Holy smokes, holy cow, holy Toledo, or, in the spirit of the season, holy angel - this is my 1400th post! I've been blogging nearly everyday since April 9th 2008. Over 4 years now! Every 4-6 months I turn my blogs into books using Blog2Print so hopefully future generations can read all about the shenanigans of our little family.
To celebrate reaching this milestone, I've got some goodies to giveaway!
INCLUDING the brand new silver and gold baker's twine!
A book, namely, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson.
75 pieces of high quality, textured, color-core American Crafts cardstock - the best cardstock evah!
An aqua bauble necklace. These are so hott right now!
A bottle of N.Y.C. nail polish.
One of the pearly girly pacifier clips from my etsy shop!
A toddler boy tie handmade with an orange paisley trendy fabric.
A couple of cards I've made.
6 packs of Thickers - one can never have enough Thickers!
An assortment of scrapbooking supplies: Amy Tangerine Bits, Kringle and Co #1-25 pocket tags, Studio Calico rub ons, Studio Calico paper garland, American Crafts glitter ribbon, Amy Tangerine Sketchbook daybook, Elle's Studio labels, and two sets of Dear Lizzy stamps! Score!
So this next something is something I've never offered before - I'll make you a scrapbook page! Send me a photo or a group of photos and I'll make you one layout!
And last, but not least, a PaigeBook!
This book measures 5.5 x 7" and the covers are made from oak wood that I've stained with a mix of aqua guache and blue acrylic paint.
I sewed it together using a copic binding with pink floss.
My new favorite thing to add to these books is jewels and charms and now pearls to the binding! Gives it a little something extra :)
The signatures (or pages) are made with white printer paper and each set is sandwiched between a sheet of patterned paper from the Random collection by Crate Paper. For a decorative touch I punched the edges of the patterned papers.
On the cover I added some die cuts and sequins.
It's my newest favorite PaigeBook :)
So, here's how to enter! Leave a comment on this post letting me know what your favorite Christmas traditions are by Saturday December 8th 2012 at 6:00am and I'll randomly choose a winner! Good luck to all and to all a good night!
Oh WOW!!!! What an AMAZING giveaway!!! My fave tradition is to put up the tree and hang our ornaments!! When I became an adult, I always dreamed of having the 'perfect' tree, where everything matches and there was a theme, like you see on TV and at stores. About 2 years ago I realized, I actually LOVE our mismatched tree!! It is full of ornaments from my hubby's and mine childhood, one's for our kids, family ones, ones that my Mom has made, friends and family have given us -- just a mismatched tree that is full of love and memories!!! And that is why it's my fave tradition!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to win! :) One of my favorite Christmas traditions is on Christmas Eve my Grandpa read out of Luke in the bible and we opened pajamas from my parents!
ReplyDeleteBoy FABULOUS goodies!!!!!! My favourite tradition is our family dinner followed by a movie! The kids LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteI have decided since I kind of do something different every year that my favorite tradition is coming up with something new and different for the kids every year. Sometimes it is zoo lights, sometimes it is gingerbread houses...this year our new thing is sledding.
ReplyDeletePaige my favorite thing about this giveaway is the thought of you making a page for me!!! :). Every year my dad cuts off about. 2" piece from the trunk of the Christmas tree to get a Ronda disc of wood. We write the year and our names on it. We have them all since 1976! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a great giveaway! My favorite Christmas tradition is having pizza and watching Christmas movies with my family on Christmas eve, but I just had a baby in September so I'm sure that will change now that we have a reason for new traditions!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a great giveaway! My favorite christmas tradition is making new traditions with my little family! We have a 3-year old and a baby that is 6 weeks old and we're making new traditions every year! :)
ReplyDeleteWow - what a great giveaway! My favourite tradition is our Elf on the Shelf now. My daughter loves waking up and searching to find what mischief that the elf got into overnight. I also love putting out decorations and watching a movie together Christmas Eve before bed every year.
ReplyDeleteWhat a generous giveaway! Congrats on your 1400th post!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition has been my mom coming over for dinner Christmas eve and spending the night so she can be with us in the morning to open gifts. Unfortunately my mom passed away suddenly a few months ago so we will have to come up with something new.
This is an amazing giveaway! I love looking at your blog, just had to throw that out there! I love watching Christmas movies with my sister, always makes the season bright!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your 1400th post, Paige! Thanks for always sharing your layouts, they create great inspiration for me. I am more thrilled to learn about "blog2 print". What a neat site, its perfect for a gift idea.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes and keep posting!
What an awesome giveaway! My favorite tradition is the entire extended family getting together on Christmas Eve and going to church then having a nice dinner and just hanging out together. We take family pictures and play board games or cards and have the best time!
ReplyDeleteI indulged in one of my favorite holiday traditions last night - I watched "It's a Wonderful Life" and (as usual) cried at both of the bridge scenes! I always curl up on the couch with a quilt and with a cup of cocoa and a cookie. I don't know how many years I have watched it (often enough that I know huge blocks of dialogue!) but it never fails to kindle my Christmas spirit. Thanks for the opportunity to win, and congrats on your milestone!
ReplyDeleteOh this is a fantastic Rak!! I love that you are going to make one lucky girl a layout! Very cool. my favorite Christmas tradition is The Wist family Christmas party. I never miss a chance to see the family together all at once.
ReplyDeleteWow!! What a generous giveaway!! My favorite Christmas tradition is the holiday movies and baking!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic giveaway! My favorite tradition is putting up the tree and all the decorations. I love watching my kids go through all the ornaments and hang their special ones on the tree.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win!
Merry Christmas!
What an amazing giveaway! So very generous! My favorite holiday tradition is after dinner on Christmas Eve, my entire family piles into the living room to watch a handful of our very favorite Christmas Movies. We all live in a different cities, so it is a great way for us to come together :)
ReplyDeletethanks for offering a giveaway! congrats on so many posts! My favorite Christmas tradition is watching White Christmas with my sister.
ReplyDeleteThis is one fabulous giveaway Paige...and that book wow! My favorite tradition is decorating our gingerbread houses each year with our boys. Since our oldest was almost two we have been doing it and love watching them eat a few pieces and attach one...then repeat.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, amazing giveaway! my fav tradition started yesterday, Boris the Elf came to our house! I got the idea from Tara Whitney's blog three years ago, Boris comes to our house and leaves a tag with an assignment (family activity) for us to do to count down the days till Christmas. My step-daughters LOVE this! - Hailey k.
