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Pillsbury Giveaway!

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We all love a good giveaway, right?

Well Pillsbury® may be bringing you an early Christmas present full of Pillsbury baking supplies AND a $100 Visa gift card!

I made my Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes and the Pumpkin Pancake Cupcakes with Pillsbury’s new line of Fall mixes and they were delicious!

Pillsbury Pumpkin Cupcakes

 

7 ways to enter!

1.  Comment below telling me where you’ll be spending this holiday season! Any fun trips?

2.  “Pin” any of your favorite Fall recipes and comment below telling me what recipe you “pinned”! (You can do this up to 5 times)

3.  Share any of Your Cup of Cake’s recipes (just a link is perfect) on your Facebook page and comment below telling me you did it! Share the love!

IMPORTANT:  You have to comment below (on this blog post) for every entry you do!  That’s how the random number generator works, so don’t put all your entries in one comment!  Make a separate comment for each entry 🙂 

 

What do you win in the “Celebrate More” Fall giveaway?

Pillsbury® Caramel Apple Cake Mix

Caramel Apple Cookie Mix

Caramel Apple Frosting

Perfectly Pumpkin Cake Mix

Pumpkin Crème Cake Mix with Vanilla Frosting

Perfectly Pumpkin Cookie Mix

And $100 dollar Visa or American Express gift card (AKA money to do whatever you want with!!!!)

 

My Favorite Fall Recipes Right Now:

Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes

Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes

Hot Chocolate Truffles (drop into a mug of hot milk and stir!)

Hot Chocolate Truffles

Eggnog Cranberry Bread

cranberry eggnog bread

Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cupcakes

Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cupcakes Recipe

Chocolate Candy Cane Truffles

chocolate candy cane truffles

Giveaway will close November 22, 2013 at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time

To enter you must be 18 years or older and be a U.S. resident.  You will be notified by email if you have won and you must respond within 24 hours or a new winner will be selected by the random number generator. ©/® The J.M. Smucker Company. Pillsbury is a trademark of The Pillsbury Company, LLC, used under license.

Last Reminder:  The Kindle version of my cookbook “Your Cup of Cake” is only $1.99 on Amazon but that amazing price ends this week! 

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  7. Karla Wagner says

    I’ll be spending Christmas day with my family in Lebanon County, PA. But the days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve will be spent at a my friend’s house in Charleston, SC. It is the best of everything. A Northern Christmas a Southern Holiday and great food everywhere.

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  8. Leah says

    I will be spending this holiday season home on break from school with my family enjoying lots of delicious, homemade food.

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  19. Annelise says

    We’re going to see family in Colorado and will be hanging out in a lodge in the mountains for a reunion! It’ll be my 2 1/2 month-old son’s first time seeing his Colorado family.

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  20. Sarah Clark says

    I’ll be flying back to the USA from England where my husband and I are stationed with the US Air Force. We’re flying to North Carolina to see his family and being back in the states will be bittersweet for the holidays 🙂 We even get to meet a new addition to the family! I’ll be doing a lot of baking I’m sure 😉

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  31. Cheryl says

    I can’t wait for the holidays. We spend Christmas Eve at my brother’s place with about 25 people all sharing amazing food and playing festive games. Then we have Christmas morning enjoying eggs benedict and mimosa while the kids open their gifts from Santa. Following that, everyone is over to our place for a Christmas feast. I can’t wait. I will be wearing my stretchy pants to make sure I can eat lots of goodies 😀

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  61. Karen Agule says

    Will be spending the holidays at home with family. Will be having our annual Bake Day with friends where wer bake a TON and swap away. Nicer than a typical cookie swap as it means a bigger variety of goodies.

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  62. Julie R. says

    We will be headed up to Idaho for Thanksgiving, but staying in Utah for Christmas. Nothing incredibly exciting, but we’re looking forward to it.

