It’s the season for giving, and by giving, I mean hosting awesome giveaways with all sorts of great prizes and books! This time, we have Sarah Morgan‘s From Manhattan with Love series, plus a Kate Spade watch and earrings. Thanks to Harlequin for sponsoring!
The total prize pack retails for around $285.00 USD and includes:
– Champagne at midnight metro watch from Kate Spade
– Crystal square studs from Kate Spade
– 1 print copy of Sleepless In Manhattan by Sarah Morgan ( A | BN | K | G | AB )
– 1 print copy of Sunset in Central Park by Sarah Morgan ( A | BN | K | G | AB )
– 1 print copy of Miracle on 5th Ave by Sarah Morgan ( A | BN | K | G | AB )
Hopeless romantic Eva Jordan loves everything about Christmas. She might be spending the holidays alone this year, but when she’s given an opportunity to house-sit a spectacular penthouse on Fifth Avenue, she leaps at the chance. What better place to celebrate than in snow-kissed Manhattan? What she didn’t expect was to find the penthouse still occupied by its gorgeous—and mysterious—owner.
Bestselling crime writer Lucas Blade is having the nightmare before Christmas. With a deadline and the anniversary of his wife’s death looming, he’s isolated himself in his penthouse with only his grief for company. He wants no interruptions, no decorations and he certainly doesn’t appreciate being distracted by his beautiful, bubbly new housekeeper. But when the blizzard of the century leaves Eva snowbound in his apartment, Lucas starts to open up to the magic she brings…This Christmas, is Lucas finally ready to trust that happily-ever-afters do exist?
Standard disclaimers apply: I’m not being compensated for this giveaway except that I got to go shopping online which means I didn’t have to wear shoes or real pants. Void where prohibited. Open to US residents where permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18 and have sunglasses on hand to combat the shine on those earrings. A watch in the hand is worth three books in the bush. That’s how it goes, right? It’s totally okay to have champagne on hand for celebrating or commiserating. Comments will close Monday 28 November 2016 around noon EST and winner announced same day.
To enter, leave a comment with your favorite holiday tradition! It could be as big as a beach trip every 4th of July or simply baking a particular type of cookie for Christmas.
Best of luck to everyone!
UPDATE: Our winner is Stephanie! Congratulations, Stephanie and keep an eye on your inbox! Thanks to everyone who commented and I hope you have a great holiday season!
I have a pretty big family, and I think my favorite thing is for all of the cousins to hang out after Thanksgiving dinner and all play games, usually Apples to Apples, but sometimes card games. The little kids and the adult cousins all play together.
We don’t have children, so we ‘adopt’ a family for the holidays. It’s so much fun getting to go shopping for the kids and knowing we’ve made a difference!
Every Christmas Eve, our dinner is cracked crab and steamed artichokes. We cover the table with newspaper and use paper plates. And we just pile up the shells and used artichoke leaves on the table. After dinner, we count silverware, roll up the newspaper and toss it in the bin. Quick cleanup and I get to spend the evening with family and friends instead of in the kitchen. 🙂
We lived in Switzerland for a year, so instead I’d turkey, we have raclette for Thanksgiving. Yummy melted cheese on potatoes and other substrates.
Thanksgiving with friends (one’s chosen family) and Christmas with family. And watching “A Christmas Story” on Christmas Eve.
Awesome giveaway by-the-way. Well done!
My favorite tradition is clam chowder on Christmas Eve. My dad started it because he wanted a tradition and it was just about the only recipe from my great grandmother’s collection that we think she might have actually made! She wasn’t known as a particularly avid cook…
We lived in Switzerland for a year, so instead of turkey, we have raclette for Thanksgiving. Yummy melted cheese on potatoes and other substrates.
My favorite family tradition is that we have a little family reunion at my great aunt’s place for lunar new year.
Dancing around the house while listening to “Christmas Wrapping” by the Waitresses on repeat.
It’s a toss up between making Christmas cookies with my daughters and setting up the tree that always ends up with us telling stories because of all of our unique ornaments.
