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Enter to win a Gourmet Cupcake Maker




You Can Enter to Win!

Enter to Win this adorable Gourmet Cupcake Maker.  Leave a comment here telling me a fun holiday tradition that you and your family enjoy. Open to US addresses only. One entry per person, but you can earn extra entries.

To earn extra entries:

  • Mention this giveaway on your blog.
  • Send a tweet on Twitter about this giveaway (leave your twitter name in  your comment)

For each extra thing you do, leave 1 extra comment. (ex. 1 comment with your holiday tradition, 1 comment that you blogged about this giveaway, and 1 comment that you sent a tweet about this giveaway)

This giveaway will end on Wednesday December 10 at midnight CST. This giveaway has ended and the winner will be announced soon.  Thank you for entering.


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49 Responses to “Enter to win a Gourmet Cupcake Maker”

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      Dawn on December 1st, 2008 2:02 pm

      My family and I always have soup and sandwiches before going to church on Christmas Eve.

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      Lindley on December 1st, 2008 3:02 pm

      In our family, all the girls decorate holiday cookies and then we have the boys judge them in various categories (most creative, most edible, The Spirit of Christmas award, etc.) It is pretty funny. Thanks!

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      Christy on December 1st, 2008 9:46 pm

      It’s silly, but we all put on Santa hats to decorate our tree. The first few ornaments all have to be placed on the tree in a special order (bride and groom, our family, and then one for each of the kids).

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      Annette on December 2nd, 2008 7:28 am

      My husband and I do this to the “kids” Even though they are in their 20’s, they still like to shake their packages. We started a few years back, where we don’t put names on the presents, but numbers. My husband has the list in a “safe place” Number and name, that way no one knows who’s who. When Christmas morning comes, my husband and I pass out the gifts by number. Fun for us. and different.

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      Kristine J. on December 2nd, 2008 7:44 am

      On Christmas eve we give our kid(s) pajamas and then let them open one present – of their choice. It’s something small since the big gifts alqays come from Santa – but it doesn’t matter to them!

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      Sue on December 2nd, 2008 9:13 am

      Our youngest hands out the presents, each person having a turn to open.

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      Lisa A. on December 2nd, 2008 11:59 am

      Well, I am hopeless in the kitchen (which is why I need to win this prize!), so my mother and sister spend a lot of the holidays making me treats that I am too “cooking challenged” to make — decorated sugar cookies (usually with garish blue icing!), Mexican wedding cakes, turtle candy, etc. Mmmm, works for me!

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      Dolores Olsen on December 2nd, 2008 3:07 pm

      Getting the tree and decorating it at least 3 weeks before Christmas and taking it down the day after

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      Brandie on December 2nd, 2008 5:11 pm

      A tradition – new jammies on Christmas Eve. Of course, have I bought them for this year yet? Nope LOL!!
      =)

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      Carolyn on December 2nd, 2008 7:55 pm

      We make CHristmas tamales every year!!

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      Jean D. on December 2nd, 2008 9:56 pm

      We set out water for Santa’s reindeer each year. (The milk and cookies inside are for Santa and moi.)

      I’l leaving you a tweet on Twitter, too (name: nape9393).

      Thanks!

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      judy brittle on December 2nd, 2008 10:02 pm

      I have all my kids and grandkids over a week before Christmas and we have a great dinner and exchange gifts. Thank you!

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      Jessica P on December 3rd, 2008 1:48 am

      We always open our presents the minute it is Christmas- at 12 AM Christmas eve

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      Donna K on December 4th, 2008 2:13 am

      My kids get to open one package that I pick on Christmas Eve which is always their new PJ’s. They are wrapped but not in a box, and the kids think they are smart because they “guess” what is in it. :)

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      Donna K on December 4th, 2008 2:15 am

      I sent a tweet. Name-donnak4

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      Jessica C on December 4th, 2008 2:47 pm

      We always make frosted preztals together and the deliver them to our friends and teachers. Each year we have to make more than the year before.

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      Casey H on December 4th, 2008 10:40 pm

      We open one present Christmas eve and have a big big breakfast Christmas morning, it helps draw out the excitement!!

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      Ginny on December 5th, 2008 9:31 am

      My girls always get new pj’s on Christmas eve to wear to bed. They also put out a santa key to help santa get in.

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      Anya on December 5th, 2008 11:17 am

      My family loves to make a gingerbread house.

