Merry Christmas!!!

To all of my fantastic readers,

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I hope your day is full of food and books!

Love from,

Christmas Week!: Day 6

It's Christmas Eve!!! Hopefully everyone has had a relaxing day.

Today's caroll I find quite fitting considering the occasion...



And a treat to go with this is:
Milk and Cookies for Santa!

And a couple of Carrots for the reindeer.

Christmas Week!: Day 5

It was the last day of work today! 10 days off! WooHoo! On day 5 of my Christmas week I would like to share this caroll:



I absolutely love this song, and I love Christina's version, it gets me all emotional and in the spirit. Seriously, goose bumps and chills every single time.

To go with this beautiful song, I am providing pork and apple sauce sandwiches, because they will always remind me of sitting around the coffee table on Christmas night and having a quiet family dinner after such a big day.

Hopefully this is your last day of work

Christmas Week!: Day 4

Day four of my Christmas week countdown and man I am getting excited at the prospect of 10 days off work (wow, that is so sad).

Today's caroll is:



This is such a beautiful song, and actually relevant considering the war being officially over and so many soldiers coming home.

And to go with today's caroll is this treat:

Because everyone could use a stiff drink on Christmas, this egg nog has some brandy in it, especially if I'm drinking it. I have heard of puting whiskey or rum in it but I have only ever had brandy in mine, much smoother.

Christmas Week!: Day 3

It's the third day of the StoryWings Christmas week! And I can tell you now, after the works Christmas lunch I had today...I am going to gain some pounds this Christmas.

Todays caroll is:



Once again, it's a little irrelevant to me as I have never even seen snow in my life, but it's yet another of my favourite carolls

And what shall be accompanying this caroll you ask?
A baked turkey lunch to warm us up! Well, you guys, not me.

Take out the brussel sprouts and this would be perfect! You lot are going to have to go and find your own turkey though...I amy be good all year but when Christmas comes...all bets (and diets) are off :D

I will also post this pic, which I found whilst searching for the above. I'm sorry, but if you tried to serve this measly meal in my household...you'd get lynched.

Christmas Week!: Day 2

*sings* On the second day of Christmas....innaccurate I know...but it is the second day of StoryWings Christmas Week!


Todays Christmas caroll is:



So this song is a little inaccurate for me as well...seeing as it doesn't actually snow here...nor is it cold in any way...but hey...I still love it :D

Todays Christmas treat is:

Anyone for chocolate coated nuts?
Seriously...who thought that would be a good idea...regardless they do taste lovely.

Man 1: I have decided that I would like to cover my nuts in chocolate and see what it tastes like.
His friend (who is feeling a little uncomfortable at the moment): Excuse me?!
Man 1: It will be all the rage! Every one will want to eat my chocolate coated nuts!
His friend: Right...

Christmas Week!: Day 1

Christmas is seven days away....seven. Far out where has the time gone.

Being a lover of Christmas, I have decided to share my favourite Christmas carolls with you to help get you in the mood. I will also share with you my favourite Christmas foods...because what is Christmas without food!

So my first Christmas song that I would like to share with you is:


I have been singing this song since the beginning of December, it isn't one of my absolute favourites, but it always reminds me that Christmas is on its way and that's definitely worth a lot if it can get me into the spirit at the start of December.


And my first Christmas treat will be:

CHERRIES!

I love cherries so much, they are one of my favourite fruits. And they are only in season at Christmas! So they are one of the most perfect Christmas foods out...

Merry Christmas!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!

I hope everyone enjoys their day today and for those of you reading, here is my favourite Christmas carol, as sung by Fred Astaire




And for those of you who are old enough to enjoy a drop of something stronger...lets hope you don't end up like this guy - i laughed so hard when I saw this...





Happy Christmas everyone!

StoryWings Blogaversary/Christmas Giveaway!!!

CONTEST CLOSED

In celebration of my first blogaversary and christmas I am going to hold a massive giveaway. As I am currently sitting on 450 followers (yeay!) this will also be easy to add up so what better time!

The contest will be international! So spread the word!!!

Ok so we have

Nitty Gritties (Details)

Basically this is how it works, I love you guys for following me so I want to give something back. There will be two three winners who will have a choice of a list of books at the end of the contest. To enter simply fill out the form. The contest is international and will run until 20th January 2011 and of course there is a chance to add more winners and more books!!!

The Prize:

All winners have a choice of WHICHEVER book YOU WANT from the Book Depository up to the value of $10 per book.

I won't make you choose from a list, this time it's WINNERS CHOICE.

Fill Out The Form!!!

 Winners

Currently 2 3 winners

1st: Choice of two three books from the Book Depository

2nd: Choice of one two books from the Book Depository
3rd: Choice of one book from the Book Depository

But there is a chance to add more winners!!! for every 50 followers I will add another winner. The maximum prize is four books, but there is potentially an unlimited amount of winners.

Eg 1st: 4 books

2nd: 3 books

3rd: 2 books

4th: 1 book

5th: 1 book

6th: 1 book

etc

Fill Out The Form!!!

Extra Entries!!! (You know you love them!)

Every extra entry will be asked for proof, if you can't provide it i will remove your entire entry.

+10 for a Blog Post

+8 for a Sidebar Post

+6 If I end up on your Blogroll

+4 Putting my Button on your page

+2 If you tweet about this

Following: (You MUST be a follower to enter this)

+3 for old followers

+2 For new followers

Extra Following entries

+2 if you follow me on twitter

+2 if you friend me on Goodreads

+2 if you friend me on Facebook

+2 if you friend me on Shelfari

Remember: you MUST be a follower, click follow on the left hand side bar. Otherwise I cannot accept your entry. Twitter isn't enough, you must follow the blog.

Fill Out The Form!!!

Rules:

• It is common courtesy to be fair and NOT CHEAT, so I reserve the right to remove any entrants whom I have caught cheating (accepting entries when they haven't done anything)
• If this contest is not in concordance to your local legislations, it is up to you to follow your local rules.
• You must have a valid snail mail address, I will accept PO Boxes but once I put that book in the mail, I am no longer responsible for it. Once it is out of my hands, it is out of my hands.
• Winners will have forty-eight (48) hours to reply to my email after the prize drawing. If not it will be given to someone else.
• All winners will be drawn by Random.org
• All books will be sent through the Book Depository, so read their policies when it comes to your area. If you win and you know that book depository does not ship to you please notify me in your confirmation email an we will work it out.
• All prizes are subject to availability.
• All prizes must be equal to 10 USD or less

Christmas is just around the corner...

So Christmas is nearly here, and do you know what I have found?

More and more people are buying their own Christmas presents to themselves these days. So have decided to hop on to one of the smartest bandwagons that seem to be around and treat myself to some books!

On top of giving my followers a Christmas present in the form of StoryWings Blogaversary and Christmas Giveaway I will also be treating myself to some well earned books.

Hmm can you hear that? I’m pretty sure it’s my savings account bursting into tears...

So anyway as I decide I will add the books to this list and update you when I hit the order button. Book Depository here I come!