The verdict is in!
The judges have voted for their favorite essay and video for the Holiday Traditions Video and Essay Contest hosted by Sam’s Club.
The winner of the essay entry for the Holiday Traditions contest is April Yedinak from Hodgenville, KY. She won the Nikon Coolpix S3000 12MP Digital Camera! Check out her essay below.
Santa’s Crazy Helper
“As children get older, they start to question the existence of Santa. In an effort to prolong this magical part of their childhood, we have a Christmas Eve tradition of planting Santa evidence that would keep the North Pole CSI guessing for months.
Of course, there is the usual eating of cookies and quaffing of room temperature milk- leaving visible bite marks in sugar wreaths and lip prints on the glass. Where we veer off the normal track is outside the house.
Carrots and apples are left on the porch for the reindeer with the appropriate bite marks (I am now stuffed). Snow or dirt is used to make deer tracks. A few sleigh bells are scattered, along with some hastily gathered ‘deer dropping’ pilfered, with gloved hand, from a neighbor’s yard (Merry Christmas people with the Great Dane).
The final touch is sled marks made using a pair of 2×4’s that we drag across the lawn, evenly spaced for several yards. At this point the egg nog has usually begun to override our discretion and we are giggling and snowball fighting at 3 am in our pajamas.
Lack of sleep- priceless, because my kids still believe!“
The winner of the video entry is Tiffany Snedaker of Eagle Mountain, UT. She won the 26? Magnavox LCD 720p HDTV! Check out her video below.
Congrats to them both! I just love the essay and that video cracked me up! I think they both did a wonderful job and I bet they are super stoked to have won such awesome prizes!
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