ReplyDeletePaige- your giveaways are awesome! :) my favorite Christmas tradition is "brother & sister gift exchange party!" I have 3 brothers and 3 sisters, we are a big crazy happy blended family and we don't always get to spend quality time to gether so we created this party! we exchange names on Thanksgiving like secret Santa and we reveal our gift to our bro or sis the night of our party . we also have a bake off and our parents are the judges and an ornamnent exchange that includes parents and the kids too! :) its really nice because its not all about the gifts its about spending time with family and making memories :)
ReplyDeleteI grew up on a ranch so every Christmas Eve we look up our horse to an old restored sleigh and go sleigh riding throughout town.
ReplyDeletecongratulations on hitting your 14ooth post. One of my favorite Christmas tradition is building a gingerbread house with the family. Everyone gets to add their creative flair to our house and then we get to pull it apart and eat it at the end. Fun stuff! Hope you and the famly have a merry Christmas.
ReplyDeletewow 1400 posts, that's amazing and geez louise what a giveaway!! holy smokes, this is amazing, just like you, how very generous :) Your books are awesome and I love that you would make a page for someone in your lovely unique style, what a treat that would be...my fave tradition is making sugar cookies on the day we get the tree and eating them while we decorate :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. What a milestone!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition by far is our candle llight Christmas eve church service. Afterwards we attend a "family" party at our pastors house. This is for all our friends who don't have family close by to spend the holidays with. My kids look forward to it every year. Unfortunately I work shift work and will be working Christmas Day this year, so it's time to create a new tradition. Any ideas? Lol.
Congrats again girl!
Ever since I can remember my mom has made "red juice" for us on Christmas Eve. A mix of lemonade, orange juice and red hots heated on the stove to perfection! Now that I'm married and starting my own family I make the red juice for us, even though its not the hubs favorite :) thanks for the giveaway and letting us remember what true holiday spirit is about!
ReplyDeletegreat stuff here! One of my favorite traditions is that Christmas eve my dad reads us kids The Polar Express while we eat yule log and drink egg nog. Even when we were teenagers he'd read this to us and now that we're having our own kids it's carrying on and they love to have Grandpa read them a book :)
ReplyDeleteWow, what a huge giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win. My favorite tradition is little ones up first, waking everyone else up and opening pressies ASAP!!!! lol. We also have special Santa paper, but the opening is the fun part, lol.
ReplyDeleteOne of our family favorite traditions every holiday season is on New Year's Eve we play board games (clue...), I make all kinds of finger foods we all enjoy, we have English crackers and wear the crowns. And near midnight we take a family picture in the mirror. Making a funny face or wearing a mustache or something silly. Love these pictures. And the happy memories and laughs. darla
ReplyDeleteTemple Square with family to see the lights. Love your blog!
ReplyDeletewow, Paige, what an awesome Blog Candy...you sure know how to celebrate! On Christmas Eve, my family and I go to the early evening mass and then over to one of our homes for an appie night. Then Christmas Day dinner is at our house. Now that we are in our new house, we have the space for a sit down dinner for 30! But the tradition I remember as a child that I loved was my Dad putting up the little wooden manger that he made, but he wouldn't put Baby Jesus in until Christmas morning.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite Christmas tradition is going to church on Christmas Eve night followed by the next early morning church service and exchanging gift with friends.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition started last year.. giving pjs on Christmas Eve. it was so much fun going to bed in new pj's.
ReplyDeletethis is just an überamazing giveaway I have EVER seen! sooo much love put into this!! just amazing! I´d looove to win this!
ReplyDeletefavorite Christmas tradition is getting the dinner table ready, decorating, making place cards for everyone and adding special touches and then the good food. I enjoy it very much to see that everyone is enjoying the food and love it when you can practically grab the good feeling in the room. that is what makes me happy!
thanks for the chance!
Sanna L.
agh! love this giveaway! my favourite christmas tradition is going to a candlelight service with my family on christmas eve. it's always a great way to start off the holiday and a reminder of the real reason we celebrate christmas. :)
ReplyDeletePaige what an amazing accomplishment! One of my favorite traditions is starting December 1 and lasting til Christmas Eve every night Elves come and move around elf toys so the kids get to find them daily.
ReplyDeleteYou have a great blog and your new book is adorable :)
ReplyDeleteOne of our family's traditions is to make homemade tamales together for Christmas Eve dinner.
Thanks for the chance at the giveaway!
How generous of you! My favorite Christmas tradition is spending time with family, especially with my brother living away at college!
ReplyDeleteWOW! what a fantastic giveaway. I like to decorate my home it brings lots of smiles and happiness. Thank you for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! That is some giveaway! My favorite Christmas tradition is celebrating advent with my daughters. They each have an advent calendar with doors/drawers and each evening they get a little treat inside and a sticker for a paper advent calendar. Then we read from the Advent Storybook. It's a sweet time together that brings the Christmas season into focus.
ReplyDeletePaige you are amazing! That book is beautiful. My favorite holiday tradition includes homemade waffles and fresh squeezed orange juice for dinner on Christmas Eve! Love the time spent with my family!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great giveaway, and what a great time of year to do it! One of my favorite traditions is decorating the tree. We do a theme every year, and this year we're going with a Harry Potter/Gryffindor theme, with scarlet and gold, owls, lions, golden Snitches, etc.
ReplyDeleteI hope your family is enjoying getting into the holiday spirit!
What a fun giveaway!! My favorite holiday tradition is looking at Christmas lights/decorations with my family. One year in SoCal it was warm enough that we rode our bikes around the neighborhood looking at Christmas lights and then came home for some cocoa.
ReplyDeleteour favorite holiday traditions include decorating the house the day after thanksgiving and lots of baking! thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteWow! This is the best giveaway I have ever seen!!!!!! Some of my favorite traditions include each picking out our favorite Christmas movie to watch on Christmas Eve, waiting to put baby Jesus in the manger scene until Christmas morning, and numbering the gifts in the order to open them :)
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is WOW!! What an AMAZING SUPER FANTABULOUS giveway!!! LOVE THE CALENDAR!!! My favorite Christmas tradition is putting Christmas movies on while I decorate the tree and drink egg nog with my husband!
