The holidays are growing closer every day. I can’t believe it’s already mid October. This year has totally just flown by!
We pretty much stick to the same traditions every year. Since we moved into this house a little over four years ago, the Man’s family has been gathering in our house for Thanksgiving. His dad comes early to help me start prepping the turkey. There’s just something about dead birds, I dunno. I don’t like to touch them. Creepy!
A few people bring other things like ham, yams and green bean casserole so that I don’t have to do all of the cooking. The turkey would always be taking up the whole oven and something else would need to be warmed up or finished. We’d have to wait until the turkey was done so there would be room and for some reason, the turkey was never done when it was supposed to be!
After dinner, everyone would sit around one of the big tables that were set up in the living room and computer room, play cards and drink. It really is a lot of fun, and one of my favorite times of the year!
We do something similar on Christmas Eve too. The family gathers to open gifts and we have Hors D’oeuvres. We kind of alternate between houses each year.
Another tradition we have is having Christmas day during the afternoon/evening with my family, although we don’t always make that one.
I love that we pretty much stick to these same tradition every year to share with our kids.
Do you have any crazy, wacky or fun holiday traditions?
I want to hear them!
Sam’s Club is getting ready for the Holidays and wants to hear about or see your funniest, wackiest holiday traditions stories. Of course there are prizes up for grabs, but all of the stories submitted have the potential to be featured on the Holiday site once it’s launched too! How cool would it be to have your funny story published?!
There are two different ways that you can enter. You can only enter once though!
1. Submit a video of your crazy, wacky or fun holiday tradition. All videos must be submitted in a .MP4 or .WMV format and no longer than 3 minutes.
2. Submit an essay of your crazy, wacky or fun holiday tradition. The maximum length of all essays is 200 words.
The reader with the wackiest, funniest video will win a 26? Magnavox LCD 720p HDTV (value $279.87)!
The reader with the wackiest, funniest story will win a Nikon Coolpix
S3000 12MP Digital Camera (value $119.88)
Prepare your video or essay.
If submitting a video, make sure to use a .MP4 or .WMV format and submit it through the Rockfish File Sharing Form. Make sure to include your name, address, email and telephone number in the comment section so they can contact you and send your prize out if you win. I made a diagram below to show you what the form looks like and how you should fill it out. Click on the image below if you need to see it bigger.
If submitting an essay, write your essay up and send it to [email protected]. Make sure to include your first name, last name, address, city, state, zip code, phone number, and email address.
This contest is open to residents of the US only. All entries must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. EST on October 22, 2010. The entrant is responsible for all costs associated with the production, conversion and uploading of the video or essay. Limit one entry per person. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any person or email address that submits more than maximum allowed entries. Video entries that do not pertain to the Theme will not be considered.
Please take a moment to read the Full contest rules before submitting your video or essay.
Winner Determination: Each entry will be judged by a qualified judge or panel of judges appointed by the Sponsor, whose decisions are final, based on the following criteria: Humor (50%), Innovation and Creativity (25%), Originality (25%). Each of the aforementioned ten (10) blog sites will forward all valid entries to the Sponsor following the conclusion of the Contest. The Grand Prize winners will be selected based on the judges scoring according to the aforementioned criteria. The judges will determine the finalist videos and essays, which may be displayed at www.samsclub.com/holidays, on or after October 25, 2010. All finalists are subject to verification, including without limitation, verification of eligibility, compliance with these Official Rules. All decisions of the Sponsor are final and binding.
Sam’s Club provided me with compensation for my participation in the Holiday Traditions Campaign. Opinions expressed are my own or my families and are not influenced by any form of compensation. Take it or leave it. Click here to view my full acknowledgment policy.
