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 spending the whole day with my family. It’s so wonderful to see Christmas through the eyes of my little nieces and nephews. That’s the best gift of all. This year will be extra special since it’s my daughter’s 1st Christmas!
I love getting to see family that I only get to see once (maybe twice) a year. What makes Christmas so special for me is that it is a time we all pause to reflect on what matters most to us and spend time with those we love.
I love gathering with friends to burn the Yule Log/
I love the Holiday season because it gives me the chance to see my family! We all cook together and play games, I am always looking forward to this.
So many reasons! My husband and son get time off from work and school and we watch movies together. My son is 18 and will be leaving for college next year, so this year is especially exciting and emotional. I love going early to church to usher on Christmas Eve. I get there when the sanctuary is quiet and beautiful.
I love all of the traditions of the season… and the fact that I will be giving birth to my son right around Christmas adds to the excitement.
I love decorating the tree! Which I’m excited to be doing today- and my husband is home sick so I get to remember the different ornaments with him. It’s the first time in six years we’ve been able to put up a tree so it’s been quite the walk down memory lane!
I love making it magical for my children. The anticipation is so much fun for them. Then the sheer joy of Christmas morning as they unwrap their gifts and discover the things they wanted most and some things that Santa left as surprises. It makes my heart happy to make others happy and this is the time of year that it can be done without guilt or reserve.
I don’t have a lot of happy memories of Christmas growing up. It changed me and I never wanted my children to cry at Christmas. I created family traditions, such as decorating the house from top to bottom, buying each child an ornament every year (something that was special or significant to each child for the past year), watching our favorite Christmas shows, making hundreds of cookies at Christmas to give away, and adopting a family in need. When my children moved out, they were given their ornaments to decorate their trees and share the stories behind the ornaments with their children. I am at peace knowing those traditions will continue and hopefully, new ones will be started and passed down, too! Happy Holidays to all and may you experience the true blessings of this most magical time of the year!
I love spending the time with my family – decorating the tree (hopefully with this beautiful ornament!), eating together and loving each other!
I love the music- not pop music- but the off the beaten track carols and songs. I love religious music of the Renaissance and this is what plays in my home. (I am a professional musician)
i love spending the holidays with my family and friends.
I love the magic that December seems to bring with it.
I love all the holiday music. My son and I were singing all the way to school this morning. Fa LA LA LA LA…….
I love giving gifts. Finding the perfect thing for someone gives me time to really focus on that person and what they like. And seeing their face light up as they open it is just as special.
I love seeing the holiday lights during the holiday season – they’re so pretty!
Christmas is my favourite time of the year! I love everything from the music to the decorations to the food. I always hope (even here in Canada) for a white Christmas, which just adds to the ambiance and excitement!
I love all the excitement and happiness of decorating and baking, and the joy of giving and receiving presents!
I love the traditional food, it’s so good and comforting. But it is not only eating it that I love, I also love the cooking. Preparing lovely, yummy food with my family or friends and then sharing it with other people makes everything better. I also love going out with my friends or family to see the light decorations, they’re so cool and always make me happy. Finishing a walk like that with hot chocolate and home made Christmas cookies is one of the best things of the holiday season
What I love about the holiday season is the chance to take time off work and relax with my family. It’s also pretty important to remember that God sent his son to live among us!
My husband is always home at Christmas, and I love spending time just me, him, and our daughter. 🙂
I love remembering times past and creating new memories. I decorate with the Tower of London and a few Tudor ornaments to pay homage to my Tudor passion.
Every Christmas is special, but this one is going to be even better because my little sister is due to be born in two weeks! 19 years younger than me, but I’m delighted that I will be able to watch her grow and experience the Christmas magic for herself. I’m very much looking forward to introducing her to my love of history too, and hope I can pass it on to her!
I love Christmas time; the lights, the trees, the togetherness, and the shopping for presents for others. I love when I find something I know someone will love.
I love creating memories for my family xx
Christmas brings memories of loved ones no longer with us. Time to reflect on the year past. Being thankful for what I have,not what I have not. Remembering this was the time of Jesus’ birthday Seeing twinkling lights on trees in windows. Making it through another year 🙂
i love the sudden peace that descends late on christmas eve.. when fairy lights are flickering and all goes still.. in that time you can sense christmases through time immemorial.. people gathered together in anticipation.. children all excited..the stillness and blessed peace for a few hours before it all begins..
I love all of the family gathering and enjoying the holiday. This year I am especially thankful for my beautiful 10 month old granddaughter.
Christmas is my favorite time of year. Aromas from the baking an trees fill the air, the music softly playing in the background, and the foods you only get at this season! Mmm! But the best has to be watching the children in our family playing and checking out my overdone Decorations of snowmen and Santas everywhere.
For me, the “Holiday Season” starts at Labor Day and doesn’t stop until New Years Day. I love sharing family traditions and holiday meals with the kids in my family, teaching them how to prepare all the traditional dishes we like, putting up and taking down all the decorations for all the holidays during the season, and visiting with friends and family that come in to town to visit during ball the holidays.
I love the hope it brings to people….
Such a beautiful ornament! I absolutely love this time of year, Christmas, family, and my birthday! I love all the lights and the decorations. I love how my house feels so much more cozier at Christmas time with all of it and the fire place warming us.
i love the run up to Xmas, I love putting the tree up and then sitting with a glass of port enjoying the lights. I enjoy my son trying to guess what is wrapped up and his excitement starts as soon as he sees the tree and presents, prob enjoy this time more than xmas day itself
What I love about the Christmas season is about being with my family. I love helping my mom with the decorating the house, and baking Christmas cookies. I love teasing my niece about Santa Clause. I love watching my family as they open their gifts I give them. Getting presents are nice, but I don’t think it would be half as special f you are not surrounded by love ones.
I love celebrating with friends and family and sing Christmas songs!
The things I love most about the holiday season are:
1. NO SCHOOL! (Seeing as I’m a nursing major this change is much welcomed and needed)
2. Getting to final cuddle up with a Tudor related book and some hot chocolate
3. Getting to see my family
4. Giving gifts to my loved ones
5. Pumpkin Pie and more Pumpkin Pie
I love coming downstairs to my Christmas tree in the living room. The smell, the lights, it makes me so happy!
I love the festive activities, smells and snow of course!
I love seeing the joy on my nieces faces when they open their gifts. Truly magical.
History, Christmas is all about it back then.The Lords pray was changed thanks to King Henery!
I love all the happy and festive decorations, but my favorite part of the holidays is getting to see all of my family members that live so far away.
Oh, I love everything about the holiday season! The jolly music, the christmas lights adorning houses at night, my grandmas christmas cookies, spending time with family (even though it gets stressful). It’s just a great time of year. 🙂
I can spend time with my family! Also, when you go out into the streets, it is lit up with beautiful lights and it’s full of festivity! Got to love the christmas spirit 🙂
I would love to win it. Marilyn ANN Holley
The love and warmth of family that have helped me through the year when illness has taken over. Without them there woulld be no Christmas
I love to be surrounded by my family as we celebrate the holidays. This year, my son wants to help put up the Xmas tree so that is exciting.
What I love about the holiday season is feeling like a child again. Every year for the past 22 years I will get up in the middle of the night and go lay under the tree and look up and just reflect on life and how thankful I am to be able to spend yet another Christmas with my family and friends.
I love to walk in my neighbourhood at night to see all the wonderful Christmas lights and displays.
The family gatherings, the food and the best…the decorations!!
Going to see the lights with my nieces – they get almost as excited as taking them to Disneyland!