Christmas Eve dinner is always pancakes and bacon. It started as a quick and easy meal before leaving for candlelight service. Years later, it still brings smiles to everyone, young and old.
Every Christmas Eve, I sit alone in my room and watch A Muppet Christmas Carol and wrap presents. It’s my favorite Christmas movie, and watching it in a dark, cool room while I prepare gifts to share with my loved ones always puts me in the perfect Christmas spirit.
Christmas morning, having the kids unpack their stockings while my husband and I try to get enough caffeine in us to face the rest of the morning!
I have a ton of favorite holiday tradition (especially Christmas-related!), but one of the best is decorating Christmas cookie cutouts with my mom and sisters and any friends who are around. The recipe is my grandmother’s, and we’ve literally been baking and decorating these cookies in tons of shapes and sizes every Christmas for over 30 years (even before I was born).
My favorite holiday tradition is that my parents always give us “children” a pair of pajamas and a new book on Christmas Eve that we can open then, and use before Christmas morning. It’s the perfect way to wake up on Christmas.
We always get Chinese take out on Christmas Eve – love not having to cook!
I used to be the holiday queen, but my holiday traditions have changed dramatically as I’ve gotten older–the torch has been passed to the younger generation so they can make their own traditions. I enjoy quiet holidays with a friend now.
My favorite tradition is decorating the tree together. We put on Christmas Carols and go to town!
Caribbean island hop every July 4th week.
I love Christmas shopping.
Baking Grandma’s cookies for Christmas.
spending New Year’s eve with my best friend watching old movies
My favorite holiday tradition is making tamales with my family. We form an assembly line of people an each person has a part in putting the tamales together. My job is always putting the meat into the masa. Of course the best part is eating them but the process of making them is what makes the memories.
Thanksgiving… travelling to my sister’s cabin in the mountains for a cozy Thanksgiving feast.
My mom’s latkes on Chanukah!
favorite holiday tradition: going to the movies on christmas day evening
I love baking a Fresh Apple cake for my family every Christmas. It’s a really old recipe that my grandmother used to bake every year. The recipe has been in my family for decades.
Watching hallmark Christmas movies with my mom!
My favourite tradition is puttin up the Christmas tree with the kids. My daughter still likes helping to decorate it although my teenage son now prefers being in his bedroom gaming!
Messing up dishes as fast as my sister can wash them. It’s a team effort
I love baking Christmas cookies and cheesecake and sitting in front of fire drinking hot chocolate!
Watching When Harry Met Sally with my husband every New Year’s Eve. We drink wine, eat a ridiculous amount of Brie and play board games…because we know how to party.
My dad use to hide the baby Jesus from the manager in the most random spots and wait for my mom to find him with a completely exasperated sigh. Just the other day she told me she didn’t know what to do with manger and I thought about finding the baby Jesus in the wood pile. Made me smile.
My favorite tradition is cooking for all of my kids. This will be the first time that I will have none of my kids for the holidays, but I have three of the grandkids to make new memories with!
Our favorite holiday tradition is browsing the stores and checking out gift items, decor, and food samples.
Thanks for the great giveaway 🙂
My favorite tradition is lasagna on Christmas Eve with my family. My mom has been making every year as long as I’ve been alive (probably longer), and though I try to replicate it, mine is never as good as hers. I think no matter how old we get, nothing beats mom’s cooking.
My favorite tradition is slightly newer, as traditions go- for the past six or seven years, my boyfriend and I have driven around our hometown to look at the holiday lights on the houses. I love knowing that, no matter how loud and over the top the holidays can get, we’ll have at least an hour of just enjoying some time together.
Our favorite holiday tradition is watching the 1930’s version of A Christmas Carol with Patrick McNee. We usually end up watching it late on Christmas Eve and half the time my husband falls asleep in the middle of it.
Christmas Day scavenger hunt! My mom picks one of us to receive a treasure hunt to find our big gift. They’re always awesome and creative.
We watch White Christmas and Arsenic and Old Lace every year for the holidays. It is a family affair with three generations sitting down to enjoy it.