I wish you all a very Merry Christmas from our house to yours. We are not traveling this year, but staying home and 2 of Peter’s three younguns (all 20-somethings) are visiting for a couple days. I’m cooking a big meal on Christmas Day and we will celebrate the season with the kids and Peter’s mom and Grandma Eleanor. It’s sure to be a memorable day!
I’ll be seeing my family in a couple of weeks over in Atlanta, since we just enjoyed a very fun few days with them for Thanksgiving. It will be nice to just relax for the weekend and not have to be anywhere, but stay home and enjoy our cozy home for the Holidays, with the Christmas lights on and maybe watching some old movies.
I hope you all have a peaceful Christmas and revel in the beauty this time of year holds. Jesus is truly the reason for the season and may we all remember that.
One of my very sweet readers and a Southern Living at Home consultant, Patti, sent me my very own copy of Christmas with Southern Living 2009 and she sent an extra copy for me to give away to ONE of YOU! Isn’t that exciting?! 
From Entertaining, to Recipes, Decorating and Gift-giving ideas, the book covers it all. You know that if Southern Living writes a book, it will be a beautiful book and it certainly is that. 
The pictures are fabulous, as are the recipes and decorating ideas. 
This will be a book you will definitely want to add to your collection and pull out each Christmas for years to come.
All you have to do is leave a comment HERE on this post! I’ll leave the contest open all weekend through Monday and announce a winner on Tuesday.
Have a great Christmas weekend, my friends! I want to take the opportunity to thank ALL of you for being such great readers this last year and for your support of my blog. It means the world to me! Ya’ll make blogging so much fun and I am rewarded daily from the friendships I’ve made in the blogworld.
THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart! 🙂 I am looking forward to a very fun 2010 with all of you.
If you’re online this weekend and want to look at more Christmas inspiration, I’ve updated my Tumblr (click here and there’s always a link on my sidebar too ——>) file and added a lot of eye candy that I saw from the Home for the Holidays tour and around blogland in general. I was having problems adding things on there for awhile, but now I’ve got it going again, so you’ll want to check in from time to time. There are some beautiful pics out there from everyone! I’ll add more as I get time. I tried so hard to get around to all 300+ of you and I still haven’t made it. 🙂
Merry Christmas dear friend! We’ll be in B’ham tomorrow for Christmas dinner with Shane and family. Just found out this week they are expecting next year so we’ll be adding to our family next summer.
Love ya,
Judy
Oh wow! Thank You for this
Merry Christmas!!!!!
Rhoda, the merriest of Christmases to you and your family! We are having our children and their families too so it will be a wonderful day! I spent all day today cooking and getting ready. I would LOVE to win the book. I love Southern Living, have subscribed for many years even though I live “up north” in Pa.!!! BTW, becaue of you I subscribed to Southern Lady, got my first issue and in it there are featured the exact same reindeer that I have on my mantle!:) I was amazed! XO, Pinky
The book sounds yummy! Thanks for the chance to win.
Have a wonderful Southern Christmas! Yes, Jesus is the Reason!
And I would love to look through that book.
I would certainly love to win that book! Merry Christmas!
Merry CHristmas to you Rhoda. I agree a Southern Living
Christmas book is timeless, no matter the year they are
always fun to look through and get new ideas.
No White Christmas in B’ham this year, it would just be nice
to be DRY.
Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas;;;; I love the beautiful photos from the book….. enjoy your weekend….
Hugs;
Alaura
Merry Christmas! A wonderful give-away indeed! Thanks for sharing all your great ideas throughout the year.
Oh, I’d love to win this book! Hope mine is the lucky number drawn.
Merry Christmas – I would love to win this!
I love these Christmas books – this is the first year in over 10 years that I haven’t bought one… I’d love to win this one!
Pick me; pick me!!
Merry Christmas!
Luke 2: 1-20
Looks lovely! Would love this one!
Merry Christmas to you and yours! I hope your Christmas is spent full of blessings and good cheer!
Your pictures from the book are fabulous. Thanks for the chance to win it. Have a Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you! I love Southern Living, so thanks for a chance at this book!
A very Merry Christmas. May your holidays be joyful & filled with love from family & friends.
Beckie in Brentwood, TN
Oh, that book looks AMAZING!!!
Merry Christmas!
Cara
Merry Christmas, Rhoda! Please count me in for the drawing for the book! Thank you!