WIN-It-Wednesday: The Book “Mommy, What is Celiac Disease?” PLUS a Jam-Packed Gluten-Free Gift Pack… A Gigantic Glu-TEN Free Giveaway!
ONE MORE WEEK TO WIN! Enter again between Wednesday, 12/8 and Wednesday 12/15 for a SECOND CHANCE TO WIN! Double your chances of being the winner on BeFreeForMe and enter again… today!
~ Be Free! Kathleen
This week’s WIN-It-Wednesday on BeFreeForMe is a Gigantic Glu-TEN Free Giveway! BeFreeForMe, as well as, nine other gluten/allergen free bloggers (see the list below), 
are each hosting a giveaway of the book, “Mommy, was it Celiac Disease?” signed by the author Katie Chalmers, PLUS a jam-packed holiday gift bag loaded with tons of gluten-free goodies and treats!
So lucky for everyone out there in gluten-free cyber-land you have exactly TEN chances of winning this “Gluten-Free Holiday Giveaway Galore x10!” This is what I call Glu-TEN Free Madness!
The book “Mommy, What is Celiac Disease?” is a perfect holiday gift. It is a one-of-a-kind book so gracefully & eloquently written by Katie Chalmers, a mom who has celiac disease, along with her daughter, Morgan. They were both diagnosed with the disease a little over 2 years ago, and since that time they have learned to embrace, and make the best, out of living gluten-free. Make sure you check out their page on facebook.
The book explains what celiac disease and the gluten free diet entails in language that children can understand, all the while encouraging dialogue for additional questions. A must-have for any child with celiac disease, this book is also a must-read for any elementary school story hour that has child with celiac disease in the classroom.
Along with the signed copy of this book, the second part of this prize pack is a gift bag loaded with gluten-free foods including products from Mary’s Gone Crackers, Snyder’s of Hanover, Chebe, Bob’s Sweet Stripes, Nature’s Path, Schar’s and Pamela Products; as well as some fun giveaways including Holiday pencils, erasers and note pad, a stuffed teddy bear, and a plastic snowman cereal bowl perfect for your favorite gluten-free cereal. Wheww… that’s a LOT of gluten-free goodness that great for gifting*!
How can you WIN?
Easy!
Reply to this blog between now and December 15, 2010 (10 PM EST), and tell us your favorite holiday gift growing up as a child (Me? A walking doll! I loved her!).
Note: Also make sure you enter to win one of the 9 other prizes on my fellow gluten-free blogger’s sites (Let them know that BeFreeForMe sent you over!). The blogs are: Accustomed Chaos, Adventures of a GF Mom, Celiac Family, Gluten Free Betsy, Gluten Free Easily (gfe), Gluten Free is Life/CeliacDisease.com, Gluten Free Philly, Gluten Free Taste of Home, and Simply Sugar & Gluten Free.
Good Luck, remember to often look at the world through the eyes of a child, and, as always…
Be Free!
———-
Contest Rules (From “Mommy, What is Celiac Disease?”):
• All 10 of these contests are open to residents of the USA. Only the Accustomed Chaos and Gluten Free Easily contests are also open to Canadian residents.
• All 10 contests begin on Wed. Dec. 1, 2010 and will end on Wed. Dec. 15, 2010 at 10pm EST.
• Entry requirements will vary between bloggers. Please follow their directions to enter.
• Entrants can only win once total within all 10 giveaways. If anyone is chosen more than once as a winner, another winner will be chosen so everyone only wins once.
• One winner per household.
• Winners with valid entries will be selected at random. The winners will be announced and notified via email and must reply within 24 hours to claim. Otherwise, another eligible entry will be chosen, in order that all prizes will arrive before Christmas. So please remember to check your email on Dec.16th.
• If any of the 10 prizes do not arrive before Christmas because of any unforeseen holiday mail rush problems, the USPS, Katie Chalmers and hosting bloggers will not be held accountable.
* Note: Prize pack contents may vary.
