I know that it's Scrappy Wednesday, but what with everything normally involved with the Christmas holidays and then all the packing and purging I've been doing, who has time to sew?
But as I was purging, I came across a couple of items that I had stashed away for a giveaway - and there really isn't a better time than Christmas for an unexpected gift, is there?
So let's have a Christmas giveaway! I have two of these really nice sets - a large roomy tote bag, a medium sized zipper pouch, and three hand creams. Just the thing to pamper yourself with!
Just leave a comment below containing the following:
1) Your email address so I can contact you if you win (the most important thing!) If you don't leave your email, you won't win. It's that easy!
2) Answer the question left by the commenter above you. I'll start it off by asking: "Peppermint Mocha, or Cinnamon Dolce Latte?"
3) Leave a question for the next commenter!
I'll choose two winners on Monday, 12/23/19 and announce them in a post sometime on Christmas Eve! So good luck, and Merry Early Christmas!!!
Hugs!
Sarah
This may not be international, so if I win can I gift it to a friend up North. I prefer Cinnamon, My question, have you ever sent a gift as a surprise to a blog friend in another country, and had to ask another mutual friend for their address? This is such a fun comment, thanks Sarah for your inspiration.
ReplyDeleteA lovely gift for a quilter or even non-quiler. Nancy, I have had to seek help with getting an over seas address for gifting. My question - do you prefer a White Christmas or non-white (snow)?
ReplyDeleteI definitely love a white Christmas! I almost never get them where I live now but had them growing up. My question: Which do you really want for Christmas- more fabric or more time to work on already started projects? agridout@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI love bags, thanks for the opportunity. My ideal is a snow on the 23rd so there’s still white snow on the ground (before all the traffic turns it grey) but roads are cleared for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day travel. My question is What’s your favorite Christmas meal?
ReplyDeletein our family the tradition is to have homemade clam chowder on christmas eve....something i still do even tho i live alone...my question is real tree or fake?
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas! Both of those got my mouth watering this morning, you devil you! LOL I'd prefer the peppermint mocha with this season we're in just now, Thanks.
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Happy New Year Blessings to you and yours too.
I love a real tree but use a fake for convenience.
DeleteWe got a white Christmas in Northern NY with 3-5" of snow, Where are you from?
i am in MD but prev lived new england where i always had a real tree...
DeleteI prefer the fake tree as I hate cleaning up dead needles. My question is do you open gifts on Christmas eve or on Christmas Day??
ReplyDeleteChristmas Day. Stockings first, then a huge breakfast, then gifts. What's your favorite Christmas beverage?
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We open gifts on Christmas Day. What is your favorite Christmas cookie? Amityquilter2008 at gmail dot com.
ReplyDeleteYou must be an early bird like me; I look at your site very early but your posts are there before me!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sarah, for a fun giveaway, love to win this!!! My email frommycarolinahome (at) gmail.com I'll answer both of these - favorite beverage Starbucks Christmas Blend coffee, favorite cookie - frosted sugar cookies in Christmas shapes! My question, do you go see any light shows or neighborhoods during the season?
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ReplyDeleteWhat sweet bags- I know a little girl that would love those bags and hand creams. I live really rural so there are no light shows or even any neighborhoods. We DO have lots of white snow and wildlife. What special decorations do you use every year? sewandsew@hvc.rr.com
ReplyDeleteI forgot to answer Carole's question. No big light shows in my neighborhood, but a great one across the county at Homosassas Springs State Park.
ReplyDeleteMy Email - dweeks4602@gmail.com Here is my question for the next commenter - Do you have a family meal tradition?
Frosted sugar cookies, YUM! And I love the Starbucks Christmas blend coffee too! In fact, I just saw a really cool light show last night after dinner. It was so fun!!
ReplyDeleteMy question - what's your favorite Christmas movie?
Peppermint mocha on the drink. My favorite Christmas Movie - Home Alone! love that little boy. My question - candied fruit in fruitcake - love or hate? I hate it and make fruit cake with dried fruit and nuts and love it. thanks for the give away
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas movie is White Christmas. I will keep with the Christmas theme and ask what is your favorite Christmas song?
