Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Christmas In July -- Yes, Another Giveaway!
Ok, by now, y'all probably are completely bug-eyed at all the giveaways around this place . . . not to mention the HUNDREDS of free things spilling from here.
Yet, I, being the crazy and generous sort that I am . . . I have another offer for you.
Most of these giveaways we've all been speedily visiting and frantically entering with our names and pertinent information are items we can currently use and will receive very soon after the giveaway is over.
What I am offering you is a set of 24 handmade Christmas cards . . . again an assortment, because I detest making the same card over and over again. It just stunts my creativity and puts me in a box . . . creates one more need for therapy, and who has the money for that! I am giving this stuff away, remember!?!
I have no photo right now of any Christmas card, but I may post one before the end of the week : ) I know you may not be able to tell with this dark photo, but the card stock in this particular example is hunter green with an ivory fleck on the inside. There is also verse on the inside, but I couldn't get that photo to cooperate this morning.
Anyway, back to the giveaway. I will choose a winner from anyone who comments by 5 pm, Friday, July 27.
However, the clincher is . . . you will not receive the cards from me any time before September 1. If you're like me, you won't be filling out Christmas cards before Thanksgiving anyway, so this shouldn't put you in a bind to wait until Sept. to get these.
Now, to make this a little more fun than just putting . . . "Enter me, please!" . . . I would like for you to tell me your favorite Christmas song (religious or secular) and tell me why it is your favorite.
I'll get things started. I love, love, love Christmas music and listen to it every month of the year except January.
My all-time favorite is Silent Night. When I became a mommy the first time, I had such a small repertoire of songs to sing for my new baby that I resorted to singing Silent Night every night for the first year. It just continued with all of my babies until it became the most requested at our house, no matter what time of year.
My new fave is this song by Third Day. It touches my heart and reminds me of a desire God laid on my heart five years ago.
So, now it's your turn. Tell me your favorite Christmas Song and why it's your favorite!
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I love "The Holly and the Ivy". Not only is it a beautiful carol, it truly tells the whole Christmas story.
Ohhhhh I think my favorite is Little Drummer Boy. I love what it says and the harmonies in the various tunes.
Oh goodness, I have so many favorite Christmas songs it's hard to narrow down to just one, but I will tell you my favorite top 3.
* Silent Night
* Star of Bethlehem
* Joy to the World
Hmmm...I think my favorite Christmas song is What Child is this?
Two of my most favorite are Silent Night and Silver Bells
I love "Joy to the World" because my son is in love with it and so it reminds me of him.
My christmas's growing up were really not all that grand, so I've been learning about the importance of this special day.
awe, anyway, I could get a bit mushy here, so I'll just stop and say thanks for putting me in the drawing to win. :-)
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mine is I'm dreaming of a White Christmas,
Oh Holy Night is one of my favorites!
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My favorite is The Christmas Song. Chesnuts roasting over an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose. . . Well, I could singit. Please enter me in your drawing.
kara
I LOVE the little drummer boy, can't really tell you why. makes me sad and grateful and feel all fuzzy all over. faith, love, the right kind of feelings for christmas.
ooo, i love the Third Day song too...we are pursuing adoption! I also love Mary Did you Know.
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer!
No, really, my favorite is "Have Your Self A Merry Little Christmas"
"What Child is This?" has always been special to me. I think because even as a child I loved picturing the lyrics in my mind and pondering the wonder of it all.
"O Come All Ye Faithful" is so beautiful and definitely one of my favorites.
Thanks for making us pay attention ;) and your offering sounds fabulous! Worth the wait I am sure.
I always start to cry when I hear Mary did you know.
Please enter me.
Okay...I definitely think this is my favorite prize to be won! I LOVE Christmas...love stationary...
My fav song...hmmmm...
Anything by Mannheim Steamroller, probably. It's too hard to choose, though. I LOVE MUSIC! Christmas music is the best!
Anyway,
Thanks for including me in your drawing!
homeschool_mommy@cox.net
My favorite christmassong is one my granddad wrote.
Isn't the give away fun?
Mine is the Calypso Carol, also known as the Prince of Peace carol. It's so calming.
Ooooh! I love Christmas music too! I usually start listening to it during September ~ that's coming up! Anyway, I have no favorite... but I just love all Christmas music:o)
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I'm totally not a "Santa" lover, but I love Harry Connick Jr.'s (It must have been ol') Santa Claus. Or basically anything from the When My Heart Finds Christmas CD. I love it so much, I pulled it up on Naptser and I'm listening to Christmas music right now!
