12 Days of Christmas Giveaways Minus 8 Days
Day 2
December 23, 2008
It was so fun to read everyone’s entry on their favorite Christmas present; from Bon’s gift of being encouraged and supported to come out by a friend to the tender story of GW’s ginormous bear to Pam’s shiny new bike that took her through a ride into the azaleas. I loved the variety of stories. Poignant. Funny. Sweet. Inspiring. Each one added to the Christmas spirit around my house and I hope they did in yours too.
While everyone would pick a different story as their favorite because each story tops the list for all different kinds of reasons, based solely on the simple Christmas delight I felt when imagining her story, the winner for Day One’s Giveaway is Nicole:
The best christmas present was when i was a child and i really wanted this special edition barbie house…and all i got was a small doll chair and i was sad, but my parents were like it is to go in your barbie dream house!
Congratulations Nicole and thanks to everyone for sharing your stories. I truly did love each one of them. They provided a few chuckles along with a lump or two in the throat. Aly, the story of the quilt made by your grandma was priceless, as I’m sure the quilt is to you. And Joni, what an incredible gift your father gave you without ever knowing all his gift would fully mean in all the years that followed. What a reminder to all of us to not hesitate to do the things we feel led to do and to give of ourselves to those we love at each and every opportunity.
And now for today’s giveaway! The winners for today will receive a single strand necklace from Bead for Life in the color of their choice. I have this necklace in blue and love it! Click here to view a larger image.
“Wait!” you say. “Anita! There’s got to be a typo in your post because you wrote winners instead of winner!”
No girls and boys with a keen eye for fashion accessories and proof-reading, you read it right! Two people who send me an entry with the correct answer to today’s Giveaway Contest will each win a necklace of their own, which when you think about it is a whole lot easier than trying to share one, don’t you think?
Somewhere on the page you’re looking at is a hidden link to a Christmas picture. Find the link, view the image, and then hurry like a Christmas elf to the comments section of this post and submit a brief but specific description of the image. If it’s a picture of Santa a specific description would not be “he has a white beard, big belly and is dressed in a red suit.” Don’t forget to include your email in the space provided on the comment form so I can contact you by email if you win.
Two winners. The first winner is the one who submits the correct answer first. The second winner is the one who submits the correct answer second tenth. The reason for having the second winner be the tenth correct entry is to provide more of an opportunity for those in a different time zone to have a fair chance and no!, you cannot submit your answer multiple times in an attempt to win! One entry per person you prize-winning schemers!
Okay, it’s time to play so search away!
Posted in Contests, Giveaways, and Games
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 am
OMG! I FOUND _________________________!
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Oh. My. Goodness. Did I really make it so hard?? Amy was the first winner who found the Christmas image link in pretty quick time, (even though she was WAY too analytical in her search)
however no one else has found it and so it’s time for a CLUE!!!
CLUE CLUE CLUE CLUE CLUE CLUE CLUE CLUE CLUE CLUE CLUE CLUE CLUE CLUE CLUE CLUE
1. Scroll to the top of the page. The hidden link will be in the area that’s visible to you as long as you can see the full width of the blog.
2. Oh wait. The second clue was in the first clue.
Come on girls! Seriously. Let’s rock and roll. The tenth right answer takes home the prize!
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:19 pm
OK… either this is incredibly obvious, or I’m totally misunderstanding your clue(s)…
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Well, you’re not the only one not getting it. The funny thing is my site views for today are off the charts and so it seems people are looking but just not finding. Again, using my clues, search for a hidden (invisible or disguised) link that will pop up a Christmas image. You’ll know for sure when you’ve found it.
By the way, there was a third clue in what I just told you.
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:35 pm
OK…. so either this is SO obvious that it can’t be what I think you’re saying, or else it’s exactly that. But see, if it *is,* I could give you several descriptions, and…
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:41 pm
You can NOT see the image on the page. On the page is a HIDDEN or INVISIBLE link. The only way to find the Christmas image is, with the window scrolled to the top of the blog page, hover your cursor around for a while and see what you find. Goodness. You must be the easiest person in the world to hide Christmas presents from…especially with THREE CLUES.
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I’ll go for it.
It’s a special Christmas banner with a dark blue/stars background, with a superimposed image of Joseph and Mary sitting on either side of the manger. There’s no literal image of the Christ child, just light glowing in the manger, lighting up the stable. Burro or donkey outside, to the right; cow on the left + 2 sheep, one at each of the doorposts of the stable. *Huge* star overhead, showing the way. Cityscape in the background. (One of those buildings looks like a minaret, the building ext to it looks like it could actually be a mosque, which makes sense, since Bethlehem is in an Arab area now…)
good enough for you, sis?
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Goodness. You must be the easiest person in the world to hide Christmas presents from…
I don’t think so – like I said, it seemed too obvious, almost.
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Girlfriend, what are you thinking? Pay attention. Look at my lips. Are you listening? Okay. The Christmas image can not actually be seen on the blog. No, it is not one of the five rotating holiday banners. On the page is a link (hidden or disguised) and if you find it and click on it, the Christmas image will pop up. Now go. Find it. Do not sleep, eat, or bath until you do.
