a few of my favorite things {giveaway!}

Allie Z

My favorite Christmas album is definitely the Frank Sinatra Christmas Collection 🙂
I have appreciated your Christmas 8track playlists as well.
Happy Holidays!

Julia

What a great assortment of things! One album I like is A Very She & Him Christmas.

Lily

The moment I saw that bag of coffee and that (insanely good) bar of chocolate, I audibly gasped. “She’s from Minnesota!” was the first thought that popped into my head (I’m a new reader to your blog, and while I did read your About Me section, that little tidbit of information must have slipped by me). I just came back from a little visit to St. Paul last week and miss it already.

…and I bought three of those chocolate bars and stashed them away in my pantry for midnight snacking 😉

Charlsey G

This is so sweet of you to do. Thanks!

Dana

Wow. So many great albums are being mentioned. My current Holiday album is A Very She and Him Christmas. I love the mix of old and new.

Becca

I love the toaster tongs! My husband could stop shocking himself by using knives if we had some.

Käthe

Those tongs. And nibs. Oh my.

Meghan

I’ve had my share of the internet’s dark side, but since blogging, have felt more genuine love than I could have ever imagined before. I see it in passed-down recipes, photography lovely beyond compare, miniature toaster tongs held by a little one, lifestyles and adventures to long for, and small acts of kindness. I so appreciate that you’re giving away your own joys, simply to bring light to a complete stranger. Yet, on this end of the internet, its’ hard to feel like strangers. Thank you for this little piece of love and inspiration! xx

Carla

I just love Christmas music in general, but the Very She and Him Christmas album is a recent fave. What a sweet giveaway! THANK YOU!

Demi-Brooke

I love the crackle of She & Hims Christmas album on record, but am also a fan of the classic Bing Crosby 🙂 awesome giveaway- thank you for the chance! xx

Lena

Aw, such a wonderful give-away 🙂 Thank you very much for sharing all of your ideas with us! (these pumpkin muffins.. fell in love so badly.)

Lucy

Reading cooking blog posts, especially ones with beautiful pictures and ingredients like yours, always cheer me up on a day when i feel like the world is full of misery – because no matter what misery there is, there’s also always an appropriate amount of tea and cake to make you feel better! Will you be sending to the UK? You have international fans too!

Brandi Wiley

I eould say Tchaikovsky’s the Nutcracker is a great holiday fave along with Sinatra’s. But there are so many!!!

Kezia

My favourite Christmas song is probably the Pogues Fairytale of New York, or perhaps Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Frank Sinatra. Those toast tongs look like they are exactly what I need; I’m always getting told off for almost electrocuting myself using metal knifes to fish toast out of the toaster! I’m entering your lovely giveaway from the UK, is that ok?

Kristi M

Great giveaway! My favorite holiday album is probably the classic Amy Grant album 🙂

Ann

Thanks for the giveaway, and I would love any of these items!

Ffion

you have impeccable taste…everything in this giveaway is gorgeous! i would highly recommend kate rusby’s ‘while mortals sleep’, it’s stunning 🙂

Christina

Harry Connick, Jr. and Oscar Peterson and Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas are my favorites for a jazzy little Christmas.

Shari

Lovely treats! I am partial to Louis Armstrong’s Christmas album. Thank you for such a wonderful year of posts.

Alex S

Looks great 🙂

Barb langlois

My favorite Christmas music would be anything that contains O Holy Night! Josh Groban is a good one.

This was a good year. I discovered your blog and have been loving it so! Love your style, your taste, and now this giveaway.

Happiest of holidays to you!

Connie C.

Thanks for the opportunity to possibly win! Anything Christmasy by Brian Setzer. Saw him in concert last year about this time and WOW, he puts on a fabulous show.

martina

It’s amazing how many friendships are born online… take something you love to talk about…and bang you are up to meet beautiful (and super talented) people! thanks to you, this space is inspiring (and the pictures… don’t even let me start on those!!!)
Happy holidays
Martina

Shari Z

Thank you for doing this awesome giveaway!

Katherine

What a lovely giveaway! I’ll listen to just about any holiday music this time of year, but I’m currently crushing on the She & Him Christmas album and A Brushfire Christmas album. And then there’s always A Charlie Brown Christmas!

Kate

I wish I could share the playlist of my favorite Christmas album, The Harry Simeone Chorale’s The Little Drummer Boy. We listened to it every year as we decorated our tree and just the opening notes, ringing loud and clear make my skin tingle in memory. Sometimes it also makes me cry for the innocence of life before so much chaotic upheaval.

Love this giveaway, and your willingness to reach out in the scary computer world and take a chance with your words, your photos and your lovely children. We’re all so glad you are here. ~~ Kate (kate4797 at hotmail dot com)

Jane

I kept on Oohing and Ahhing every time I saw the next thing listed 🙂
Merry Christmas!!