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  70. Lori K says

    Because my husband & I do not live near our families and find it uneconomical to travel at the holidays, we’ve created our own tradition of taking our camping trailer to Red Cliffs State Park near St. George, Utah. We hike all day amongst the red rocks and then make the non-traditional dinner of roast pork, mashed potatoes and tossed salad with pomegranate. The eggnog cranberry bread will be a welcome new addition with chocolate candy cane truffles (truffles are his favorite) as an after dinner treat!

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  71. Sam Bell says

    My husband and I will be spending a romantic Christmas as Alyeska Ski Resort in Alaska. This will be the first time we’ve spent Christmas together without family. We are very excited.

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  72. Sheryl S says

    Ill be right here at home with a feral cat I just adopted. However I always bake up lots of goodies to give away to friends and family!

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  85. Lori K says

    I pinned the Egnnog Cranberry Bread: this will be the new addition to this year’s non-traditional Thanksgiving (made in the camping trailer) feast!

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  91. Lori K says

    I pinned the Hot Chocolate Truffles. I’m not sure I’ll have the restraint to not eat them before they get to the hot chocolate though.

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  102. Phyllis says

    I entertainment by family on Christmas eve. There are over 60 of us and the house gets crowded. This year I am having a cupcake bar with cupcake recipes from here.

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  104. Thamara says

    I will spend Christmas here in my house, Mississippi. We are a military family and right now we are stationed here. It’s only my husband, my two kids and me, because sadly our entire family is far from here.

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  105. Yvette Z says

    I will be spending the holidays with my family and hopefully the weather changes soon. Because its 90+degrees still in sunny Southern California.

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  106. Joanna says

    We are visiting the in-laws at Thanksgiving and then my family at Christmas. We switch back and forth every year so its nice to get Christmas with my family and my traditions this year!

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  107. Barbara says

    We’ll be staying home for Christmas this year… no special plans…. just a day with family, watching movies, drinking hot cocoa and getting some R&R (and looking forward to it!!).

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  108. Thamara says

    We don’t have a specific “taste” for fall or Thanksgiving, any time we can eat anything in any flavor. So, one of my pins are the Coconut Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache.

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  117. Kathleen Hendry says

    I’ll be spending time with family here at home in Phoenix AZ. Maybe we’ll have a white Christmas! Yeah, probably not. HA

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  123. SE in Oregon says

    Will be having our daughters and for the first time, we can call my daughter’s former boyfriend our son-in-law. Looking forward to a memorable Christmas.

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  131. Barbara says

    I pinned your Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cupcakes… and made them several times already (always getting RAVE reviews!!!)… they’re yummy! 🙂

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  136. Maribel Gonzalez-Becerra says

    I will be spending Thanksgiving at home with my husband and two sons, it is a new tradition we started 4 years ago so as not to split ourselves between my family and the in-laws. Then we will spend Christmas eve with the in-laws and Christmas day with my family.

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  158. Maribel Gonzalez-Becerra says

    Pinned the Chocolate Candy Cane Truffles. Your recipes are so quick and easy and delicious! My family has thoroughly enjoyed every thing that I’ve made so far!!!

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  159. Margaret S says

    I will hopefully be spending this holiday curled up in bed with extra blankets on my feet and a good book on my Kindle!

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  164. Alexa says

    I unfortunately don’t go anywhere for the holiday’s. I would love to go to Disneyland, but that involves A LOT of people.

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  168. Christine S. says

    I’ll be cooking for a big Thanksgiving dinner at our home, expecting between 35 and 40! Your cranberry eggnog bread will be in the menu!

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  185. Erin says

    We plan to stay at home for Christmas this year but we are hosting for family coming into town and are very excited. Naturally with people staying at my house I’ll need lots of yummy treats to share! I love your ideas-thanks for sharing.

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  190. Judy says

    I am staying right here at home in Peoria, AZ. BUT, all my kids and grandkids are coming from out of state to be with us this year! Can’t hardly wait!!!

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  193. D Schmidt says

    This is our first Christmas in our new home and my parents will be coming from overseas so its very exciting for us all!

