Wednesday 1 December 2021

12 days of chocolate #giveaway (Ends 12 December 2021 midnight)

 It's that time of the year again, my lovely blog readers! The 12 days of chocolate giveaway has now become an annual event, which I run from 1 December. It has been another crazy stressful year, but just try and stop me, I've been looking forward to running this giveaway for several months.

Don't know about you, but I'm pretty excited about it. I enjoy choosing different chocolate bars for each day of the giveaway, as well as buying little bits and bobs to go with them. This is a kind of prize I'd be happy to win myself. And it's different every year.

Hope you will enjoy it as much as I do. There is over 1,2kg of chocolate to win!

First of all, let me wish all my blog readers a stress-free Christmas and a happy new year! (and if you don't celebrate Christmas, you're welcome too, I'm wishing you a lovely festive season!).

I love chocolate, and this giveaway is my celebration of all things chocolatey.

Every day I will offer you a chocolate bar 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 answer 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:
The first chocolate bar to be won is a festive Christmas Pudding 41% Milk Chocolate from Love Cocoa + a small Parks London Black Magic candle (Cedar, vetiver, patchouli, orange & clove).

Chez Maximka, chocolate giveaway

Question 1: 
What is your most memorable (or even craziest) Christmas experience? [If you don't celebrate Christmas, a festive winter season experience)?]

Day 2 (2 December):
Today is the Italian day - we love Venchi chocolate, so I'm delighted to offer a Venchi Cremino Pistacchio bar as the second instalment of the prize haul. Plus a small tin of Seggiano organic liquorice.

Chez Maximka, chocolate giveaway

Question 2 (the 2nd of December):
 - What are your three favourite desserts for Christmas?

Since my husband is Italian, we always have a panettone for Christmas, among other desserts. I'm not the biggest fan of Christmas cake, but will never say No to mince pies.

Day 3 (3 December):
Today's part of the prize is a Ritter Sport Marzipan chocolate bar + a Marzipan Brot log. 
Christmas won't be Christmas without this festive treat.

Chez Maximka, chocolate giveaway

Question 3 (December 3): 
If possible, would you rather have Christmas at home or a new destination?

Sometimes I wonder if it wouldn't be better to spend Christmas in a small cottage in Cornwall, or some remote lodge in Scotland (with mod cons, obviosuly), but so far this dream is just that, a dream.

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Day 4 (4 December):
Ritter Sport Don Choco is the latest limited edition from Ritter Sport, it's made with a 100% certified sustainable cocoa, and lovely it is too. I managed to get hold of one for my giveaway (I tried it before, and then every time I ordered groceries on Ocado, it wasn't available, clearly it's a popular bar). M&S Christmas Mint Snowballs is a little extra for day 4.

Chez Maximka, chocolate giveaway

Question 4 (4 December):
What is your favourite Christmas movie that you just have to watch on the big day?

Day 5 (December 5):
The next part of the prize is a Galaxy Cookie Crumble chocolate bar and a mini bottle of Baileys Salted Caramel.


Question 5 (5 December): 
Do you usually put a star or an angel on top of the Christmas tree?

We usually have an angel, but for several years our tree was decorated at the top with an elephant made of the plastic milk bottle, which my younger son made in the nursery. 


Day 6 (6 December): And we're half way through. Cadbury Dairy Milk Winter Orange Edition is a festive chocolate bar. It is today's part of the prize, together with M&S Gryffindor chocolate lolly and M&S Harry Potter Hedwig chocolate.



Question 6 (December the 6th):
What is your most and least favourite Christmas meal (holiday meal) side dish? 

I love brussels sprouts with chestnuts, but I'm the only one in the family. My guys will eat one obligatory brussel sprout at Christmas, and that's it until the next Christmas meal. Now the bread sauce is something I don't understand, that's a No from me. 

Day 7 (7 December):
Today's part of the prize is Co-Op Irresistible Single Origin Dark Chocolate with Raspberries and a chocolate coin.


Question 7 (7 December):
If you could be a character in a festive (Christmas or winter-themed) movie or TV series, who would you be and why?

I think I'd like to be Lady Mary in Downton Abbey, the Christmas episode when Matthew proposes. 


