On the second day of Christmas I got you something better than turtle doves
In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s Christmas time! All the department store music says so. So all us angsters are spreading our quotient of goodness and light by participating in the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway & Blog Hop. (Want details on the other prizes? Cari has listed them out)
So welcome to the second day of Christmas!
We thought about giving you our hearts (which you’d just give away the very next day), or buying you Christmas shoes to push up the daisies with, or even chipping in on Grandma’s spiked egg nog to reaffirm yours and Grandpa’s faith in Santa. But in the end, we found something much, much better.
The Abominable Snowman
complete with mint snowballs.
I Lay My Stitches Down
By our very own Cynthia Grady!
I lay my stitches down and troubles fallaway. Before too long, I’m breathing withthe rhythm of my quilting — listeningwide with every fiber of my soul:the praise songs of my people; voices ofmy kin; drumbeats of my motherland form the threads that weave the fabric of my life.
You Will Call Me Drog
By Sue Cowing, who will soon be stopping by I&A for an interview!
From Amazon:
Parker is a normal sixth grader–or he was normal before the puppet. It’s just an old hand puppet, sticking out of a garbage can, and even though Parker’s best friend says leave it, Parker brings the puppet home and tries it on. Or maybe it tries him on. “You will call me Drog!” the puppet commands once they’re alone. And now, no matter how hard Parker tries, he can’t get Drog off his hand.
Drog is sarcastic, cruel, unpredictable, and loud–everything Parker isn’t. Worse yet, no one believes that Drog–not Parker–is the one saying the outrageous things that get Parker into trouble. Then Drog starts sharpening his snarky wit on the most fragile parts of Parker’s life–like his parents’ divorce. Parker’s shocked, but deep down he agrees with Drog a little.
Perhaps Drog is saying things Parker wants to say after all. Maybe the only way to get rid of Drog is to truly listen to him.
A SMASH* folio journal/scrapbook
Complete with letter stickers, post-its, and bookmark.
Two turtle dove ornaments
In keeping with the true spirit of Christmas.
How to enter
You NEED this stuff. You know you do.
Since I hate giving my life’s blood while tap dancing on the table behind my napkin and singing Jingle Bells as much as the next person, I’ll make this easy:
1) Leave a comment on this post with your name and email
OR
2) Tweet a link to this post with the hashtag #12DOC, then @ me (@feonua) saying “Hey, I tweeted, where’s my snowman??” (To which I’ll reply “You did catch the abominable-would-eat-you-as-soon-as-look-as-you part, right?”)
You can enter from now until midnight, December 12th. The winner will be chosen on the second day of Christmas, December 14th.
So what are you waiting for? Jump in!
Tessa Elwood
WRITER OF 52 POSTS | WEBSITE
Hi Tessa,
This is great! Thanks for the contest. The snowman is pretty cute.
Back to writing!
Cari
Fun blogfest! The abominable snowman is adorable! Count me in!
Count me in!!!
Wow, you’re really going all-out! In the spirit of Christmas: If I win, the journal will become a prize for a hard-working English student in one of my classes! I can think of a few kids who would really bust their butts to win that. (But the abominable would live in my apartment, scaring my cat!)
This is a great blogfest!
Oh my gosh, that snowman thing is so cute!!! <3
Totally love the snowman and the other items as well. Thanks so much!
“Hey, I commented, where’s my snowman?” So cute!!!
Cute prizes, I’m with the others, that snowman is adorable. I love your blog, btw.
Wow, beautiful stuff
valca85 at aol dot com
If the giveaway is open woldwide I would love to be entered.
Thank you.
Carol T
buddytho {at} gmal DOT com
This giveaway is awesome!
LindseyAylward@yahoo.com
Thanks for participating in the hop and for your generous giveaway opportunity.
sophiarose1816@gmail.com
Squee!
smcdanielc [at] gmail [dot] com
Is this giveaway international??If so,plsz enter me.Thanks for the giveaway!!
Name – sweety
sweety225(at)rocketmail(dot)com
AMAZING! Especially that abominable snowman, though Drog isn’t a shabby monster either. Thanks so much for this great giveaway!
AWESOME giveway! That abominable snowman is the. best. ever.
Awesome prizes
Aww, turtle doves and abominable snowman – awesome
Love the turtle doves. So many nice things! Thanks for the chance to win!
This is awesome, and those are some great prizes!
pktechmell at gmail dot com
What a fun giveaway. Hope it’s me!!
Awesome giveaway!! I hope I win!
Wonderful and very creative giveaway! All these seem like great prizes. Thank you:)
Happy holidays!
Sarah
sarah DOT setar AT gmail DOT com
Thank you
Robinblankenship@Gmail.com
Robin
How cute is that abominable snowman?? Thanks for the giveaway
oh my how stinkin cute is that snowman.. love smash books and your whole giveaway rocks! Thanks for the hop.. i’m meeting loads of new friends!
You had me at “Christmas Shoes”.
Fun give away! I’ll be visiting again.