Chanukah is almost here – can you believe it?!
And even though we usually keep our celebrations pretty low-key at our home, I am certainly not averse to spoiling my readers a little bit! 🙂
So I’ve put together a number of special giveaways, which I’ll be rolling out over the next several weeks. Today marks Giveaway #1… and it’s HUUUUGE!
Last month, as many of you know, I took a trip to New Jersey to attend Kosherfest 2011. For this mild Midwesterner, it was truly something to experience…
The food! The people! The hustle and bustle!
And the swag!
Today, I am super excited to be able to pass on some of that fabulous Kosherfest swag to one lucky reader.
Thanks to the generosity of many of the kosher vendors, we have put together this amazing gift basket featuring a smorgasbord of some of the best Chanukah-themed food & products at Kosherfest 2011.
With a retail value of over $250,this Chanukah gift package is filled to the brim with the following incredible goodies:
Chanukah metal cookie cutters from Rite Lite & Shulsinger Judaica
Large silicone dreidel baking molds from Rite Lite & Shulsinger Judaica (these are so cute for ice, jello or chocolate)
Dreidel shaped paying cards from Rite Lite & Shulsinger Judaica
Box of Chanukah candles from Rite Lite & Shulsinger Judaica
Menorah-shaped chocolates from Sugar-Plum
Box of protein bars from SIMPLY BAR
SCHNEIDER’s Crispy fried onions cans
Lipton kosher boxed soups from KEDEM Foods
Rabbi Mints from Rabbi Mintz (these cracked me up!)
Aluminum dreidel cake pan from The Kosher Cook
Kosher Keepers plastic food storage containers (imprinted with dairy, parve, meat) from Kosher Keepers
The Case of the Missing Menorah DVD from Shalom Sesame
+ a Cheese basket from Les Petites Fermieres and Anderson International, valued at over $85!
To enter this swaggy giveaway, please follow the instructions on the widget below. The first entry is mandatory; the other four are optional. The more you enter, the better your chance is of winning.
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This giveaway will be open until 12:01 a.m. on Friday, December 9. The winner will be announced later that day.
Good luck!
Ultimate chanukah present:
Realistically – books!
In my dreams – a vacation!
if i could get any present for chanukah it would be peace in Israel
a nice trip for my family (joined with my Aussie family!)
I can dream, right?
Happy Chanukah!
A free ticket to Israel for my friend’s wedding the first week of January!
Ultimate gift would be a vacation.
I would like a dslr camera. but I’ll settle for winning this basket!
Definitely a vacation…
I would love a trip to Israel and a house full of new furniture! Dreams!
A week’s vacation where there’s a fabulous all inclusive kids club and babysitting so I can sit and read a book for once, or take a solo swim, get a massage, put up my feet. Drink a whole cup of tea while it’s hot… I could go on.
The ultimate gift would be for someone to fund my upcoming (hopfeully!) trip to Thailand!
would love for my graduate school loans to dissapear lol, realistically I would love a new shaitel
I would love to get 2 new Chanukiyot (Menorah) – one designed by an Israeli artist, called “The Reflective Menorah” and the other is inspired by ancient oil lamps.
Well, if I’m totally honest…something sparkly from my bf for the 4th finger of my left hand!
I’d get my house cleaned and organized.
I think the ultimate gift would also be a vacation. My kids have been asking when they can visit Israel and we keep telling them when they’re a little older 🙂
School tuition for my kids! 🙂
I would love a vacation. I haven’t gone on one in years.
I would love a vacation with my family this year. We have such busy lives, it would be nice to take some time to focus our efforts on the family!
Ultimately, a guilt free shopping spree.
Vacation to Hawaii!!!
a silver menorah 4 my husband…
I’d like a new car for chanukah, with prepaid insurance and gas
I would love to return to Israel…but my favorite Chanukah gift is chocolate!
Ultimate gift – the playstation my husband has wanted for a couple years now
The ultimate present would be good health.
A minivan!
Ultimate gift would be my debts paid off or wiped out & a nice vacation with loved ones, but for this holiday I’d really like a pair of sneakers because mine have holes in them or some paying work so I could buy my sneakers and be able to give back to my family, since they’ve helped me so much during this difficult time for me.