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  194. Jacqui says

    All of my family/relatives live within an hour radius of each other, so no trips for me! It’s nice to have everyone local and able to spend the holidays together!

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  195. Linda Lipchak says

    I used to make cookies for the holiday but after your suggestions I think I will be making Cranberry loaf, marshmallow truffles for hot chocolate and cupcakes! You are sweet!
    Lynn

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  208. Pamela Hartman says

    I pinned the Pumpkin Snickerdoodle recipe…I have made these cupcakes twice and will be making them again for Thanksgiving…delish!!

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  212. Carol says

    We’re heading north to our daughter and son in law’s house to have fun with them, our 2 grandsons and my Mom. Can’t wait!

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  219. jan munroie says

    My holiday plans are Christmas with MY side of the family then we go to the GLAMIS DUNES near the mexico border and go riding (on RZR’s which are like side by side quads running all up and down the sand) and we camp there with some of our best friends. ALWAYS a good time!

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  220. Jennifer says

    Spending the holidays with my boyfriend’s family!! No fun trips as they literally live a couple blocks over from me!

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  221. Natalie says

    I will be spending the holidays right where I belong…at home with my loving families. So excited for the holiday season and the baking treats it brings!

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  237. Cami Reschke says

    We’re hosting a Thanksgiving meal for anyone who doesn’t have family to spend it with, then we’re traveling to see our families for the new year.

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  248. Lori says

    I’ll be going back home to AZ where all my and my husband’s family lives. I’ll also get to celebrate my little boy’s first birthday while we’re there!

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  249. Lori says

    I know it’s not super autumn-y, but with all the pies you see on Thanksgiving, I love the idea of making a less common one. I pinned your Costco key-lime pie make-over.

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  255. Jan says

    Your recipes are amazing! Thanks for the giveaway. We’ll be spending Thanksgiving a few states away with family, but the month of December is reserved for new eyes…cataract surgery! (A nice gift. 🙂 )

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  257. Leslie says

    This Thanksgiving I will be hosting for the first time! I am so excited (and nervous)!! My husband and I are planning the menu tonight! Any suggestions? There will be 18 of us… Yikes!

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  259. Lori says

    I shared your raspberry key lime pie Costco makeover on my facebook! I made it last night, and it was incredible! I’m kind of obsessed with raspberry key lime now… 🙂

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  272. Jan says

    Oh, my! i’m on a roll now…I think I just need to follow your board!!! I pinned the red velvet cookies with cream cheese frosting.

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  274. Margot C says

    We’ll be spending our holiday right here at home in SoCal; it’s our idea of fun!

    On another note I’m making cupcakes once a week now!

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  284. Letty Chen says

    This holiday season we will be visiting my sister in Florida, first time away from cold weather during the holidays.

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  288. Bridget says

    I’ll be spending the holidays at home (Ohio, USA) with my husband and two girls curled up by the fireplace with some awesome cupcakes that they enjoy helping me make.

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  302. Valerie says

    I’ll be spending the holidays in the Caribbean! I have pinned way too many of your recipes. I think I gain five pounds every time I get one of your emails!

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  328. Mary Somerville says

    We will spend the Holidays at home. Most of our family live near, so we get together a lot. One of my favorite things is our cookie baking party.

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  329. Nan says

    I pinned the Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes, Pumpkin Pancake Cupcakes, & the Hot Chocolate Truffles. Going to try all three!! Holidays at home in Colorado & hoping for a white Christmas!

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  337. alina says

    I will be spending the holidays with my family, Going to be at my in laws on Christmas to spend a very special (maybe the last) Christmas with the most amazing mother in law/woman I know (cancer has entered our lives and changed it forever.

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  344. Mary Somerville says

    I shared your No Bake Peanut Butter Bars on my Facebook. I may try these instead of making Buckeyes for the Holidays-Your Bars look a lot prettier than them,too.