ReplyDeleteMy favorite song is I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas!!! What is your favorite Cookie!!! mjalto at gmail.com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cookie is my mother's ice box cookie--mix, roll in waxed paper, refrigerate, slice, and bake. Do you send Christmas cards?
ReplyDeleteI love how it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas in MO. We have had snow the last couple of days and it really put me in the mood. I don't send as many Christmas cards as I used too. The use of social media, has keep the goings on of family and friends from being a "not heard from you for awhile"! What types of secret Santa gifts do you like the best?
ReplyDeleteNo Christmas cards any more. I used to when the kids were growing up. When do you put up your Christmas tree?
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We put up our Christmas tree on the second Sunday of Advent, usually about three weeks before Christmas. My daughter in law puts hers up the day after Thanksgiving! Too much work all at once for me. What do you do the day after Christmas?
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I wait until the beginning of December to put up my Christmas tree! There are subtle signs of winter here in FL so we have learned to look for robins to know it is December! What is a sure sign of December where you live?
ReplyDeleteI live in Myrtle Beach so the weather is not a real indication of December (it was 74 yesterday!). I know it's December when I start hearing Christmas music everywhere. I try not to listen to it until after Thanksgiving. Do you open any gifts on Christmas Eve or wait until Christmas morning? stucker1261 at gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWe open gifts on Christmas Eve.
ReplyDeleteWhich do you prefer. Peppermint Cheesecake or Margarita Cheesecake? melodymartin40 (at) hotmail (dot) com
Sarah, Thank you for this fun way to comment. Here in NY, I know it is December because it is freezing. The ground is covered with snow and the trees and my deck are covered with a magical looking, but dangerous coating of ice. I try to make my family open one present on Christmas Eve when we get home from church, but they prefer Christmas morning. They complain, but usually open one. My question is, what is your favorite Christmas carol? My traditional favorite is, O Holy Night. My contemporary style favorite is, Mary Did You Know? That song never fails to bring tears to my eyes.
ReplyDeleteSarah what a fun way to have a give away! And such a lovely gift! I really like both those carols as well as the less familiar On a Bleak Midwinter with words from a Christina Rossetti poem. My question is do you have a food that is a must have for your family? For my family it is Sticky Buns on Christmas morning.
ReplyDeleteYes, my family looks forward to having Fudge Puddles. Do you have all your Christmas cards sent? Happy Holidays everyone!
ReplyDeleteYes, because my dear hubby did most of them! Yay!
DeleteLovely giveaway and such a fun way to get us involved :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm answering Ellie's question...Yes and now the whole neighborhood! I started making caramel corn a few years ago for food gifts And Now I Can't Get Out of It! I'm way too popular at Christmas. LOL
My question is....do you make or buy gifts for your pets and your friend's pets? Merry Christmas :-)
I'll answer my own question ;-) Yes! I give gifts to my pets and to my sister's and a friend's. I even made a quilt for my friend's dogs :-)
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oh boy nooo christmas cards sent. I did hand deliver a couple though. Are you hosting this holiday or going to celebrate with someone else?
ReplyDeleteWe don't send cards, so yes! We're done. Real or artifical christmas trees? Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI love a real tree but had to go artificial when my daughter was diagnosed with allergies. The fake trees today look very real. I have 3 but I have a friend who puts up 17. How many trees do you put up?
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ReplyDeleteI'll answer the question above--no trees but lots of decorations.
ReplyDeleteWhat is your favorite cookie to make for the holidays? Mine are frosted pumpkin cookies. The brown butter frosting is what makes me so delicious.
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We put up 3. . .but they are all table top styles. Our house is very small and we have gotten some additional furniture so the "big" tree has been in storage in the basement for the past couple of years.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the generous giveaway.
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Next question: Do you do your shopping early. . .or what till the last minute?
[Hi Kim ;)))] I put up two tabletop trees this year...
ReplyDeleteI only sent out cards to about 12 people...ones I don't get to see that often...
What is your very favorite Christmas fudge flavor?
