I’m putting together a few holiday care packages for some family and friends, and it occurred to me that rather than eating all the extra stuff myself, I could easily make one more package. And then I said, “Yes, but I ALREADY ate all the extra stuff myself,” and I answered myself, “Yes, but you also ate some of the stuff from the packages, so you have to make some more ANYWAY.” And I thought I had a pretty good point there, so that’s what I decided to do.
Then I got kind of excited about it and starting riffling through my gift closet seeing what else I could put in there. Some possibilities: baby spruce tree kits, a St. Jude’s ornament, little stocking-stuffer things for kids. A cute little bird decoration that I bought three of thinking I’d keep one for myself and give two away, but so far I still have all three on my desk so maybe I won’t give away any of those after all. A Christmas version of the mother-in-law-dishes mug, a twin to the one I use all season.
But I don’t know, because it depends who wins. Like, maybe the winner won’t have kids, in which case I’ll leave out the kid stuff (well, but are you sure? Those sticker sheets are pretty awes). Or, like, maybe the winner will have food allergies in the family, in which case I’ll want to avoid sending a Box o’ Holiday Poison. Or maybe the winner will celebrate a winter holiday that is NOT Secular Christmas, and so then I’ll want to avoid sending a Box o’ Sacrilege. And so on. Anyway, if you win, we’ll talk.
To enter, leave a comment on this post by…well, should we say by Sunday December 14th, noon U.S. Pacific time? Does that give everyone enough time? And that still gives me enough time to put together the care package and get it sent to you in time for whatever holiday is coming up for you.
Well this is fun! Hmm, maybe I’ll do a package on my blog too.
I *heart* care packages. Both to send and receive. :)
ooh! Christmas care package. Sign me up!
How fun! Thank you for being so thoughtful!
A care package would be wonderful! I hope I win. :)
Fun! I want a Swistmas package!
I would like a box o’ sacrilege.
OOH! I want a Swistmas package! Pick me!
This looks like fun! Count me in! (also check out my own giveaway: http://livinginmaryland.blogspot.com/thinking-of-spring
i would love a swistmas package! :)
How fun! A Swistmas package would be mahvelous : }
I celebrate sacred Christmas, but I ALSO celebrate secular Christmas, so I’d LOVE a box ‘o’ sacrilege. Well, unless you hand-stitched an ornament that says, “Christianity is a dirty lie!” or something, but I’m kind of assuming you just mean heavy-on-the-Frosty-light-on-the-baby-Jesus.
Hey! My word verification is “swisto”! That’s only two letters away from “Swistle”!
How cool, I’d love this!
Kristin
I think a Swistmas package just might make me enjoy this crazy month!!
I would die of happiness to get a fun package from Swistle!
Sounds like so much fun!! It would be lovely to get a Swistmas package!
Dr. Maureen- Ha ha! If only I could sew! That would make SUCH a good Christmas gift!
I wish MY blog name gelled as nicely with Christmas. “Swistmas” has a lovely ring to it. I’d love to get a Swistmas care package.
I would LOVE to celebrate Swistmas!!
How fun! I think I’d enjoy Swistmas – does it involve an airing of grievances like Festivus?
Swistmas! I need your package to begin celebrating appropriately. :)
I need the Christmas package! (“No,” we say to our two-year-old, “that isn’t the right way to ask.”) May I please have the Christmas package?
Oh, Swistmas sounds fun.
Fun! Pick me please!
Oooh…I hope I win. I would love to get a package from Swistle!!
Oh, BOY! What a fun idea!
Scott and I could eat the Box o’ Poison, even if the kids couldn’t. And ditto Dr. Maureen on the Box o’ Sacrilege.
Who wouldn’t want to enter something called a Swistmas Christmas!?!?
Weee!
Oooh, I would love to win a Swistmas package.
Hmmm…. I celebrate christmas, don’t have food allergies and have a little bitty baby on the way (our 1st) so I would be perfect!!
Your welcome. : )
Amanda
brunettebeachgirl@hotmail.com
What fun! I’d love to throw my had in the ring.
OMG, Swistmas!! You’re a BRAND! :)
(Well, I mean, you were already, but now with holiday off-shoots! Amazing, you.)
Merry Merry!
Sounds like fun. I am open for any and everything you want to stick in there. Merry Swistmas.
I’m the exact same as Amanda above. I Celebrate Christmas, have no food allergies and a have a teeny baby on the way (our first, due in June!!). Woohoo!!