Ultimate Hanukkah gift?!? Um. Wow. I don’t even know. I don’t think the postal scale that I asked for counts.
A job for my husband, whose current job is being eliminated at the end of the month. 🙁
Winning the lottery would be nice 🙂
A treadmill!
If I could get any present at all, it would be a trip to Israel…. second would be winning your awesome giveaway. : )
My niece to be happy.
Anything for Hanukkah- a housekeeper to help clean my house every month!
A HUGE shopping spree to buy unlimited shoes and clothes for myself! 🙂
I would love a trip to Israel for my whole family!
I would like a week vacation.
A whole night of sleep (thank you teething toddler and baby)? Or maybe just a day off the clean the whole house without “help”–I love that sparkly clean feeling!
Flights for my family to get together for my dad’s 60th birthday!
Favorite Chanukah gift would be money, to be spent when I decide what the best gift would be!
I would love a new armchair. I have a bright pink chair that I’ve had since college that really needs to go…
Is dining room chairs too much to ask for as a Chanukah gift? 🙂
would lvoe to win this.. and for chanuka would love jewlery or a wig 🙂
I have my eye on the Bosch mixer…..but it would be a total indulgence since there is nothing wrong with my kitchen aid o ther than it is too small! Of course, a trip to Europe would be nice too. 🙂
The best gift would be books!
The ultimate gift would be a trip to Israel for my whole family!
Hmm… the ultimate gift. I’d have to say… a house! That would just be awesome. (I’m talking to you, God!) Now from my husband, I’d probably choose something like a nice quiet vacation :o)
Nice looking! Wouldn’t mind winning.
Lovely for any family! You are awesome.
ohhh! Looks like some great gifts! WTG!
A new Sheital!
A trip to Israel for my whole family so we can see our new grandson/nephew.
My ultimate Chanukah present would be spending the entire Chanukah break with my family on a beach front condo in Miami!!!
I got myself a great Chanukah gift – the 6 quart Kitchenaid by doing one of the deals at Kohl’s! I love it!
a weekend away with my husband to somewhere warm!
My ultimate gift would be a diamond eternity band!
Best Chanukah gift? Free tuition for Jewish Day School!
Wow this is an awsome givaway!!!
I would LOVE to win this!!! I would be most excited about all of the baking molds because I volunteered to bring Hanukkah themed treats for my daughter’s Holiday celebration at school because she is the only Jewish child in her class.
I would love a new laptop!
I would love a northface coat!!
a day off to read
We’re hoping for a new baby around then I”YH! Can’t ask for a better present!
you mean channukah gifts are for adults, too!? 😉
Ooooohhhh, this is a WICKED good giveaway (yes, I’m from Boston). Finger crossed!
A full time teaching job since I have been waiting 6 years!
a BFP (ie a positive pregnancy test)
Being able to spend time with family and friends is the best gift there is!
definitely would love this basket!
A full night of sleep!
It would be to have my kids come & visit.
My ultimate wishlist would be a new car, a family vacation, a mortgage payment (or two).
But the gift basket would be super fun!
The ultimate gift? Our debts to be wiped off? Healthy and happy children? And second house in Israel? Do I have to have only one ultimate?
I’d love to win this amazing basket.
If I could have anything (and be a little selfish) it would be a new wardrobe, clothes shoes accessories, the works 🙂 I can dream
a trip to israel!
A vacation overseas somewhere I’ve never been, with my family before both kids leave home next year.
Any present: Losing 20 lbs!!
A winning lottery ticket! 😉
beach vacations are always a welcome idea 🙂
a couple days to sleep late!
I would find out I’m pregnant with #3! 🙂 but seriously, I’d make the holiday full of memories for the kids – 10 months and 3 years old 🙂
A vacation with the family to an all-inclusive somewhere warm on a beach.
A vacation with my family and parents and my sister’s family to a warm and sunny place. That and my dad recovering from being in the hospital since Nov 1st.
vacation!
I would really like the mortgage to be paid in full for the next year… but I think I can “settle” with the vitamix blender I have been drooling over the last couple years
A vacation would be really nice!
Vacation with a few good night’s sleep!
my two front teeth
Ultimate Channukah present would be getting all my bills paid off! Or maybe even less realistically, for my kids to start napping again 🙂
I would really love an iPad!
