Well, with that in mind, the staff at Martingale came out with an amazing new book full of all sorts of projects that you could get started on now and have time to finish them before the holiday season is upon us. Sounds great right? Well, stay tuned and you could win an eBook to get your crafting in high gear.
So do any of these projects interest you? Do you have a stash of holiday fabrics waiting to be used? Well, I seriously recommend that you check out this book and find a project or three to make!
Oh, and getting to that giveaway - I'm curious to know - what is your favorite holiday tradition? We have several crazy traditions in our family, some that I don't think any other family does. For instance, when we open presents, you have to say "Thank you" to the giver of the gift before you begin to unwrap it. Failure to do so - no gift. Also, if you shake a package before you open it, you have to guess the contents. If you guess wrong - no gift. And never EVER shall scissors, knives or other sharp utensils be used to open a gift. EVER. It's goofy and fun and it's our thing.
So again, what's your thing? What is your favorite holiday tradition? Leave me a comment below with the answer to enter for a chance to win an eBook of Celebrate Christmas with That Patchwork Place. I will choose a random winner next Monday, so please remember to leave me your e-mail address so we can contact you when you win!
And don't forget this isn't your only chance to win, there is a blog to visit each day to enter for a chance to win. Check out the schedule below:
Thursday, June 26th - Stitch This! (Martingale)
Friday, June 27th - Pat Wys at Silver Thimble Talk
Saturday, June 28th - Kim Brackett at Magnolia Bay Quilts
Monday, June 30th - That's me at Ruby Blue Quilts
Tuesday, July 1st - SewCalGal
Wednesday, July 2nd - Cindy Lammon at Hyacinth Quilt Designs
Thursday, July 3rd - GenQ
Saturday, July 5th - Cheryl Brown at Quilter Chic
Monday, July 7th - Jen Eskridge at Reanna Lily Designs
Tuesday, July 8th - Kathy Brown at The Teacher's Pet
Wednesday, July 9th - Amy Ellis at Amy's Creative Side
p.s. If you don't have the patience to wait to see if you win an eBook copy and you want this book in your hot little hands much much sooner, you can also purchase a copy from either Martingale or Amazon now!
We put one new ornament one our tree every year. Often it was purchased while on vacation or from someplace special that we've been.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Christmas tradition is that every one in my family makes at least one hand made ornament or decoration, and then we have an exchange night where we bring our hand mades and exchange them. Thanks!
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When our son was young there would always be a treasure hunt with notes from Santa leading him to some of his gifts. My husband's family did this when he was a kid so he wanted to continue the tradition with our son.
ReplyDeleteWe open gifts one at a time. Starting with the youngest and going to the oldest. That way everyone gets to see the gifts and the reactions.
ReplyDeleteWe do Christmas Eve Mass and go to my in-laws and open gifts. Christmas morning we go to my parents and open gifts. We also try to go from youngest to oldest or vice versa at each house.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite holiday tradition is Candle Light Service on Christmas Eve. With our candles brightly shining, we sing Christmas carols to celebrate our dear Savior's birth.
ReplyDeleteWe still have filled Christmas stockings in the morning before gifts...even for us baby boomers.
ReplyDeleteHello, we always gather as a family+some friends too, to read The Christmas Story, pray and share a gift! Thanks for sharing!
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since I have grand kids(12 and 7) we took up car rides around the city for couple of evenings and look at the lights that people decorate their houses..also make one new quilty ornament for their Christmas tree....martamanole@yahoo.com
ReplyDeletemaking something new each Christmas season - having people over and enjoying the comfiness of gathering with friends and family.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy decorating the tree with all the ornaments we have collected over the years. Memories!
ReplyDeleteWe celebrate with family on Christmas Eve and enjoy a quiet day on Christmas Day. The book looks great!
ReplyDeleteSanta visits our Christmas Eve family gathering every year for over fifty years. We have gone through several Santa uniforms and recruited many family members and/or friends to play the part.
ReplyDeleteI buy a new ornament (or 2) for each of my children each year. The ornament(s) represent something that occurred during the previous year - or a special interest the child has. So I've done the gamut from first full length movie (Lion King), the Titanic, becoming a Boy and Eagle Scout, to parts they've had in plays (Coroner, Wizard of Oz), new driver and graduations. These ornaments will go with them when they move to their own homes.
ReplyDeleteWe open one gift before bedtime on Christmas eve.
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The children all get new pajamas to wear the night before Christmas., They know they will get to open that one present early
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition is baking holiday cookies!
ReplyDeleteMy brother and I would be able to open one gift on Christmas Eve. We would be so excited until I got old enough to realize that every year it was the same gift, a pair of socks. I carried on this tradition with my daughter and she does it with her daughter. She hasn't come to appreciate this tradition yet.
ReplyDeleteWhite Christmas movie is the first Christmas movie we watch ever year. A new tradition begins this year with the grandsons coming to help decorate our tree. They will be 2 and 1, not much decorating this year but treasured memories for the future!
ReplyDeleteI love to make lots and lots of cookies to take to my parents' house where we spend the holiday. Each year I try to come up with different varieties -- some are gobbled up right away while others are put into the freezer so my parents can enjoy them throughout the year.
ReplyDeleteWe go to the shrine in MA to see the Christmas lights and decorations. kphaiah@ct.metrocast.net
ReplyDeleteMy siblings & I are all adults, with no children at home. We gather at our parents' home for an early dinner. Then, we spend the afternoon & evening playing games from our childhood, such as Chinese Checkers, Clue, Pick Up Sticks, Sorry, etc. Of course, this always includes a great deal of reminiscing, teasing & laughing!
