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Macy’s A Million Reasons to Believe $25.00 Gift Card Giveaway (Closed)

November 19, 2009 | Filed Under Giveaways | 342 Comments 

This holiday season, Macy’s BELIEVE campaign builds on the great success of last year’s holiday effort to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation®. Macy’s is adding to the spirit of “Believe” with a national Santa Tour, an honorary National Believe Day, a “Yes, Virginia” animated special, and a new TV commercial featuring Queen Latifah.

The nostalgic holiday campaign was inspired by the New York Sun’s famous “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” editorial from 1897 and includes letter-writing “Believe Stations” in Macy’s stores across the country. For each letter received, Macy’s will donate $1.00 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, up to $1 million.


Giveaway:

One Simply Being Mommy reader will win a $25.00 Macy’s Gift Card just in time for the holidays!

How to Enter:

Simply visit Hallmark and leave me a comment below letting me know your favorite Christmas memory.

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This giveaway will end on December 3rd at 10:00 PM Central time. Winner will be chosen via a random number generator. Giveaway is open to US entries. The winner must contact me in 48 hours to claim their prize. Good luck to everyone!

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342 Responses to “Macy’s A Million Reasons to Believe $25.00 Gift Card Giveaway (Closed)”

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      adrienne Gordon on November 19th, 2009 5:55 pm

      singing carols with my family.

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      Angela on November 19th, 2009 6:24 pm

      One year, when my sister and I were little, we were coming through Sears after seeing Santa. When we almost reached the door to leave, we saw this HUGE Disney Castle that had Mickey and all his friends around it. Since we just had our birthday the week before, we knew we couldn’t get it now. We asked if we could have it for Christmas. When our parents told us no, we left the mall upset. On Christmas morning, we ran down and the stairs. Guess what we saw? They had already gotten it before we even saw it!
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      Margaret Smith on November 19th, 2009 6:29 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory is when “Santa” came to our home on Christmas eve with a little toy poodle puppy. I wanted a dog for so long and here Santa brought me the perfect dog.

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      Margaret Smith on November 19th, 2009 6:30 pm

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      Carol on November 19th, 2009 6:30 pm

      It was Christmas morning when I found out was pregnant with my son. We’d opened our gifts, and then I took the test. It was the best present ever.

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      Stephanie V on November 19th, 2009 8:25 pm

      My grandma used to make tamales from scratch weeks before Christmas and the smell on Christmas Eve was amazing!
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      Ann F on November 19th, 2009 8:25 pm

      My best Christmas memory is watching my daughter’s face when she saw her Christmas presents on Christmas morning.

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      nicole on November 19th, 2009 8:25 pm

      My favorite holiday memory is watching my youngest son see his first Christmas tree. He was enamored with the sparkling lights and didn’t want to leave the room. LOL.

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      Jill L on November 19th, 2009 8:28 pm

      My most precious memory is that of watching my 2 year old son fall asleep under the Christmas tree. It was the sweetest thing seeing him sleeping so peacefully.

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      Amber G on November 19th, 2009 10:01 pm

      Baking cookies with my mom is my favorite Christmas memory!

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      amber on November 19th, 2009 10:30 pm

      My favorite holiday memory? When my family went to see a Broadway show on Christmas one year. The snow outside was pretty in the city lights, and it was so much fun. Then to walk around as a family and sight-see :)

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      Jessie C. on November 19th, 2009 11:05 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory was when my little sister showed up in our front door before Christmas with her family! She told us she could not make it that year due to flights were overbooked.

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      Jody Tews on November 20th, 2009 5:18 am

      My son’s first x-mas. the wonders of a child-beautiful.

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      April on November 20th, 2009 7:59 am

      My fave memory is baking cookies!

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      Heather S on November 20th, 2009 9:26 am

      One Christmas my boyfriend and I were both in college and broke. I knew we couldn’t afford to exchange gifts and that was ok. I went downstairs Christmas morning and the cutest puppy was under the tree. She was the best dog and made that Christmas special.

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      McKim on November 20th, 2009 9:40 am

      My favorite Christmas memory is when my son gave me a quilt rack he had made in woodshop. It was so beautiful I cried half the morning over it!