A vacation!
My ultimate dream gift would be a serious house remodel… But I would take just the kitchen if the entire house didn’t work out 🙂
Health for all, happiness for all, no debt for all…only good things for all 🙂
The ultimate Chanukah gift for me would be to get all of my husband’s student loans paid off in full. You can’t beat that kind of peace of mind!
What a fun basket!
Patagonia rain parka – want but can’t justify buying.
Any gift? A kitchen… in our own home!
Merry Maids!!!
Winning the lottery!
I’d like to get a plane ticket to somewhere nearer the equator!
A trip somewhere
A trip away with my husband, and babysitting for the kids!
Any present?
In an extravagant way, I’d really enjoy a trip to Israel. In reality, I’d be happy for someone to bake me chanukah cookies!
I would love win a Kosher Cruise during Winter Break and take my parents and in-laws!!
a vaca to florida
My ultimate Chanukah gift would be a trip to England for our whole family.
Same wish as last year (but for some reason it hasn’t arrive yet….): a laundry fairy.
Yum, pick me!
a new job 🙂 Sorry to be a downer.
gotta be an Iphone 4S with service.. r u offering?
My ultimate gift would be a massage! Oh my aching back could use that!
A job!
A house elf! But in reality, my kids to help clean more?
someone to come clean my house!
A kosher cruise
A weekend away with my husband – no kids, no BlackBerries, just us.
Cricut cartridges
My ultimate Chanukah gift would be someone to wash dry and put away dishes when i have a large number of Shabbbos guests. Simple but needed.
My ultimate gift? I have so many amazing things I would get for myself if I could bear to buy something so extravagant. But, I’d have to say that going to a Tony Robbins seminar is definitely toward the top of my ‘someday’ list.
For Hanukkah, I would like a sister wife. Or Nanny 911.
🙂
Ultimate Hanukkah present? A flat screen TV for the den. It is an ultimate wish, right? 🙂
My wife really wants this, so she made me do this to get extra entries. She follows you every day.
To go to Hawaii for a 3 wk vacation
The best present I could ever get is the one I pray for daily: a healthy family!
The best present I could receive this year, is a healthy family.
The ultimate gift to me would be for my mother to rejoin our family. I know that is unrealistic, but in the meanwhile I am thankful for a healthy happy mostly together family.
Stuff for the kitchen: A bright pink KitchenAid, lots of pretty serving pieces, a waffle maker, a mandoline, an ice-cream maker, and some things to beef up my stock of pareve cooking/baking items. Making gift lists has never been a problem for me!
I think a great gift would be payoff of all my bills! Then I would enjoy treating everyone else with the money I had saved! Also, I really want a massage and pedi; those may be more probable 😉
An elliptical machine
well, if I got this AMAZING gift basket, that would be fine with me. 🙂
Well, last year I got exactly what I wanted: my empire red Kitchen Aid stand mixer. This year? The perfect gift would be bringing all my family together for the holiday.
Wow!! All these Chanuka prizes would make anyone swoon. I’d love to win them for my family
If I could get anything for Chanukah this year it would be the infinity Tiffany bracelet
If I could get any present, it would be a new shaitel, but mainly I want my kids to have fun and remember Chanuka for the things we do together and not only the presents.
Bedroom furniture.
A fun afternoon with the kids and then a nice dinner out with the husband.
Having my house cleaned from top to bottom.
The best chanuka present would be a watch
I wouldn’t turn away a new car!
A house. Or this basket!
Probably a comfy new desk chair (not very exciting, I know.)
A new laptop.
a cure for autism…….ok, not so realistic. how about a nap? doesn’t even cost anything.
a day at the spa
I would love a new car!
I would love a new washer and dryer!
For someone else to pay day school tuition for all my kids, for as long as they’re in school 🙂
Best Chanukah gift? To have our car paid off… but we’re on track, and it will definitely be done before NEXT Chanukah (and likely much earlier…)
The best gift would be for my baby girl to continue to be healthy, and I would love it if I could get her to sleep earlier:)
Sholom Bayit
I would love to recieve a gift card to Target for Chanukah!
health & wealth
That’s an easy one – the chance to sleep to 7am undisturbed! Oh, how luxuries have changed 😉
A winning lottery ticket!
