NESTLÉ Family Holiday Celebrations Giveaway

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I love working with NESTLÉ and was thrilled when they asked me to be one of four bloggers participating in the Holiday Exchange blog campaign!  If you haven’t checked out the NESTLÉ Family Holiday Celebrations website, you should do so today!  The site was created to help Moms (and dads of course) find tips, tools and inspiration for the holidays.

I love the holidays because it gives our family a chance to create new holiday traditions, as well as continue our past family traditions.  Some of our traditions include decorating the house with Christmas music playing in the background, picking out our very own live Christmas tree, making cookies on Christmas Eve for Santa Claus, and more.  Holiday traditions are important to families because they create a bond between family members, as well as create memories that last a lifetime.  What are some of your favorite holiday traditions?

Have any of your favorite holiday traditions been passed down for generations?  Some that I have passed down to my boys include having each of them hang ornaments on the tree, have them each write a letter to Santa, and take them to see Santa Claus.  There are many others beyond these traditions that have been down from generation to generation.

A new holiday tradition I have created in our family is that each family member gets to open up a present on Christmas Eve.  Most often the present is a pair of pajamas, but could also be a robe or slippers.  I have also started a tradition where we buy an ornament each year that represents a good memory or major change in our lives.

FEATURED RECIPE:

QUICK BROWNIE BITES SUNDAES

  • 1 pkg. (16 oz.) of NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Mini Brownie Bites Bar Dough
  • 4 scoops Vanilla DREYER’S® or EDY’S® SLOW CHURNED™ Light Ice Cream
  • 1/4 cup of NESTLÉ NESQUIK Chocolate Flavor Syrup
  • 1/4 cup of whipped cream
  • 4 maraschino cherries

Prepare brownie bites according to package directions. Cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool for 10 minutes.

Crumble 2 to 3 brownie bites into each sundae dish. Top each with a scoop of ice cream, additional cookie crumbles (if desired), Nesquik, whipped cream and a cherry. Insert 3 brownie bites into ice cream.

Check out the NESTLÉ Family Holiday Celebrations website for more fun recipes, as well as holiday tips and tools that could help you create new holiday traditions in your family!

GIVEAWAY

1 lucky reader on The Mommy-Files will win a Movie Night Prize Pack, including the following:

– A Christmas Story Collector’s Edition DVD
– 3-flavor pack of OVALTINE
– RAISINETS
– Family Size Dinner from STOUFFER’S
– DREYER’S/EDY’S cups

WIN IT!!! (MANDATORY ENTRY)

– Tell me in a comment one family tradition you have for the holidays!

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RULES:

– Contest will close at 11:59 p.m. PST on Friday, December 17th, 2010! Any entries after this time will be deleted!
– Contest open to U.S. residents only.

I was compensated for my participation in the NESTLÉ Family Holiday Exchange and for writing this post.  The giveaway was sponsored by NESTLÉ Family (STOUFFER’S, OVALTINE, RAISINETS, and EDY’S/DREYER’S).  All opinions expressed in this post are 100% mine.

326 thoughts on “NESTLÉ Family Holiday Celebrations Giveaway”

  4. Suburban Prep

    I always bring out all my German Wooden Nutcrackers. I received the first of what I now have of about 35 when I was 10. I just began collecting them. We knew that it was Christmas time when my mother asked me to put them out for the season. My husband and I now bring them out just after Thanksgiving and they are out for the Season. You know the season is here.

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  19. Tamara B.

    We deliver food baskets the week before Crhsitams to those in need and have done so for the past five years as a family tradition..
    tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com

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  24. Elaine Lund

    One family tradition we have for the holidays is to get together with some family and friends at my Moms on Christmas Eve.

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  31. Crystal

    My mom and her sisters get together every year and swap homemade cookies or candy or other treats so everyone comes home with a box full of awesome goodies!

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  70. Lesley M.

    Our tradition: We always buy toys for children in need throughout the year and donate them to Toys for Tots or Angel Tree during the holidays.

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  88. Patti Hess

    One Family tradition we have is on December 6th the children (and yes the young at heart) put their shoes out for Father Christmas to fill with candy, and little items that would fit inside a shoe ….the kids love it

    pattifritz2000 at yahoo dot com
    thanks for the chance

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  102. Jackie

    After opening gifts from Santa on Christmas morning, I always make a big breakfast. It’s our “family time” before heading out to visit with relatives. I think it’s my favorite part of the day.
    Thanks!
    jackievillano at gmail dot com

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  108. Jill L

    On Christmas Eve, my husband and I watch It’s A Wonderful Life and stay up really late wrapping all the presents from Santa. For some reason, I really enjoy it.