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      AmandaK on November 20th, 2009 12:58 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory has become a tradition. Every year my city has “Toys For Tots.” We take toys we buy through out the year and take them down to the news station. I love doing it every year!
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      Tara Johnson on November 20th, 2009 2:06 pm

      Witnessing the elated expression on my Mom’s face after receiving nice clothes from her daughters is etched in my mind as a favorite Christmas memory.

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      Latasha Kitchens on November 20th, 2009 2:18 pm

      My favorite christmas memory is when I got married and had my 1st son we brought our 2st real christmas tree and I remember how the smell of the fresh pine lit up the house so now whenever I smell a fresh tree I think about our first christmas and how happy we were. It was the best christmas, we gave our son a puppy and it was like looking at something in a fairytale.

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      Patrice on November 20th, 2009 3:28 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory was going shopping downtown with my Daddy when I was young. We parked the car at one end of Main Street and walked the entire length of the street and back, stopping in stores along the way, and finally ending our trip with a stop in at a diner to rest for a while and eat a delicious lunch.

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      Lori A. on November 20th, 2009 4:28 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory is when we gave our families a card from the new baby! It was how we announced we were pregnant with our son.
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      Lori A. on November 20th, 2009 4:29 pm

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      Jason Nickolay on November 20th, 2009 4:32 pm

      My best Christmas memory was when my grandpa dressed up like Santa to make my nephew believe in Santa again

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      Amy on November 20th, 2009 5:53 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory is from when I was younger after I stopped believing but when my much younger brothers still believed. I remember the looks on their little faces as they wondered how Santa could possibly fit their presents down the chimney!
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      Amy on November 20th, 2009 6:00 pm

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      shannon gordon on November 20th, 2009 6:15 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory was the last one I had with my Grandma. It was four days after my son was born. She always wanted a boy so seeing her hold him was great.

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      cherice on November 20th, 2009 6:20 pm

      Every year we would go to Disneyland and get a new personalized ornament! Thanks for the chance.

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      cherice on November 20th, 2009 6:20 pm

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      Katherine Gray on November 20th, 2009 9:11 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory is when I discovered we put stuff in the stockings to help Santa. I loved buying stuff and sneaking it into my family’s stockings.

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      Monique Rizzo on November 21st, 2009 1:01 am

      Mine is cooking homemade Pumpkin pies from scratch with my Grandma. Thanks for the chance.
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      Carol G on November 21st, 2009 10:01 am

      Going to my grandparents’ house for Christmas. Lots of goodies, presents, and getting together with a large extended family.

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      Jeff on November 21st, 2009 10:25 am

      My favorite christmas memory is watching the old animated christmas specials like frosty the snowman from the 60’s.

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      vicki wurgler on November 21st, 2009 10:52 am

      the last Christmas we spent with my father-him playing with my children

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      Cynthia C on November 21st, 2009 11:24 am

      My favorite Christmas memory was when I was old enough to stay up and help decorate the tree for my little siblings who still believed in Santa.

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      Linda Lansford on November 21st, 2009 2:46 pm

      My fave memory was being with family

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      Maureen on November 21st, 2009 2:52 pm

      My favorite christmas memory is the year we came from Alaska to Penna to have Christmas at Grammy’s.We had Christmas in Alaska before we left, Then drove for 11 or 12 days to Grammy’s When we arrived in her small Penna town, it was late at night, It was snowing and the entire town was decorated for Christmas. The lights were beautiful. I was 10 years old. The Best part was getting to Grammy’s and she didn’t know for sure when we would arrive. She was asleep and waking her up was great. It had been almost 4 years since we had seen her. What a great Christmas we all enjoyed together.
      Maureen´s last blog ..Todays the Day!!!!! My ComLuv Profile

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      Bridgette Groschen on November 21st, 2009 3:31 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory is when I was 10. Santa came thru our Neighborhood on a snowmobile (we live in Minnesota) I thought it was so cool how I acutally go to see Santa coming. It didn’t occur to me at the time that it was strange he was riding a snowmobile instead of a sleigh-LOL. Thanks for the giveaway!
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      Bridgette Groschen on November 21st, 2009 3:32 pm

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      Pat on November 21st, 2009 4:07 pm

      My whole family attended Midnight Mass. Afterward we drank hot chocolate and ate cookies we’d baked earlier in the
      day.

      Thank you for the contest. Happy Thanksgiving.

