I am very excited to kick off our 25 Days of Christmas Giveaways!
On the first day of Christmas On the Tudor Trail gave to me… the chance to win this super cute Anne Boleyn Christmas ornament.
This giveaway is now closed.
All you need to do to be in the running to win this beautiful ornament, is leave a comment after this post telling me what you love about the Holiday Season. A winner will be selected and notified once the competition closes on December 5, 2014.
This is an international giveaway.
Good luck! Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for your chance to win Robert Parry’s wonderful book, ‘Elizabeth the Virgin Queen and the Men Who Loved Her’.
I love everything about this time of year, always have but especially more now that I have my own children. We love trimming the tree on Dec 1st while listening to Christmas carols then snuggling up on the couch to watch all of our favourite Christmas movies. This little ornament would look lovely on my tree 😀
Beautiful! I’ve had my eye on this one for years! Xx
What do I love? The unity of the season. That so many different races, colors, and ethnicities celebrating various holidays are still united at this time of year. Huge world and yet we are one. Happy holidays!
Family, definately catching up with the family.
Natalie, what a beautiful ornament! There are so many things I love about the holidays… speaking as someone who is still a student (now living far away from home in the UK for grad school), the holidays are an especially exciting time for me because they allow me to travel home and make the most of time with my family. There’s something cozy in the air at Christmastime, isn’t there? At home for me, that means spending long relaxing evenings in our wood-paneled living room, sipping hot tea or cocoa next to a roaring fire, and watching Christmas movies at any given opportunity. Long days inside when it snows – playing board games with my mom and brother, passing hours at my piano playing Christmas tunes, or lounging by a window with a novel, while intermittently watching the snow fall. Then, of course, there’s the excitement of shopping and preparing. While some people hate this part, I can’t get enough. I LOVE the mad dash to the stores to find the perfect gifts for my loved ones, and subsequently camping out in the basement for days on end to wrap every single present – which, without fail, takes me until about 11:58 pm on Christmas Eve. What’s NOT to love about the holidays? The music, the food, the atmosphere, the love and cheer are all so tangible in an exciting way that we don’t quite have at any other time of year. I’m an absolute Christmas fan (can’t say it enough!) and I’d love to hang this pretty Anne Boleyn ornament on my tree.
I love spending the time with my family and having so much fun I almost lose my head .
What I love most about Christmas is the traditions that me & mine hold dear.
We are in Canada, but still do as our ancestors did…Yule Log (tradional back in the day, ice cream ones too lol), tree, singing, etc.
More importantly it is togetherness, being as one and remembering that it is the little things that matter.:)
Yummy treats and spending time with family.
What I love about the holiday season is the coming together of family. It’s these occasions that make our memories – our family history!!
There is so much to love about this season , the food the sparkles the excuse for merryment. Mainly its the love and warmth of being around your family . seeing people you may not have seen for a while . Its a time to take stock and be thankful .
I am really looking forward to this year. It will be my newest granddaughter’s first Christmas! My two oldest granddaughters and my oldest daughter will also be there, whom we don’t see very often because they live out of town. My son will be doing their first Christmas dinner, so for once Indont have to! This has been a rough year for me health wise, so the break is well deserved after 30 years of making Christmas Dinner!! I will be able to relax and enjoy the company of my four children and their families and spend some quality time with all my granddaughters!
I am a big kid so have always loved Christmas especially buying presents for the family but since having my little girl it’s taken on a whole new meaning. Today our elf Evan came to visit us to make sure she behaves and she loves coming down in the morning to see where he is. Her face is a picture. X
Would love an Ann Boleyn on my tree, then it would be a good reason to buy the rest of the set. Love your website.
I love the build up to Christmas as much as the day itself. Putting the decorations up and trimming the tree. Dark nights in front of the fire, Christmas films, the school carol concert. The kids getting excited as that magic feeling grows.
Watching my son get excited about Santa for the first time and giving back to the community.
The Holiiday Season is when the traditions of the past give us most pleasure in the present, and refresh us for the future!
The holiday season for me is an excuse to spend time with my favourite people in the world – my family!
All the things I love about the holiday season is spending time with family and friends. Decorating for Christmas. Baking lots of yummy goodies. Watching old holiday movies with my mom. Driving around seeing all the beautifully decorated houses. Picking out the perfect gift for the ones I love and giving it to them. Seeing the smile on their faces. Curling up on a cold winter’s day with a good book and my dog on my lap to keep me warm. These are all the things I love about the Holiday season!
My favorite thing about the holiday is the lightning of the Xmas tree downtown, the farilitos. The time I spend with my family and friends.
I love listening to carols and they help us to remember the true meaning of Christmas.
I love the lights. On houses, trees, anywhere.
Hope it’s here where I may leave a comment cause I love this item.