Amy
rosypetals@aol.com
I love Swistmas!
Also – I have a little giveaway going on that ends tonight. I didn’t email you with it, since it’s not technically a PIF. I actually AM paying forward a company’s mistake to me, but I am not asking the winner(s) to PIF.
Box o’Holiday poison for me! SOunds exciting!
I love the idea of Swistmas!
We have food allergies in the fam, but just the one. She can watch us eat. :-P
Swistmas! How fun! Pick me! Pick me!
Oooh a Swistmas package – when you care enough to send the very best!
I would love a care package!
I could seriously go for a Swistle care package right now. Pick me, pick me!
A Swistmas package sounds wonderful! Can it come all the way to Canada?
I love the word Swistmas. It’s awesome!
What a fun idea! I already have overcommitted, so won’t do a Christmas giveaway, but maybe MLK?
I hope I win!
I’ve always wanted a Swistle care package!!!!!
Ooh! Who doesn’t love to receive treats in the mail?
Have I told you lately that I love you?
(Really? I have? Hmmm….)
Yay, Swistmas packages! I would like to request anything BESIDES the Box ‘o Holiday Poison, please.
I would love to get a Swistmas package. Pretty please, pick me! :)
If you make a Swistmas package, you HAVE to put Swiss Miss in there, no matter who wins.
I would love to win a Swistmas package.
Swistmas is my favorite holiday of the year! Sign me up, please!
Mmmmmm, Swistmas. How nice of you to offer.
Wonder if you’ll break the comment record on this one.
I love care packages! They’re so much fun.
Oh, what a fun idea! I would love to win!
How fun!
Awesome. And you didn’t actually say HOW you’ll be selecting the winner. Certainly not random. Best kissing up, perhaps? Because I was just thinking about what beautiful eyes you have. And taste in little girls’ skirts. And gee, your hair smells terrific (too much?). And my word verification was just “iwon” so it must be fate.
What a good idea! I intend to shamelessly “borrow” it. (As I hope to win a Swistle-inspired package.)
Swistmas might be the best word I’ve heard this season! Maybe you should start your own holiday, like in July, then we’ll have something to look forward to in the middle of the year.
This is the most considerate sounding care package ever – I’d love to win, though we’d (sadly) have to pass on the food. I should make gifts out of all the boxes of death that will surely arrive here anyway. . . One uncle ALWAYS sends us a Harry and David box bursting with nuts.
What’s better than a care package? A Swistmas one!
Just found you! Good timing :)
I want some goodies please! YAY
Merry Swistmas to all and to all a good night!
Getting a Swistmas care package would make my month brighter. I would love any and all of the items you mentioned.
This sounds fun – Count me in!!
swistmas!!! hillarious!!!!
Swistmas is a great term. You are sweet to offer a giveaway–count me in, please!
You’re funny! I tend to nibble on things that are supposed to go in other people’s packages, too. C’est la vie, I guess. :)
I’d love a Swistmas care package! Pick me! Pick me!
You had me at Swistmas . . . .
I want a Swistmas package! Wishing you a very merry Swistmas.
i’ll take box of sacrilege for $100, alex!
Great idea! I love the idea of care packages, so sign me up! :)
No food allergies, and we DO celebrate Christmas…and we live on a farm and have lots of critters. :)
i would a swistmas package!!
lucycontest at gmail.com
Ditto Dr. Maureen!
Pick me! We have two kids, and no food allergies…andwho doens’t LOVE presents :)!
Merry Christmas, Swistle!
I want whatever you’re sending! Swistmas is the best word ever!
I’d love to rec. this!!!
switchlaser@gmail.com
Me please! Merry Christmas!
swistle is so thoughtful thinking of her blog readers with a Christmas giveaway!
“Box ‘o Holiday Poison” *snicker*
merry swistmas to all and to all an awesome sheet of stickers!
pick me! :)
So is it Happy Swistmas or Merry Swistmas? Or will it be a brand new word like Have a Cheery Swistmas? Either way, count me in for the contest.
Packages are the best! You are the best! Merry Swistmas – hahahaha!! love it.
oooo…I would love a nice care package to get me through the holidays! Here’s to hoping! :o)
Mommy Brain– Oooo, I like Cheery Swistmas!
Yay! I love giveaways!
Yes, please!
Oooh, pick me pick me! Your box of Holiday poison and sacrilege had me cracking up. You are so funny, woman.
Anyways, PICK ME PICK ME. If I win, I will pay you for the international shipping! Proms!
