THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. PLEASE VISIT THE MAIN PAGE FOR RECENT CONTESTS.
Every day from now to December 12th, I’ll be posting a new contest on my blog to win that day’s prize. Your entry is only good for that day. To win the prize for any other day, you’ll need to come back and enter again.
The grand prize at the end of the 12 days of Holiday Hell Contest is two Kindles, to be awarded to two lucky winners who have entered the Kindle drawings (which are seperate from the daily drawings. Entry into the daily drawings does not enter you into the Kindle drawings).
The fine print: You can win one of the daily Holiday Hell prizes and still be eligible to win the Kindle. You must complete the entry form for each daily contest entirely, double checking that your name and mailing address are correct because this is what I’ll use to mail your prize. If your prize comes back to me due to an incorrect mailing address, you forfeit your prize. Prize winners will be drawn before the end of each day following the contest (ie Day 1’s prize winner will be drawn before the end of Day 2) and will be announced on my blog. Kindle winners will be drawn and announced here on December 13th. All prizes will be mailed by December 20th.
Only one entry into each drawing per household/IP address. Duplicate entries will be deleted and entrants will be disqualified.
International entries are welcome and I will mail overseas, but will not guarantee receipt by Christmas as it will go by dolphin due to the obscene cost of shipping overseas.
I reserve the right to modify the rules at any time.
The Day 9 prize pack is:
Mango Liquorice (from Australia
Australia cell phone charm
Air New Zealand travel pack
Acheron buttons and lanyard
In a Heartbeat by Donna Richards
Signed Death of a Pirate King by Josh Lanyon
Tethers by Sara Reinke
You’ll Be the Death of Me by Stacia Wolf
Signed Surviving Demon Island by Jaci Burton
The Taming of the Duke by Eloisa James
Lone Star Courtship by Mae Nunn
The Loner’s Guarded Heart by Michelle Douglas
I can’t stress enough how important it is to read the rules and give exactly the information I ask for, as I will disqualify your entry if it’s not correctly–and completely–filled out and I would guess maybe a fifth of them come in incomplete.
We’re going back to the comments today (because I like to keep you on your toes!). Thanks to yesterday’s contest, I have some new ideas for questions to ask. One of the most popular recommendations was to ask: What is the best (or worst) Christmas present you’ve ever received or given? I’m leaving it a little more open with the different options so you can answer more easily. Leave your answer in the comments but don’t forget to come back and check to see if you’ve won, so you can send me your mailing address.
Good Luck!
For the holidays, we just do one gift exchange between the four of us now for a few years and I remember when we first did that and added in more fun, such as watching some holiday shows and playing some board games. With my two children (young adults) and my hubby and I, playing scrabble, we would be laughing so hard because hubby would be cheating making up words and sometimes we’d challenge him and find out they were indeed words! That first Christmas we had to make some changes but we got so much more with the laughter, that we look forward to doing it again!
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The best Christmas present I ever got had to be the stereo I got from my parents as a teenager. During that time in my life my dad had been in a nasty accident and was consequently unemployed due to serious injury. So knowing my mom took what money we had to purchase it meant a lot to me.
Dianna
my granmother got a an outfit ,like howdy doody
and actauly thought it was pretty and i would loveeeeeee it
Hm – worst Christmas present ever is going to be my choice… (so I was little). My pet goldfish of … 5? years died – and my parents took away the gameboy they gave me. I’d wanted one FOREVER – they finally caved… looked at the screen, decided I’d ruin my eyes, and returned it.
And didn’t get me anything else. (Not even a replacement fish. Sad.)
For the best… oh a number of things
Hardcover collectible books, clothes, toys – I’ve had good years for sure.
My best Christmas present came early 2 years ago on this date it was the birth of my third child. A week before my birthday and 2 weeks before christmas who could ask for anything better.
Worst present–”granny” panties three sizes too big. But they were from my grandmother, so I didn’t really mind (she meant well.)
Best present–my sister gave me a weekend away with my husband to a romantic mountain cabin, complete with fireplace and hot tub.
My most memorable present was the year I discovered I was pregnant with my daughter, a couple of days before Christmas and on Christmas Eve we share the news with all the family and celebrate.
My worst would be from a male relative that always gave equal presents to my sister and me when we were kids and most of the years were ugly ornaments and we got them in pairs.