ReplyDeleteChristmas is a wonderful time of the year for my husband and I because we met and got engaged in December! :-)
That's an incredibly generous giveaway. But to choose ONE favourite tradition? That's hard. Decorating the tree? Carol singing? Advent calendars? I think if i could only keep 1 tradition alive, it would be hanging my stocking on Christmas Eve and waking on Christmas morning to see it bulging with presents. The excitement hasn'y dimmed, even though i largely fill my own stocking these days
ReplyDeleteWOW! 1400!!!! Your blog will be so valuable to you and your children - so many wonderful pictures and stories!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is when we make our saffronbuns for Lucia on the 13th of December - It's such a great start to the holidays.
Thanks for such a generous giveaway - Just wanted to say that should I be one of the lucky ones I'd pay for the shipping. Hugs, Karin
This is a cool giveaway! So exciting! My favorite Christmas tradition is decorating Christmas cookies! It's a lot of fun to decorate cookies with icing and make football players with gingerbread men. Hahhah
ReplyDeleteWow! That's the largest giveaway I have ever seen! (it's true I only read blogs on my link list).
ReplyDeleteAnd my favorite Christmas tradition is carol singing. We form groups and go from house to house (friends, neighbors, relatives). The few practice meetings before Christmas are also moments I am looking forward to every year. Making Christmas decorations comes second.
Hi Paige!! Holy cow, awesome give away!!! And also, I had no idea you could print your blog!!! That's amazing, thanks for the tip :D
ReplyDeleteI love everything in the giveaway but what I would REALLY love is a custom made Paige Evans layout with pictures of Charlie. Oh my that would be fabulous!
Our favorite Christmas tradition is only two days in the making but Charlie (our 2 yr old) is having so much fun with it-- ELf on a Shelf! Our elf is named Frederick and Charlie is so cute trying to find him every morning :)
Thanks for the giveaway!
Wow Paige what an amazing giveaway! That book you made is incredible, and the chance to have you create a layout with someone’s photos is so awesome!
ReplyDeleteHOly Cow Paige, this is a HUGE give away!! I've never seen anything like it before, you are awesome! My favorite tradition is making peanut butter refrigerator cookies that I use to make with my mom when I was a little girl. I think about her everytime I make them. waving hi from the hills of North Carolina :)
ReplyDeletewow, what an awesome giveaway! My family's tradition is quite typical.....to spend christmas day cooking (lunch is always so late 2-3 pm), open gifts, entertain the ever revolving door of family members that come to visit, eat again, and then spend the rest of the day snoozing and watching movies.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome!! Wow @ your generosity!! Hmmm... favorite Christmas Tradition. My favorite tradition is reading The Night Before Christmas... well.. the night before Christmas LOL We read it each Christmas Eve with the kids.. and it was fn as they got old enough to read and were able to read it on their own too! :)
ReplyDeleteWOW!!!! Girl that is sooo amazing and QUITE the giveaway!!! PURE wow!!! I LOVE LOVE the idea of you giving away a scrapped page!!! TOOOOO cool!!! our fave tradition it to open a present on christmas ever, it's always new christmas pjs, and then I take pics of everyone in them in front of the tree!!! then we leave out cookies, milk and carrots for santa and the reindeer and the kids write him a note.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas traditions are frosting cookies with lots of helpers, hanging the Santa picture my husband bought for me at a local gallery and decorating the tree.
ReplyDeleteholy smokes - that is one awesome giveaway!!
ReplyDeletemy family does a white elephant exchange at our big gathering every year, and since my family is crazy (in a good way), it ends up being super hilarious. so much that i end up laughing so hard that i cry every year.
Oh my goodness, I would treasure it all! My favorite tradition is the kids' excitement over the advent boxes that I create and fill with a treat and an activity for each day. They love the candy (naturally), but also love to see what fun thing we are going to do to celebrate that day.
ReplyDeleteThank so much for the chance to win! We sit down on christmas eve and look through my scrapbook albums and see what all we did this year. We normal open a photo book for that year that night too.
ReplyDeleteWOW!! I would especially love a page by you!! (but all the goodies are divine :) My favorite tradition is driving around looking at Christmas lights sipping hot cocoa.
ReplyDeleteI don't celebrate Christmas so don't have any traditions but I have to say I would be so excited to have you do a scrapbook page for me. Your designs are to die for! I know your Paige books are works of art in themselves but your scrapbook pages are just to die for in my humble opinion! Thanks for the contest!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing giveaway!! This year is only my son's second Christmas, so we are still making lots of traditions as a new family. Although in my family one of our traditions is every year we all sit down together and watch National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. I look forward to watching it every year!!
ReplyDeleteyou always do the best celebratory post giveaways, paige! thank you!
ReplyDeletethis year, i am starting a new christmas tradition in which my mom and i volunteer at a huge party for children in the local area who are in need of food/clothing/toys.
i can't wait to see the smiles on their faces when santa and his elves bring them a bit of holiday cheer! :) *
What a fabulous giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteOur favorite family traditions include: North Pole breakfast with our Elf on the Shelf, decorating the tree, and opening one christmas book each night at bed time. My girls are in LOVE with Christmas and so am I!
What an amazing giveaway! My favorite family tradition is making cookies for Santa. These are different from all the rest of our holiday cookies. A couple nights before Christmas, we make some fresh sugar cookies for Santa and the kids get to decorate them with an array of frostings, sprinkles, and candy. One year, Brady put the entire bottle of sprinkles on one cookie. ;)
ReplyDeleteBig congrats on this milestone! Wow!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas traditions include milk and cookies for Santa (this may be the last year my youngest believes - *sob*), receiving Christmas cards from around the world, Christmas Eve mass and celebrating with family on Christmas day.
Thanks so much for the chance to win. Happy Holidays to you, and thanks for letting us celebrate your 1400th post with you!
oh I LOVE christmas traditions! my favorites include watching the Santa Clause on christmas eve, watching elf at least once!, going to church for midnight mass, and sharing the season with loved ones!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow- this giveaway is amazing! First of all, your Christmas pictures were incredibly cute, and secondly, a favorite Christmas tradition we used to do (but haven't done in forever since we all got married and left) is when my Dad would record us opening our presents. Then later Christmas Day we would watch the video recording and laugh at how excited we were whilst opening our gifts! We have a recording of almost every year so it's fun to watch them from years ago when we were really little:)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations 1400 is AMAZING! What a great idea with publishing your blog into a book each year, I didn't even know you could do this! My favorite tradition is going to my Aunt's house for the kids to sit on "santa's" lap and get their surprise present... it holds so many memories from when I was a little girl all the way to now watching my two little ones eyes light up and the fun singing Jingle Bells with my whole family! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh, what a giveaway! starting a new tradition with a chanuka party this year!