Day 8 (8 December):
Willie's Cacao Rio Caribe Gold Venezuelan dark chocolate is one of my personal favourites. It's just lovely, when you need a treat with your coffee. Two small packets of Christmas tags are a little extra for today.

Chez Maximka, chocolate giveaway

Question 8 (8 December):
What holiday song is your favourite (and/or which one annoys you the most)?

I think until you hear Last Christmas in the shops, it's not a proper Christmas season, but my favourite is the old-fashioned Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.


Day 9 (9 December):
Cadbury Dairy Milk Winter Gingerbread Edition and Olaf PEZ dispenser are today's part of the prize.

Chez Maximka, chocolate giveaway

Question 9 (December 9th):
Finish this sentence - Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without...

For me it would be Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. Whenever The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy comes on Classic FM, I feel like dancing.

Day 10 (10 December):
What chocolate bar do we find today? Godiva Signature Salted Caramel Milk chocolate is smooth, creamy and moreish. The similar flavours're in a mini bar, from Tony Chocolonely. Compare the two and enjoy!

Chez Maximka, chocolate giveaway

Question 10 (10 December):
If not a secret, which Christmas gift are you most looking forward to giving (or receiving)?

I managed to get some Marvel-themed gifts for my younger son, which I know he'll be thrilled with. I also bought a Loki top for myself, as I just knew nobody else would get it for me. :)

Day 11 (11 December):
Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo is a chocolate bar which my boys love. Reese's Overload and Nutrageous bars are a little extra for today.

Chez Maximka, chocolate giveaway

Question 11 (11 December):
Please tell a Christmas cracker joke that you like.


Day 12 (12 December):
This is the last day of my giveaway, folks! If you've spotted it only now, hurry up, you can still catch up with all the answers, just remember to post the comments to each question separately please.

For the last part of the prize we have a Tony's Chocolonely Dark Milk Chocolate Pretzel bar, and a Christmas tree decoration.

Chez Maximka, chocolate giveaway



Question 12 (12 December):
By day 12 I usually run out of ideas of what to ask, so please just wish a merry Christmas to a person above you. You might need to scroll all the way down to see who it is, and even click on Load more to see the latest comments.


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T&Cs:

The giveaway is open to the UK residents only.

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

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

The more questions you answer, the bigger your prize will be.
Only one entry per person per day/question 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.

Previous winners are welcome to join in as well, you're not disqualified from winning again, if your name is drawn from the hat.

I will post the prize 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 parcel by Royal Mail, tracked and to be signed for.

Any personal data given (basically the winner's address details) will not be shared with any 3rd parties, and will be deleted after the prize is received by the winner.

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

Good luck!

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Many thanks to everyone who took part in the giveaway, I have enjoyed reading all comments!
The winner has been selected randomly from all the entries. 
I posted a short video of how my son picked the name of the winner out of the hat on my FB page (also in an Insta story).

In case you missed it, big well done to Kim! 

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!

216 comments:

  1. Aww, I love this!

    Day 1. I don't think I have any. We've had a pretty interesting when we got our puppy 12 years ago and he was so full of energy. That's a sad-emotional-happy memory.

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  2. Day 1. Back in the late 1950s/early 1960s when one year we had a white Christmas. On Christmas morning, while my Mum cooked the dinner, Dad took me, my brother and my Grandma out to Lymm Pool in Cheshire. It was frozen solid and people were skating and playing on the ice. We walked gingerly over the frozen water, with people all around happy, red-cheeked and wishing each other a Happy Christmas. It felt just like the Christmas in all my story books. But boy, were we glad to get home to a delicious hot dinner after such a chilly morning!

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  3. Day 1 I remember when a child the electric went off when the xmas dinner was cooking dad was using candles to try and put in new fuse wire back in the days before flicking a switch he got to close to a candle and it singed his eyebrows and hair ended up with ice pack on his head just lucky didnt burn his eyes

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  4. Day 1.my most memorable Christmas experience was when I was about 9 years old. My dad had a friend who owned a turkey farm and he used to supply our turkey each year. This particular year, my mum asked for the biggest turkey he had, it was so big she had to take all the shelves out of the oven and it only just squeezed in

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  5. My stepmum cooked everything for the Christmas dinner and as she was serving it realised she hadn't put the turkey in at all - it was still sat in the garage waiting. We ate all the trimmings on Christmas Day and cooked the turkey on Boxing Day - we'll never forget that Christmas.@poshpink101

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  6. Day 1: My most memorable Christmas experience was taking the older two to Lapland UK last year. It was really magical and we all had an amazing time. Would highly recommend.