Dana

it all looks so good thanks!

Abby @ The Frosted Vegan

I am SO typical and love Mariah Carey, guilty pleasure! : )

Shanna Mallon

Sweet Sarah. Your voice is such a beautiful one. And on the subject of Internet wonders: Just this morning I was thinking about how when I was in high school, the Internet was barely a thing. How is that even possible!? None of us had email. Nobody I knew was blogging. If I wanted to find the answers to something, I had to go to the library. Sometimes I hate the Internet but most times I love it and all the opportunity and potential for good it brings. Merry Christmas, friend!

Ali

James Taylor at Christmas is always playing at my parents home!

kaela

Love this collection of lovely, personal things. Such a great giveaway. Happy Holidays!

thelittleloaf

YAY to the competition being open to all. My favourite Holiday album is one my then boyfriend, now husband, made when we were first going out – it’s completely personal, a mixture of super cool and seriously cheesy and it wouldn’t be Christmas without it! 🙂

Heidi

You’ve assembled such a lovely giveaway package; it all looks amazing! As for favorite holiday albums, we love playing both of the Sufjan Stevens Christmas albums. They’re really lovely compilations of original songs and holiday classics.

Grace

Love this space. Every post IS a gift to your readers. I love that “my local co-op” is a thing in Minneapolis (I used to live by Seward!), that’s something I haven’t found out here yet. Happy holidays to you Sarah!

Alice Seuffert

Beautiful photos and I love your message about heritage and creating recipes for the future. It’s so darn cold here in Minnesota right now I keep listening to Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood on repeat, I know not a Christmas song but just love it.

Kelley

All those things look great! What a thoughtful giveaway 🙂

Holly Blair

my favorite christmas music is charlie brown christmas. i listen to it all year:)

Michelle WW

I, too would be pretty excited to receive any of these items. And, Sufjan Stevens . . . always 🙂

Courtney

Holiday music is my guilty pleasure, so it’s hard to pick just one…so I won’t. 🙂 My top 3 are Amy Grant “A Christmas Album”, She & Him’s “A Very She & Him Christmas” and, who am I kidding, I love Mariah Carey’s “Merry Christmas.”

Thanks for sharing your lovely recipes, favorite things, and words of wisdom!

Lizzie

My favorite Christmas album is a very she and him Christmas!

adrienne

It has to be the Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Xmas album.

Margaret

I will always be partial to a particular children’s album (name unknown) with Christmas songs in Spanish that we had when I was growing up.

Sarah

I love this giveaway! It includes some of my favorite things – especially the chocolate and vanilla beans!

Courtney semke

merry Christmas, Sarah (and family)!! Christmas never feels quite the same without frank Sinatra singing carols in the background!

Ally

I love it! Some of those are up there with my favorite things, too!

I love a lot of holiday albums; anything with a lot of piano floats my boat!

Anabelle Harari

This is so lovely! Thank you for sharing a few of your favorite things! This is actually my first time on your blog, just discovered it from Local Milk! Looking forward to connecting to another food blogger- thank you for your words and inspiration!

xo,
belle

Karen

Beautiful giveaway! Frank Sinatra and Vince Gill have my 2 favorite Christmas albums. John Denver and the Muppets is up there also! Merry Christmas!

María

This is such a sweet giveaway, both literally and figuratively 🙂

pamela

thank you for sharing all of this! so generous! i can’t choose a favorite holiday album only because this year i turned into a pandora listener, and they have such good mixes! i feel like i am using kindle instead of a real book sort of, but it is so easy and a computer is always ready and around in our house. looking forward to hearing real recommendations from your comment section.

Liv

I love December and I love free gifts!

Kendra

What a fun assortment! Love your blog and all the beautiful recipes. Joy to you in this season 🙂

Lindsey

Thank you for this thoughtful giveaway! I love it! Theo chocolate bars are my favorite. I haven’t tried their cacao nibs, but I must!

Kristin

What a lovely, generous gesture! Thank you so much for sharing your voice and your heart with us through this blog. Joy and peace to you!

Alia

Ooh, I love the She & Him Christmas album!

Haley

oh! I made a vegan coconut version of your pomegranate scones… SO FREAKING GOOD. my mom says they’re the best things i’ve ever made 🙂

Liz

Truly crossing my fingers for this one as it would enable me to bring spread some holiday cheer. Thank you for blogging and thank you for hosting this giveaway.

Christina Alexander

I love little gifts…trinkets of this & that. So much more fun that a “big” gift! My favorite album is one by Jewel. Not the new one as I haven’t heard it yet, but from years ago. Love her & her mothers rendition of Rudolph ?