ReplyDeleteHello
ReplyDeleteAt Christmas I like being with my family, no matter where.
In the last two years we decided to spend the holidays year-end at the beach, to the delight of children.
And this year we will do the same thing.
Thanks for the giveaway!
hugs
Naiara
Congrats on your 1400th post, keep them coming because I love reading them!
ReplyDeleteMy fave Xmas tradition is baking cookies with my nieces & nephews. We decorate them with holiday colors & then eat them with a large glass of milk! ;-)
Thanks for the giveaway!
You have the most random giveaways. Lol. I love it!!
ReplyDeleteI can't get enough of your blog. You're so honest and real, and have some serious talent.
My favourite Christmas tradition is driving around Christmas Eve to look at Christmas lights. Trying to start traditions with my daughter, Jayne who's almost 2.
dude, seriously -- amazing giveaway! i don't think it's fair that only one person gets ALL of it...you should pick like 3 winners & divide it. :) anyway, my fave tradition is decorating our tree like we did tonight! hooray, now it's christmas.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on 1400 posts! My favorite Christmas tradition is actually the preparation phase...mailing out cards and receiving them from family and friends, decorating, wrapping gifts-I went with a "brown paper packages tied up with strings" theme this year. Of course spending time with family and friends is the best part of the actual day of Christmas!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome giveaway!! My favorite Christmas tradition is picking out a christmas tree and the temple square lights!
ReplyDeleteOur christmas tradition is to have a huge family christmas lunch followed by our favourite tv show - sci-fi show Dr Who! Then desserts and probably a nap! lol
ReplyDeleteBest giveaway ever! My favorite tradition is watching he San Diego parade of lights in San Diego harbor on my FIL's boat with the family while eating chicken chili and egg rolls. :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite holiday tradition is waking up insanely early to open presents. As children, my sisters and I would wake up as early as 4 am. And being an adult has been no different!!!
ReplyDeleteyou blow me away with your talent! and generosity! my favorite christmas tradition with my family has to be that we go bowling every afternoon after we open presents and eat christmas dinner!
ReplyDeleteWoW! What a giveaway!!! Congrats on so many posts--you amaze me! LOVE LOVE LOVE visiting your blog:)
ReplyDeleteOur fav tradition-- reading our yearly book (we keep track of everything that happens throughout the year--deaths, births, marriages, etc.). It's great to see how far we've come and what we've been through!
Awesome!! I LOVE spending Christmas at my parent's house. We go to church, come back to their house and eat snacks/chili/clam chowder. Then we all sit around in a sort of circle/oval and listen to my Dad read the Christmas story out of the Bible. Then it is the kids turn to hand out all the presents and when they are all handed out we open them! I absolutely love it!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats Paige! My favorite tradition is enticing my hubby into singing Oh Holy Night at church every year. He has a beutiful voice and it gives me the chills every year!
ReplyDeleteWOW!! What an awesome giveaway, Paige!! LOVE that necklace...I would be happy just to win it...but I would take the whole prize too!! :) One of my favorite Christmas traditions is reading the Christmas story from Luke every year on Christmas morning, before we open gifts.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite tradition is one we just started this year - I've wrapped up 25 Christmas stories for my little guy to unwrap one each night as we countdown to christmas - like a story book advent calendar!
ReplyDeleteI think I am speechless...wow! You are so generous and 1400th blog posts??!!
ReplyDeleteHoliday Traditions: we're making our own, but here's a few. Going to the Parks to see the light displays, the mall to ride the train and see Santa, and we tend to open a few presents before Christmas ;)
We have so many traditions...the advent calendars, elf on the shelf, decorating the house, making and sending christmas cards, making gifts for our friends and family, baking, caroling around our neighborhood, reading treasured christmas books each night at bedtime, shopping for the giving tree for needy families....the list goes on! This is my favorite time of year and I am trying to pass that love and wonder for the holidays on to my girls!
ReplyDeleteI know i'm destined to win one of these giveaways at some point in my life!
ReplyDelete- My all time favorite Christmas tradition happens on Christmas eve. We all get to openone gift.. which is always pajamas and we play games as a family.
I love reading your blog;) My favorite Christmas tradition is watching Frosty the Snowman on TV each year. I loved it as a kid and I love it even more now that I can watch it with my daughter;)
ReplyDeleteOur favorite tradition is walking through the "Portraits of the Price of Peace" nativity at a group of churches near us. The best part, the churches are all of different faiths, but all come together to tell the story of Christ's birth. As you walk through the neighborhood, there are little scenes that you stop to read a Bible verse and see it being acted out by members of that church. The kids love that there are real animals!! Each church is open with choirs or musical groups singing inside, and there is always cookies and hot chocolate :) It's only 1 weekend a year, rain or shine, so I'm hoping we have great weather next weekend in So Cali!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome giveaway! My favorite traditions are spending time with our family on Christmas Eve and going to church on Christmas and remembering the real reason for the season, Jesus! :)
ReplyDeleteI love going with hubby and our kids to choose a fresh Christmas tree and then spend the afternoon decorating it. And I love getting to smell the lovely fresh tree smell for the next few weeks! So Christmassy.
ReplyDeleteUm you are such an amazing lady, Miss Paige!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite holiday tradition is watching white christmas while decorating the tree with my family :)
Xoxo
Oh my such an amazing giveaway!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite christmas traditions is going to the christmas markets in Manchester UK and letting the kids choose a decoration for the tree!
I LOVE that Paigebook!!! I've never been really big on Christmas until my kids came along and now I'm experiencing the magic through their eyes. My oldest is only two and a half so we are just starting to implement some traditions this year. So far, I've really enjoyed our advent calendar with daily activities and our modified version of elf on a shelf.
