Twelve days of chocolate (giveaway c/d 12 December 2017)

Chocolate, books and tea are my favourite prizes! In the last couple of weeks I have been buying chocolate bars for my now annual 12 days of chocolate giveaway.

First of all, let me wish all my blog readers a very merry Christmas, and a happy New Year!
December is the most anticipated month for many compers, as it brings an avalanche of daily prizes.

As a self-confessed chocoholic, I do love chocolate gifts, and my seasonal giveaway reflects my love of chocolate. I give you Twelve days of Chocmas.

Every day I will offer you a chocolate gift and a little something too, edible or decorative.
For 12 days I will be revealing a part of an overall prize, and each day there will be a new question.

As stipulated in the T&Cs below, the number of winners will depend on how many questions the first randomly selected winner will answer. If they answered all 12 questions, they get the whole lot. If they choose to answer less questions, they'll get less prizes, and the remaining part of the prize will go to the next randomly selected winner.

Day 1 (1 December): Last Sunday Eddie and I went to the cinema to see Paddington 2. We both loved it. Very entertaining family film. To celebrate the release of the film, I bought this cute Christmas tree decoration in M&S - a golden Paddington bear.
The chocolate bar of the day is Thomas & Grace Starburst Peppermint chocolate (rich dark chocolate with peppermint oil, decorated with a stunning metallic starburst pattern). Now I haven't tried it yet (you can buy it in Lakeland for £3.99) but it surely looks festive and pretty.

Day 1 question :
Do you usually take part in daily advent competitions? Did you win anything last year?

(I was lucky to win a wonderful Filippo Berio hamper and a jewellery set on Instagram, plus two lovely Christmas books for children on Twitter. )

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Day 2 (2 December): Christmas is not Christmas without a little bit of festive marzipan. I usually buy a selection of marzipan fruit at the market.
Niederegger Marzipan in dark chocolate and Ritter Sport Marzipan are very seasonal treats.

Day 2 question :
What Christmas gift do you most anticipate giving to someone this year? (Or what Christmas gift that you've given in the past was most memorable to you?)

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Day 3: I first discovered Godiva, when we lived in New Haven, CT long time ago. There was a Godiva shop on the campus, and I could spend a fortune there.
I was delighted to see a range of Godiva introduced recently in Sainsbury's.
Here is a Godiva Salted Caramel chocolate bar and a soft velvet purse for jewellery or some trinket.

Day 3 Question (December 3): What is your favourite Christmas treat?

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Day 4 (4 December): Green & Black's is another chocolate brand I'm partial to. On Day 4 I'm adding a Green & Black's Velvet Edition Dark Chocolate Orange & Almond to my prize stash, plus a No.7 nail polish (Bronze).

Day 4 Question: Do you have Christmas family traditions (or did you have any special traditions as a child)?

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Day 5 (5 December): my boys, big and small, all love white chocolate, so I had to add at least one white chocolate bar to the stash - Lindt Lindor white is creamy and smooth. There are also Christmas stickers which could come handy, when decorating a wrapped gift or making a seasonal card.

Question 5: Christmas jumpers - do you love or loathe them? (Will you be buying one this year? )

Ahem, I couldn't resist buying a Christmas jumper in Debenhams, you might have seen it, it's white, with two cats, one wearing a crown, another one has reindeer antlers. Cheesy but cute.

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Day 6 (December 6): 
This Winter edition Cadbury Dairy Milk is my elder son's favourite. He would happily eat it all in one go. There's also a packet of Bart Wine Mulling Spice for the hot festive tipple.

Day 6 question: What is your favourite Christmas film?

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Day 7 (December 7): If you enjoy dark chocolate, you will be happy with this Waitrose 1 Single Origin Dominican Republic Dark Chocolate - it's 90% cocoa. For festive baking there is a bag of Candy cane sprinkles.

Day 7 question: Tell me your favourite Christmas cracker joke (good or bad)!

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Day 8 (December 8): We're already on day 8, and today's choice of chocolate is Ritter Sport Honey Salt Almonds + a set of 12 gift tags.

Day 8 Question: What do you typically have for breakfast on Christmas morning?

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Day 9 (9 December): It's just over two weeks until Christmas, and though I bought most presents, I still need to get a few for family and friends.
Today's chocolate is Milka Yoghurt + a little spoon rest with a red cardinal.

Day 9 Question: Have you finished your Christmas gifts' shopping or leave it until later? (Or are you super organised and had everything bought and wrapped back in January?)

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Day 10 (December 10):
Galaxy Cookie Crumble is for those who love both cookies and chocolate. My Melting Moment star shaped chocolate made me think of the Nativities my children took part in.
Eddie was a cow in the nursery, a dancing diamond last year, a narrator with one line and something else so memorable that I cannot recollect what it was.
Do you remember that episode from Love Actually, where Emma Thomson's character's daughter announces that she will be a second lobster in the Nativity play? Always makes me smile.

Day 10 Question: If you've ever taken part in a school Nativity play, what was your memorable part? Were you a Mary, Joseph, Gabriel, one of the shepherds, wise men or a more random character?

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Day 11 (11 December): Have you had any snow in your parts of the country? My younger son was ecstatic that he could finally have a snowball fight in the garden.
Here is a cute felt Gingerbread lady decoration. + a delicious Godiva masterpieces Hazelnut Oyster Belgian Milk chocolate.

Day 11 Question:
How cold is it today where you live? Did you get any snow?

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Day 12 (December 12): Green & Black's Velvet edition dark chocolate (70%) and a Waitrose Christmas cracker with chocolate.

Question 12: Actually not a question, just wish a merry Christmas to a poster above you!

T&Cs:
The giveaway is open to the UK residents only.

Please leave your name or Twitter name in the comment if you login as Anon, or I will never know who commented.

There will be one or more winners, who will receive all the goodies appearing during the twelve days of the giveaway. If the first winner has replied to all twelve questions, they will receive the whole lot.
If the first winner answered less questions, they will receive the prizes from those days only.
The remaining prizes will be allocated to the next winner(s).
I hope I don't have to send twelve different packages though.

The more questions you answer, the bigger your prize will be.
Only one entry per person is allowed.

If you missed a day, you will have a chance to catch up on any other day until the end of the giveaway, as long as it comes in a SEPARATE comment.

Please note, if you answer 12 questions in one comment, it will count as 1 entry.

Once the winner is selected randomly, I will count their replies.
I will contact the winner, who will have 7 days to reply with their address details. Due to the nature of the prize which I hope to dispatch in good time before Christmas, the time limit to get back to me is shorter than usual.
All the prizes are provided by me, and are in no way sponsored by any brand.
This is my way of saying Thank you to my blog readers.

I will be posting the package(s) at my own cost.
If the winner's away when the parcel arrives and is not able to rearrange the redelivery, and if by some chance it is returned to me, please do not expect me to cover the cost of the postage again.
If that happens, the prize will be taken to the local food bank (foods) and charity shops (non-perishables).

I will send the packet by Royal Mail, tracked and to be signed for.

The giveaway will end on the 12th of December at midnight.

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First of all, many thanks to each and every one of you for taking part and making it a fun event. I have read every comment. Those of you who wondered that they have commented and then couldn't see their comment, it's because of the amount of comments - 670 in total, you just needed to click on "more comments" to see them all. They were all published, none were removed.
I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

I wish I could give out chocolate to everyone, but there can be only one winner.
And the winner, selected randomly, is...

JODIE "WHOOPS_A_DAISY"

Jodie, big well done! I have tweeted to you. Hope you and yours will enjoy all the chocolate and the other goodies.

Merry Christmas to all lovely people who took part in the competition!