Oh I too would love a Swistmas Package but I do realize I live too far away, sadly. Great idea though, you are a lovely person.
OOh Ohhh Pick me!! I’ve love to win!
And I have kids :)
I wish every day was Swistmas Day!
(Does that get me an entry into the contest? LOL)
Hee…foshices my misses…foschices was my verification word! I wanna win so I can give it away to some unsuspecting person! Yay!
HA- “Box o’ Holiday Poison” and “Box o’ Sacrilege”. Hilarious. :) You are too funny.
please send me a box o’ sacrilege! please!
YAY! I am soooooo so excited for SWISTMAS!! If I win, I have something to send you in return!
OMG, I swear that wasn’t a bribe!! I’ve just been thinking about mailing some thing(s) to someone anyway in some sort of blog related way. And this just seems like some good Karma (BLO-rma?), or something since you are so generous.
(But feel free to feel bribed. You know…if it will help me win.)
This sounds like wonderful fun!
Like, a fudgy box O’ Christmas Poison? I’m willing to risk it. Yahoo!
care package!
(btw, i don’t read you nearly enough!)
You are so sweet, giving away packages to readers.
I came over to say I tagged you on my blog but it looks like you might be too busy reading your voluminous comments to participated in memes. Happy Holidays!
I would love to win a package full of goodies that I didn’t have to make for myself!
Ooh…pick me!
Ooh, I love this idea. Every year for the last few years I have wanted to do holiday care packages for my friends who live far away, but it always seems to slip off my list. So I’m obviously pro-holiday care package, even if I’m not so good about follow through. And I don’t have kids, but I do love sticker sheets, boxes o’ holiday poison and secular christmas!
what a fun idea!
I would love to win a Swistle giftie :)
Entering!!
Count me in! How you have the time to do all this and still parent 5 kids is beyond me. You have far more energy and motivation than I do, I think. I’m lucky to get out Christmas cards. Go Swistle!!
if I win, I’ll do a pay it forward contest!
Ok, I am so up for Swistmas. It sounds like a much less stressful holiday. Also fun to say.
I would love to join in the fun! Count me in, please!
What a good idea!
Oh what a fun idea! I was thinking about this myself… that there are so many fun Christmas things out there. I can’t decide what to do, so my indecision so far means I’ve done nothing :) But maybe this is the get off my rear move I need!
OOOHH, A Swistmas Package, how cool!
I hope I win!
Box o’ Sacrilege. Love it.
I’ve heard rumours that Swistle packages are magic! Yay!
Misha
Yay! A Christmas giveaway. And I don’t have kids but would TOTALLY want the kid stuff (if I couldn’t use it I would regift it to a friend’s child who could!). Merry Christmas to you!
I would love to win a Swistmas package :)
Would a Switstmas Gift!
i love getting packages in the mail…
What an awesome idea!!! You are so cool!
I have a hand-stitched ornament that says “Merry F*cking Christmas!” except it’s all spelled out. heh.
I lourve holiday gift boxes! It is the one real “surprise” left for the mommies (since we end up doing everything Whatevs.).
Hey Swistle, I tried out your no-bake recipe and it was great! I’d made some before that weren’t as good (perhaps b/c they did not contain a stick of butter?) Also, how did I get along this far in life without knowing the banana splitting technique you described?
Mmm…someone else sending me a package? Sounds like fun!!
Pick me, Pick me! I would love to have a very Merry Swistmas!
Ooh Ooh Pick me! PIck me! Merry Christmas!
How fun! Count me in!
I’m proud to be a part of the Swistmas fan club also. Yes, Lady Swistle, you are onto something BIG here!
I’d love to see what you can load into a care package!
Ooooooh! I want it. I have kids, have a religious Christmas, but love all the secular stuff too, AND we have NO food allergies! Oh, pick me, pick me!
Yes please. A Swistmas package would be just what the doctor ordered. Especially if it included front-row tickets to Blogstle ’09.
I could seriously use some stocking stuffers! Count me in!
Yay for care packages!
I really enjoy your blog, and I’m not just saying that so you’ll pick me.
Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!
Oh, yes please!
Sounds like fun!
Enter me please!
Aren’t you just a jolly Christmas elf?! What a fun idea!
Ooh! I would LOVE a Swistmas package! Please enter me! :)
A swistmas package would make my holiday season! Pick Me!
I did an entire month of giveaways and never got 140 comments. I guess this means you rock! I also guess this means that I’d love to win.
Count me in!