Meryl

Thanks for the great giveaway!

Amy Foulks

I love Glee Christmas music 🙂

Becca Entenberg

And I am thankful for you! Your blog is one of my favorites; it is so, so lovely.

Kirsten

I met my husband online. We would have never met in a million years otherwise.

(Both my brother and sister have met their spouses online since.)

talia

I’m loving Pure Heroine by Lorde right now. That giveaway looks amazing!

Salvegging @ salvegging.blogspot.com

Oh yum! Such a combination of beautiful stuff. mermaid.meredith@gmail.com

des

well if you’re ever in seattle we should meet up and go on the theo chocolate tour, they give samples through almost the entire time 🙂 great give away!

Becki @ Bites 'n Brews

I’ve had more friendships that were created by my blog than I ever could have imagined! It’s such a wonderful, small world we live in!

Diana

So much inspiration in this post (well, as always!). When it is Christmas, I like to hear bossa nova, as I can imagine I’m drinking cachaça in a beach near Salvador de Bahia… Vinicius de Moraes is highly recommended to get this feeling! Have a great Christmas!

Narilla

I favourtie christmas album is by Mindy Gledhill. narillawmn@gmail.com

kcf

So many good albums mentioned, but not The Bare Naked Ladies Christmas album. Some lovely covers and original gems on that one!

Gill Bland

I love the Low christmas album, and there’s some great tracks by a band called Rue Royale too. Maybe you’d like them. I love how people are willing t share a little of their lives in their blogs and put so much effort into it. As a subscribed reader, thankyou for all your efforts this year. x

michelle

Happy holidays Sarah! I love your space here. Keep doing what you do.

Jamie

Oak Ridge Boys Christmas brings back so many memories. 🙂

Tasneem Hussain

My favorite Christmas album is Micheal Buble’s….I love the sound of his voice. Sadly my husband is not a fan of his so I mostly just listen to it in the car.

Meredith

Thanks for the chance to win. Meredith245 at yahoo dot com

jodi

Historic: The Oakridge Boys
Newer: Sara Groves

Thanks for the loveliness today.

Shya

Awesome giveaway!

Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles

I silently laughed when I first saw toaster tongs at my in-laws’. But I do now appreciate their place in the kitchen. 🙂 So many good things here that I love, too…if I don’t win, I’ll surely still look into this new-to-me book, thanks!

Renee {The Way to My Family's Heart}

My absolute favorite is an album that I got on TAPE (!) as a child- The Perry Como Christmas Album. It’s old school and cheesy, but I wore that tape out as a kid and was way better than the New Kids on the Block Christmas album, which I also had. Can’t believe I said that out loud!

Tracy

Great giveaway! My favorite Christmas album is Keepers Christmas (1997), which was a collection of songs played on Minnesota Public Radio’s Morning Show. And a set of CDs from The Nature Company (vintage by now) of instrumental traditional music. Great for decorating the tree.

~Heather

I just heard ‘Dominic the Christmas Donkey’ by Leo Monte this morning for the first time. Love it!

Jessica

Hello! I’ve commented on your instagram posts a few times. I’d love to win a package, but mostly just wanted to say “hey”. My favorite holiday albums are by Sufjan Stevens and She and Him. -dearestjes

Karly K

Merry Christmas! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!

Courtney

Your blog makes me smile. Your photos are always so gorgeous and your recipes are divine! Found you through Handmade Charlotte!
I’m pretty obsessed with Shane and Shane’s Christmas album right now.

Nickie Gorsky

“YoYoMa and Friends”…fabulous Christmas music! Thanks so much for the chance to be honored with this great gift of goodies! Seasonings Greetings!

Nickie

Laura

Thank you so much for the wonderful giveaway! Fresh brewed coffee in the kitchen is always a staple for cooking or baking. My husband and I often listen to our Hank Williams Christmas record this time of year!

amy theobald ross • sugarpie project

lovely post. nick lowe just put out a holiday album that i’ve been rocking around my kitchen this weekend . . . it’s called quality street. have a sweet holiday, sarah. <3

Sara C

I just discovered your blog via Pinterest (what an amazing little time-suck). Can’t wait to try some of your recipes!

Edna

Thank you for this great giveaway! Your blog is beautiful and inspiring.

Mini

Thank you so much for the giveaway!

Eva

My holiday song knowledge is severely lacking, as my family does Hanukkah much more than Christmas and there are not so many catchy songs. We always listen to a lot of Joni Mitchell driving back from wherever we went for a quickie winter vacation- “river” is a favorite. My ipod shuffled to that song while I was walking my dog through endless fresh snow yesterday, some tears were shed.

Ashley

What a sweet way of saying thank you. You are such a kind and inspiring presence on this, here internet. Happy to know you (or at least “cyber” know you).