December 1st, 2010 at 6:10 am
I’m relatively new to Celiac disease and still looking for good stuff to eat.
December 1st, 2010 at 7:18 am
my favorite holiday gift as a child was a bike…as the oldest of 9 children i was the first one to get one for christmas so it made me feel like a grownup even though i was only 7
December 1st, 2010 at 7:41 am
My favorite toy was a Give a Show Projector!
December 1st, 2010 at 7:58 am
my favorite toy when i was a kid was godzilla. it stood about 2 ft tall and made all kinds of noises.
December 1st, 2010 at 8:21 am
My favorite present was a doll carriage.
December 1st, 2010 at 8:22 am
My favorite Christmas present growing up was a musical jewely box that had a ballerina in it. When you opened it up, she twirled around and a song played. We didn’t have much money and it meant the world to me that my parents bought it for me.
December 1st, 2010 at 9:07 am
My favorite gift as a chiLd was a doll house my Uncle built.
December 1st, 2010 at 9:09 am
My favorite gift growing up, would have to be my Barbie airplane 🙂 I loaded it up and went to my friends to play for hours!!
Thanks for the nice giveaway!
Happy Holidays 🙂
Dana
December 1st, 2010 at 9:40 am
My favorite gift was my first barbie and the mansion. I would play with it for hours.
December 1st, 2010 at 9:52 am
My favorite toy was my “kid sister”…you know the tune…”my buddy…my buddy…wherever he goes, i go…kid sister…kid sister…kid sister and me”
December 1st, 2010 at 10:04 am
My favorite holiday gift was getting a wii 3 years ago. I still love it!
December 1st, 2010 at 10:17 am
I loved getting a microscope! I was in 2nd grade and probably the only person my age to ask for a microscope! I swore I was going to be a scientist. Now I’m getting my masters in Special Education. Oh how things change!
December 1st, 2010 at 10:19 am
My favorite gift was a camping Barbie Doll which came with a motorhome that folded out, a kitchen, bedroom, deck, etc. Camping Barbie also came with a tent, all camping accessories, and Barbie camping clothes. I played Barbies for hours!
December 1st, 2010 at 10:39 am
Cabbage Patch Doll!
December 1st, 2010 at 10:52 am
Definitely my dollhouse.
December 1st, 2010 at 11:39 am
my favorite toy was a Barbie Hair Dressing head.
December 1st, 2010 at 11:41 am
Sounds funny…but my absolute favorite gift was a tool box. My dad filled it with all of the tools I had asked to borrow in the past.
December 1st, 2010 at 11:44 am
I loved getting food as a christmas gift. Often it was things that my parents couldn’t afford on a regular basis, or special treats, like sugar cereals or cookies. So this was my favorite gift (still is).
December 1st, 2010 at 12:00 pm
mine was a walking doll too!!
December 1st, 2010 at 12:06 pm
My favorite Christmas gift growing up was the Etch-A-Sketch. My girlfriend and I would spend hours clearing the entire screen so that we could see the insides….. 🙂
December 1st, 2010 at 12:26 pm
My favorite gift was this really cool keyboard I got as a kid. 🙂
December 1st, 2010 at 12:48 pm
My favorite gift growing up was a Debbie Gibson tape. Am I showing my age? LOL
December 1st, 2010 at 1:45 pm
My favorite gift for Christmas was a portable record player (really dates me). I brought it to all my friends’ houses. Great fun out in the backyards too.
December 1st, 2010 at 1:45 pm
A toy piano.
December 1st, 2010 at 2:18 pm
my favorite thing was my Chrissy dolls with the pull out ponytail!
December 1st, 2010 at 2:21 pm
My favorite toy was one that my Mom made me. It was a posable ballerina doll!!! It was so beautiful. I still have it and everytime I look at it, I see all the love that my Marmie put into it.
December 1st, 2010 at 2:26 pm
My favorite might have been the year we got a Nintendo. I also remember loving my Santa Bear. 🙂
December 1st, 2010 at 2:47 pm
I do not remember too many toys that I got for Christmas, but I do remember that I received my first Bible with my name imprinted on it when I was 12 yrs. old. That was very special.