Hugs, Julierose [pyanorose@gmail.com]
Chocolate and caramel! Ham or turkey for Christmas dinner? Theresa Powers collmommy55@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteChocolate or peppermint. Or both together. I don't make fudge. It never sets up for me. So, White lights or colored lights on your tree? charlottemaxwell57@gmail.com
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ReplyDeletePeppermint Mocha for sure! Colored lights on the tree!
What are real Christmas colors? Red/Green or Blue/Silver?
Definitely red/green. Spiked or plain eggnog? Kathryn.laposata@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteFollowing Elle's question: Tough choice, but I'm partial to red and green. I think the giveaway is lovely, but I don't wish to be considered. My question: A Christmas Carol or Twas the Night Before Christmas?
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Live tree or artificial tree?
artificial and pre lit. my question open presents Christmas eve or morning?
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ReplyDeleteChristmas morning! do you give new jammies as a gift/tradition on christmas eve?
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ReplyDeleteNo, but I receive a pair each year!!
Chocolate Chip or Sugar Cookies
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ReplyDeleteChocolate chip!!
Coffee or tea with your Holiday yummies?
Coffee and more coffee!
ReplyDeleteMannheim Steamroller or Tran Siberian Orchestra?
I drink tea as coffee doesn't agree with me. On Christmas evening all the family joins in playing games such as monopoly or charades. Do you play games at Christmas?
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ReplyDeleteThat's me at #51 listed as anonymous, Sorry to mess that up. I'm still new to this commenting thing.
Great idea for the giveaway!
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ReplyDeleteAll the kids are grown, so no games on Christmas Eve. We do sometimes have game day later in the winter during Cabin Fever! Does anyone else decorate their chicken house? Mine has more lights than Rockefeller Center. (Just guessing; never been to NY)
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ReplyDeleteI don’t have a chicken house to decorate but I do decorate a gingerbread house each year. My question is angel or star for tree topper?
Thank you Sarah for the chance of winning this generous gift. I would definitively keep it for myself.
ReplyDeleteAs a child, we always had a star for the artificial tree. Anyone else remembers white metallic trees?
Now, I'll throw a wrench in this question game. (which I love BTW. It's fun reading all of you above.) We don't celebrate Christmas but we do believe (no, not Witnesses). We get together and we get fat from overeating like everybody else, lol.
So, do you receive the family or do you do the travelling this year?
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As every year, I will welcome the family in our home. We don't have a large family...only 2 grown kids and neither have a mate, so it will be just the four of us and that's cozy enough for me!
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When you make meatloaf, do you add oatmeal or crackers?
Neither, I use Italian style breadcrumbs. What is your favorite Christmas dessert? Janarama11(at)gmaildotcom. The 11 in my email is the number eleven.
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ReplyDeleteNeither for meatloaf - we add seasoned bread crumbs! I love these comments - we are all more alike than different. My question - anise, vanilla or chocolate Pizelle cookies? It's chocolate for us!
Great giveaway! lfahrlander@cox.net
ReplyDeleteI love anisa cookies. What type of fudge do you like?
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ReplyDeleteI love milk chocolate fudge...smooth and creamy!
ReplyDeleteDo you make more candy or cookies for Christmas?
I usually make more candy, but this year it was more cookies--I have a Granddaughter who will love to decorate some of them! By the way, chocolate fudge is one of my favorites. What meat is your favorite to serve for Christmas? Ham, Beef, Turkey or something else?
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This year I've had a request for enchiladas, so, lol it will be chicken in some and cheese in others. If I were cooking one of the three you listed I would go with turkey. I used to come home at Christmas (from overseas) and ask my mom for that. :)
ReplyDeleteOkay a question for the next person. What is your most 'precious' Christmas ornament/decoration. (and why?)
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I prefer ham for Christmas, but have been known to have tri-tip or lamb. This year most of my family are getting homemade quilts from me....what about you? Barbara Winkler
ReplyDeleteHanging towels and pot holders - my own pattern! Can you tell me who stole Christmas?
Deletetehachap@yahoo.com I prefer Peppermint Mocha My gift to friends is tote bags (truly!) with pot holders in them! What's your favorite Christmas treat/candy/cookie?