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      allyson Ayala on November 21st, 2009 5:00 pm

      my favorite memory is our town shoots off fireworks a week before christmas,,all christmas colors and music…my familya nd extended family couldn’t make it there that year, it was sort of a tradition but as kinds get older,,,,they all went to the places they were suppose to be and realized how much they missed the tradition and showed up where we always met and surprised me….family is great

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      Kiara on November 21st, 2009 6:45 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory is baking Christmas cookies with my Mom and Grandmother.
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      Gina on November 21st, 2009 8:38 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory was the first Christmas we had our dog (way back in 1997!) because he made the holiday so much more special for us just like he has made our lives since we got him!

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      Vicky H. on November 21st, 2009 11:12 pm

      There are a lot of Christmas memories, but I enjoyed last year when my dad met my God-nephew for the first time. They were immediately attached to each other for almost the whole night.

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      Mike C on November 22nd, 2009 1:56 am

      The first time that it actually snowed on Christmas morning is my favorite memory.

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      Cheryl on November 22nd, 2009 9:24 am

      My fav memory is when I was little and my brother and I would wake up at 4am and sneak to the top of the stairs and try and see the tree to see what Santa brought. Then my Mom would hear us and tell us to go back to bed until 6am!

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      merle on November 22nd, 2009 9:34 am

      my dad would take our letters to Santa, promising he’d mail them for us. And on Christmas, we’d find exactly what we wanted under the Christmas tree. signed :From Santa with love. we knew dad didn’t buy it, because he had gifts for us also.

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      Jacob on November 22nd, 2009 11:08 am

      On Christmas “Santa’s” truck had slid on ice into a ditch and we picked him up and took him to a house in town. As a kid I thought that was really exciting!

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      Jacob on November 22nd, 2009 11:09 am

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      Suzanne K on November 22nd, 2009 1:03 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory is when my daughter was very small (probably not quite 2) and got a stuffed “Meeko” (racoon from Pocahontas) – it was bigger than she was and she was totally nuts about it! Great pictures and great memories!

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      Sharon Harmon on November 22nd, 2009 1:54 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory was when I was 7 years old and I loved carrots, raw or cooked. Well, ‘Santa’ filled my stocking with raw carrots! lol!
      Have a great day!

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      Denise B. on November 22nd, 2009 3:10 pm

      I always loved shopping for a new ornament each year to represent each of my children’s Christmas’.

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      Lisa on November 23rd, 2009 9:15 am

      My favorite Christmas memory is the night before Christmas family picture by the tree with everyone dressed in their new Christmas pj’s.

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      Katherine C. on November 23rd, 2009 11:18 am

      My favorite memory is my son waking up his newborn sister yelling, It’s Christmas! She slept right through it! :)

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      Nicole on November 23rd, 2009 3:46 pm

      My favorite holiday memory is singing songs with my girl scout troop. (I was the adult leader) It was fun to see the girls so excited and get the community in the holiday mood.
      Nicole´s last blog ..Amazon’s Black Friday Deals – All week long! My ComLuv Profile

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      joan on November 23rd, 2009 7:12 pm

      Going to get Grandmother on Christmas eve and when we returned santa had been there

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      Erin M on November 23rd, 2009 8:53 pm

      Christmas morning when i had my first job (and spent my own money) on some really great gifts for my parents.
      i think my mom even cried! It was really great giving for once~
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      Melinda on November 23rd, 2009 9:14 pm

      My favorite christmas memory is getting engaged in central park, on bow bridge! :)

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      Melinda on November 23rd, 2009 9:15 pm

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      Pat on November 24th, 2009 12:09 am

      My favorite Christmas memory is going to Midnight Mass with my whole family. Afterward at home we drank hot
      chocolate and ate cookies we’d baked earlier in the day.

      Thanks for the contest. Happy Thanksgiving.

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      Raelena on November 24th, 2009 3:50 pm

      my favorite memory is when I was in kindergarten we made using things like Popsicle sticks and construction paper. My mom put them on he beautiful tree and I felt so proud that she wanted them on there.

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      Sheila P on November 25th, 2009 5:19 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory is when my grandpa and grandma came over with lots of neat presents and we opened them and had a nice dinner together.

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      Dj on November 25th, 2009 6:18 pm

      sign me up for this, please!!!