ReplyDeleteI light to take a car ride and see all the lights in the neighborhood. I like quilted tree. It is cute and modern. I could see it hanging on the wall instead of the big tree when one has a very small place. lkcquilts@hotmail.com
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ReplyDeletemaking gingerbread cookies with the kids.
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We take turns opening gifts, one at a time. I like that it stretches the opening of gifts out longer than 5 minutes and we get to see what everyone gets. Thanks for the great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteEvery Christmas morning hubby makes raspberry pancakes with real whipped cream. Omg yummy!
ReplyDeleteEvery year since my son was born, 33 years ago, I have handmade an ornament for him, sometimes two, even as an adult he still looks forward to an ornament from Mom!
ReplyDeleteOne tradition we have is that all the kids, grands, greatgrands get together for Christmas Eve game night, we have board and card games set up, movies for kiddos and have snacks and end the evening with fireworks and opening 1 present from Mrs. Claus...
ReplyDeleteI love our family tradition of the 7 fishes dinner on Christmas Eve. Not sure when it started, but I know that my sister and I have taken it over from our mom, who took it from our dad's mom, who took it from her mom!
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Baking cookies for all the special people in my life and buying new "joe boxer" pjs for my 2 sons and hubby....we open them on Christmas eve and hang out together and watch a movie and then open the rest of the presents Christmas morning....
ReplyDeleteMy favourite Christmas tradition is baking with my grandson each Christmas Eve. He bakes a special recipe with me, then another with his Grandpa and finally one with both myself and Grandpa. Even as he gets older, it is still a planned and expected activity. We also build a gingerbread house together from gingerbread his mom has pre baked. This delicacy will grace the piano until New Year's Eve when he gets to demolish our creation. Thanks for offering this giveaway. The O Christmas Tree wall hanging is at the top of my list.
ReplyDeleteOne of my family’s fun traditions is to put out a Christmas jigsaw puzzle after school is out for the holiday (can’t have any studying distractions during semester exams!). We work on it a bit each day as our schedules allow until it is finished!
ReplyDeleteWe take most of the 24th and go sledding. I like it because I have to be ready for Christmas a day early so I really get to enjoy the 24th. After lunch of hot dogs, chili, ramen and hot chocolate we head home to get ready for the large family dinner and program.
ReplyDeleteOne of the traditions I try to uphold every year is making Rosette cookies. They are simple, but can take all day to make, especially in the quantity I usually make. The other tradition is oyster stew on Christmas eve.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition is to decorate the house with the kids, to get in the mood! Thanks for a lovely gievaway. Celine_Combet at yahoo dot co dot uk
ReplyDeleteMy favourite holiday tradition is baking cookies. And then getting to eat the broken ones (just to make sure they taste good, of course).
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We enjoy a winter ski trip while school is out. It's become a tradition.
ReplyDeletemy sister and I take our nieces black friday shopping -- now it is black thursday night.
ReplyDeletewhen asked my littlest niece will tell you her favorite holiday is "black friday"
My favorite holiday tradition is making gifts for family. I make for my sons, and now my granddaughter, and since I started quilting 3 years ago I pick an adult from my family and my husbands family to make a quilt for. I make something with colors and pattern I think they would like, usually a lap sized. My husband makes a rag quilt for one of the kids in his family too. None of the adults in our families exchange gifts, so it's a surprise to whomever gets one.
ReplyDeleteThe family shows up Christmas Eve for a big dinner, spend the night, (i read my granbabies stories in their new jammies) they get to open one present (pj). It is a great time to spend with everyone! In the morning everone opens presents and try to get out by noon to get to their other families but the Eve is mine! I love it!
ReplyDeleteWe like to make traditional Italian food (grandparents came over from Italy). It's a lot of work but special for the holidays.
ReplyDeleteOur family tradition is Christmas brunch with my mother-in-law and her boyfriend, his mother and Nana. Drinking mimosas, snacking on rye bread with smoked salmon, cream cheese, onions and capers while listening to stories and trying to save room for the Christmas Pudding!
ReplyDeleteFor as long as I can remember we have always gone to Christmas Eve service. When we were little girls, my sister and I when to church with our Aunt and Uncle. During the service we were able to go up front and get a little stocking of candy. When we got back to their house, Santa had been there and we would open presents. Our parents would leave and we would go a k home the next day to have Christmas there too. My husband and I have been married 44 years. We still attend Christmas Eve service. On Christmas Day everyone comes to our house and opens gifts. I hope this tradition never stops.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite tradition is to go to the same Family owned Christmas Tree Farm in the town I grew up in . My parents started this tradition way back when I was born and continued going to the same tree farm every single year. I continued the tradition with my own children and as of last year, we are now continuing the tradition at still the same tree farm with our 2 yr old granddaughter. Her Dad, one of my twins, and his girlfriend are living with us temporarily so we all took her to the tree farm so she could see Santa there and check out the petting zoo they have which now includes reindeer. What's even more fun is that the same family still owns and runs the tree farm I was going to as a baby. They are now in, I believe their 5th generation running the farm.
ReplyDeleteOur favorite tradition is the day the tree goes up and the ornaments are put on. Christmas music is playing and we talk about family members who are no longer with us. We have many ornaments from those family members. It gives my son the opportunity to hear about family that he was not able to meet.
ReplyDeleteWe have an Advent calendar we enjoy. We go to Midnight mass on Christmas Eve and then come back and have a snack/champagne. We get up in the morning to a lovely brunch and then we open gifts!!!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite tradition is opening the gifts. We all have to be up and awake. And strictly before Christmas lunch/dinner and still in our PJs.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite holiday tradition is that we have lasagna dinner at my parents house with the whole family (~30 people) on Christmas Eve, and we usually have 6 different lasagnas!
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