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  345. Micki says

    I just pinned Pecan Pie Bars. I work at a College and one of the student workers told me she has never had Pecan Pie so I will be making these next week. Your treats are much better than just pie.

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  346. Micki says

    I saved just enough Butterfingers from the Holloween candy to make your Butterfinger Cookies. So I just Pinned you Butterfinger Cookies.

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  350. Micki says

    I will be going to the Dallas area to visit my Brother and his wife, their kids, spouses and their kids for Thanksgiving. Lots of people, and food, and people, and food, and food and food … it is great!. I just have to decide which goodies to make ahead of time and which to make when I get there.

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  385. LaVonne Klein says

    Our Christmas will be spent at home with all four of our children and other family and friends. Our son will be home for the first time since leaving for the Army in August. Cannot wait to have him home for 2 weeks.

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  389. Cara says

    This Christmas, I’ll actually be spending my holidays at home! Which I’m super excited about because we usually always go away for Christmas, but this year I’ll actually get to buy a tree, and decorate it in my own house!! 🙂 may sound boring to some, but I’m extremely excited since I haven’t gotten to do that in a whole! Can’t wait to try out the Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes as well! I know my family will love it!!

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  392. Liz Schraeder says

    I’m planning on spending my holidays at home with the hubby… with a few side trips to local family and friends

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  396. Davelynn says

    I will be spending thanksgiving at home with my family and friends, we are driving to Georgia to see my in law’s for Christmas. Since I don’t have any family here in Florida. I miss home very much. We always have so much fun because there will be different type of food like Hawaiian food, Filipino Food, Soul food, turkey, Ham, different desert, fellowship one another, the kids will show their talent by singing, playing instrument, dance or anything that want to show their talent. It’s very nice when I play some Christmas Hawaiian music when we get together so I won’t miss home. I am truly Bless to have my family to spend time through this holiday season.

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  412. Kelly D says

    We will spend the holiday season at my parent’s house. It’s only a 1/2 hour drive, but my kids always love going there.

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  418. Valerie says

    I will be at home working and spending time with my family for the holidays. With lots of baking in between. Its the season for home mades sweets made with love.

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  419. ~ Betsy says

    I will be at my home for the Holidays and hopefully our adult children will be able to come home this year. I look forward to baking for everyone!

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  420. Sandy Headtke says

    This holiday I am getting an updated bathroom. Its the only time my contractor had the time so won’t be doing much at home.

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  435. AnGeLa W says

    Holidays…the best times of the year! Baking, warm wishes, friends and family! Wonderful. For Thanksgiving…I’m the host (smile)…for Christmas…my in-laws. For New Years…friends. Happy times…and TONS if baking! Thanks for the wonderful holiday recipes Lizzy!

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  436. Moe says

    I’ll be spending mine with my 81 year old mother in northern Arizona. 🙂 I’m out of a job right now and baking would be so fun to do with her!

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  439. Darlene says

    I pinned your Pumpkin Rose Cupcakes! When I initially looked at the recipe I was expecting rose flavor but then I realized the title is referring to the piped rose of frosting! In my head I was thinking, “hey that’s an interesting flavor combination!” Thanks Lizzy!

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  441. Chanel G. says

    I’ll be spending Christmas with my best friend in Washington because she’s getting married two days later! And then it’s off to home for New Years!

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  449. Rosemary says

    We’ll be spending the week of Thanksgiving with both sides of our family!!! Both are only 2 hours away this year – and 10 minutes apart!

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  450. Mahdi M says

    We’ll be spending Christmas morning with my in laws and the brother and kids. In the afternoon I’ll visit my parents. Then we’ll come back home and spend a cozy evening together.

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  452. Alison W says

    My favorite fall recipes are really anything with pumpkin! I’m looking forward to gingerbread for Christmas, too!

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  459. Kristin says

    We’re just spending the holidays here at home….our whole family lives in the same town so luckily for us no traveling!