ReplyDelete(gasp) I love the book you made! My favorite Christmas tradition is making tamales. Ever since I can remember, we make an assembly line and each family member is in charge of one ingredient. What's funny is that I don't love tamales, but it just wouldn't be Christmas without them :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome giveaway, wah wah wee woah! My fave Christmas tradition is making & eating my family's holiday tamales! It's something we do each year, and it warms the belly and heart, as well as brings us all together in the kitchen. We make it a group effort, and it's something I know I'll carry on with my own little family! Paige, I love your blog, and gosh, your family is lovely :)
ReplyDeleteWow thanks for the wonderful giveaway! My favorite Christmas tradition is when we listen to Christmas songs and put up our Christmas tree with my husband and son. He loves putting up the star.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite Christmas traditions is making Krumkake (Norwegian waffle cookie) with my Husband. We both have fond memories of our Grandmothers making them when we were kids and we now enjoy sharing that task together.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win.
We are Christians who don't celebrate Christmas, so our tradition is to go see a double (or triple!) feature at the movie theater and then have a Chinese dinner. Usually we bake brownies when we get home and watch more movies. =)
ReplyDeleteholy moly! your paigebook and a scrapbook page from you!!!!!!!!! a christmas tradition would be just spending time in church!
ReplyDeleteoh how i hope i could win
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My favorite tradition is having all the grandkids or now, great grandkids act out the nativity story while Grandpa reads Luke 2. So great, especially all the impromptu costumes: robes, towels, scarves, canes, etc.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition is baking cookies and decorating gingerbread houses with the nieces!
ReplyDeleteI just want that book! Soooo gorgeous! We usually wear something tacky and matchy as a family to whatever Christmas party we have. We rope our kids into it too. HEHE.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition is that everyone is invited to Christmas Dinner here. I usually get a few takers. I love to have as many people in the house as possible for Christmas.
ReplyDeleteThis is aaawesome! I always enjoy your fun giveaways Pegs!
ReplyDeleteMy family tradition is making gingerbread houses on Christmas Eve and then we watch Its a Wonderful Life. We have been doing it since 2005!
This is the first year that we'll be having Christmas as a family at home, instead of traveling to either my parents or his parents. I have to say, it's officially my new favorite tradition, and it hasn't even happened yet!
ReplyDeleteCongratulation on your milestone!! One of our traditions is to drive thru the neighborhoods looking at the lights. We pick one that we normally don't travel thru at all and just drive aimlessly and look! Then we get home and pop in a movie, usually A Christmas Story or Christmas vacation while we make cookies and drink cocoa!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome giveaway! Thanks for a chance to win!!
Great giveaway, Paige!
ReplyDeleteI love it when my dad makes omelets Christmas morning for the rest of the family.
My favorite Christmas tradition is getting to pick and open 1 present before we go to bed on christmas eve! It sure made for some sleepless nights!!! Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteJust found your post from your button on "His little lady" and 1st of all-- can I just say this is one of the cutest blogs I've ever randomly stumbled upon?! :) newest follower!!
ReplyDeletesecond- this giveaway is amazing and I'm glad to take part. My favorite tradition on Christmas morning is finally opening all the hand written letters my family anonymously stuck into our handmade basket on Thanksgiving about what we are thankful for and are looking forward too together :) and also anything peppermint... that's a tradition, right?
Awesome book!!! My favorite tradition is waking up around 4:30am Christmas morning and having lox and bagels, fresh squeezed oj and yummy coffee with whipped cream. Yum!
ReplyDeleteWow, what an amazing Paigebook. Wowzers! i hope i win, hehe. Favorite traditions are going to all the cool holiday events like the boat parade, candy can lane, watching ELF like one million times because it never gets old, ice skating in pershing square, baking cookies, well just hanging out together and being grateful for the time off from work.
ReplyDeletePretty sweet giveaway! My favorite tradition is that Scandanavian Bag Game we play every Christmas eve!
ReplyDeleteI have 5 brothers and sisters and our family loves to play games at our Christmas celebration. We spend a few minutes writing down ideas and then we play charades and our own giant version of pictionary. Its the best! This year we are having a new tradition starting. Our own olympics with some funny funny funny games we found on pinterest. I'm so excited for our old and new traditions!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite tradition is visiting Father Christmas at Harrods each year. We don't have the sort of money to shop in there but thankfully they welcome all children at Christmas to see Father Christmas. My 4 kids love it and look foward to it from October onwards. We get a photo each year so it's great to see how much they have changed!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great giveaway and very generous of you. Thank you and merry Christmas to you and your gorgeous family. Xxx
Louise
Wow Paige! Awesome giveaway!!! I have so many favorites... candy calendars, gingerbread houses, sugar cookies, and acting out the nativity :)
ReplyDeleteUm yes please! Awesome giveaway and you got lots of great comments :)
ReplyDeleteWe are an interfaith family expecting our fifth child so one of my favorite traditions is playing dreydel with the kids. And the second favorite traditions is playing lots of games on Christmas in our jammies :)
Lots of smiles to go around!
-Blessings
My jaw dropped when I saw this book! I'm a lover of paper goodies..What an adorable book!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite time of this season is like a random day like this morning we had the christmas music up really loud, my husband picks up my 3 month son and starts dancing around the kitchen. My toddler jumps up and asks mama to dance. Such a jolly time.
Happy holidays!
♥
Olga
WOW Paige what a fun filled blog post!! Most of my imeadiate family has passed away so my kids and I have started a new tradition of watching each other open presents individualy and trust me the grankids hate that lol!! And then watching a movie together and relaxinig and playing with what the kids got!
ReplyDeleteI would really, really LOVE that Paige Book!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite Christmas Tradition is to make a craft project with my children. Each year is different.
Last year we made mittens from card stock and used ribbon to tie them together. This year, we are going to make card stock bows with garland.
Hope to win ;-)
You are just so amazing! What a wonderful giveaway! Favorite tradition in our family..magically Santa brings gifts while we are out looking at Christmas lights on Christmas Eve. Oh so much fun!
ReplyDeletewhat an amazing and generous giveaway! i love our advent devotions. singing Christmas and reflecting on the advent of Christ by candlelight as a family continues to be my favorite tradition. :) i also love counting down the days to Christmas with our wrapped Christmas books and making our traditional hot chocolate mix with the kiddos!
