Hachette holiday season 5-book pack (Giveaway)

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It’s the holiday season for many people, so Hachette is having some of its popular 5-pack-o-books giveaways. And guess who gets to give some away? That’s right, little ‘ol me. This is the December giveaway, so it’s not the entertainment pack that some of you may have entered to win in November. These packs are a little different because you have a choice of 3 different sets of books themed around Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa. I’ll let the 5 winners pick whichever set they want — everyone gets their first choice.

The books in the three packs are listed below. You can click on the title or the cover to go check out the book on Hachette’s site. Scroll down past the books to see all the fine print about entering the giveaway (sorry, gotta have it).

Giveaway Details

Eligibility

Open to residents of the United States and Canada. Sorry, you must have a street address (no P.O. boxes) to enter. Shipping courtesy of Hachette Book Group. I do have a worldwide giveaway coming up in February for this book for those who aren’t eligible for this one.
You must be contactable. If I can’t reach you, you can’t win.

The Book

The winners will each receive a 5 book pack of their choice: Happy Hanukkah Pack, Happy Kwanzaa Pack, or Merry Christmas Pack. No mixing of books between packs is allowed.

How to Enter

There are a number of ways to enter, depending on how many entries you want. The list only looks long. You can do only #1 and be done. The extra ways to enter just increase your chances of winning (pick any or none of them or come back later and do more of them):

Post a comment on this post saying that you want to be entered (1 entry). Any comment you make on this thread that makes it clear you’re entering the giveaway qualifies, so no need to make a separate comment just to collect this entry if you are doing any of the others). If you want more entries, keep reading. If one’s enough for you, thanks for coming by and don’t forget to check out the other freebies on the site and the other book blogger giveaways in the sidebar.
Help me keep in touch:
- Subscribe to my RSS feed in a reader OR by e-mail (no need to do both) and tell me in your comment (2 entries). If you are already a subscriber let me know and I’ll give you the entries too.
- Follow me on Twitter (1 entry). If you already follow me on Twitter, remind me when you post and I’ll give you the entries too.
Help me publicize this giveaway:
- Blog about this giveaway and link back here OR link to this giveaway on your blog sidebar (3 entries).
Show me you’re interested in the book by telling me about a favourite holiday tradition, favourite holiday memory, or favourite holiday food/meal or other form of holiday story (5 entries — you only get to collect this once so think about it a bit if you need to). Give me at least a sentence or two. Make it good, because one pack of books may go to the person with the best comment/story (and by best I of course mean whatever strikes me as most interesting or most touching or most witty or most something. It’s completely subjective and if nothing strikes my fancy I’ll do all random drawings). I just want to learn more about the different ways people celebrate.

Deadlines

This giveaway has 5 prize packs of 5 books each so there are several closing dates (ALL entries count for ALL draws):

On December 1, 2008 I will draw up to 2 winners based on the number of unique entries on November 30 at 11:59 pm Mountain Standard Time. If there are at least 12 unique entries I’ll draw one winner/at least 24 unique entries I’ll draw two winners.

On December 8, 2008 I will draw up to 2 winners (or more if the weren’t enough unique entries the previous week) based on the number of unique entries on December 7 at 11:59 pm Mountain Standard Time. If there are at least 36 unique entries by this time I’ll draw one more winner/if there at least 48 unique entries by this time I’ll draw two winners.

On December 15, 2008 I will award the last pack of books. I hope to award this one to the best comment on holiday traditions/memories/foods as of December 14 at 11:59 pm Mountain Standard Time. As I said above, “best” is subjective. If there are no comments that particularly stand out, I will do a random drawing instead.

The winners will be announced and e-mailed the day after the drawings (unless I’m swamped, but I’ll try not to be). If the winners don’t reply to the e-mail notification within 72 hours, new winners will be drawn.

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Nely

December 9, 2008 | 1:59 pm

Hi. I guess I’m starting late on this giveaway, but who knows, there might still be a slight chance to win that 12/15 drawing. I actually came across your site through Twitter since we “follow” eachother. Your comments are so funny that I had to come and take a glimpse. I am also subscribing to your page ; )

My best Christmas memory:
I have many wonderful christmas memories… but the most recent one is from last year. My daughter was 2 at the time and I can actually say it was pretty much her first Christmas since the one before that she was tiny. Her excitement on Christmas morning will always be something I treasure and remember. She was just the happiest little thing – screaming at the top of her lungs every time she saw a new toy or opened a new gift. It was priceless and I have the many, many pictures and video to remember it by. I can’t wait for this Christmas to come along since her brother is now almost 2 and big enough to enjoy it as well. It should be just as fun and exciting.

Happy Holidays ~ Nely

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Audrey Lawrence

December 9, 2008 | 7:32 pm

Thanks for the wonderful contest and the great opportunity of winning a precious book on Christmas!

My favourite tradition is to go to the Christmas Eve evening service. When all the lights are out and then slowly each person’s candle gets lit from a single candle, I always get a shiver of delight and grace!

With Peace and Love for the Holiday season and to those celebrating a very Merry Christmas!

Carmen

December 10, 2008 | 10:10 am

Please enter me for the last giveaway. Thank you. =)

Deidre

December 10, 2008 | 1:14 pm

Please enter me in the contest. I would love to win the Merry Christmas pack.

Cindy

December 10, 2008 | 3:14 pm

My favorite Christmas memory is the Christmas I was 9. I woke up Christmas Eve and heard my Daddy and Mother talking. Then I heard music. I went back to sleep. The next morning, Santa had come! My sisters and I had the greatest gifts! One of my gifts was a jewelry box that had a ballering that turned to music playing when you opened the cover. I realized that this was the music I had heard the night before. Daddy is Santa Claus!
I get upset when I hear children and/or their parents say that there is NO Santa Claus. Every one has a Santa Claus. It may be your grandparents, your Aunt, your Uncle, or someone you don’t know. Someone provides you gifts.

Lydia H

December 11, 2008 | 12:59 pm