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas treat is also my favorite tradition. Gingerbread! Gingerbread people and houses, some to give away, some for decorating and always enjoying the fragrance while its baking. . .the joy of helping children decorate their own!
ReplyDeleteWhat is your favorite Christmas fragrance?
I absolutely love the smell of warm sugar cookies in the oven!!!! Love having the grand kids roll, cut and decorate them too. Even though most of the sprinkles end up bouncing on the kitchen floor. lol Do you have a favorite ornament from your childhood?
ReplyDeleteMy favourite Christmas fragrance is the smell of a real tree. I love Christmas but this year has been a challenge. What is your favourite decorating idea?
ReplyDeleteMy favourite decoratingn idea for Christmas is using fresh garland around the house. Do you prefer snow for Christmas or warmer weather?
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas fragrance is Evergreen - since I don't get to have a real tree. Just makes me feel good to smell it. Do you clean your sewing room or let the dust bunnies invade it?!
ReplyDeleteAwesome giveaway and I love the question part!!
ReplyDeleteI try to keep on top of my cleaning, but no sooner do I organize it and it’s on to another project and the room is a mess! Lol
Do you have a natural or artificial Christmas tree?
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ReplyDeleteSuch a great way to run a giveaway! The past few years we've had an artificial tree as we had Christmas at the cottage so we weren't there all the time. But now we've moved to live at the 'cottage' full time, so next year I am hoping to go back to the real thing. My question: Pumpkin or pecan pie? pspirillo at gmail.com
ReplyDeletePecan pie for sure!
ReplyDeleteMy question is Star on the tree or Angel....
What a fun giveaway! Star on top of the tree.
ReplyDeleteMiracle on 34th Street or It's a Wonderful Life?
Star on the tree!
ReplyDeleteMy question is...do you have out of town family that comes to stay with you? The reason I ask is that my daughter and son-in-law, 4 year old granddaughter and 2 year old grandson come to stay for the whole week! What a wonderful Christmas gift!
I forgot to leave my email for the comment above. ddwhiting@charter.net. Thanks!
DeleteWe are so thankful our family is close by, but we were once the out of towners and felt so loved when we came home for Christmas and were welcomed into others homes. Have fune with your family this Christmas!
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Do you/your family enjoy driving around looking at Christmas light displays?
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
I love looking at lights, we have several streets in the area that display lights that you can walk around. I still send Christmas cards to family and friends, do you send christmas cards? Amber jeannette0322@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteYes, I do mail out Christmas cards to friends and family. I do not send out a Christmas letter tho...but I may start, who knows?
ReplyDeleteDo you send out a Christmas letter? telling all of what you have done all year?
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I send Christmas cards, but no letter. As for trees, do you go real or artificial?
ReplyDeleteI love real but put up a fake one every year. So many ornaments!
ReplyDeleteWhat was your all time favorite Christmas present?
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My favorite Christmas present I gave was a quilt I made and surprised my husband with... Favorite Gift I got.... anything that my kids make me. What is your favorite Christmas song?
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My favorite Christmas song is Silent Night. It is lovely and it was sung at Christmas Eve church service with lit candles. What is your favorite holiday decoration?
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My favorite holiday decoration is a collection of wooden Santa figures. Real tree or artificial tree?
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My Nativity set is my favorite Christmas decoration.
ReplyDeleteFrosted sugar cookie or homemade caramels?
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Real tree. Frosted sugar cookie or homemade caramels?
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DeleteFI like frosted sugar cookies the most. Will you be dressed in warm clothes for Christmas or in a warm area in shorts? creatquilt@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI'll be dressed head to toe in warm clothing. I freeze easily. Are you spending Christmas with family or going away on vacation? karenjp4164@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI'll be spending Christmas with family...3 daughters, 2 sons-in-law, 4 grandbitties! My question: do you prefer opening presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning?
