Everyone has been anxiously waiting on the announcement about who won those great prizes! You know, the 26” Magnavox LCD 720p HDTV and the Nikon Coolpix S3000 12MP Digital Camera.
I’m sure it was a tough decision…but the winners have been chosen!
The winner of the Nikon Coolpix s3000 12MP Digital Camera was April Yedinak from Hodgenville, KY for her Essay she submitted. You can read her winning essay below…
Santa’s Crazy Helper
As children get older, they start to question the existence of Santa. In an effort to prolong this magical part of their childhood, we have a Christmas Eve tradition of planting Santa evidence that would keep the North Pole CSI guessing for months.
Of course, there is the usual eating of cookies and quaffing of room temperature milk- leaving visible bite marks in sugar wreaths and lip prints on the glass. Where we veer off the normal track is outside the house.
Carrots and apples are left on the porch for the reindeer with the appropriate bite marks (I am now stuffed). Snow or dirt is used to make deer tracks. A few sleigh bells are scattered, along with some hastily gathered ‘deer dropping’ pilfered, with gloved hand, from a neighbor’s yard (Merry Christmas people with the Great Dane).
The final touch is sled marks made using a pair of 2×4′s that we drag across the lawn, evenly spaced for several yards. At this point the egg nog has usually begun to override our discretion and we are giggling and snowball fighting at 3 am in our pajamas.
Lack of sleep- priceless, because my kids still believe!
The winner of the 26” Magnavox LCD 720p HDTV was Tiffany Snedaker of Eagle Mountain, UT for the video she submitted! Take a moment to view the winning video below…
I absolutely LOVE that video! I think it’s a fun tradition that I would like to start with my girls. The thing is, it doesn’t have to be anything expensive to make someone’s day! Imagine how surprised you would be to find one on your front porch!
Awesome job! Congratulations to the winners!
If you didn’t win, you still may be featured on the on the Sam’s Club holiday site!
Sam’s Club provided me with compensation for my participation in the Holiday Traditions Campaign.
OK.. THAT was a great essay! Very vivid and worthy of the win! Congrats to the winners!