December 1st, 2010 at 3:00 pm
A Strawberry Shortcake kitchen playset.
December 1st, 2010 at 3:08 pm
My favorite gift was a puppy!
December 1st, 2010 at 3:13 pm
My favorite gift I received was a Cher doll that had stylable hair.
December 1st, 2010 at 3:15 pm
My favorite holiday gift growing up with getting a puppy with my brother from my great-grandparents. He was our little bear. He was our best friend. We had him his whole life meant the whole to me. We just had to put him down two years ago and it was the hardest thing ever.
December 1st, 2010 at 3:19 pm
My favorite holiday gift growing up as a child was my first bicycle (complete with training wheels) — I remember it was bright shiny red 🙂 *Thanks* for the giveaway!
December 1st, 2010 at 4:20 pm
A doll I named Crystal (and still have!) and went on to have a daughter I named Cristel!! 😀
December 1st, 2010 at 4:49 pm
My favorite Christmas present was my daughter Chris–born 11:30 PM Christmas eve.
December 1st, 2010 at 5:09 pm
My favorite gift received through the holidays when I was little was my first trumpet!
Of course, I had to pay Santa for half of the trumpet, but it was still one of the best.
December 1st, 2010 at 5:25 pm
My favorite Christmas gift when I was little was a Treasure Troll Treehouse!
December 1st, 2010 at 5:50 pm
My baby this and that doll.
December 1st, 2010 at 6:49 pm
My favorite gift was a stuffed animal of a dog, which I still have today at 24. it was wrapped in a blender box, which is was also equally excited about, but only mildly disappointed when I found out it wasn’t a blender
December 1st, 2010 at 8:05 pm
It was a chatty Kathy doll.
December 1st, 2010 at 8:32 pm
my favorite gift was to be able to spend christmas with my family when i moved away:)
December 1st, 2010 at 8:49 pm
my favorite gift as a child was my dollhouse that I played with for years.
December 1st, 2010 at 11:13 pm
hmmmmmm I loved my holly hobby carriage
December 1st, 2010 at 11:33 pm
My favorite childhood gift was a newborn cabbage patch doll.
December 2nd, 2010 at 12:12 am
My favourite gift was a pound puppy. It was given to me and my sister, but I traded my share of the Cabbage Patch doll for full ownership of the dog. That dog is still with me, the doll is lost.
December 2nd, 2010 at 7:55 am
My favorite Christmas gift was always a new doll that i got every year – my absolute favorite was Patty Play Pal – she was a 3 foot tall doll – loved her!!
Thanks for all these opportunities to win wonderful prizes.
Abundant Blessings to all for a Abundantly blessed CHRISTmas!!
December 2nd, 2010 at 8:29 am
my best gift was spending the holidays with my son after i got seporated and thought id never see him again
December 2nd, 2010 at 8:31 am
My favorite holiday gift as a child was a junior chemistry set with a microscope.
December 2nd, 2010 at 8:43 am
We would only get one gift as a child (8 siblings) so we had to carefully look through the JCPenny book and make a decision. I picked this tootsie roll machine that if you put a tootsie roll in there that it would come out in a different shape. I had alot of fun making ‘shapes’ for my family!
December 2nd, 2010 at 9:33 am
My favorite gift was a new wardrobe of clothing that my Mom had sewn for my old doll.
December 2nd, 2010 at 9:53 am
This is awesome! I have a ten yr old with Celiac’s and this book (and goodies) would be perfect to help him understand what is actually happening with his diet. He is having issues at school trying to understand why he isn’t the same as everyone else! thanks
December 2nd, 2010 at 10:34 am
My favorite gift was a baby alive doll.
December 2nd, 2010 at 10:55 am
My favorite gift was a pair of purple silky pajamas when I was in my teens. My mom had told me before Christmas that the store was out of stock and she wasn’t able to get them for me. I was crushed (and a little mad that she had “ruined” the surprise before the big day), but then the last package I opened Christmas morning was… the purple pajamas! She surprised me big-time!
