Celebrate Christmas with Elf Magic! (Giveaway)

Last year, we started a new holiday tradition at our house. After Thanksgiving, my twins wrote a note to Santa, asking him to send some elves to visit during the holiday season. Lo and behold, they woke one morning to find two elves sitting on the couch! The elves came with a special poem and magic “snowflakes.” The poem told them that sprinkling the snowflakes on the elves would bring them to life each night so they could go on adventures while the kids were sleeping. Before they went to bed, the boys would leave crackers and water out for the elves. (They had heard that elves love crackers because they sound like snow crunching underfoot and water because it reminds them of melted snowflakes!) That would ensure that the elves would return for their treat each morning. When they woke up, the boys would race out of bed to see if their elves had returned! Elves love to play games, so they would hide in a different spot each day, and the boys had so much fun trying to figure out where they were. They found them sitting in the refrigerator (after all, elves do like the cold!), sticking out of the Christmas tree, and even in bed with them! During the day, the elves hung out with the boys (when they were home from school), playing, watching TV, and getting lots of hugs. At bedtime, the ritual would start all over again. The boys knew they had to get lots of playtime in with the elves because the elves would go back to the North Pole with Santa on Christmas Eve and not return until the following year. Needless to say, as we get closer and closer to Thanksgiving this year, my boys are eagerly awaiting the return of the elves!

Don’t tell the kids, but this wonderful tradition was introduced to our household by Elf Magic. I was so impressed with the beautiful quality of their elves and the tradition that goes with it. And, of course, they encourage families to develop their own variations on the Elf Magic tradition! You can also get accessories for your elves, like sleeping bags, pajamas and slippers, clothes, and even a reindeer friend! Please watch this adorable video to learn more about Elf Magic. (Email subscribers may need to click onto my blog to see the video.)



Visit www.Elf-Magic.com to pick up some adorable elves for your family. This is a wonderful tradition that you and your children will look forward to every year! Thanks to Elf Magic, we’ll have more elf friends visiting our household this year. I can’t wait to see the look on my boys’ faces when they see the new elves! It will definitely be a memorable moment!

GIVEAWAY

Four readers of this blog now have the opportunity to win an Elf Magic elf of their very own! I have two boy and two girl elves to give away. These are the two newest elves to join the Elf Magic family just this year, so you’ll be one of the first to receive them! (They’re pictured below.) How can you be one of the lucky winners?



REQUIRED ENTRY: You must be a subscriber to Susan Heim on Parenting, either via RSS or email. Then, head on over to Facebook and become a fan of Elf Magic. If you’re not on Facebook, please sign up for their newsletter at www.Elf-Magic.com. Leave me a comment with:

1) Your subscription method (RSS or email)
2) Your Facebook name or email address that will receive the newsletter
3) Your preference of a boy or girl elf

You can earn optional, additional entries by:

- Following me and Elf Magic (@ParentingAuthor and @ElfMagic) on Twitter and tweeting this giveaway. You can do this daily. Leave a separate comment each time you tweet with the direct URL to the tweet.

- Sharing Elf Magic’s video on Facebook or tweeting the link to the video, which can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GaKRffPp7w. Leave a comment with your Facebook name and/or the URL to your tweet.

- Blogging about this giveaway with a link to this page and www.Elf-Magic.com. Leave a direct URL to the post.

- Following Susan Heim on Parenting on Networked Blogs. Click on “Follow This Blog” on the left sidebar.

- Following Susan Heim on Parenting through Google Friend Connect. Click on the “Follow” button on the left sidebar.

- Putting a button for Susan Heim on Parenting on your blog (the code is in the upper right-hand column of this site) or a text link on your blog roll. Post a comment with your blog’s URL.

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Four winners will be randomly selected from the qualified comments received by Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at midnight ET. Please leave an email address on one of your comments if it’s not available on your Blogger profile. Winners must respond within 72 hours or another winner will be drawn. U.S. residents only.

CONTEST CLOSED. Congratulations to the winners: Shelly, kngmckellar, Garner5, and Angela C.!





DISCLOSURE: I received two new Elf Magic elves as a thank-you for helping to spread the word about this wonderful tradition!