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  7. Day 1 - mine is going to Lapland

    @ashlallan

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  8. Day 1: My most memorable Christmas was a few years ago when my family and my dad and his partner went away for Christmas and stayed in a hotel. We had an amazing time and it was nice not have to do the Christmas food shop and cooking. x

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  9. Day 1: Most recent favourite was seeing granddaughters face when she saw santa for the first time

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  10. This would be wonderful War time baby no chocolate for us always nuts and tangerine in a sock

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  11. Day 1: Now that Christmas pudding bar has my name written all over it. Dark milk chocolate is m favourite and I love Christmas pudding.

    As for my craziest Christmas memory: Waking up on the floor of one of the biology classrooms in Christchurch Uni, NZ. Then wondering around town in the hot sun eating an ice cream and missing everyone back home.

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  13. Day 1 - Spending Christmas at a hotel in the New Forest with my Nan. We all loved it especially the disco and food!

    @webkinny

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  14. My most memorable Christmas experience is curling up with my partner under a blanket to watch Christmas films and our two cats climbing in with us. We've since lost one of our cats to old age, but I will always treasure that memory of him purring and snuggling in against me as we laughed at silly film jokes.

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  15. Day 1: I remember when I was little and we always had dinner at my grandmas house. Anyway I opened my presents and she had got me some Christmas chocolate from Thornton’s which was big back then because we didn’t have much. Anyway, we had dinner and I wanted to eat the choc for pudding, went in the room to get it and there was the little dog, face first in the chocolate with a chocolate smile and everything.
    I’ll never forget that from being young.

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  16. Question 1 dad getting stuck in the chimney as father Christmas over 40 years ago - the fireman did laugh

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  17. Day 1 - I must have led a very boring life cos nothing particularly stands out! It's odd the things that make an impression though isn't it - one of my clearest memories is being given a selection box by my uncle. It made a massive impression on me - I think because it was so out of character for him (he wasn't a horrible person, but these days he would definitely have been diagnosed as very much on the autistic spectrum and emotions and people were not something he "did"!)

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  18. I think one of my most memorable was when my mum had bought a new cooker and didn't realise it was a double element. She cooked up lots of stuff wrapped it in foil and put it in the bottom to keep warm. We kept saying that we could smell burning but mum was adamant it was OK. By the time dinner was ready the potatoes, pigs in blankets and one veg was absolutely burnt to a crisp

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  19. Day 1 - my parents got me a bike for Christmas, they hid the bike and just wrapped a single pedal up under the tree.

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  20. Day 1: Honestly my first Christmas with my partner was very special because I didn't grow up celebrating Christmas! So he and his family went all out to make it special for me. It was a rush of excited chaos, I felt like a toddler even in my 20s!

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  21. Day 1: My favourite Christmas memory is the two elderly gentlemen neighbours who mum and dad used to invite to Christmas lunch. They always wore three-piece suits and arrived with a jar of pennies, tuppences and threepences and there was always the exact amount to share equally between us siblings.

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  22. Day 2 - I love mince pies (hot with cream), gingerbread (the soft kind), and stollen cake - yum!

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  23. I like Christmas Pudding best

    @ashlallan

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  24. Day 1 - my most memorable experience was opening up a butterfly poster art set when I was about 7 or 8 and being amazed that Santa had known my name and had written it on the tube, I absolutely loved that gift

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  25. Day 2 - my favourite is Christmas pudding with brandy sauce, followed by a Christmas chocolate and cream yule log, followed by warm mince pies with cream poured over

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  26. Day 2 - Mince Pies, Trifle, Gateau :)

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  27. Day 1 - My most memorable Christmas experience - probably for all the wrong reasons - was when I had to step in and take over cooking Christmas dinner for my family when my mum was ill just before the big day. First the frozen turkey (which wasn't defrosted on Christmas eve) had to be defrosted in record quick time - then the foil over the turkey set on fire whilst cooking in my tiny gas oven. Our Christmas meal turned out OK in the end but was certainly not without incident!