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  120. Melissa D

    We actually watch A Christmas Story on TV every Christmas Eve, while enjoying popcorn and hot cocoa! It would be so great to watch it without commercials 🙂

    Merry Christmas!

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  128. DebbyM

    We always go to early Church on Christmas Eve and then have friends over for a light supper before everyone heads home to spend time with their families for the holidays. So much fun!

    Thanks for the great giveaway!
    Happy Holidays!

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  129. Alicia Webster

    We always open one present on Christmas eve, and we don’t get to choose which one, someone else gets to choose for us.

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  132. brandlyn

    My mom always makes Chocolate Chip Pancakes and French Toast Christmas morning. My sister and I both have are own families now but we still go over to my parents home for Christmas morning.

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  133. Mrs. Smitty

    We gift our daughter pajamas on Christmas Eve so she has a new pair to sleep in. Then when we wake in the morning, she gets to wear them while opening her presents.

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  179. Debbie C

    We have a tradition of having homemade hot cocoa and freshly baked cinnamon buns on Christmas morning as we open gifts.

    dchrisg3 @ gmail . com

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  183. Rhonda Mason

    Since before I was born the whole family has gathered at Grandma’s house on Christmas Eve. Now I am the Grandma and have hosted for 12 years! I can’t wait for them all to arrive- all 24 of them! Its hectic but SO much fun! I just had 12 of the women here for a cookie exchange a couple nights ago and had a ball! These gals come up with hillarious games to play and they are all great cooks! Merry Christmas!
    hondaray6 at hotmail dot com

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  191. Suzanna60

    family tradition we have had since i was a kid-Christmas morning we must be dressed then breakfast-MOM made a special Sausage/Eggs Casserole then open Presents one at a time took forever to open the gifts

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  192. Lynda E.

    We don’t watch any Christmas movies or listen to any Christmas music until after Thanksgiving dinner is over. Then we start with Elf on Thanksgiving night and end with It’s a Wonderful Life on Christmas Eve after mass.

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  194. DeeAnn S

    After everyone settles down from opening presents, we have a pancake and sausage breakfast and watch A Christmas Story on TV. It’s my favorite movies and I’d love to have it in my collection so that we could watch it anytime we wanted. Thanks.

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  201. Cheryl F

    we always take our granddaughter to eat and look at christmas lights. just her and the 2 of us. she loves and makes her feel special

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  209. Erika

    One of my favorite family traditions is doing our magnetic nativity advent calendar each day. It’s so special to do that with my kids! We also bake lots of Christmas cookies to enjoy together and to share with others! Thanks!
    MusingsfromaSAHM at gmail dot com

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  217. Earl and Lynn B.

    One of our traditions is making Christmas candies with the whole family, each of us taking up one part of the assembly line. Of course Dad’s is taster!

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  220. Beth

    Christmas bat sugar cookies. At onetime all I had for cookie cutters was a halloween bat, so we used that for Christmas, and have used it every year since.

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  248. katklaw777

    On xmas eve we gather at Grandma’s house and have a Polish feast with sausage, sweet & sour cabbage, pirogi, blintzes and special desserts only baked at Xmas and Easter time. Yum!

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  253. Laura Benjamin

    We always go to a Christmas Tree Farm and cut down our own tree. We decorate it as a family while we have Christmas music playing and eat Christmas cookies I made and hot chocolate.

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  258. McKim

    We have a tradition of having a family fondue dinner on Christmas Eve and then attending the candlelight service at church.

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  259. Leah Walker

    A CHRISTmas Story comes on TNT or TBS, can’t remember which one, for 24 hours on C. Eve and Day and we watch it together at least 3 or 4 times. Lol. Also, we eat our stocking candy on CHRISTmas morning while we are opening our gifts.

    lewalk(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  267. Kelly Grant

    We go to my mothers. we definantly will this year, she broke her arm at the beginning of the month,

    kgrant77 at gmail.com

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  289. Kathy S

    We travel to the adjacent state and visit my daughter and her family on Christmas Eve and leave on Christmas Day so that they can visit the other grandparents. My favorite tradition is on Christmas Eve when, after opening their family gifts, either my daughter or son-in-law sit and read “Twas The Night Before Christmas” to my 2 granddaughters while it is being videotaped. Lovely memories to keep!

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  298. ACMommy

    One tradition we always have — we drive around Christmas Eve night looking at all the neat lights in certain cool neighborhoods while we drink hot cocoa in the car, then come home and let the kids open 1 present of their choice before bedtime. 🙂

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  314. Pamela S

    My favorite tradition is that every Christmas we each sneak a little inexpensive gift into each other family member’s stocking some time before Christmas. Everyone’s so excited every night checking their stocking to see if they got a surprise that day!! Thanks.

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