12 Day of Christmas! Day 7: Brunch with Santa, Pittsburgh Christmas and a Giveaway! {CLOSED}
We’ve been looking forward to this day for weeks! Last year, on the morning of the Hotel Monaco’s breakfast with Santa, Eddie discovered it online and called to see if we could get a ticket last minute. We had SUCH a fun time that we couldn’t wait to get back this year.
It was a little different this year – breakfast was more of brunch, and it was in the Commoner (yes, so basically we took our kid to brunch with Santa in a bar) which was… different. It meant that we were at our own table and other people were still dining, so it didn’t feel *quite* like breakfast with Santa did last year. But we still had so much fun! As you can see in the video, let’s just say that this is a very adult friendly breakfast with Santa. Santa and his reindeer are up on the roof (a local farmer brings them in) and there is a big cookie decorating party with a grown up hot chocolate bar. Super fun! I think this would be even more fun when you have kids that are a bit older.
After, we walked around downtown in the rain to capture some of our favorite Christmas sights on video. xoxoxo
Yesterday’s giveaway winner for the Ambient Lighting Edit Palette is Anne Weber-Falk who said “I love the rich deep colors like cranberry red, forest green, navy blue and deep dark brown.”
Congrats Anne! Please email me at howsweeteats (at) gmail (dot) com with your mailing address!
GIVEAWAY!
Today’s giveaway is something I use every single DAY! I’m giving away a Nespresso Vertuoline Machine – it makes coffee AND espresso and I couldn’t live without it. This giveaway is not sponsored or affiliated and is given by me. xoxo
To enter: leave a comment on this post telling me one thing you are grateful for.Â
For a second entry: follow howsweeteats on facebook and leave a comment telling me you did so.
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The giveaway will only be open for 24 hours (!!), ending on 12/19/16 at 12 noon, at so be sure to enter and share! A winner will be picked at random. Come back for a new video and giveaway tomorrow. xoxo
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