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  28. Day 2 - sherry trifle, chocolate yule log and vanilla cheesecake.

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  29. Day 2: raspberry pavlova, Trifle & Lemon Cheesecake

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  30. Day 2: Black Forest Trifle (a family tradition)
    Chocolate and chilli ice cream
    Stilton and port

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  31. Day 1: Strawberry trifle, mince pies and cream and chocolate yuel log. x

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  32. Day 2 - I'm usually too full up for pudding after Christmas Dinner but it's usually trifle, pavlova or vienette.

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  33. Day 2 - Mince pies with cream - @webkinny

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  35. Day 2 - Mince pies, stolen or Christmas pudding with brandy butter @sirbadgerlord

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  36. Black Forest gateau to all
    for me stollen
    Chocolate yule log to the younger ones

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  37. Day 2: Pavlova, pavlova and pavlova LOL! It's the only time of the year I make one. However, I also love a proper homemade trifle and an Austrian strudel.

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  38. Not come across Venchi chocolate before. Pistachio sounds delicious.

    My three favourite dessert are my mum's Christmas pudding, trifle and a chocolate & chestnut yule log. Never had them all together before though.

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  39. Day 2 chocolate roulade Christmas cake and strawberry trifle

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  40. Day 2. Panettone is very similar to a Romanian desert my husband likes. I do prefer Christmas cake and mince pies though.

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  41. Question 2 - Hard one but I think mince pies, Christmas cake and yule log

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  42. Day 3. I always do Christmas at home, but this year we are going to move between our two "homes" (L'pool and London).

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  43. Day 3 - at home so I can enjoy time with my kitties

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  44. Day 3 - Christmas at home, we had lunch out one year but it wasn`t the same.

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  45. Day 3 - at home, or at the home of one of our family

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  46. Day 3: Love marzipan. Also love the idea of hiring a large cottage in Cornwall for us and some family and friends. Otherwise, Christmas is never the same unless it's at home in Cornwall.

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  47. Day 3 - I'd much rather spend Christmas at home with my family as its what we do traditionally every year. I wouldn't want to go away at Christmas because home is where the heart is.

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  48. Day 3 - at home for sure!

    @ashlallan

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  49. Day 3 - Christmas at home for me x
    @webkinny

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  50. Day 3: Sometimes the moon has appeal but, seriously, at home is best.

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  51. No 3 - at home with everyone - its Christmas famoly time

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  52. Day 1 - We sing carols in a cave every year it's always a magical but strange experience. My sister plays the flute and we all song along

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  53. Question 3 - Away somewhere new would love to have Christmas by the sea @sirbadgerlord

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  54. Day 3 - that's a hard one. I think probably somewhere new - I've always fancied a cabin in the Scottish Highlands!

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  55. Day 3: I would rather stay at home. We've had a Christmas away and it was lovely but it is nice just to laze about in my pj's and watch what I want on the TV.

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  56. Day 4 - I'm not a film fan but I can't get through the festive season without watching The Muppet Christmas Carol

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  57. Day 4. None. I am not into Christmas movies and surely not one I would watch again and again. It can be a tradition for some, which is lovely.

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  58. Day 4 - Scrooged, always seems to be on over Christmas so i have to watch it. :)

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  59. Day 4: we love elf in our family, it isn’t Christmas without it!

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  60. Day 4 Arthur Christmas my favourite Christmas film @sirbadgerlord

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  61. Day 4 - My favourite Christmas movie is Love Actually. Such a fabulous festive film. Hugh Grant dancing to Jump is something you never tire of seeing each year.
    By the end of the film you have that warm, fuzzy, happy feeling.

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  62. Day 3 - I think I would prefer to stay home for Christmas as it's lovely to be surrounded by family and home comforts, and relaxing on the sofa after Christmas dinner

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  63. Day 4 - I have to watch Holiday Inn (or White Christmas as it's otherwise known) with Bing Crosby. It reminds me of Christmases with my grandparents when I was little.