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      Kelly Ann T. on November 25th, 2009 7:06 pm

      I love helping with the toy drive at my local Community college. It is wonderful to help families in our community.

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      Leslie Price on November 25th, 2009 8:04 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory is my first Christmas with my significant other, when he surprised me with a little Tiffany box under the tree.

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      Tamara B. on November 26th, 2009 12:12 am

      When I was little we use to go over the Gradma’s house on Christmas Eve, have fresh glazed donuts and hot cocoa while Grandpa read us the Twas The Night Before Christmas story.

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      Tamara B. on November 26th, 2009 12:13 am

      I am a subscriber by email.

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      Tamara B. on November 26th, 2009 12:15 am

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      Claire on November 26th, 2009 5:46 am

      My parents pretending I’d been too bad to get presents and then giving me a bike at my grandma’s house – cruel, but hilarious now that I look back :)

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      Erica C. on November 26th, 2009 8:43 pm

      My favorite moment was when I gave my grandfather canvas prints of the Navy ship he was on. He loved it and was able to have a memory of the time he spent at sea.

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      Sarah on November 27th, 2009 12:06 pm

      my favorite christmas memory was my family’s first christmas in our new house!

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      Linda on November 27th, 2009 6:27 pm

      A great Christmas memory was being with our new grandson for his first Christmas

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      Abby on November 27th, 2009 7:39 pm

      I love hanging the ornaments on the tree each year. I hand the kids each their ornaments from each year and the reminisce about each one.

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      Mari on November 28th, 2009 4:00 pm

      My favorite memory is sing Christmas Carols in grammer school and the yearly Christmas Pageant.

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      Karen Gonyea on November 28th, 2009 8:28 pm

      Baking Christmas cookies with my mom is my favorite memory and it’s a tradition that I’ve kept going with my kids :)

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      Cheryl F. (The Lucky Ladybug) on November 29th, 2009 1:44 am

      My favorite Christmas memory is leaving cookies for Santa :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!

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      kirsten on November 29th, 2009 3:29 pm

      One of my favorite memories is driving as a family to look at all the Christmas lights and then back home for hot cocoa and cookies. silenttributary(at)yahoo(dot)com

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      Jeanette Huston on November 29th, 2009 4:41 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory was right after my dad left. My mom was working 2 jobs to get by. We didn’t have much that year but we had each other. We seemed happier. I miss that.

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      chewysmum79@yahoo.com
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      Jennifer T. on November 29th, 2009 6:11 pm

      At age 7, my best memory was seeing sooty footprints on the fireplace hearth after Santa had come down the chimney. ;)

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      Gena on November 29th, 2009 8:04 pm

      My favorite memory has always been putting up the Christmas tree. I love doing that!!!

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      Karen on November 30th, 2009 4:09 am

      My favorite Christmas memory is when my son got a play kitchen for Christmas. He came running out, saw what Santa had left for him, and spent the rest of the morning pretending to cook us breakfast and other food. He was done, didn’t want to open any other presents — that was the best thing he could imagine.

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      Darcie K on November 30th, 2009 8:26 am

      My favorite Christmas memory was when my daughter was 2 years old and was amazed that Santa left her so many gifts!
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      Selinda McCumbers on November 30th, 2009 9:31 am

      My favorite memory is watching my son and his amazement on Christmas morning!

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      Holly W. on November 30th, 2009 2:52 pm

      My sis. and I laying with our heads under the tree, looking up into the lights and talking for hours!

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      Ashley on December 1st, 2009 12:56 am

      my favorite memory is special time spent in the kitchen baking fun christmas treats

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      Tracy Roe on December 1st, 2009 8:29 am

      My favorite memory was when both kids ages 10 & 3 both still “believed”, it was the best Christmas, they got us up at 4 a.m. They grown up so fast!

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      Rachel Abbott-Gray on December 1st, 2009 2:32 pm

      I have lots of good memories about Christmas, but some of my favorite ones are taking my children on a train ride on cold nights to see Christmas lights and hear carols in the background. Afterwards we drink hot cocoa and take pictures with Santa Claus. Christmas is a magical time! Thanks for the chance!