December 2nd, 2010 at 11:51 am
My storybook doll that I thought I had lost. My grandma had it and crocheted a new dress for it, along with a new storybook doll, which she also crocheted a dress for. Of course I went for my lost baby first. I still have both (I’m over 60).
December 2nd, 2010 at 12:41 pm
My favorite gift was a puppet stage that grandpa made for me. He also included dolls that he had sewn fishing string onto and attached at the top with popsicle sticks like marionettes. I played with that thing for years and it was special because it was made with love
December 2nd, 2010 at 1:01 pm
my favorite holiday gift as a child was when my parents had a friend make a custom halter for me for my first horse. It had his name embroidered on the nose band and matched the tack I had. I loved that halter and treasured it forever. I still have it hanging in my room, to remind me of that amazing horse (he passed away a long time ago) and how wonderful my parents are.
December 2nd, 2010 at 1:06 pm
This is easy – my all time favorite childhood gift was my lite brite set. Oh how I loved that. We used it daily – and just purchased one for our kids last year. So much fun!
December 2nd, 2010 at 1:11 pm
my favorite christmas present ive ever gotten is my Cabbage Patch Doll Lydia. I got her when i was 8 months old and i still have her and love her 🙂
December 2nd, 2010 at 3:00 pm
When I was 10, my Christmas present was piano lessons. I chose them and was excited that I would get to continue my lessons even though they were expensive. It ended up my mom got me other things for Christmas, but I was happy enough knowing I would get to have them.
December 2nd, 2010 at 3:26 pm
My favorite holiday gift would be not anything physical but spending time with my family. Especially now that I am in college. Cannot wait for my flight home to be with the family! Also, if I receive this package, it would be used in the classes that I help teach in and when I become a teacher as well as with all the families I know. 🙂
December 2nd, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Thanks for the giveaway. I’m gluten intolerant and tired of eating brown rice on our limited budget and would like to try something different and fun that is gluten free.
December 2nd, 2010 at 4:11 pm
My favorite CHRISTmas present was Baby-so-Real! I loved that doll! Thanks for running this contest!!
December 2nd, 2010 at 8:25 pm
My favorite Christmas present was a book my grandfather gave me. It was Little House in the Big Woods. I still have it today.
December 3rd, 2010 at 10:42 am
My favorite Christmas present (which Mom thought was hidden, But which I found in the back of her closet) was a giant Teddy Bear. I think I was 5 & it was as big as me.
How I loved that bear named ” Dreamy” as he slept with me and kept me warm & safe from all of the
thing’s a five year old girl is frightened of until he hardly had any more hair an one eye was lost. Then he went away. Mom said he went to “Teddy Bear Heaven”. tear’s were shed but after awhile I forgot about him, mostly! But I thought of him when I bought Teddy’s for my children with inevitable similar outcome’s.
Thank-You for reminding me of those day’s.
Merry Christmas to You & Your’s
December 3rd, 2010 at 11:27 am
My favorite Christmas gift was an Etch a Sketch. I still use it 🙂
December 3rd, 2010 at 11:40 am
I loved getting the Stephen King books that had I asked for when just in the 3rd Grade. True, I was an advanced reader, but my Mom had no clue what I was reading at such a young age!
December 3rd, 2010 at 12:22 pm
My favorite gift was a doll that I had been hoping for. You could adjust her hair to be long or short. She wore a velvet dress and had blonde hair and long eyelashes. 🙂
December 3rd, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Does anyone remember Teddy Ruxpin? He was a talking bear, you put in cassette taped stories and his mouth moved along with the words. Creepy, and awesome… but mostly awesome. haha
December 3rd, 2010 at 12:28 pm
My favorite gift was one of those hunched over Gund bears. I named it Pet. Dad would take us to work and throw pet down the hall to show his co-workers that his daughter played fetch. Silly daddy was always the joker and still is. Pet got so worn out that one day he disappeared and Pet Jr. showed up under the Christmas Tree. I still have Pet Jr.