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  64. Day 4 - we don't really watch Christmas films on the day but I do love the nightmare before Christmas

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  65. Day 4 chitty chitty bang bang ! Watched for over 40 years

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  66. Day 4 - I don't have one favourite, but one of the ones I always have to watch is It's A Wonderful Life

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  67. Day 4- Love Actually - I love it
    @webkinny

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  68. Day 5 - we used to have a star but thanks to our cats we've stopped having a tree!

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  69. Day 5 - I have a star on top, getting it to stay on top is a challenge tho :(

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  70. It's a sort of angel - a tiny teddy with a halo and wings

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  71. Day 5 we use a star 🌟 @sirbadgerlord

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  72. Day 5 - we have a star @webkinny

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  73. Day 4: Miracle on 34th Street.

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  74. Day 5: An angel for our tree

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  75. Day 5: We usually have a start on the top of our tree. It's a purple one this year. x

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  76. Day 5 - I have no tree topper at the moment but I prefer a star I'm going to have to hunt one down

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  77. Day 5 chitty chitty bang bang ovrr 40 year's tradition

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  78. Day 5 - kind of a star but not as a topper, just near the top. Our topper never stays on.

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  79. Day 5 - I love to put an angel on the top of my tree

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  80. Day 5 - usually a star. Though it's not necessarily the same every year!

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  81. Day 4. It’s got to be It’s A Wonderful Life.

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  82. Day 6 - I love festive cheeseboards but hate Christmas Dinner 😬 I'm not a roast dinner fan, but my partner loves it. Don't tell him, but I'd rather have pizza 😂

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  83. Favourite - Brussels sprouts with chestnuts/ least favourite - and I know people will hate me for this - roast potatoes.

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  84. Day 6: I love everything about Christmas dinner even the Brussels sprouts. The stuffing has to be my favourite part but I am not so keen on the veg like broccoli and cabbage. x

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  85. Day 6 - Hate Sprouts, favourite is Pigs in Blankets

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  86. Day 4 - Home Alone!

    @ashlallan

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  87. Day 6 - I love pigs and blankets but am not keen on carrots!

    @ashlallan

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  88. Day 6 love pigs in blankets hate sprouts @sirbadgerlord

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  89. Day 6 - I'm not very keen on stuffing since having to eat gluten free for medical reasons. Like many gluten free alternatives, its simply nothing like the real mccoy!

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  90. Love a full roast but not sprouts ( unless replaced by the chocolate variety
    Dislike turkey stirfry

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  91. Day 6 : i hate sprouts but love pigs in blankets

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  92. I love sprouts but hate cranberry sauce @webkinny

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  93. Day 6 - my favourite is pigs in blankets, least favourite is bread sauce

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  94. Day 6 - pigs in blankets are the best (along with sausagemeat, roast spuds and chestnut sauce), but bread sauce I don't like

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  95. Day 6: favourite is vegan wellington with crispy roast potatoes and lots of veggies. Least favourite is a nut roast.

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  96. Day 6. Racking my brain as to what I don't like about our Christmas meal. Roast spuds are probably my favourite, thought I love bread pudding and pretty much everything else too. Hmmm! Well I suppose as I'm vegetarian, I don't like the Christmas bird!

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  97. Day 7 - in my current mood, probably the only character I could be is The Grinch.

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  98. Day 7 I would like to be Kevin in home alone having so much fun!

    @ashlallan

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  99. Day 7 - I'd love to be one of the children from The Snowman and go on their magical journey 😅

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  100. Day 7: I think I would be The Grinch at the moment. I am in such a mood. lol x

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  101. Day 7 call the midwife - they really know how to celebrate the traditional way - I'll be Trixie as shes a MINX

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  103. Day 7 - Probably Natalie in Love Actually....get to kiss Hugh Grant lol @webkinny

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  104. Day 7. You do ask the most awkward questions. Having to rack my brains - again! I don't really think I want to be any of them. But in some ways Scrooge (Christmas Carol) would be quite cool. Being able to make a families Christmas and realising that he can become lovable after all.

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  105. Day 7 - Buddy Elf so i can be mega silly this xmas

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  106. Day 7: I would be one of Santa's elves. Happy to be busy and creative with a little magic thrown in!