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      sandra on December 1st, 2009 2:32 pm

      i enjoyed going to midnight mass with my family because the singing was so uplifting

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      Gloria Dornin on December 1st, 2009 2:37 pm

      my favorite memory is when my neice told me she was pregnant

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      denyse on December 1st, 2009 5:33 pm

      My favorite memory is when I was younger. We had very little money and all I REALLY wanted was a pair of roler skates with Zinger wheels. Well Santa brought them and I couldn’t believe it. I was so happy!

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      Theresa D on December 1st, 2009 6:09 pm

      My favorite Christmas memories are of making cookies with my mom and grandma.

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      Tamara B. on December 1st, 2009 6:12 pm

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      Susan Ledet on December 1st, 2009 7:12 pm

      My favorite memory was when I flew home to surprise my parents for Christmas. They had no clue that I was coming. I arrived at the door with a huge bow on my head and ribbons all over me and it took my Mom a minute to really understand that it was really me. This was the best surprise ever and it was wonderful to have the whole family together for Christmas.

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      Susan Ledet on December 1st, 2009 7:13 pm

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      Julie on December 1st, 2009 10:40 pm

      I remember making Christmas cookies with my Mom. We would make Christmas cutout cookies and then frost them and use candy sprinkles. She made the best cookies. Now I carry on the tradition with my own kids and it is something they look forward to every year.

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      Christie on December 2nd, 2009 2:26 am

      My best Christmas memories are of being with my cousins and going wild on Christmas morning with toys and gifts.

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      Erma on December 2nd, 2009 5:53 am

      My fav memory was when my gramdparents came over and we all had dinner and open presents.

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      damon on December 2nd, 2009 8:52 am

      I grew up in Jersey City and always wanted a bike when I was a kid. One year Santa brought me one. I was elated. 2 weeks later it was stolen, I was pissed!

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      dianne on December 2nd, 2009 9:58 am

      My favorite memories were amking Christmas cookies with the kids. I can’t believe they’re all grown and have children of their own now.

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      Talitha Lee on December 2nd, 2009 11:01 am

      Making cookies with my kids! They are so cute rolling out the dough and cutting out different shapes. Thanks for the contest!

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      Anne G on December 2nd, 2009 12:42 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory is when my husband proposed on Christmas Eve.

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      Anne G on December 2nd, 2009 12:43 pm

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      Anne G on December 2nd, 2009 12:43 pm

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      camille on December 2nd, 2009 12:51 pm

      My favorite christmas memory is the last time everyone in my family was home together. Thanks for hosting this giveaway.

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      Ellie W on December 2nd, 2009 2:22 pm

      When I was 6 my older brother and I camped out in the car to try to catch Santa on Christmas Eve. It’s one of my favorite childhood memories.

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      Adele on December 2nd, 2009 3:23 pm

      My favorite memory is of singing Christmas carols around an outdoor tree in the development where we lived. Thanks for this offer.

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      Jennifer M on December 2nd, 2009 3:32 pm

      I remember wrapping myself in strings of bells and dancing around the house while my parents decorated the tree–which periodically fell over!

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      Angela Winesburg on December 2nd, 2009 5:04 pm

      My husband actually proposed to me on Christmas, it was one of the best moments of my life, thanks!

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      kelly wakefield on December 2nd, 2009 5:25 pm

      my favorite holiday memory is making christmas cookies with my dad when i was 12. it took us all day (and by the end of the day the cookies were looking REAL sad) but we had a great time together!

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      Jennifer on December 2nd, 2009 5:34 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory was going to a beautiful decorated lodge and having a great holiday trip with my husband for Christmas… small Christmas tree in our room, fancy dinners, horse drawn carriage ride to see the lights, hot chocolate by the fire.. it was magical.

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      Kimberly on December 2nd, 2009 5:50 pm

      My favorite memory is putting up the Christmas tree.

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      Kimberly on December 2nd, 2009 5:50 pm

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      katie on December 2nd, 2009 7:04 pm

      My favorite memory/tradition is Christmas caroling with my family!

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      I subscribe via Google Reader :)

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      Angela Palmer on December 2nd, 2009 7:08 pm

      My favorite memory is going to my Nana’s right after midnight mass and getting to open presents because it was “technically” Christmas.
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      Julie Moe on December 2nd, 2009 7:58 pm

      My favorite memory is waiting up for Santa at night.