Oh, I would love the cards!
My traditional favorite is "Joy to the World." I also always cry when I hear the Steven Curtis Chapman song about going home for Christmas. My grandfather died in December (a few years ago), and the following week I heard the song for the first time.
You "stole" my favorite! *wink* Before the Vikings, it was a toss up between "Silent Night" and "Away in the Manger" but after nursing two newborns through long cold winter nights, I can't barely get through the first verse of "Silent Night" without crying! LOL
I'm also a fan of pretty anything onAmy Grant's "Home for Christmas" album - especially "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)"
Hi Thank you for doing this contest. My favorite christmas song is silent night. My grandpa passed last year and he love this song. Everytime I hear it I think of him.
God Bless.
Nikki
Mary Do you know is my new favorite, uit used to be The Christmas Song, you know...Chestnuts roasting...
I have several of them. I've always loved "Do You Hear What I Hear" from when I was a child. Can't exlain the reasoning.
But in terms of newer songs, I love Kenny Rogers with "Mary, Did You Know" That one brings me to tears every time. I think it has something to do with being a mother and imagining how Mary must have felt (as if anyone could!)
Thanks for the opportunity to win a great prize,
melissa
I LOVE jingle bells because I always think about singing it to my baby boy who was born on Christmas Eve. I LOVE Christmas!!! I always start thinking about it in July :)
Honestly I don't love Christmas music.... What I do love is jazzy stuff, though. And, I have happy memories of singing this son called Pinecones and Holly Berries in choir when I was a kid.
I like the Holly and the Ivy, but I also sand Silent Night to my little one.
Thanks!
Fabulous giveaway!! Please add my name to your draw:-) Thank you!! My favourite Christmas song has always been Oh Holy Night...I remember going to midnight mass on Christmas Eve with my family and we would always sing that song. To this day it brings goose bumps whenever I hear it:-) xo
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Christmas is my favorite holiday, so I have lots of fave songs, but I always get chills when I hear "O Holy Night"
My favorite Christmas song is Holly Jolly Christmas by Berl Ives. It is so upbeat.
Please enter me.
My favorite is Silent Night. I love singing it in church with the candles lit.
Wow, I am torn between O Come, O Come Emmanuel and Mary Did You Know. I think I'll pick Mary Did You Know because I can no longer listen to that song while I am driving. Last time I did, I had to pull over because I was tearing up so much. Thanks for adding me to your drawing.
Thank you so much! Please enter me.
I have many favorite Christmas songs that bring a host of wonderful memories. But my all time favorite is "O Holy Night". As a small child, I remember listening to the same two women in my church sing a duet of this song year after year. My small country church was dark with just candles lit. Very powerful.
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Only one favorite?? It would have to be "Mary Did You Know?", it just says things that I've oftened wondered.
"Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem" The version that I LOVE is sung by a men's choir (not sure of name) and they sing it acapella. Absolutely beautiful! And then my other favorite is "I wanna hippopotamus for Christmas", mainly because it's cute and fun and it seems to get on people's nerves. hehe (You've got it in your head now, don't you?) Oh, and I can't forget, just about any version of "Oh Holy Night" Ok, I must stop now.
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My all-time favorite is Oh Holy Night. It just feels so reverent.
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"Silent Night" and "What Child is this" are my favorites.
Lisa @ Deo Volente (Jon's wife)
My favorite is One King by Point of Grace. One King carried Frankensence, One King carriey myrr, One King carried the purest gold, and ONE KING carried the hope of the world
I don't know the exact title but it is a Christmas song recorded by Paul McCartney and I think maybe it is called "Christmas Time" ??!! Love it!!
I love Jingle Bells... Growing up we would sing that one together when it would start snowing... Crazy I know...
Carla
carlaandmarty@wowway.com
My favorite is Walkin In A Winter Wonderland. I love the line sleigh bells ring are you listening...It reminds me of one Winter as a child when my parents took us for a horse drawn sleigh ride in the snow. Their bells were jingling and snow was falling. Brings back wonderful memories!
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oh how lovely! I don't know if I can choose one song. I really like "Silent Night" and "Winter Wonderland."
My favorite is "O Come O Come Emanuel" I just love the words and the melody of this song. SO soothing!
Please enter me into your drawing. Thanks, Amy
I adore O Holy Night. It gives me goose bumps each time I hear it ... especially when John Barry sings it!