December 3rd, 2010 at 12:50 pm
My favorite gift was always getting to go to my grandparents for our yearly visit and spending several days with family.
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:33 pm
My favorite gift was toy horses and a stable.
December 3rd, 2010 at 2:13 pm
My favorite gift was a pink watch. I wore it all the time. I am still a constant watch wearer.
December 3rd, 2010 at 2:27 pm
My favorite gift for Christmas as a child, was my Disney’s Little Mermaid doll 🙂 I love how my 4 year old daughter has one now! She would fall down in excitement for this basket!
December 3rd, 2010 at 2:50 pm
My favorite holiday gift growing up was “My Diary” the little electronic device.
December 3rd, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Always a doll!
December 3rd, 2010 at 3:44 pm
My favorite was a china tea set. Wonder what ever happened to it? Sure would like to have it now.
December 3rd, 2010 at 5:20 pm
My favorite Christmas gift was a brown teddy bear that I named Fudgey. I slept with him every night – even through highschool – and as a kid, I would tuck him in next to me. I still have him today and I am 36 years old!
amoeidson@yahoo.com
December 3rd, 2010 at 6:07 pm
My son (age 10) would like to win the gluten free giveaway! It’s the things like this that keep his spirits up while other kids eat gluten-filled food. Thanks!
December 3rd, 2010 at 11:40 pm
My favorite childhood christmas present was a doll bed my dad made. Thanks for having this giveaway and happy holidays!
December 4th, 2010 at 8:13 am
My favorite gift when I was little were my dolls I got each Christmas.
December 4th, 2010 at 10:25 am
My favorite were Barbies- I had tons of them!
December 4th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
My favorite toy growing up was anything Barbie. I remember when I was 7 or 8 getting a convertible car with attached pop-up camper.
December 5th, 2010 at 4:03 am
My favorite gift growing up was my dolly-Lovable Louise ! My parents got one for me & one for my sister . I thought Louise was the most beautiful doll I’d ever seen. She was about 3 ft. and dressed very elegant .I told my husband about Louise and several years ago he surprised me with one ! He used the internet to find her & said it was very difficult but I was worth it ! I cried when I opened the package!
December 5th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
My favorite Christmas present was when I was 8 years old my parents surprised me with a pug. At the age of eight i was starting to question the validity of Santa so I decided not to tell anyone what I wanted (a puppy) and I woke up Christmas morning to find the perfect puppy curled up sleeping under our tree in her bed! Santa came through and brought me the puppy I had always wanted! 🙂
December 5th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
I remember a Velvet doll that’s hair grew – it was a favorite. Please enter me in the drawing.
December 5th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
My favorite christmas gift was a digital camera. I love taking pictures.
December 5th, 2010 at 8:13 pm
My favorite Christmas presents were always the stuffed animals I received. I always loved playing and snuggling up with them.
December 5th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
I remember my grandparents getting me a Cabbage Patch Doll when I was little. I took it every where and adored it!
Thanks for the chance to enter. The book and prize pack looks wonderful!
December 6th, 2010 at 12:17 am
my favorite toy of all time was my easy bakin oven I just couldn’t get enough of it and I gues that ‘s why I still love to cook today.
December 6th, 2010 at 6:54 am
My favorite gift for Christmas was a ride on Tractor my Dad was a farmer and I wanted to be just like him…..
December 6th, 2010 at 7:54 am
A barbie head where you could style her hair- my cousin got the same one that year!
December 6th, 2010 at 9:35 am
My favorite Christmas present was s stuffed poodle that I named Sheri! I wanted a real dog for xmas but Santa brought the stuffed poodle so I guess it has stuck with me all these years as my favorite dog!
December 6th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
My favorite christmas gift when i was little was my american dolls and a toboggan!!
December 6th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
My favorite Christmas present was my Baby Tender Love doll. I was so happy when I got her, I cried. I took her to show and tell and she always went to church with me. Still have her along with many other dolls received throughout the years. Good memories.