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      Nancy on December 2nd, 2009 8:05 pm

      One of my favorite Christmas memories was being allowed to pick one gift to open on Christmas eve. Now I realize that they always put out gifts that were sure to keep us entertained for the evening and out of their hair:)

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      Gayle Morgan on December 2nd, 2009 8:08 pm

      my favorite memory was leaving cookies and a glass of milk for Santa before going to bed Christmas Eve.

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      Rosey on December 2nd, 2009 8:39 pm

      Trimming the tree each year is my favorite memory. I loved it as a kid, and I still do today.

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      Rosey on December 2nd, 2009 8:40 pm

      I am an e-mail subscriber.

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      Claire on December 2nd, 2009 8:52 pm

      My best Christmas memory is when my dad used to read the Polar Express to us on every Christmas Eve.

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      Amanda Galloway on December 2nd, 2009 9:29 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory is baking & decorating cookies for Santa with my niece. It’s always so much fun.

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      Vicki Andrew on December 2nd, 2009 11:39 pm

      every christmas eve we would go out to dinner, we would drive down Wilshire Blvd, in Beverly Hills and across the street they had this santa sled and raindeer suspended and I always thought it was the real santa

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      Kathleen S. on December 2nd, 2009 11:43 pm

      My fave Christmas memory is something we do every year, which is decorating the Christmas tree. Everyone puts on their special ornaments while we listen to Christmas music, eat Christmas cookies, and drink cocoa. Thanks!

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      Justine on December 3rd, 2009 1:34 am

      My fave christmas memory was going to my Aunt Pat’s for christmas dinner…she is a great cook and it was delicious! I will always remember these cookies she made with cap’n crunch, they rocked!!!

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      Justine on December 3rd, 2009 1:35 am

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      chastidy on December 3rd, 2009 1:35 am

      My favorite Christmas memory is making cooking cooking for Santa :)

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      Sophie S. on December 3rd, 2009 3:36 am

      My favorite memories are all in the kitchen. My family would get together a couple days before Christmas and make tamales, and share memories. So much fun and the tamales were always good of course.

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      Jennifer gersch on December 3rd, 2009 3:47 am

      I remember eating chinese food with hubby on Christmas because I am a horrible cook

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      Crystal F on December 3rd, 2009 6:20 am

      It happens every Christmas. Just seeing the huge grins on my girls faces Christmas moring. You can feel the magic of Christmas. Thank you!

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      Lacey on December 3rd, 2009 6:44 am

      My favorite Christmas memories mostly include the Christmas’ of my childhood years. Our family has lost some many wonderful people that those timse we were all together are my favorite Christmas memories and nothing can top them.

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      Lacey on December 3rd, 2009 6:45 am

      I’m already an email subscriber.

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      Sheila Hickmon on December 3rd, 2009 6:56 am

      My favorite Christmas memory is when my grandma had a family friend show up 2 days before Christmas as Santa. I was so excited when he showed up, and brought me the only toy I had been asking for!
      Thanks for the chance!

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      Sheila Hickmon on December 3rd, 2009 6:57 am

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      Kathy Scott on December 3rd, 2009 7:29 am

      Working a jigsaw puzzle Christmas Eve. When it is completed, the kids go to bed.

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      Laura Moreau on December 3rd, 2009 9:34 am

      Having all of my wonderful family surrounded around me and singing caroling

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      kathy pease on December 3rd, 2009 10:11 am

      my favorite memory is my mother making cream puffs on christmas eve she did it every single year :)

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      Jared Zimmermann on December 3rd, 2009 11:44 am

      My best Christmas memory was the year I got my dog Jade. She just died in February so this season is going to be very hard. The best present is one that always stays with you and you never get tired of :)

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      Angela Schoch on December 3rd, 2009 12:05 pm

      My favorite memory is after Christmas dinner we would play Monopoly or some kind of board game all together. Usually there were six or eight people playing. Then it would be time for dessert.

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      Lance Pearson on December 3rd, 2009 12:18 pm

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      my favorite memory is walking downstairs on year as a kid and seeing all the x-mas light shine while it was still dark outside. And I remember the enormous pile of presents for the family that filled the living room.

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      Susan Smith on December 3rd, 2009 12:28 pm

      We would leave out cookies and milk for Santa and be so excited when we saw he had eaten some of it.