ReplyDelete...ohhhh...I just saw....kupton52@gmail.com....does this count as leaving email address in comment for free pattern pdf??? :)
ReplyDeleteChristmas morning. My question: Do you stay home on Christmas or travel to another's home? LRMincher@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah! What a fun post and I just adore this answering questions. We open presents on Christmas Eve with the whole family and then do a quiet small opening on Christmas Day. My question is do you hope/wish for snow and a white Christmas or prefer no snow? ~smile~ Roseanne
ReplyDeleteLove this fun post and thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI'm with one of the above commenters--Really good snow on about the 23rd or early 24th, so the roads have been cleared b Christmas Eve night. cloudtoucher1@gmail.com
Next question: You don't have to elaborate if you don't want to, but what year was your favorite Christmas? Or Hannukkah?
Hi Stephanie! I had to come back and read your reply. Yes, that would just be perfect to have the snow a few days before so that all the travelers can do so safely to visit and back home. {{Hugs}} to you, and Happy Holidays to you and your family. ~smile~ Roseanne
DeleteMy favourite Christmas was probably when my 2 children were small and awestruck with Santa. Nothing beats the wonder of little eyes. They are now 50 53.
ReplyDeleteNext question: When & why was your worse Christmas. Mine was 3 years ago when my sweetie died on Christmas Eve. What a downer.
My worst Christmas was our first one without our Son that died in a car accident.. he was a month away from his 21st Birthday then. :( (bearpaws9(at)copper(dot)net
ReplyDeleteNext question: Favorite Christmas Dessert?
Are frosted sugar cookies a dessert? But they are my favorite. Have you ever gone on a sleigh ride?
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ReplyDeleteThank you Sarah for the chance to win this fun giveaway.
No, I have never been on a sleigh ride. I live in the South where we don't get very much snow, usually just a sprinkling so a sleigh ride would be awesome.
My question: What is the latest you have sent out Christmas cards?
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ReplyDeleteI sent out Christmas cards in January a few years ago because I forgot to change the address on my account when we moved and they were delivered there. I had to start all over again.
What is your Favorite Christmas movie?
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ReplyDeleteWhite Christmas is my favorite movie. I have the DVD and watch it all year long.
What is you Favorite Christmas Candy?
my favorite Christmas candy come in bags of other candies they are a fondant type one I think you would call them, my question what is you most favorite piece of Christmas sewing you have done or crafting, this has been so fun to read thank you so much and fro your enjoyable blog
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ReplyDeleteWhat is my favorite Christmas Crafting project? That's hard to answer cause I really don't do crafting, but I guess back in the olden days when we put glitter on pine cones! LOL.
ReplyDeleteMy question: Did you donate any toys for Toys For Tots (or similar). I did a little, more next year cause I put it off too long this year!
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Who can't use a tote bag and zipper bag (and of course lotion)? No, but we helped with the Angel tree at church (gifts for prisoners kids). jncparker4@comcast.net. What is your favorite Christmas movie? (mine is Scrooge with Albert Finney).
ReplyDeleteWhat fun Santa Sara...My favorite Christmas Movie is A Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart....My question, Do you stay home on Christmas or travel to gather with Loved ones? Merry Christmas....Doggykat@aol.com
ReplyDeleteWe travel to my parents' home in the country to spend with my family (my husband's family gets together on Christmas Eve and that one is local). My question is do you have any special charity that you like to help out during the holidays (walk the dogs at the shelter, ring the Salvation Army bell, etc)?
ReplyDeleteReading all of the comments has filled me with Christmas cheer. This was a wonderful idea. (FabriCatz@aol.com)
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ReplyDeleteI'm not able to walk pets. Instead I make an annual donation to our local ARL (animal rescue league) BUT 2 "grandchildren" are Mastiff dogs.
ReplyDeleteMy question is: do you have a favorite Christmas Eve tradition that must by followed? Merry Christmas! Happy Quilty New year.
I do not have a favorite Christmas Eve tradition but I am newly married and hoping to make new memories and create new traditions. Me and my husband sewed a patch work Christmas table runner that we are going to gift to family so hoping to make many more handmade gifts this year for everyone. Merry Christmas everyone. Keep making all those beautiful creations for everyone to enjoy! My email address is michellecoopernurse@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteMy question is to the next person is what things are you grateful for this holiday season?