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  107. Question 7 Arthur Christmas bit of awkward but well intentioned @sirbadgerlord

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  108. Day 7 - I would love to be Judy (one of the Haynes sisters) in White Christmas, so I could sing alongside Bing Crosby and wear that lovely red/white Christmas dress.

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  109. Day 8 - Fairytale of New York is my favourite, such a moving combination of happy and sad and a reminder that it's not the most wonderful time of the year for everybody.
    Away in a Manger annoys me because it's always sung in too high a key for even children's voices so comes out sounding like a squeaky mess.

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  110. Day 8 - I'm not a fan of most Christmas songs to be honest 😅 but I love the song from the Nightmare Before Christmas. I think I've just started to associate most songs with having to go to the shops 😂

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  111. Day 8 - fairytale of new york is my favourite.

    @ashlallan

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  112. Day 8 - I like Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade

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  113. Day 8 - Love Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses, anything by Cliff Richard is a nope.

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  114. Day 8: I love Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and I can't stand Bon Jovi's Please Come Home For Christmas. I am usually a big fan but that song really annoys me. x

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  115. Day 8 - I love The Pipes of Peace by Paul McCartney, the radios don't seem to play it much anymore @webkinny

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  116. Day 8. That's a lovely bar of chocolate, one of my favourites too. And I could really do with some Christmas tags. Crossing fingers!

    Today's question is a lot easier. Silent Night is my favourite no question. But I actually like most Christmas music, it's such a magical time of year.

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  117. Day 7 - I'd choose to be Iris in The Holiday because a trip to the USA and hanging out with Miles (Jack Black) would be amazing fun!

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  118. Day 8 - I would have to agree that until you hear Last Christmas it deesn't feel like Christmas. However, The Pogues song, Fairytale of New York is definitely the one that annoys me the most.

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  119. Day 8 love the original band aid - non i dislike as long as i dont hear them too much

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  120. Day 8: Fairytale of New York always gives me goose bumps because it is a such a beautiful song but also because of Kirsty McCall.

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  121. Day 1. I have a Christmas memory of when my late mum came to stay with us and on boxing day we went to a local deer park for a walk. It was so cold that day! Anyway she saw all the deer and said "Who feeds the bears?" - she meant the deer as English wasn't her first language - but we found it really funny that she called them bears (and we were rather glad that we don't have wild bears in England otherwise that would be a worry to have been walking amongst them!) Twitter handle is @thebeesleybuzz

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  122. Day 2. I absolutely LOVE panettone too - I even have tried to make it myself occasionally! But I did accidentally set fire to the oven once when making it so I have to be super cautious now (the baking paper caught light!) - Now that would have been a good memorable story for day 1 right? Oh well. My second fave dessert for Christmas is Mince Pie, and my third favourite is a Chocolate Ice cream bombe - that is also made with panettone - and icecream and covered in chocolate! Twitter handle is @thebeesleybuzz

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  123. Day 3. I've always loved the idea of being away from home for Christmas - somewhere really hot and sunny - perhaps Dubai or Australia - I wouldn't be too worried about actually celebrating Christmas on that day - it would just be awesome to be somewhere really warm on Christmas day as a unique change to what we are used to! Twitter handle : @thebeesleybuzz

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  124. Day 4. I love watching The Polar Express on Christmas day! That's my Christmas-must-watch movie! Also really enjoy Elf - that always makes me giggle and Arthur Christmas too. But Polar Express is top of my list! Twitter handle: @thebeesleybuzz

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  125. Day 5. We usually end up with an angel at the top of the tree. I have no particular preference over whether we have a Star or an Angel but often the kids will have made an angel so that goes on the tree and we have a cute fabric angel decoration that often makes it to the top of the tree. This year I was surprised to find that my daughter had chosen a bunny! But it is an angel bunny as it has wings so I guess that still falls under the category of an angel! Absolutely love the idea of having a handmade elephant on the tree - that is fantastic!!! Twitter handle: @thebeesleybuzz