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      Betty C on December 3rd, 2009 1:18 pm

      One of my favorite memories is of my daughter’s first Christmas. We were in a foreign country with no family nearby and it was the tropics! But a Christmas tree and a baby is a precious thing.

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      checkers on December 3rd, 2009 1:22 pm

      My memory is of my family Sitting around our old Aluminum Christmas tree, colour rotor wheel in full rotation, our tree filled with colorful bulbs of glitter and metallic and the Little Manger set underneath the tree in the living room, all the while listening to lovely Christmas songs and talking about Christmas and all.

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      Heather on December 3rd, 2009 2:01 pm

      Going out with grandpa to count deer on Christmas Eve.

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      DanV on December 3rd, 2009 2:03 pm

      My favorite memory is getting together for our family dinners

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      Happi Shopr on December 3rd, 2009 2:38 pm

      One Christmas when we were little nearly the whole family came and Santa came with toys for all the kiddos. It was so sweet of Daddy’s friend to do that for us.

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      Gianna on December 3rd, 2009 4:07 pm

      Making Christmas cookies with my kids :)

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      Larry Harms on December 3rd, 2009 4:17 pm

      My favorite memory is simply visiting with friends and family each year, many of whom have moved or passed away.
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      Carolsue on December 3rd, 2009 4:37 pm

      My favorite holiday memory is last year, the last one I was able to spend with my mother who passed away a few months later.
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      Amy DeLong on December 3rd, 2009 4:49 pm

      going to my grammys Christmas eve for a huge family dinner,miss those dinners!

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      I subscribe by email

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      Mya Brooks on December 3rd, 2009 5:01 pm

      Every single year when we put up lights, my dad would have us lay under the tree staring up at the magical twinkling lights…

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      Kristin on December 3rd, 2009 6:05 pm

      I remember going to bed on Christmas Eve, and being so excited but so anxious to go to sleep…my brother and I would really struggle to fall asleep as quickly as possible because it would “make Christmas come sooner.” And then the thrill of waking up and yelling to everyone that it was Christmas, to get up to open their presents!!

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      Gloria on December 3rd, 2009 6:17 pm

      I remember when my dad was alive and he dressed up like Santa when my kids were pretty little. It was so fun and it’s a nice memory.

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      Tina H. on December 3rd, 2009 6:50 pm

      My favorite holiday memory, is setting out cookies for Santa and something for the reindeer.

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      Veronica Garrett on December 3rd, 2009 6:55 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory was my daughter’s first Christmas.

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      susan smoaks on December 3rd, 2009 7:19 pm

      my favorite christmas memory is waking up to find a bicycle

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      Mir on December 3rd, 2009 7:33 pm

      Our Christmas was always a bit different – Santa actually came to our house every Christmas Eve and handed out gifts one by one and we had to do something to get the gift – even the adults (read a poem, do a little dance, sing etc.). It was soooooo exciting waiting for him.

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      Debra F on December 3rd, 2009 7:53 pm

      My best Christmas memory was when my son was 3 years old and we waited for him to wake up Christmas morning and when he woke up and saw the presents under the tree, his expression and excitement was priceless.

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      Geoff K on December 3rd, 2009 7:54 pm

      My favorite Christmas memory would have to be leaving out cookies and milk for Santa on Christmas Eve with my sister and “finding” the note he left us the next morning with our presents. I miss that sense of innocence and wonder, and looking back it was a very sweet tradition my parents kept up as long as my sister and I continued to “believe.” Thanks!

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      Sand on December 3rd, 2009 8:34 pm

      It was the year we had family in from out of town and I was given my first Cabbage Patch Kid.

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      Charlene Kuser on December 3rd, 2009 8:55 pm

      I remember writing a letter to Santa Claus
      when I was little and telling him how good
      I had been all year ,then making a list of
      the things I wanted.Handed the letter to my Mom to mail and saying please make sure
      Santa Claus gets my letter.It brings back
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      Heather C on December 3rd, 2009 9:26 pm

      One Christmas, it snowed like crazy. My mom went outside and got me and my sister a chunk of snow each, then topped it with warm maple syrup. So good! Great memory!

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      Stephanie on December 3rd, 2009 9:49 pm

      My favorite Christmas memories are of 2005 when I gave birth to my beautiful daughter on December 29th!!

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      My favorite Christmas memory is the huge family gatherings that we used to have when I was younger. They were so much fun!

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