It is really too hard to choose one. I like "O Holy Night" and "Grown Up Christmas List." Okay, I love them all...
Great giveaway!
My favorites are "O Holy Night"--just beautiful--and "Breath of Heaven"--haunting and also beautiful.
I love the photo at the top of your blog, and that verse is one my absolute favorites.
Thanks for entering me.
We listen to Christmas music all year lon! So it;s hard to pick one favorite...but I guess I my favorite is It Came Upon a Midnight Clear! Thanks for the chance to win!
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I LOVE O Holy Night, it makes me feel like I was there!! I usually wear out Amy Grant's 1st Christmas CD every Christmas season!
How sweet - Christmas in July!
My favorite Christmas song is Little Drummer Boy. And I honestly don't know why. But it's been my favorite for as long as I can remember.
Count me in please. :-)
Okay it is July can I get out my Christmas CD's yet. Well if not cards will definately get me in the mood! I love Christmas!!
Nutcracker the whole ensemble is my get in the Ghristmas spirit choice. And Mercy me 'O holy night' is the #1 favorite song for me!
I'm going to tell you my favorite Christmas cd, not just song! It's called "Barenaked for the Holidays" by the Barenaked Ladies. It's a great mix of Christmas and Channukah music.
Like you, when I became a mom I didn't know many songs. I started singing "Away in a Manger" when I rocked my babies. They are now 19 & 20 and it is still my favorite all time song any time of the year. LOL! I would also sing Silent Night!
Count me in for your drawing. I love handmade cards.
My fave song is "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and the reason is silly - I never listened to the lyrics until Rosemary Clooney sang it on "ER" in 1993. I was so touched by the lyrics that since then it's my favorite by far! :)
And thanks for stopping by my blog - I appreciate it!
oh that would be splendid! I tried to make some last year and the world declared I was not crafty and I should never try again...and so I wont!
There are so very many Christmas songs I like but the one I usually start to sing earliest in the season is one I learned in Spanish I back in 7th grade -- Hacia Belen. It tells of Mary and Joseph going to Bethlehem.
Why do I like this so much? I'm not sure. The melody can get into my mind and heart and stay there, making joyful music for me all day long.
On a different note (no pun intended), there are two secular Christmas songs by Cledus T. Judd that rock our van as we drive: Merry Christmas From The Whole Fam Damily and Only 364 Shopping Days 'Til Christmas.
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Tough to pick just one, but "What Child is This" is definitely a favorite :-)
I love Christmas cards and Christmas music, also. My favorite is "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" because it expresses so well my joy over the Savior's birth. All these many, many, many years later I still come to the stable in Bethlehem that is in my heart to welcome to King!
My favorite Christmas song is Mary Did You Know - but only sung by Kathy Mattea. Her beautiful rich voice is perfect for the deep words of that song!
I forgot to include my e-mail address!
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More cards? Love it!
My faves I think are "What Child is This?" and "Little Drummer Boy". I've always loved the "Greensleeves" tune that the first is written to, and the Drummer Boy I've loved since I was a kid. I think because the idea of a child offering what he had to Jesus always struck a chord with me.
My fav well known Christmas hymn is "O Holy Night"....and I also like an old Moravian hymn called "Morning Star O Cheering Sight"
here's a verse:
Morning Star, O cheering sight!
Ere Thou cam'st, how dark the night!
Jesus mine, in me shine,
Fill my heart with light divine.
Thanks for this offer!Count me in!
How cute! I'm in too :)
My favorite christmas song is... every song I ever sang while in a choir! :) They all were great then!
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My fav is "O Holy Night". It's so reverent and helps me focus on the real reason we celebrate Christmas. Thanks for the giveaway!
My favorite Christmas song is Joy to the World. It was Jesse's lullaby as a baby!
My favorite christmas song is "O holly night" There is something so moving about the stanza "fall on your knees" I just love it.
O Christmas Tree is my favorite song. Not really sure why, I remember loving it in school either kindergarten or 1st grade, just gives me good memories! Great contest, would love to win!
A Sailor's Christmas by Jimmy Buffett, of course! Hey, I live on a sailboat, what do you expect?
I think my favorite is O Holy Night, mostly because I have the most wonderful piano arrangement of it that I love to play!
My two favorites are Holy Night & Silent Night. I love Bing Crosby singing Christmas classics.
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definitely "O Holy Night". I usually cry when anyone sings it. Last year, I snuck upstairs to tuck my kids in and overheard my then 4 year old singing it and I bit a hole (literally) in my lip, while bawling, listening to him offer up his song to the Lord.