December 6th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
My favourite holiday gift was always a book – I usually had a list of titles I wanted which I passed on to anyone and everyone!! Books are such a lovely gift – and long lasting and can be passed on to others.
December 6th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
My favorite Christmas present was a teddy bear named Snowball, I loved this bear so much!!
December 6th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
I remember getting a pooh bear when i was little. My grandma had just died and it was perfect thing to hug..
December 7th, 2010 at 9:30 am
My favorite Christmas gifts from my parents were a new handmade trousseau of clothing for my old doll and Dad had painted my old doll crib.
December 7th, 2010 at 10:21 am
My favorite Christmas gift as a child was a chalkboard! I loved playing teacher and grew up to fulfill my dreams of teaching!
December 7th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
My favorite thing that I got for Christmas was a Barbie gumball machine!
December 7th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
My favorite gift was an Oh Jenny dream house. I waited 3 years to get this gift from Santa Claus aka mom and dad. When I finally got it under the tree I was so happy but I was 12 years old at the time so I grew out of it pretty quickly.
December 8th, 2010 at 6:22 am
My brother gave me a piece of jewelry from Avon when I was 8 yrs old. I loved anything Walt Disney. He gave me a pin of an oriental girl from It’s A Small World After All. It had a compartment that had perfume in it. I still have it today. All the perfume has been used. But I will never part with the pin and the wonderful memory it brings.
December 8th, 2010 at 7:43 am
My favorite present was a Give a Show Projector.
December 8th, 2010 at 8:22 am
The best thing I got for Christmas was those great Italian knot cookies my Grandma and I used to make.
Even though I got a lot of great presents.
December 8th, 2010 at 8:41 am
A Holly Hobby doll. It didn’t do anything special, but a loved it just the same. I kept it for years with a big marker stain on its bib and all!
December 8th, 2010 at 9:08 am
When I was a child, my favorite holiday gift was a junior chemistry set with a microscope.
December 8th, 2010 at 9:28 am
a barbie house that my stepdad built
December 8th, 2010 at 9:35 am
My favorite Christmas gift was a doll that you could feed and it would go “potty”!
December 8th, 2010 at 11:00 am
My favorite Christmas gift as a child was a life sized doll my grandfather bought me well actually at the time it was probably bigger than I was!
Every Thanksgiving and Christmas morning, that he was in town; he would take as out to IHOP for a holiday breakfast/brunch. Everything had to have whipped cream on it: from the huge waffles to the warm hot chocolate. The year after I got the doll; she came with us to breakfast and my grandpa let me order her a bear pancake(now a smiley face pancake) and the waitress let me put a whipped cream Santa beard on all around his face! =)
December 8th, 2010 at 11:49 am
my favorite gift was a set of holly hobbie phones I had one in my room and my sister had one in her room and we could talk back and forth to each other.
December 8th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
My favorite gift was the doll I thought I had lost–but who showed up at Christmas in a new hand-crocheted dress from my Grandma.
December 8th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Second chance to win…love second chances…it was my doll, Crystal…still have her! 😀
December 8th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
My favorite Christmas gift was giving birth to a healthy baby girl! She now struggles with Type 1 Diabetes and celiac, but she is the bravest ten year old that I know!
December 8th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
My favorite gift was a Mary Poppins Magic Carpet Bag full of activities including coloring, painting, and other crafts.
December 8th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
My favorite Christmas gift was my easy bake oven!
December 8th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
I loved the orange in the toe of my stocking.
December 8th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
A pink walking dog that also barked. My real dog hated it.
December 9th, 2010 at 7:33 am
My favorite Christmas gift from childhood was a plastic palomino ride-on horse I named cauliflower. I got her the Christmas I was two.
December 9th, 2010 at 9:16 am
My favorite gift was a record player that had a screen on the side of it and the records came with little strips of negatives that showed up on the screen as a cartoon.
