Y’all are in for a treat! A whole bunch of bloggers (forty of us!) have teamed up for a seriously awesome giveaway to stuff your stockings with over $1100 worth of goodies, including two $250 cash prizes, as well as oodles of other great gifts!
How’s that for Christmas spirit?
(I can hear those sleigh bells jingling already!) 😉
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Maybe you prefer not to think about Christmas until after you’ve eaten your Thanksgiving turkey — but I’m a planner. Although I buck my grandmother’s tradition of always having her tree (and all sorts of other Christmas decorations) up before Thanksgiving, I do already have my Christmas cards designed, I’ve done at least half my Christmas shopping done, and I’ll start wrapping gifts this week. I don’t know about your holiday gift budget, but that $250 would go a mighty long way in mine!
Life events lately have really had me considering what’s important, and what isn’t.
What is important: Spending quality time with loved ones. Making memories. Speaking life-giving words. Giving from the heart. Gifts aren’t important unless they contribute to those other things, so I like to make them count. I don’t want to buy a present just to check off my list; I want to find (buy or make) gifts that speaks to the thought and time and care I put into choosing it. That’s always a big challenge each year, so I’d love to hear some of your ideas for meaningful holiday gifts! One idea: anything from the Compassion and Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Gift Catalogs!
Thanks to all these fabulous holly-jolly blogs participating:
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Wife, mom, grandma. Introvert who finds joy in good books, sunshine, and authentic conversation. Fitness enthusiast and personal trainer. Often seen with a steaming mug of tea in hand.
Photo books with stories of our life connected with the person it is made for, how God has blessed and brought us together for his purpose.
This giveaway sounds awesome! Thank you for the opportunity…I’m crossing my fingers 😉
I would buy Christmas presents and treat myself to a new outfit for the holidays.
Wow! What a fun giveaway! The $250 would go a long way for our family’s Christmas too. SInce we live in Haiti, we’d probably use it on Amazon purchases, but I would rather use it to buy supplies to make handmade gifts.
We live on the other side of the world from my parents– so this year I’m going to have my girls personalize a mug for each of them. I’m planning on buying plain white mugs from Ikea and let them draw on them with colored Sharpies and then put it in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes to set it. I found the idea here http://whipperberry.com/2012/11/sharpie-art-gift-set-mug-a-love-hot-chocolate.html. I also make a photo calendar every year that we give to family members.
I would donate a portion and I would buy a princess bike for my little girl.
What a great giveaway! I’m making 90% of our gifts this year. I always love gifts that are handmade and I’m hoping everyone on my list will feel the same way!
I would use it on our vacation!
It would be great to win any of these prizes. The $250 would sure help towards Christmas. I haven’t really even started with that. Thanks!
I would be able to get presents for my grand kids and than bless some needy families around us.
I think a meaningful gift is something homemade. I enjoy making them and I enjoy giving them…..to me it shows the person you really thought about them as you were making their gift b/c you had them in mind! Not just some after thought something that was on sale……that’s me 🙂 Thanks for the awesometastic give-away!
With $250 I would buy groceries for my family b/c we are in some hard times right now.
This is great! I would use it to let my kids pick our gifts from the Samaritan’s Purse catalog to give to others.
I’d probably put an extra $250 towards a special Christmas gift for my husband 🙂
This year I will be giving each of my children a “date” with Mom or Dad. We find it so difficult to get time alone with each child, yet it makes such a difference!
I would probably use it for a little one night getaway for me and the hubs!
What a great giveaway at such a great time! I would love to win so I could bless my husband with something to help with all the gifts we need to get for our kids and the kids we sponsor through church.
Pictures of the girls are always meaningful for the extended family. I also like to sew handmade toys and clothes for my girls. They seem so much more special that something purchased in a big store.
I would use the money towards airline tickets to see my family back in WA and surprise them
Awesome giveaway! I would be able to buy some Christmas gifts for my daughter as this has been a rough year. Then share the rest! Thank you again!
I forgot to add the gifts part! Well…. I am making a quilt each for my mother and mother in law – Hope they like them. We also love homemade gifts. Still a beginner quilter so I hope they like them!
How fun would this be to win?!?!?!
Oops!!! I would use the money to buy a nice gift for my husband.
We give from Compassion catalog and International Justice Mission, as well. This year several family members requested books- so I had the idea of making bookmarks for each book that was a prayer for them about the subject of the book. Love reading your stuff- thanks!
I would put the money toward a Disney vaccation.
Wow! What a great giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity! I usually try to make a lot of my gifts, or do books I know the person will enjoy. I feel like both of those things are meaningful.
Wow, what an amazing giveaway. We are seeking to give more meaningful gifts this year, particularly to our kids. One of the ideas we had was to buy tickets to places they might enjoy going– experience-type gifts– as parent/child dates. 🙂
We like the Samaritan’s Purse Gift Catalog and Operation Christmas Child. My children love doing this!
The most meaningful gifts are the handmade gifts.
I would put it towards a new computer for my husband, who is starting his new career in computer programming.
Oh, goodness. $250 is bigger than this college student’s current Christmas budget… *sheepish grin*
I would give it to our friends who are just starting their paperwork for their second adoption.
I always love to knit things for people. Pick their style and favorite color! Also this year i am making recipe book made by the kids… For grandparents. Few years ago we purchased food for kids in Africa under our friends’s names. They loved it. Thank you for this opportunity when times are hard.
This looks like an amazing giveaway! I would put it towards helping my husband begin his new job in the IT world:)
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What a wonderful giveaway. The best gifts for me are the well thought out gifts, especially the handmade ones. Yesterday was my birthday, and my 2 sons, ages 7 and 4, had been planning gifts for me for several days. Yesterday morning, they presented me with my gifts made out of their favorite toys – Legos! My 7 year old made me a lego statue that was his interpretation of the sign language sign for “I love you” with minifigures on top, and the 4 year old made me lego earrings – He used tape to put them on my… Read more »