke party? (And does your house smell like latkes for three weeks afterward?) Do you have a family outing to cut down a Christmas tree? Do you bake something special? Watch something special? Go somewhere special?
If so, I want to hear about it!
Winners will be randomly selected from the responses. You have until Monday, December 22nd at 9pm EST to reply. Winners will be announced Tuesday, December 23rd.
If you'd like to give any of these prizes as a gift, that can certainly be arranged!
Thank you again, dear readers and loyal customers.
Reader Comments (479)
This is the first year that my son really "gets" Christmas, so I am trying to include some of my favorite childhood traditions into his memories of Christmas. One of my favorites was each year my grandfather would make us ornaments that had our names on them and the year. So on Christmas eve we are going to have an ornament making party while we are waiting for Santa's cookies to cook!!
My favorite Christmas tradition is reading "The Night Before Christmas" to my kid and husband. It's the only time we read it during the holiday season, and it's truly something they look forward to (yes, even my husband). I have also been buying my children special ornaments each year, reflecting something that happened in their lives. This year my son's ornament is a lab puppy.
I'm not sure if we've gotten into traditions yet. The girls are still pretty young, so I'm playing things by ear. Traditions I'd like to start this year with my girls are cookie decorating (we're going to do this sometime this week) and latke making. I made latkes at their school this year and smelled like I'd bathed in Eau de Latke for the rest of the day!
Every Christmas morning, we make a big fuss going downstairs to see if Santa has come to our house. I have my daughter wait & of course take pictures as she descends the stairs. Last year I had to wake her (she's 17!). My husband & I have special Christmas bathrobes that we wear each year as we open gifts....it's funny seeing us in the same outfit ...ageing of course!
My favorite holiday tradition would be my son's advent calendar. It's a wooden chimney, and each day a "brick" is pulled out and a little Santa figure falls down the chimney a bit. On the last day, he falls into the fireplace. My son is 14 this year, and he was still excited to get it out and set it up (and let me tell you, it takes a lot to excite my too-cool-for-school 14 year old!).
We go to my MIL and watch all the kids open gifts, I used to be really big on doing lots of things, but over the years they have slipped away.
My favorite tradition is simply baking in the kitchen. I loved doing it when I was little and now my son gets to join in the fun. Spending an afternoon with my mom or grandmother making treats and then watching everyone enjoy. Ahhhhh
Our family all gets together on Christmas Eve. We have dinner and open the presents from each other that are under the tree. Then, during the night, Santa comes and fills all the stocking and leaves more gifts for the kids. So much fun :)
We do a pretty low key Christmas, it's sort of our response to all the craziness that comes with the holiday. In my immediate family we get three presents. Something you want ( usually that's the biggie) something you need and something to wear. That and the kids have taken to stuffing each other's stockings. We also do a non traditional Christmas dinner. Fruit, cheeses, antipasto. It encourages family to gather around the table throughout the day, and visitors feel comfortable stopping in.
We have so many holiday traditions, it's hard to pick one favorite. I suppose the favorite is making a gingerbread house. When my brothers and I were kids, my grandmother sent us a kit in the mail every year, and the three of us would put it together right before Christmas. I have continued to do this with my kids, and every year we try to get at least one of my brothers involved as well. This year, the kids and I, my mom, my youngest brother and his girlfriend put together out gingerbread house. There was frosting everywhere, candies bouncing all over the floor and rolling under the fridge and stove ... but we had a great time!
Our family tradition is to go to the tree farm on Black Friday and decorate it that weekend. We also use an advent calendar to mark the days. And finally, we celebrate on the Solstice since we drive to family for Christmas and I make a Buche de Noel (Yule Log Cake) for dessert on Solstice. Of course there is also cookie baking and I make a fruit cake, mmm.
We have so many holiday traditions that it's difficult to choose just one favorite. One of my favorites is that every Christmas evening after all the other guests have left (I always do Christmas in our family), we watch Christmas Vacation. No matter how many times I've seen that movie, I always laugh. Maybe I'm just so happy to finally get to relax!
My favorite holiday tradition is giving each other new pjs on Christmas Eve. Its fun to pick them out and then we get to wear them all morning on Xmas Day. We don't do a family outing for our tree. We have a fake one but we do decorate it together. :) OWe watch a couple of movies on Xmas Eve and Day vorite A Christmas Story and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
One of our traditions is to come home after Christmas Eve service (where at least one or two of the three kids has sung) and the kids unwrap their jammies from Nana. They get dressed up in their jammies, and we take off in the van to look at the luminaries that are placed up and down our historic south end Main Street. We also catch some of the more popular sites in Findlay, Ohio including the gentleman who has absolutely no yard but has at least 100 of those plastic Santas and inflatables.
My favorite holidat tradition is baking cookies for my family and friends. My other tradition new tradition is inviting friends over for Christmas Day that have on where else to go. You can see how much this means to them as otherwise they would be alone. We have done this for many years now and Christmas would not be the same without them to enjoy this special day. As this is what Christmas is all about "sharing". May all your Christmas dreams come true.
Our favorite tradition is getting together with my family on Christmas eve
No clue what a latke is...but we do make Christmas Mix every year. In the spirit of Christmas here's the recipe
6 c. Crispix
3 c. Cheerios
2 c. Pretzel Sticks
1 pound M&M's
1 pound white almond bark
melt the bark...pour over the mix...let harden...break apart.
You will make it more than once I guarantee it!
Other than that my most fave tradition is watching the movie White Christmas.
We have a lot of family traditions also. With our kiddos, we visit a special Santa in a little house at Utica Square. While we are waiting in line, we drink hot cocoa and sometimes, sing Christmas carols.
Favorite tradition would have to be baking cookies. It's the only time of the year that I manage to carve out enough time to do it and there's just something about a house that smells like fresh baked cookies....
Turning all the lights in the house out then starting with 1 candle which is left from previous year we light candles in every room in the house and on front and back steps.
Driving around and looking at the Christmas displays and lights on Christmas Eve. Hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and a happy & healthy 2009.
Marie
My favorite holiday tradition has to be making gifts for my family and friends. I really like creating things for specific people and seeing their reactions to what I've made. It makes me feel all awkward and happy and proud. I still give some gifts that I've bought, but for the most part handmade is the way I go on gifts.
My favorite holiday tradition is actually my favorite auntie's tradition. She makes the best, to-die-for, pecan toffee and every Christmas gives me a tin full of it. No, I don't share and yes, I eat it all! YUM!
I just discovered a tradition that I didn't even know was a tradition until this year. My girls asked me "Are we going to get those new pajamas that you wrap and put on our beds the night before Christmas?" I love that - my first tradition with *my* little family:)
Happy Holidays!
Making hot chocolate and watching A White Christmas with my mom after all our presents are unwrapped.