December 9th, 2010 at 10:27 am
My top two favorites are: a china tea set which I still own after 45 years; and a bride doll (long black hair with bridal gown and veil). I named her Matilda and still have her also. There weren’t hundreds of dolls to want back then so this was very special!
December 9th, 2010 at 10:46 am
My favorite Christmas gift was a mama puppy whose stomach unzipped and little puppies came out. So cute and fun to play especially since I didn’t get a lot of toys with 6 kids in the fam!
December 9th, 2010 at 11:04 am
Another favorite holiday gift of mine is when my Mom made a bedroom suite for my Barbies. I wish I still had it. I don’t know how she did it. It was supercool, but then again…so is my Mom.
December 9th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
My fav was my Miss Piggy Puppet…it was AWESOME…I miss I could find one now. She had this gorgeous purple dress and “real” blonde hair you could style…I kept that thing forever!!!!
December 10th, 2010 at 9:07 am
My favorite gift as a child was a pair of ice skates. I felt very special having my own pair.
December 10th, 2010 at 9:50 am
i remember my strawberry shortcake doll. you push on her belly and she blew you strawberry smelling kisses.
December 10th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
My all time favorite gift as a child was a trampoline. My brother and I had begged for a trampoline for months, only to open our last present under the tree disappointed. Then, my parents said, ‘What’s that card in the tree?” And we opened it up and it was a card with a rubberband inside of it. It said, “Here’s your trampoline.” My brother and I thought we’d been jipped, only to look outside and see a giant trampoline set up in the backyard. We played on that thing for hours afterschool everyday.
December 10th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
My favorite was the bike!
December 10th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
I am told I am not celaic but had no tests to determine.. I had cancer cells removed from bowels.. Had a nephew and a daughter both with celiac so I say Hello….
I grew up very poor and have few memories of many toys but I so do remember a big juicy orange and a giant gum drop. There was a bride doll once givent o me but destroyed by younger sister.I cannot remember any other toys… weird except for what I buy my kids…lol
December 10th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
My favorite gift had to be my easy bake oven…which is ironic since it was all gluten! but I loved to make those teeny tiny cookies and itty bitty cakes!
December 10th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
This is very kind of you. Thank you. My favorite toy was a Spirograph. It was enjoyable and relaxing to create art and making designs, especially with the different colored ink pens. In fact, I still love playing with it.
Merry Christmas!
December 11th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
My favorite Christmas toy as a child was a children’s sized snowmobile.
December 12th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
My favorite Christmas gift when I was a little girl was a doll called Tiffany Taylor. Her hair could flip from blonde to brunette!
December 13th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Oh Boy, these blogs bring back awesome memories! My favorite gift from my childhood was a pair of figure skates! I had dreams of being the next “Dorothy Hamil !!!” I did receive lessons as well; never made it big, but to this day I love to skate – especially with my 3 boys!
Happy Holidays!
Karen
December 13th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
My favorite gift was probably my baby doll Carolyn (named after my grandma) and her beautifull baby crib.
December 14th, 2010 at 7:15 am
My favorite gift was a brand new sled.
December 14th, 2010 at 8:39 am
My favorite gift(s) growing up were always the small ones that came out of my stocking. I had this huge stocking and it would be packed to the brim. I loved taking each small gift out, things like Bonne Belle lip balms in candy cane flavor, Hersheys kisses, rainbow colored toe socks, wind up toys, pens that could write 5 colors, stickers, french candies in a pretty tin.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:18 am
a lite brite
December 14th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
One of my favorite gifts would have to have been my Lite Bright. I loved that thing. Thanks so much for the opportunity!! angelikness@yahoo.com
December 14th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
I received a small, used TV from my grandparents but I thought it was great because I was allowed to have my own TV in my bedroom.
December 15th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
my first pair of ice skates!
December 15th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
the kitten that I had been begging for 🙂
December 23rd, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Thanks to everyone who entered this WIN-It-Wednesday! We’re happy to announce that the winner of this contest is Laura from Washington state. Congratulations, Laura!! Be Free!
Kathleen