ReplyDeleteAmazing giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI am single with no kids and I spend Christmas with my mom...our tradition started after my father died in 1998. On Christmas morning, my sister and her family come over to open gifts and then they leave to go to my brother-in-laws moms house for Christmas dinner, Mom and I go catch a movie and have a quiet dinner at home. Sometimes she hates the movie, sometimes she loves it, but it is a time just for us. And it takes the pressure off the rest of the day.
Um this is the most amazing giveaway ever. Please be me! Favorite Christmas tradition is- call me crazy -sleeping in on Christmas, eating breakfast with the fam until we just can't take the excitement anymore and opening the presents slooowly so that it takes allll day! Makes Christmas feel so amazing.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on 1400 posts! Impressive!! My favorite Christmas tradition is fondue with my entire family!! Everything I love...family and food dipped in cheese sauce and fruit in chocolate!!
ReplyDeleteWoah, thanks for the awesome giveaway!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas tradition is baking cookies with my sister! We like to try different cookies every year. My mom usually thinks they're too sweet, but my dad loves them.
Woah, this is a huge giveaway! I can't believe you've been blogging for that long!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I love decorating the tree! Fav tradition.
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Holy Angel, I've never seen such a huge and great giveaway. I live in Belgium though, so I'm not sure that I can participate? Just in case, my favorite Christmas tradition (in Belgium), is playing board games with my family on Christmas Eve :).
ReplyDeleteGreat giveaway ! my favorite traditions at chrismas is to make the desert all together every year
ReplyDeleteoh wow, amazing giveaway! my fav tradition growing up was going to midnight mass and then opening gifts at 3 am before my dad went to work.
ReplyDeleteamazing things, amazing giveaway, amazing blog!! My favorite Christmas' tradition is meeting with two friends that I only see that day, 24th December every year, we call it "Chocolate Day" because we always go to drink a hot chocolate :)
ReplyDeleteSo difficult to choose a favourite tradition! I'd probably say the Christmas decorating evening I have with my boyfriend, we set aside a whole night to just yule-up our little house and drink mulled wine then cosy up and watch Christmas films. Bliss :-)
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wow! amazing giveaway you're got going on here!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite christmas tradition is the christmas eve party we've had at our house for 25+ years. It's very exciting and we get to see a lot of friends and family.
my favourite christmas tradition is having dinner with my family, wherever it may be. especially new family! i'm excited for this year as i have a new baby nephew to hang out with this year!
ReplyDeleteWhat a darling giveaway! Thank-you for sharing it! Found you through your sister in law.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition is a new one with my man and I.. the last 5 years we always make cookies for our neighbors.. It's the best to get to know people and spend time together!
Can't wait to keep checking out this blog:)
Hi Paige! These giveaways are absolutely beautiful. One of my favorite Christmas traditions is going to church on New Year's Eve with my family, where we light candles to sing "Silent Night." I also love watching home videos with my family of past Christmases, remembering all the wonderful times we've had and all that are to come in the new year.
ReplyDeleteWe love reading Christmas stories to the kids every night.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your 1400th post!
My favorite tradition is making a gingerbread house... From scratch... Every year... since 1987! My mother and i made the first one for my first grade Christmas party. I've provided a new generation to continue the sometimes disastrous venture. Just had our third baby last Friday, so now there is one more little to help out. A few years ago, we had a gingerbread house decorating party with a few moms and kiddos. It was so fun. I'm ready to get that tradition in full swing once our house is finished. You should have a little party like that with your Ward. The bigger the party, the bigger the variety of candy for decorating, the less pressure for perfection, and definitely more fun. Graham crackers make great house bases when you're playing with littles. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful giveaway! one of my favorite holiday traditions is baking and decorating christmas cookies with my family and cousins. they just get more creative every year!
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This giveaway is AMAZING!!! My favorite holiday tradition is getting the Christmas tree. We always get a real tree, sometimes we even cut it down ourselves! Decorating it with white lights and tons of homemade ornaments makes it look so good!
ReplyDeleteThis giveaway is phenomenal! First time on the blog and I'm already hooked. My absolute favorite Christmas tradition is making homemade donut holes on Christmas Eve and devouring as many as we can.... bliss in its truest form!
ReplyDeleteHappy Holidays!
xoxo
Liesl
woodsy-soiree.blogspot.com
Holy Giveaway!! This is the best giveaway I have ever seen! I would love to win! My favorite Christmas tradition would have to be acting out the nativity story, we always go all out and dress up in costumes. I am looking forward to starting new traditions with my new hubby this year!
ReplyDeleteWe like to go to Target on christmas eve after picking each others names from a hat and spend 5 bucks for our secret santa!! ;) I hope we do it again this year, maybe jane and fox can be involved!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I am dying...probably the best give away! Found you on TJ's blog and loving your site!
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First off, I love reading your blog daily. I live vicarously through you and your awesomeness with two little ones. You always have the best giveaways.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite family traditions are the new ones we are making together as a little family with my husband and son. My favorite is an idea I stoe from a family at church. They have two little ones and they came to our house and sang a Christmas carol to us and dropped off some cookies. I loved it!
We did it as a family and we chose a couple houses to visit and my son loved knocking on the doors and hearing us sing. This will definitely be a fun tradition to carry on!
Me and my two older sister would always play something on Christmas Eve for my parents. One sister plays the guitar, the other the ukulele and I play the flute. So we always put together a little show of Christmas Carols and hymns, it is always on of my favourite Christmas traditions.
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting this giveaway, I hope I win! :)
what a great giveaway! my favorite tradition is decorating the tree!
ReplyDeleteI really like this giveaway,but my favorite Christmas tradition is baking goodies at my in-laws house and giving them out to everyone at church
ReplyDeleteMy family always cooked a huge breakfast after opening Christmas presents. We always went all out with homemade waffels, eggs to order, ham, homemade hashbrowns, cinnamon rolls....Mmmmm! I loved sitting around with everyone laughing and eating good food.
ReplyDeleteWe miss you guys! xoxo Ashley
One of your best giveaways ever, I think! That PaigeBook is divine! :-D
ReplyDeleteSo many traditions... so little time.