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  126. Day 6. I have so many favourite side-dishes at Christmas! In fact, for me it's all about the side-dishes!!! I love making a chestnut and apricot stuffing so that is probably my favourite. I also make a homemade bread sauce and cranberry sauce so they are also high on my list of favourites. I adore sprouts too! I've even been organised enough to buy some veggie sausages and veggie bacon to make my own vegetarian pigs in blankets this year. I suppose my least favourite side dish might be the roast potatoes??? I'd love to one day make dauphinois potatoes for christmas as a special treat as they are my fave way of having potatoes. My twitter handle is @thebeesleybuzz

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  127. Day 7. I love watching the Christmas episode of Dr Who - I know it's not a proper film but it is one of the things I most look forward to watching at Christmas (though in recent years it seems to have become a New Year's day Dr Who episode rather than on Christmas day) So I would love to be the Doctor's companion (with Matt Smith as the doctor as he is my favourite doctor) as I can't think of a better way to spend Christmas than travelling through time and space in the TARDIS seeing the awesome views of our universe! Twitter handle: @thebeesleybuzz

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  128. Day 8. My fave Christmas holiday song is "walking in a winter wonderland" - I can't help but sing and dance along when I hear it! Twitter handle: @thebeesleybuzz

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  129. Day 8 - my favourite Christmas song is White Christmas by Bing Crosby, the one that bugs me the most if the Fairytale of New York

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  130. Day 9 - Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without eating soft gingerbread and watching silly films with my partner

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  131. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the annual "Carols from Kings" broadcast

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  132. Day 9: Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without... Bucks fizz, pigs in blankets and an argument when playing Monopoly. lol

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  133. Day 9: Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without SNOW & CHOCOLATE

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  134. Day 9 Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without family!

    @ashlallan

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  135. Day 9 - eating lots of food with my family

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  136. Day 9 - Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without presents, chocolate and quality family time.

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  137. Day 9 - Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without mince pies @webkinny

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  138. Day 9: a long telephone call with my family in New Zealand

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  139. Day 9 .... sending Christmas cards and messages to all my friend's worldwide

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  140. Day 9: a Christmas stocking from my mum.

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  141. Day 9. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without...being surrounded by my family and having a laugh together doing an annual jigsaw puzzle together!

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  142. Day 9 Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without watching snowman @sirbadgerlord

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  143. Day 6 - I am with you, I absolutely love sprouts! Roast parsnips are another favourite

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  144. Day 9 - Watching Scrooged on Christmas Eve. :)

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  145. Day 10 - a "make your own organic cosmetics" set for my 8yo granddaughter, who recently declared herself "too old for toys"

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  146. Day 10 - my son getting his bike

    @ashlallan

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  147. Day 10 - I'm looking forward to getting a wheelbarrow 😅

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  148. Day 10: I can't wait to get my new laptop tray and my fitness watch thingy. x

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  149. Day 10: I can't wait to receive some books. I love reading x

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  150. A light box for me. Really hoping it will help with my photography.

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  151. Day 10 looking forward to surprising dad with a new t.v. for his bedroom ! His is so small

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  152. Day 10 - I'm looking forward to receiving a bottle of FlowerBomb perfume and a DVD box set of Lark Rise To Candleford which were on my xmas list to hubby.

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  153. Day 10 : i'm looking forward to getting a weighted blanket

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  154. Day 10: I would LOVE to receive something for cooking - maybe a new non-stick saucepan that I'm in need of, or the dream would be a pizza oven! I'm looking forward to giving my daughter some miffy Christmas decorations as she adores miffy!

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  155. Question 10 looking forward to giving my wife her favourite brand of clothing @sirbadgerlord

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  156. Day 11 - What's green and has a woggle? A Brussels Scout.

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  157. Day 11 - Two snowmen hanging out. One says to the other, "Can you smell carrot?"

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  158. Day 11 - Why does Santa have three gardens?
    So he can 'ho ho ho'!
    @webkinny

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  159. Day 11 - why are Christmas trees bad at sewing? Because they're always dropping their needles 🎄

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  160. Day 11 What did Adam say on the day before Christmas? It’s Christmas, Eve! @sirbadgerlord

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  161. Day 11 Why is it getting harder to buy Advent calendars? Their days are numbered!

    @ashlallan

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  162. Day 11. I haven't tried any of those bars.

    What do they sing at a snowman's birthday party? Freeze a jolly good fellow!

