#ChristmasTreats Blog Hop

Giveaway has ended, BARBARA STOKER is our winner!

Happy Holidays

I did this same hop last year (Celebrate the Season) and my husband surprised me on Christmas morning with books from my hop wish list! Let’s keep our fingers crossed, eh?

My all-time favorite #ChristmasTreats - after books - is Chocolatey Stars. I don't know why they aren't sold all year. But they're not. And I don’t know if these are sold nationwide, or globally, or if they are a local treat. Also, I don't know why these shortbread cookies dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with nonpareils makes me so happy but they do. They really, really do.

What I am sure of is my favorite holiday special is Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. It's a treat for my heart every season. I saw it the very first time when it first aired in 1978. It was my third Christmas. I was two; and I sobbed because Big Bird got lost. It is still, thirty-seven Christmas’s later, my favorite. I have it on VHS tape and on DVD. Then last year my mom gifted it to me in hardback.

My bookish, nerdy heart soared.

It’s not just the entire special, verbatim, with beautiful illustrations, but the sheet music for the original songs written by Carol Hall, Sam Pottle and David Axelrod are included in the back pages. Our Christmas tree is set up beside my desk and on my desk, next to my tree, on a wrought iron stand is that very special book.

That's what this season is about - sharing treats for the belly, the heart and the soul with our loved ones. If you think about it, that's the basis of every family’s favorite holiday traditions. And keeping in last year’s tradition – I’ve listed some of the books I’d like to read and I've left the last spot vacant.

Suggest a book for me in the comments below and a randomly chosen winner will get the following eBook of their choice:

Fated Souls; Fated Hearts (new since last year);

Goddess of the Hunt; or The Czech Deception (releases 12/28).

Don't forget to keep Christmas with you all through the year! - Becky

What are our favorite Christmas Treats? Books, of course! Stop by each blog for a chance to win fabulous books & gifties for the Holidays!

1.	vox libris	35.	Victoria Adams (INT)	69.	Adria's Romance Reviews
2.	On the Broomstick	36.	Sorcha McInnes	70.	Reading Between the Wines Book Club
3.	herding cats & burning soup	37.	Read Your Writes Book Reviews	71.	I am a book addict...and proud of it
4.	RhiReading	38.	Natalie-Nicole Bates (INT)	72.	Celia Breslin
5.	Dani Harper, PNR Author (US)	39.	V.S. Morgan	73.	Jan Graham
6.	BIBLIOPHILE MYSTERY (INT)	40.	Jacey Holbrand (INT)	74.	[Insert Clever Quip Here]
7.	MYTHICAL BOOKS (INT)	41.	Book Lovin' Mamas	75.	Rambling Reads
8.	Angel's Guilty Pleasures (INT)	42.	Where the Story Comes First (INT)	76.	Urban Girl Reader
9.	Selena Kitt	43.	Dianne Duvall, Author (INT)	77.	Krysten Lindsay Hager, author INT
10.	Emme Rollins	44.	Naomi Clark	78.	In the Pages of a Good Book
11.	Excite Spice	45.	Amber Morgan	79.	Deanna Jewel
12.	Share My Destiny (INT)	46.	TL Reeve	80.	Deanna Dee (U.S. only)
13.	Joanne Jaytanie (INT)	47.	Donna Steele	81.	LeTeisha Newton (US)
14.	BookHounds (INT)	48.	Sara Daniel	82.	The Candid Cover
15.	BookHounds YA (INT)	49.	Christine Murphy	83.	Essence Write
16.	Talk Supe	50.	Deal Sharing Aunt	84.	Rose Wynters INT
17.	Erzabet's Enchantments PNR Author Erzabet Bishop	51.	3 Partners in Shopping	85.	Colleen S Myers
18.	Rockin' Book Reviews	52.	Musings and Ramblings (US)	86.	Savings in Seconds (US)
19.	Adria's Romance Reviews (Int)	53.	Classy Chit Chat, Cait Jarrod	87.	My Book Snack (US)
20.	The Book Lovers Codex (INT)	54.	Cuan MacDougall Pub	88.	My Nook, Books & More (US)
21.	Kathy Bosman	55.	Shelley Munro	89.	Jennifer Dawson -Author (INT)
22.	Lucy Felthouse	56.	Rosanna Leo	90.	Literary Meanderings (INT)
23.	Margo Bond Collins (INT)	57.	Houston Havens	91.	Becky Flade
24.	Elisabeth Staab (US)	58.	The Reading Frenzy/ US ONLY	92.	Romance Novel Giveaways (INT)
25.	Daryl Devore (INT)	59.	The Crafty Cauldron--not up yet	93.	Author Zoe Forward
26.	Author Lynn Burke	60.	Craves the Angst (INT)	94.	Hearts & Scribbles ~ Jennifer Faye
27.	Scribbler's Sojourn	61.	Robyn Neeley	95.	Ava Claire
28.	Pembroke Sinclair	62.	The Jeep Diva	96.	E.S.P.
29.	DIRTY TALKIN' COWBOYS (INT)	63.	Romancing the Readers	97.	Sahara Roberts
30.	Lily Harlem	64.	Romantic Ramblings	98.	Fire and Ice Book Promos INT
31.	Jessica E. Subject	65.	Anne Lange (Int)	99.	Tonya Kinzer
32.	Melanie Karsak	66.	Nancy Lee Badger, Author	100.	Joann Downie
33.	Poppy Lawless	67.	Lola Karns
34.	Natasha Blackthorne	68.	For the Love of Bookends

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