First of all, sorry for my bad English (a Spanish fan here ^^). And secondly, well, I love this holiday season because it’s a oportunity to be with all the family, from younger to oldest. I used to enjoy holidays playing with my presents when I was a child, now I like it to of course, hope it will still happen without this important person who will not be with us this year.
i love the holiday season as it brings the family together from far and wide to celebrate. Lots of yummy food, relaxation and fun times.
I LOVE everything about Christmas! I am known amongst friends and work colleagues as “Mrs. Christmas”! Last year, (and this year, too), I dressed as an elf on Christmas Eve at work! This morning I lit my advent candle! The main thing is our family getting together for Christmas dinner!
I love the getting together of friends and familiesesp when mine are overseas.
I love the Holiday Season, especially all the wonderful decorations, food, and my family gathered together. I love how people often are kinder to each other when passing in the street. And I love how it gives me the chance to reflect on my faith.
walking in a winter night, with deep, deep snow *sighhhhhhh
The holiday season always takes me back to my childhood. It brings back that feeling of excitement of what’s to come on Christmas day, getting dressed in our best clothes and catching up with extended family. It’s a happy time. No matter what’s going on in the world or in life, I just always feel safe and happy and that’s what I like about the holiday season.
Family, giving spirit, the yummy foods. I love trying to capture the original nostalgic feeling from the 50’s.
Because I as a nurse working over the Christmas period I get to make a difference to someone’s life that usually wouldn’t see anyone.
this is beautiful and I could sit her on the bookshelf where all my Anne books are placed:-)
I love the holiday season because in my family we celebrate together the Jewish holidays such as Hanukkah, together with all the country. When I’m with my friends, we celebrate Christmas since not all of us are celebrating the other holidays. For me holiday season is a chance to show that we all come from lovely, different cultures and to show patience to others.
What I love most about the holiday season is the excitement it still stirs up in me, even as a middle-aged woman. As I prepare to send out Christmas cards, shop for some presents and make others, hang the strings of lights outside, and decorate inside the house, that wave of merry and magical excitement carries me along!
This is my favourit time of the year. What I love about the Holiday Season is that it brings up the best in people. Traditions, family ties, care and warmth are easier to feel and to express. It’s love in action!
iI love Christmas because it’s the only time I get to spend quality time with my two grandsons who are in the Air Force and can only come home once a year at Christmas as they are stationed in another state or overseas Jenny x
what a fabulous addition to a historians Christmas Tree :-))
Christmas magic is powerful, but the power in our hearts is even more magical. It is a family time to join together and love one another. We think of another family centuries ago that brought the baby Jesus into the world and our lives.
my favorite thing about the holiday season is that all the family get together, so we can all be together at this festive time x
people are kinder to each other ??????????
Ah, Christmas! The robins dancing on the snow, the children singing, the mince pies. The pudding. The frost on the ground. The fact the mud hardens, the stink is not so bad and it kills the plague down Cheapside….
I love that family and friends gather to create new memories and remember past Christmases
I love spending time with my friends and family, decorating the house the excitement that builds up as it gets closer sitting by the fire reading a good book. I love the history of Christmas and all the different traditions that have been celebrated. Also if I can’t win can you tell me where to buy one of those tree ornaments!
Family getting together, the excitement of the kids, singing Christmas songs together.
I love the tradition of Christmas. I also love how my grown children continue those traditions and look forward to the same ones I do every year.
I love everything about Christmas especially time with the family 🙂 and look forward to any new tudor related prezzies 🙂 xx
Christmas is my favourite time of year. I love decorating, i do it with a passion. I love looking at lights. I love eating. I especially love buying and wrapping presents, i love surprising people, i love getting presents. I love spending time with family, going to church and having an awesome day.
i love everything about Christmas especially time with family and friends. Also I look forward to any tudor related prezzies 🙂 xx
I love the Christmas spirit into the people, the Christmas lights and decorations in each corner of the streets and into each house. I like the bright in the eyes of the children when they tell you what presents want for Christmas. The familiy and friends reunions and the smell of the kitchen when we bake Christmas biscuits or the turkey! =)
I love that it is celebrated all over the world and it gives a real connection to friends and family everywhere. I love family time too!
Hello Natalie! First of all I’d like to congratulate you for this amazing idea. First of all I’d like to say that I’m Greek, but tottaly in love with the Tudor dynasty, and the english history in general. My favorite historical figure though, has always been Anne Boleyn. Sadly it’s really impossible to find anything linked to her here. So I spend so much time just admiring all these fantastic Tudor things from afar. But enough with the rumbling. What I really love about the holidays is that you can be happy at all times without even trying. The atmosphere is so full of joy, and everyone is trying to be the best version of themselves! And it’s a season of realizing what a great privilege is to be a part of a family, and understan how important it is to care and help, not just during the holiday period, those who are less fortunate. Those who are poor and lonely. So Christmas days are like an everyday fairytale and I love them for it. Again congratulations for this wonderful gesture!