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      MaryAnne on December 5th, 2008 11:37 am

      baking together…whether it’s the actual baking part or just spending quality talk time while one of us is mixing…this is very special and fun!

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      sandra kao on December 5th, 2008 12:34 pm

      we like to open one present on midnight

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      Heather Weber on December 6th, 2008 9:48 pm

      Each year we find a needy family to help financially. This way my daughters see that Christmas is about giving, not just getting.

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      Michelle on December 7th, 2008 12:17 am

      Our family plays the “Mrs Wright” game every year. Everyone buys a gag gift and wraps it up before Christmas. On Christmas day, we all sit in a circle and my dad reads the “Mrs Wright” story. The gifts are passed left to right depending on each utterance of “left” or “right” in the story. It’s always fun to see what present you end up with, my family is pretty creative.

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      Michele on December 7th, 2008 3:24 am

      A family tradition is that we all go home to my parent’s house to decorate the tree while listening to Christmas music. Then we all open our stockings on Christmas morning together, too.

      Thanks so much!!
      Michele R.(CA)
      luvkittysmeowmail@gmail.com
      Butterfly Whispers

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      Victoria on December 7th, 2008 7:24 am

      My little girl makes butter with her grandpa.

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      Mama Zen on December 7th, 2008 9:52 am

      My daughter and I decorate Christmas cookies!

      kelli at pfrog dot net

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      Tamara B. on December 7th, 2008 10:19 am

      My children and I always bake cookies on Christmas Eve and delivery them to our friends and neighbors. My daughter just loves to bake, thank-you for the giveaway.
      tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com

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      Sarah at themommylogues on December 7th, 2008 1:58 pm

      Our tree is topped not by a star or angel, but a Baby Jesus ornament. Apparently when my husband was a very little boy, he’d asked his parents why Baby Jesus wasn’t on top of the tree since he was the most important part of Christmas. And he has been ever since.

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      Kelly G on December 7th, 2008 3:37 pm

      My favorite holiday tradition is stockings at the foot of the bed. Santa always managed to sneak in our bedrooms at night and put our stockings at the foot of our bed so that when we got up at dark thirty and couldn’t go back to sleep, we would have something to do until the sun was up and mom and dad were up. :) The tradition continues now, but my mom has taken over for Santa, and it only happens when the whole family is home for the holidays.

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      Andreah on December 7th, 2008 9:06 pm

      My children and I stay up late on Christmas eve baking cookies for Santa and for us to share too =)

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      Sarah on December 7th, 2008 10:08 pm

      My kids are still very young, so we don’t have a lot of traditions yet. We’ve decided to get a new ornament for each child every year, so that they have a collection of ornaments to take with them years from now when they are on their own.

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      Jen on December 8th, 2008 12:13 pm

      Our fun tradition is that we have a big birthday party before we are allowed to do anything Christmas related on Christmas eve. we have so many December and Christmas birthdays its the only way to make them feel special. no x-mas wrap, no joint gifts, just some good old fashioned gifts and cake!

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      Kelly on December 8th, 2008 12:54 pm

      My kids and I go to grandma’s house and make yummy cookies and then they frost them.

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      Mary Hollifield on December 8th, 2008 1:06 pm

      Our fun holiday tradition is that we always have to have pigs in a blanket on Christmas Eve. Even though my children are now grown and gone, they have to come to my house on Christmas Eve and have Pigs in a Blanket, along with other treats of course, but the Pigs have to be present or there’s whining.

      maryth928@aol.com

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      Christa Killingsworth on December 8th, 2008 1:41 pm

      We have a few holiday traditions.

      We add a jingle bell to our stocking each year. So, my dh and I have been together for 8 years now, and there are 8 bells on our stockings. I love sewing them on. We have started this for my extended family if they don’t object to bells on their stockings!

      We also make a lasagna dinner on Christmas eve and then a Birthday cake for Jesus on Christmas afternoon!

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      Jessica on December 8th, 2008 2:57 pm

      We have several. Baking cookies, building the gingerbread house, and we have fun picking out one new piece for our Christmas village every year.

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      Deb on December 8th, 2008 10:02 pm

      We always attend a local church’s Lessons and Carols service. It’s our tradition to go and enjoy the music and get ice cream afterwards!

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      karen c. on December 9th, 2008 2:55 am

      We love pizza on Christmas eve.

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      Peggy on December 9th, 2008 4:13 am

      Christmas season wouldn’t be the same without Tom & Jerry’s!