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Ha! I looked all over – in 2 browsers – for hidden links (in text, everwhere). i’ve been dragging my cursor hither & you… should i maybe switch to IE?
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
You. Are. Cracking. Me. Up. I should just give you a giveaway for being so entertaining!
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
You’ll laugh even more when you hear that IE refused to load individual posts and comment forms…. srsly!
I am hornswoggled, truly.
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
et2c…don’t feel bad! I can’t seem to find it either! haha….I’m feeling pretty stupid about now…
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Et tu Cristi? Et tu??? Are there others of you still out there looking? Have you read my clues in the first few comments here? I had no idea I was being this cruel and while my heart tells me to make it more simple for all of you to ease your misery, the diabolical gleeful shadow self of me is saying “NO. Don’t do it!” Diabolical me wins. Again.
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
anita, are you sure this isn’t one of those deals where *you* can see something (like, say an embedded image) just fine, but nobody else can?
Talkin’ tech problems here (and maybe browser caches), not your shadow self. ;P
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
OK, OK, I give up – off to look at the Scared of Santa photo gallery!
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
I want to be there on Christmas morning when everyone is asking you why their Christmas presents are in paper grocery bags instead of being wrapped and you say, “Huh….I was on a lesbian website looking for a secret link.” What a Hallmark moment! And to answer your question, unless your computer is two cups with a string tied between them, YES, the image will appear in another window when you find the hidden or disguised link. You’re killing me. Seriously. You’re coming out of this with a prize whether you find it or not.
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:32 pm
LOLZ!!!
I really am switching back and forth between Scared of Santa and here.
This is even harder than your gingerbread house mold pic.
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Now, if I tell my mom that I was on a Lutheran lesbian website, it might just be a Hallmark moment after all.
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:50 pm
I’ve even had my IT soon to be partner on the phone giving me things to look for…haha. STILL can’t find it. Anita, I hope you know that I’ve decided to fast on all Christmas food until I can find this link….oh the pounds you will save me!
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I found it!!! How very sneaky of you Anita! It’s a ___________________________.
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Cristi, how did you do this???!!!
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Yes you did Cristi! And because the contest has proven so difficult, I’m adapting the rules. Everyone (up to five people) who find it by 9:00 p.m. Pacific Coast Time will win the single strand necklace! So far we have Amy and Cristi. That leaves three more winners. You have one hour beginning…….now!!!
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Cristi and Amy—> No more clues to anyone! And that includes you know who!
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Hmph!!! Big help you are!!!
Better let this serve as my final comment on the matter…
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Sorry et2c….
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:15 pm
anita, you’ve just managed to stump the “view page source” functions in both Firefox and Google Chrome. You really *are* diabolical!!!
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Huh. Soooooo confused.
I think I got it, but I’m not sure I got it and I’m really not sure what I’m suppose to do once I think I got it.
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Post your guess Steph! If you’re right I just won’t post the answer. Come on….the clock is ticking!
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Ooooooooooooooooooooo, ok, gotcha.
Is it when you click on the upper left corner of the page and your little header picture thingy changes to either a lovely Christmas tree scene or the candle picture? Because these picture sure do change A LOT every time I click that empty little space.
No? Yes? Another hint?
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Oh shoot….No.
Listen, with fifteen minutes left I’m giving ONE final clue. Three prizes remain.
The final clue is you want to look in the column on the farthest right. Go. Hurry. Now.
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:50 pm
You are killing me Anita. I’m suppose to be wrapping gifts. The pressure.
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Come on. Ten minutes. Right hand column. In the top of the window. Invisible or disguised.
You. Can. Do. It.
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:00 pm
I. give. up.
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Oh poo. The clock strikes 9 and no more winners. But it’s nearly Christmas….so having found the hidden Christmas image, congratulations to Amy and Cristi and to Stephanie and et2c for getting in there and trying. Christmas Giveaway single strand necklaces to all four of you!
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
And yet, as you can see, you’re still rewarded.
Oh and in case you’re wondering where the hidden image is, you’ll have to keep wondering until the morning. Sleep well.
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Ok, so that was a tough one. Had I noticed this game a bit earlier, perhaps I could have spotted it……perhaps. I went through the comments. looking for clues, not realizing you had already said it wasn’t in your banner. Oops!
Great game Anita!
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Until tomorrow a.m. YOUR time?!!! Have you no mercy, anita??!!! C’mon, given us yet another clue… please, ma’am? (Paraphrase of line from Oliver Twist.)
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Nope. Tomorrow. 8:00 a.m. Pacific Coast Time.
Now et2c…step away from the computer. Now.
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Enjoying this, aren’t you?!
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:36 pm
ladies, ladies, ladies! coooome ooon! she tries, she succeeds! hee hee
don’t feel badly anita…it was absoutely solvable, brilliant and a delightful exercize…maybe leave the image there for a while for us all to enjoy through the holiday season?
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:49 pm
et2c–> More than you’ll ever know.
Amy–> I’m definitely leaving it there oh great gloating winner! And just because you were so quick on finding you know who, Christmas ceviche is my treat!
December 24th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Happy happy, Anita! Lovely beads…could the image be the lovely Christmas forest?