Now all I do is THINK about that song and I cry.
I am SUCH a mom. And darn proud.
Ooooh - I love Christmas music!
My favorite? That's hard - but I love Breath of Heaven and Welcome to Our World! No specific reasons other than the music and the lyrics bring tears to my eyes every time I hear them!
My favorite is O Holy Night. My sister has an amazing voice and I love it when she sings this song. Hope I get to win your cute Christmas cards.
Peach, I can't wait to see your cards! This is a hard question. I love Carol of the Bells and Mary Did You Know. I tear up during ALL of the Christian Christmas songs during Christmastime.
White Christmas brings back memories of watching the movie with my mother every year. She passed away about a year and a half ago.
barb j.
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My absolute favorite Christmas Song is "What Child is This?". I just love the melody.
My favorite Christmas song is "The Christmas Song" by Dave Matthews Band. Its great because such a secular musician sings a beautiful song about the birth of our Savior.
Please enter me in your drawing.
Thanks!
sarina@scualum.com
My favorites are God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (which I sang a cool version of in choir once) and O Holy Night.
thanks!
I have two Silent Night and Away in a Manger, both bring tears to my eyes at Christmas time, seems to take me to that night when our Savior was born.
Ok, it's a little embarassing but I love Santa Baby! Well, I always find myself singing along with it anyway! *blushes*
Little Drummer Boy. Oh, I love that song!
Thanks for hosting another giveaway!
I love "What Child Is This?" But, close is "O Holy Night" I can't decide. lol Anyway, please enter me. No blog, but email banmom at royell dot org
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I love God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. Wonderful, solid message with a jaunty tune! Great giveaway!
What a fantastic prize! My favorite Christmas song is definitely "O Holy Night".
Thanks for the great giveaway.
I'd love to win those! My favorite oldie is "What Child is This" simply because it brings up good memories of growing up. My favorite contemporary one is on Selah's Christmas CD but the name of it eludes me......
Sept 1st is perfect for me as I will be sending them to Iraq to be sent home to loved ones. My fav song has always been The Christmas Song sung by Nat King Cole or White Christmas by Bing Crosby. This year it will have to be I'll be Home for Christmas hopefully sung in person by my son.
Hi! Please enter me in the drawing. My favorite Christmas carol has always been "Do You Hear What I Hear." Always gets to me. My husband loves "Mary Did You Know."
thanks! --Beth
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It is so very hard to pick just one song, because Christmas is kind of a big deal with my family/extended family/boyfriend's family.
Basically, anything off of Bing Crosby's White Christmas cd will reduce me to a puddle of nostalgia. "Holly and the Ivy" and "White Christmas" are definitely my top two - they're both beautiful songs that remind me of us all getting bundled into the car with mugs of cocoa to go browse Christmas lights.
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I love Christmas songs too. I am not sure that I have a favourite, but I play a variety of Christmas music for all of December, and that is enough to annoy my husband.
I have a particualr fondness of Good King Wenceslas because it was one of the first songs I learned to play on the piano.
Currently my favorite Christmas song is a simple classic. It is "Jingle Bells". Only because when my son was two last Christmas and singing this non stop in his lttle voice with some made up words it was too cute.
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My favourite Christmas song is "Mary Did You Know?". I had never heard it before until a very good friend played it for me and we listened to the words over and over again. She has since moved away, but everytime I hear it, I think of her.
Thank you, mine is the First Noel
Wow! It's like Christmas in July! Thanks to all of the wonderful bloggers that are participating in this great give-away!!!
New favorite song: I'm Not Who I was -Brian Heath
Christmas song: Mary Did You Know?
Wonderful giveaway, and so generous. My fav Christmas song is O Holy Night. I actually had never heard song (while I lived in England) until I met my hubby and came to CA to be married and meet his family. We married on 19th Dec and I heard that song the first Christmas I spent with his Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles and cousins (he's an only child). I loved it instantly, then I heard it a few years later sung by one of my fav singers, Celine Dion and that is my all time favorite version. :-)
My true favorite is "The Little Drummer Boy". I just love the story, that this little boy knew Jesus was so special, had nothing "material" to give him, so gave what he could...something he could do himself..a part of himself - his music
what a nice giveaway! I love Do you know what I know for my favorite Christmas song.
Grandma got run over by a reindeer.
No, seriously, I do love O Holy Night....It just touches my heart in a special way. Thanks.
Wendie O.