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  460. van p says

    So far no fun trips unless my mom can make up her mind if she wants to go to NOLA for Thanksgiving or not. If she doesn’t then no fun trip unless we go to Myrtle Beach for some shopping.

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  461. Pennie S says

    Every Christmas we go to southern Illinois to stay with my mom on the family farm! I didn’t get to go last year because of a surgery, so I can’t wait to go this year and see my whole family! I’m taking some of your great recipes with me to share with everyone.

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  462. Jody Le Blanc says

    I will be spending time with my family! FAMILY is most important and that is what I am most Thankful for. So that’s where I’ll be. 😉

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  480. Lauren Hudson says

    This year, my husband, who is stationed here at Nellie AFB in Las Vegas, NV, and I will be spending Christmas with our two pups, decorating the house for the holidays, and sending lots of gifts and warm wishes to our family and friends all over the world! We’re just happy to be able to spend the season together!! Happy Holidays everyone!! 🙂

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  488. Gail Reed says

    My daughter whom I haven’t seen for 5 years is bringing my 9 month old granddaughter (who I haven’t seen in person yet-just lots of pictures) and her husband to spend Thanksgiving with us (the whole week). I am so excited I can hardly stand it.

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  502. Carolsue says

    I am spending the holidays at home. All but a couple of my family members will be joining us.
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  517. tania says

    Just like every other year of my life, I will be spending Christmas at my Grandma’s house. As a kid, that was the only house with a chimney for Santa to come through!

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  518. tania says

    This is the 2nd year I am eating gluten-free, so I’ve pinned a few gluten-free pumpkin pie recipes. I still deserve dessert!

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  519. Kerry says

    Loved the Pumpkin Snickerdoodle cupcakes! Can’t wait to try them out when I visit family in MD this year for Thanksgiving!! Thanks!!

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  522. Wendy T says

    I will be spending the holidays in the Atlantic Ocean, making good on a promise made years ago to my son.

    Nine years ago today, my daughter died from brain cancer. She’d been planning her wish trip – a cruise. Needless to say, when she died, my son and I did not go on the trip. I have carried a huge amount of sadness over the fact that he not only lost his sister, but he lost the cruise he (as a kid) was looking forward to, too!

    So we sail on Christmas, and the only question is to return my daughter’s ashes to the sea she loved so much or not?

    For Olivia, on this memorial date of her passing.

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  530. Amy says

    I’m looking forward to my little brother coming home to Wisconsin from his current residence in Florida!! It wil be nice to have the entire family together for Christmas this year!

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  539. Karie says

    My husband will be spending the holidays with family this year, which no different than any other year, but there is comfort in family traditions that go on for generations.

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  540. Janice says

    We go to my sister’s for Thanksgiving. My son and his wife who live locally go there, too! It’s so great to be with family.

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  541. Janice says

    Christmas Eve we go to my sister’s open house! We get to see a lot of people – family and friends – there! It’s so much fun! She has a HUGE tree all decorated and her house just feels like Christmas and family! Always so welcoming!

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  542. Angie says

    Spending the Holidays at home and having the relatives travel!! I get to bake and they get to drive!! Can’t wait to put up the tree and decorations 🙂

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  572. Mauren Kunz says

    I pinned everything you need to know about pie crust. I’ve never made a pie in my life, but after reading that post I think I could actually take it on and be successful! 🙂

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  582. Candee says

    We will be spending Christmas in Prescott, Arizona. Hopefully, my grandchildren will be playing in the snow while I bake Pumpkin Snickerdoodle cupcakes.

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  585. Neiddy says

    We’ll be spending Thanksgiving with my in laws, Christmas at home and my little girl’s bday is on New Year’s Eve so we’ll be celebrating in San Antonio, TX she loves going to Sea World so we figure lets start the new year with a family trip

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  598. Debbie Ridley says

    I will be spending Christmas here in beautiful Utah! I won first place at work for the Pumpkin Snickerdoodle cupcakes recently!!

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