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  163. Day 11: What do you get if you cross Santa with a duck?
    A Christmas quacker

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  164. Day 11 Who delivers presents to baby sharks at Christmas?
    Santa Jaws

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  165. Oooh just in time to catch up on all my entries in your lovely giveaway ! This is part of the build-up to Christmas - I always have to enter ! xx

    Day 1 - I remember a few years ago, when the kids were smaller, we had to dress my dad up as a snowman, wrapping him up in toilet roll (all provided for a blogpost). It started off sensibly enough, while I took the photos, then - largely encouraged by my dad - they started ripping all the toilet roll off and flinging it around the room. My dad was giggling as much as the kids, yelling "it's snowing hohoho" while my mum was dashing around with a hoover desperately trying to clean up ! lol

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  166. Day 2 - My favourite Christmas dessert? Well, I do like Yule log (bûche de Noël in French) - except when my mother-in-law makes one with coffee flavour icing ! Mince pies are very nice, as is fruit salad - not at all Christmassy but it goes down rather nicely after all the rich Christmas food :)

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  167. Day 3 - Every single year, we used to spend Christmas either at my mum and dad's or at the in-law's and it was only when we were in confinement that we stayed at home with just the four of us - it was actually very enjoyable and nice to pick and choose the traditions that we like best from both countries. :)

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  168. Day 4 - It's not at all a Christmas movie but we always seem to watch ET ... oh, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Don't know why ! lol

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  169. Day 5 - Ermm usually it's a pointy star thingy that they have in France. It's not the shape of a star but I think that's what it's supposed to represent. It's long and pointed like a kind of candle shape with a star thing in the middle, with light pointing out of the top and bottom - it sounds more exciting than it is ! I love the idea of an elephant on the top of the tree :)

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  170. Day 6 - I'm the same as your guys. I will eat a couple of sprouts at Christmas dinner but I'm not a fan so I never buy them for the rest of the year ! I love pigs in blankets, as it's the only time of year they come out too :)

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  171. Day 7 - Ooh that's a good question. I think I'd let out my inner child and be the boy in The Snowman :)

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  172. Day 8 - I have a Christmas compilation CD that is always on in the run up to Christmas. I love the original Band Aid single, Wham's Last Christmas is definitely a classic then the oldies like Merry Christmas Everyone and Fairytale of New York.

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  173. Day 9 - without family. Even if, like the Christmas in confinement or this year, we'll be ringing them - or almost definitely video chatting with my family - catching up on who got what for Christmas and who's eating what. Nothing really happens all day when we're there, but we still really miss it when we're not there ! :(

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  174. Day 10 - I got myself some pyjamas and a box of American foodie items ( well, the kids got them but I paid for them !). I'm in the process of buying Sophie a new one because hers is splitting apart and I'm not at all sure about how safe it is ! :-/ I've got lots of other secret goodies for Pierre and Juliette and I'm looking forward to seeing how they react (hopefully positively !).

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  175. Day 11 - What do you call a deer with no eyes?
    No idea !
    What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
    Still no idea !
    Totally stupid but it always makes me giggle !

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  176. Day 11: I love the joke that goes: Q: What's the difference between the Christmas alphabet and the ordinary alphabet?
    A: The Christmas alphabet has no L in it! (Noel.)

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  177. Day 11: What do angry mice send to each other at Christmas? Cross Mouse Cards.

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  178. Day 12! Merry Christmas Rebecca Beesley who's above me and to you Galina! Thank you for running this giveaway! xxx

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  179. Marry Christmas to Kim Carberry and of course Merry Christmas to you and your family.

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  180. Merry Christmas Jane Willis!

    @ashlallan

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  181. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Mummy24 ! And to you and your family Galina xxx

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  182. Merry Christmas Cheryl Pasquier :) And everyone else :D

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  184. Day 12: Merry Christmas Sharon @webkinny

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  185. Day 12: Merry Christmas Ellen and merry Christmas Galina.

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  186. Day 12 Merry Christmas susan B hope its a good one with festive season joy and love

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  187. Day 12 - merry Christmas, Margaret! Hope you have a lovely New year too

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  188. Day 11 - What do you call a dog who works for Santa? Santa Paws!

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