My parents (or grandparents) always gave us pajamas to open on Christmas Eve, and we got to wear them that night. I LOVE that tradition, and hope to do it with our kids too. :-)
We also always had waffles with caramel syrup and whipped cream for Christmas morning breakfast... along with orange juice smoothies. So tasty. :-)
My dad always played Mannheim Steamroller while we decorated the house. We didn't do that this year. Jeremy can't stand that music. LOL. I was sad, and it was definitely missed. I still think I'll play some though... and find *something* to decorate, so it's still technically, a tradition. ;-)
OMG this giveaway is amazing!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas traditions is opening up our advent calendar everyday! We just started one with Scarlett and I put little beanie babies in it and things like that.
My mom also did the book advent calendar thing where she opens up one book a day. She's really getting the hang at opening presents :)
I can never resist an opportunity for a Paigebook!
ReplyDeleteOne of our family traditions was to go take a picture with Santa at the mall every year. My mom started when I was just a few months old and she continued to drag us all there every year, even when my brother and sister and I were teenagers and then young adults. The last few years, we've dragged ourselves as a gift to her but this year we are free - we have a grandbaby to take the picture instead!
1400!?!? Crazy awesome! My favorite is pj's on christmas eve and a book to read! it's even better now that I have a babe to clothe!
ReplyDeleteBe still my heart!! All of these goodies are A-mazing! One of our favorite Christmas traditions is staying in jammies all day on Christmas Day. (The jammies we got the night before, of course!) I love just snuggling and being cozy all day! Thanks for a chance to win these fabulous prizes!!
ReplyDeleteThis giveaway truly is incredible! My favorite Christmas traditions are getting pajamas every Christmas Eve :) also, on Christmas Eve we go to my great grandma's house for dinner with all my extended family. This is second cousins and everything! After dinner we all gather in the family room and reenact the manager scene as my great grandma reads it from the scriptures. We have been doing this my entire life.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow - what an amazing giveaway! (CONGRATS!!)
ReplyDeleteMy fave tradition is eating soup on Christmas Eve. We used to have a full meal, but the 'rule' was that we couldn't open presents until the dishes were done. The kids would race through dinner, and hound our parents to finish! My grandma started making her split pea soup instead, and not only is it delicious, there are fewer dishes to wash. Win Win!
First off I ave to say that visiting you always makes me smile I especially love your Disney pics as I've never been although trying to save enough to get there w/my kids this Summer for sure!Now as far as our fav. Christmas tradition it has to be heading into the city & look at all the decorations and of course see the BIG tree at Rockefeller it's always so amazing to see it face to face & see how magical it is in person.Here is to 100 million post more to you darling! ((HUGS))
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, my dad would put out "luminarias" (The Spanish name for candles in sacks) all around the balcony and front yard of our home on Apple Ave. One year, we went to Florida for Christmas and he took a few sacks and candles to put on the balcony of our condo.
ReplyDeleteBut my favorite tradition NOW is drawing names and giving everyone $5 to spend at Target. It's funny what people come up with. We'll have to think of how to include Jane and Fox this year. :)
These are lovely giveaways! We enjoy caroling at a retirement center near my home :)
ReplyDeleteWOW! congrats on 1400th post and awesome giveaway! Favorite Christmas tradition is making Gingerbread houses with the grandkids.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I love reading your blog each day for all your inspiration so thank you for that. We've adopted our nephew for the holidays so tradition has homemade lasagne on Xmas Eve and an open house for those without family/friends in the area on Xmas Day filled with way too much food & drink. Hoping this one will be the best and biggest one yet. thank you!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome you've been blogging solid for 4 years now! And I want to print my blog in book form too! Love your idea of doing it every 6 months. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd what a generous giveaway!! Crossing my fingers!
xo
Haley
PS - hopped over here from Tanya's blog :)
PPS - I erased my first comment so I'm not entering twice...but I wanted to share one of my favorite Christmas traditions! Going to a beautiful light display at Temple Square in Salt Lake on Christmas Eve is incredible...such a festive night out, and there's a beautiful nativity there that reminds us what the season is really about. :)
My favorite Christmas tradition is our Christmas buckets instead of stockings. We have never done stockings, we always lined the floor around our tree with one gallon buckets full of candy and fruit and small presents. <3
ReplyDeleteWow! What a great giveaway!! My favorite tradition is decorating gingerbread houses. We cover every inch of that bad boy with all kinds of candy goodness!....&we eat some too.
ReplyDeleteUm, wow! What an amazing giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI think my favorite Christmas tradition is spending Christmas Eve with my family at my parents house and watching Christmas movies like Home Alone, The Grinch, and The Santa Claus. We all sit around and drink hot chocolate and roast marshmallows. It's always a good time!
Wow Paige! Great giveaway! :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition with my family is going downtown to the city and having breakfast as a family and visiting the Christkindlmarket. We always buy an ornament for each kid and we have our traditional foods like my candied almonds and my husbands weinerschnizel...or however you spell that!!!
My other favorite tradition that I've had since a kid is listening to Sllent Night in the dark on Christmas Eve. It really makes me think of the true meaning of Christmas and what ist must have been like on that night. :)
I have so many favorite traditions of christmas. I can't just pick one! Where do I start!? I love decorating, eating christmas dinner with my family, baking, christmas lights, seeing the people I love, christmas carols, drinking wine, opening presents, and playing in the in the snow! There's just so much to love! I love the tradition of christmas! :)
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my favorite christmas tradition is putting the ornaments on the tree and opening our smallest gift on christmas eve! :)
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What a wonderful holiday treat it would be to win all those lovely gifts! My favorite holiday tradition is watching Christmas movies on Christmas eve and eating Chili for dinner. It's something that I did growing up and I'm so happy to carry on the tradition with my little family! Thank you for the opportunity to win and I hope you, Chris, Fox and Jane have a blessed holiday season!
ReplyDeleteWell done! I still love my December daily. Can't imaging Christmas without it.
ReplyDeleteThat is one fabolous give-a-way, Paige. I'd love you to win a scrap booked paige for niece's book. I always scrap their first year and give it to them at their 1st birthday. And it's hard to keep up with my son's book and all the other projects I have stored in my head.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas moment is just me and my navitity set. In all the holiday craziness, I love the quiet moment when I get to set up the navitity set that my husband gave me our 1st Christmas together. I love that last peaceful moment before the relatives arrive, kids have ate too much candy, & the floor is covered in wrapping paper.
My favorite christmas tradition is that on the day after thanksgiving, in order to get into the christmas spirit we start making christmas carmels; also later that night we go to the Ethel M chocolate factory and look at thousands of cactuses dressed up in their best christmas lights! tis the season.... love it!
