12 Days of Christmas! Day 9: Gingerbread Palooza, Q+A and a Giveaway! {CLOSED}
Yes, I made gingerbread with my little ginger.
If you guys have been reading my blog for a few years, you might remember that two years ago, the night before I had Max, I went to my parents’ house and we made a gingerbread house. I was in labor while doing it (but didn’t really know I was) and it’s sort of been a tradition ever since! The houses. Not the labor.
This year, my dad and I tried out the gingerbread village from Target. I loved it so much! It was so fun getting to decorate a few different mini houses.
Max and I also mixed up gingerbread dough to bake cookies dough. It’s chilling in the fridge and I can’t wait.
ALSO! I’m going to film a Q+A video this week, so ask whatever you want to ask in the comments, on instagram, on twitter or in an email! xo
Yesterday’s giveaway winner for the Madewell Tote is Stacy S who said “I’m grateful for the people that love me and my kids….without them, I don’t know where we would be.”
Congrats Stacy! Please email me at howsweeteats (at) gmail (dot) com with your mailing address!
GIVEAWAY!
Today’s giveaway are these STUNNING champagne flutes by Mackenzie-Childs! I could not be more in love with them. A lucky winner will win a set of 4!
To enter: leave a comment on this post telling me how you will spend New Year’s Eve this year. I’ll be at home with my babes and a big cheese plate!Â
For a second entry: follow howsweeteats on facebook and leave a comment telling me you did so.
For a third entry: SUBSCRIBE to the howsweeteats youtube channel. There is a red button on the right side and you will only be notified when I upload a new video. This is the best way to be notified of a new video/giveaway in these 12 days too! Leave a comment telling me you did so.
The giveaway will only be open for 24 hours (!!), ending on 12/21/16 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
466 Comments on “12 Days of Christmas! Day 9: Gingerbread Palooza, Q+A and a Giveaway! {CLOSED}”
I’ve followed on Facebook for ages!
I will be at a wedding! Wooooo!
I also follow on YouTube! :)
We long ago gave up on going out. We also make up a cheeseboard and all the extras with a bottle of nice champagne to pop. Bed before 10pm. #thisisyour30s
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Subscribed on YouTube, loving your videos!
My husband and I are hosting laid-back NYE party with all of the cheese, meat, and bubbly!
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Cheeseboard at home!
I’ll be spending it with my friends and hubby at my sister’s home…..playing the new pie face game.lol
For New Year’s Eve we plan on staying in and having a family party, playing Left-Right-Center and other fun games. Have you ever played it?!?! Fun!! I already follow you on Facebook, Insta, You Tube, etc. Love your recipes, humor, and lifestyle photography.Â
Already follow on Facebook and now You Tube!!I’m praying for this giveaway! My sister would LOVE these!
Oh I think I’m going to be finishing up my meal plans for a three month Whole30…ooof, but it’s going to feel great after living on candy canes and sugar cookies like this week.
I’ll be spending NYE at home chilling on the couch with my kitties! LOL
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OMG those champagne flutes – dying, would LOVE to win them! On New Years Eve my hubby and I always go out to a fancy restaurant…but go early – right around 5:30-6 (we’re old people lol) so that we beat the crowds. It’s really fun to be leaving and see all the people just starting to arrive. Then we go home and watch the ball drop on TV. I had never seen the ball drop before meeting him, and we always joke about how boring it is, but it’s a super fun night.
Absolutely loving your 12 days of Christmas – and MAX, omg, you seriously have the cutest kid ever!!!!
And of course I already follow you on FB and Youtube!!!
I now follow on UTube!!
Been following on FB and Instagram for a long time!!
Hopefully spending it at our family cabin in front of a fire :)
My husband and I always spend New Year’s with our friends, parents, kids, etc. – usually around 40 – 60 people filter in and out throughout the night. We always have so much fun, I look forward to it every year. I was already following you on fb, but now youtube as well. Thank you for all of these awesome giveaways!
My husband and I will ring in the new year with some friends watching a local New Orleans-style brass band, The Hot Magnolias. Plus a Greenwich meantime celebration earlier in the evening with our friends and their kids.
I also follow on FB & Instagram @lizmwillis
I will be spending New Years surrounded by the people I love (probably at home) :)
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We’re driving down to San Antonio with my dad’s whole family! We’re doing a wine taste test and a Coffee Table Book White Elephant game!
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We will be spending New Years Eve with our best friends, low key, but fun.
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New Year’s Eve 2016 will be spent at an Irish pub. I’ve never done this before but I’m sure it will be rowdy with lots of libations!
Usually we have cheese and chocolate (separate) fondue with our kids, play board games, and celebrate the new year twice, at 9pm (midnight in New York) and again at midnight, in our PJ’s about ready for bed! This year, the kids are teenagers and doing their own thing, and we are going to a party. My friend is the best hostess. It will be wonderful food and great friends!Â
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Those flutes are gorgeous! I’m probably staying in with my pup … I fell down dancing on NYE in my 20s and got a huge black eye. Since then, I’ve given up on going out ;)
I follow you on Facebook and Youtube and those champagne flutes are the prettiest things I’ve ever seen!
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Have been a facebook follower ever since my daughter requested a funfetti cake and I had no idea what I was doing. You saved me. I made the best cake I’ve ever made!Â
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I ‘m co-hosting a party with a friend for NYE!Â
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I subscribe to your YouTube channel.
At home, playing card games with my kids and then catching up on Netflix with my husband.
We will be staying at home with a fire in the fireplace,watching Christmas movies and drinking champagne! Follow you on instagram :)
Holy cow, those flutes are beati-ful! On NYE, I’ll  be drinking a giant bottle of champagne, snuggling with my cat Aphrodite & eating Boursin.Â
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I know am now a YouTube subscriber!Â
We will be staying in. We always watch the ball drop. We will def have champagne and some comfort food. I’m dying to make your latest short rib recipes with mascarpone polenta. So maybe…..Â
Ps. Big big fan so I already follow you on FB!Â
Merry Christmas!