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Oh, have you ever heard the duet of Little Drummer Boy with Bing Crosby and David Bowie?? Its so cool. I love it! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
kcecilio @ ureach dotcom
I LOVE it! I'm in!
My all time fav Christmas song is O Holy Night. :)
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My favorite Christmas song is "Mary Did You Know?" It tells the story of Jesus so well.
My favorite is "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Andy Williams. Loved it as a child, love it still!
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What child is this? because I sang it as a lullaby to our son! and now MAry did you know? because it really makes me think about being a mom
Jingle Bells is mine because when I was little my sister and I would see who could sing it the loudest!
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Oh Holy Night the stars are brightly shinning.........oh....yea... ah sorry I was singing my fav Christmas song!!
Christmas cards are a great idea, what a creative idea.
.......fall on your knees...Oh Night divine, Oh Night when Christ was born........
I am having a hard time coming up with my favorite Christmas song, but I think I am going with "O Holy Night."
I love "Mary's Lullaby". When I rock my babies at Christmastime and listen to it I feel like I can relate a bit to how she must have felt.
I love "What Child is This" since I used it as my lullaby for my only child and "Do You Hear What I Hear" simply for its haunting beauty.
I would love to be entered in the drawing, Thanks
I came for the give away, but I have to say that I love the name and the picture for your header.
My favorite Christmas song, "O Holy Night." It gives me chills when the high note is hit and the words just move me.
My all time favorite Christmas song is,
Joy to the World
Thanks for entering me:) I'd be delighted to share your cards with my friends:)
please enter me! my fave is the coventry carol. love the melody.
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My favorite is Away in a Manger. It brings back warm memories of my grown children singing it with the motions. I also love Oh, Holy Night...the message and the music are awesome.
I thought I already commented, but maybe not - I am commenting again. Beautiful cards - please count me in :)
Oh I love silent night.
Oh Holy Night, because it is about the true meaning of the season and also because the night my hubby and I got engaged, when we got in the car that song was just starting and I remember thinking that hubby was truly God given. :)
Wow, I don't think I can pick just one. I love nearly all of them, and listen to Christmas music year-round!
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My favorite Christmas song ever is "O Holy Night". I sang this one year at church in a trio, and it was the most wonderful feeling!
My favorite is "Mary, Did You Know?" I love the words ... and it makes me think about my own children -- what does God have planned for them ... how will they impact their world for Christ?
My favorite is "Oh Holy Night" because I heard a man sing it once when I was about 19 years old and it blew me away. I never thought about the words until that day!
My favorite is I'm dreaming of a white christmas. Because I never had a white christmas growing up.
tnayar@cox.net
I adore Christmas songs & it would be so hard to pick a favorite. Oh Holy Night has special meaning as I sang this one as a child for a whole arena full of people. I love that beautiful song:)
I'd LOVE to win your cards:)
Count me in!
Trina :0)
Enter me please!
Tammy
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One of my favorites has always been Little Drummer Boy. I need to win this. I never get around to sending Christmas cards, and if I have homemade ones I'm sure I'll do it or I would feel bad. :)
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Mele Kalikimacha
Little Drummer boy is my fav and also hubs fav christmas song.
honestly I love so many Christmas songs I could never pick just one! LOL There are too many!
amanda_and_ed@yahoo.com
I can't pick just one, I love them all, but my husband loves the little drummer boy...does that count? He likes the music and the rythmn to it...pick me please
jesslunger25@hotmail.com
Oh wow, only one :D Joy to the World, Little Town of Bethlehem, and What Child is this.
Sarah
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Thanks for stopping by! My favorite Christmas song is "Joy to the World" on Mariah Caray's CD. I turn it up and jam every year. LOVE it.
Tennessee Christmas by Amy Grant. I start humming it around the first week of November. lol...
Love it !!!
Awesome prize...please enter me.
Thanks!
I love Christmas cards and handmade ones are even better. I think my favorite Christmas song for the last few years has been Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer because my kids love to sing that song, so we all have a good time singing it together.
Please enter me! My favorite Christmas song is....Mary Did You Know. It brings tears to my eyes when I hear the words and meaning. Wow...I am getting excited about Christmas and it is only July! :)
timandmisty@hotmail.com
I guess I would say my favorite is "O Holy Night". It is such a pretty song, and tells of WHO makes Christmas!
I have many favorite Christmas songs :). "O Holy Night" is one of them. Please enter me in your giveaway. Thanks and have a wonderful weekend!
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