ReplyDeletethis give away is awesome. wish me luck!
What a gorgeous book :)
ReplyDeleteMy favourite Christmas tradition is reading the Night Before Christmas on Christmas EVe...even at the age of 26 and no kids, I still read it!
xxx
The hunt for the perfect Christmas tree. Love that paigebook!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing! I hope so much I win! My favorite Christmas Tradition is opening one present on Christmas eve and it's always PJ's. Thanks Paige!
ReplyDeletewow what a giveaway!! my favorite family tradition is on Christmas Eve we all decorate the Christmas sugar cookies, usually my dad frosts them all and then the rest of us decorate them with the sprinkles and cinnamon buttons. of course christmas music is playing on in the background
ReplyDeleteWow!! What a giveaway! I'm OBSESSED with the paigebook! Enter me in!
ReplyDeleteSome of my favorite Christmas traditions are going to the live nativity and seeing the nutcracker.
-Jessi
haircutandgeneralattitude.blogspot.com
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This is such a great giveaway! Since my family is from Argentina, we celebrate Christmas kind of like New Years Eve. We have dinner on Christmas Eve, stay up until midnight, then celebrate with dinner, champagne, and opening presents when the clock hits midnight. My birthday is on Christmas Day so it's nice to do all the Christmas stuff the day before :)
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Ashley
Southern (California) Belle
Hello! Wow, what an awesome giveaway! I found you through TJ, and so glad I did! Both my parents have always worked in the medical field. That meant they weren't guaranteed Christmas off. I loved going to a candle lighting service on the evening of Christmas Eve and, staying up late, opening presents at midnight!! Then we could all sleep in on Cmas day and whichever parent had to work that day didn't miss any of the morning fun. This year, I have my first baby and can't wait to make new traditions with him!!
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Joy
SO many great things! Love it! One of my favorite Christmas traditions is making lefse with my husband's grandma, our one living grandparent between the two of us. It's one of the few ways we acknowledge our Norwegian heritage, and it's fun!
ReplyDeleteAs a child, my brother, cousins, and I would get to spent the 3-4 days leading up to Christmas Eve on my Grandparents ranch (no body for miles, generators and kerosene lamps, and a real *cook house*-now part of the Joshua Tree National Forest in So Cali). Some of my favorite childhood memories were spent there.
ReplyDeleteSo many amazing things! And congratulations to you on all your posts! On Christmas Eve my family celebrates with a traditional German dinner.
ReplyDeleteYou have the most amazing blog and I always find inspiration here :) My favorite Christmas tradition is our Advent calendar. When we moved south a friend that welcomed us into her family and took care of us like we were her children started a reusable Advent calender for my children. Every year I return it after Christmas and she spends all year finding little trinkets and treats for the children and they just LOVE it. It's so incredibly special to me because it's my connection to her.
ReplyDeleteAlso, my 4 year looks at all your pictures with me and stated "I love Jane". So sweet!
You are really amazing and generous, Paige!!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
Hmmmm....what is my favorite tradition....do I have to pick one? I guess our advent calendar - I put little papers in the calendar on 2/3 of the days and we get to do little holiday crafts, bake cookies, make gingerbread houses, watch movies, etc. I don't know which I like better - the excitement and joy on my daughter's face or the time we get to spend together! Hopefully our baby boy will enjoy when he is older, also!!! ;)
Such an amazing giveaway...my favorite tradition is a big family Christmas eve party, followed by church. It has always been my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI love our tradition of shopping for a new ornament each year. Our kiddies have one for every year since they've been born, we've turned it into a fun night out with the fam.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the blog btw, just discovered it!
Congrats on your 1400th blog post! We have several traditions-and honestly, I think we add a new one every year! My fave is our advent calendar! My girls look forward to opening it up each day!
ReplyDeletewow! that is some giveaway - you're so generous, paige!
ReplyDeletemy favorite tradition is going to christmas eve church service, then back to my parents house for snacks and visiting with the whole family (there's about 20 of us).
My favorite family tradition was staying up until midnight on Dec. 24th, we'd get out a little blanket and all the kids would grab a part of it. Then (usually grandma) would place a figure of baby Jesus in the middle and we'd all sing a lullaby, and then softly sing happy birthday to him.
ReplyDeleteEach member of the family wraps a random present and do a Kris Kringle! It's just fun to receive some random present, and it's always interesting to see all the silliness. Haha..
ReplyDeleteWow Paige! Great giveaway! I love putting out all of the decorations and putting up the tree and looking at all of the ornaments that my husband and I have collected over the years! I also love that even though I am 28 my mom still gets all of us kids Christmas Pajamas to wear Christmas Day! :)
ReplyDeleteHi and Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition is making hard candy and driving around looking at Christmas lights!
BTW..........your kiddos are too cute!
Debra
My favorite holiday tradition is driving around looking at Christmas lights! Of course, now, with social media it's SO much fun and easier to find them!
ReplyDeleteBTW.......your kiddos are TOO cute!
Debra - Arizona
What a great giveaway, you are truly talented. Growing up my family's tradition felt like we were always trying to come up with a 'new tradition' each year. My own family (husband/daughter), is too young to really start any tradition, but just knowing that every Christmas we will be around family is the best tradition.
ReplyDeleteholy giveaway! lots of awesome stuff...that paige book is very cool!
ReplyDeletea favorite holiday tradition? my family loves to get together every winter to go ice skating...it's so much fun with the whole family there. one year we visited an outdoor rink and it started snowing towards the end...so beautiful!
This is a great giveaway! My favorite Christmas tradition is on Christmas Eve we go all around our town and the town next to ours and we look at all the lights. Another is that the whole family gets together on Christmas evening and have dinner all together.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas tradition is cooking a huge breakfast after opening gifts. Everyone is in the kitchen at the same time and it gets super crowded. But it is fun.
ReplyDeleteAnd, December 8 is my b-day!
My favourite Christmas tradition is tacos Christmas eve with the missionaries and then after they leave we watch A Christmas Story. When we were kids the missionaries used to come with us and my dad would dress up as Santa and visit our friends and tell them to go to bed nicely for their parents. It was fun!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your 1400 post! I think your dedication to blogging is fabulous and you are going to love looking back on your books someday!