What I want for Chanukah? I can’t think of anything…you can surprise me.
A trip around the world… but i’d settle for a day at the spa 🙂
a few mornings to sleep in late!
A trip to Israel!
For my kids to get along better more often!
a night with undissrupted sleep!
Health and peace!
Ultimate Hanukkah Present: 2 uninterupted and quiet hours at the gym!
my ultimate gift for Chanuka? A trip for my family to Israel!
I love a good giveaway.
And I love love LOVE Chanukah “kitsch”.
Thanks for hosting this!
Mara –
I love a good giveaway.
And I love love LOVE Chanukah “kitsch”.
Thanks for hosting this!
I think just having all my kids home (2 who are living in dorms right now) is present enough.
This basket looks great!! i could use some more sleep for chanukah but i will take a night out for dinner with my other half!
vacation tickets
I would love to get some cold hard cash!
A vacation would be great. Or a new tv and something to make it get wifi.
Wow love these things!
An organized home. Oh, I’m sorry. You wanted me to post a wish not a miracle. Hmmm… I guess I’d go for a comfortable high heel.
This basket would be amazing! If not…bunk beds for my daughters!
The ultimate Chanankah gift would be to find a reasonably priced home in my area or a job in a more affordable area.
A chanukah gift that would be truly amazing would be an all expenses paid trip to Israel with my family!
an all expense paid vacation would be awesome, but I’ll settle for a nice night out.
a good night’s sleep!
A massage chair from Brookstone!
A smile from my children.
One week paid vacation to Disneyworld for me and my kids!
A winning lottery ticket for a large jackpot so I could pay off all my debts and families debts and stop having to worry about having enough money to pay all the bills.
Ideal gift-some free babysitting. As much as I love my son, it’d be nice to have a bit of time for myself.
A big giant Menorah full with Money!
so many good ideas on here! I would also like a vacation (ideally to see family in South Africa), a new car with room for more passengers than “just” my triplets, or just a fun, weekend away with the family within driving distance 🙂
the best chanukah present would be to take my kids to Israel.. free tickets would be awesome!!!!
I wouldn’t mind winning the swag basket as well. 🙂
Realistically, I want new workout clothes.
Fantasy gift is a trip somewhere amazing. Israel would be great!
Tickets to bring my sister and her family to Israel that would be a dream Chanukah gift:) (super cool give away!! thanks)
The best Chanukah gift would be the ability to move back to Israel!
I really want a sodastream for chanukah this year!
A wonderful and reasonably priced Chanukah present would be the personal pie factory
I just got one of the biggest presents ever. I just want to be home safe and happy with my newly expanded family. I suppose a million dollars would be helpful too though;).
My (realistic) dream chanukah gift: Boots! I’ve been wearing the same pair for 9 years. 🙂
A Kindle! I love to read and my husband is afraid he’s going to buried under all my books! (Each one is a favorite, to be read again and again ….. how could I just throw away a BOOK???)
The best Channukah gift I can think of is to be sure that my 4 young kids will all get a solid Jewish education that we can afford. Dayschool is expensive!
I would love to go on a date w/my hubby. something simple, like diner & ice skating! but I wouldn’t mind a nice pair of earrings either, hint hint 🙂
Hope I win 😉
World peace and lots of chocolate.
I would love a new caaaaar! But semi-realistically a professional camera to further my photog hobby! (Do I need to tag my husband in this post?!?)
To to to Israel for my nieces Bat Mitzvah!!!
I would love an IPad!
my wife loved kosherfest, hopefully I can go next year. I would love to get a nice lump sum of cash
I would love a free ticket to Israel for Chanuka- along with my husband being able to take time off to go to Israel…
I’ve never been the biggest Chanukah fan, to be honest, but I’m determined to make it great this year! That cheese basket looks incredible– I love eating dairy on Chanukah at least as much as eating all those oily foods!
Present for Chanuka: Some peace of mind for more than a few minutes at a time!
It would be a river cruise, as we took one this summer that was so wonderful; my first trip to Europe, and DH and I saw so many places that we would love to see again and explore in depth!
the chance for my whole family to be together on chanukah
I really want a trip to Israel for my whole family. Winning this giveaway comes in close second!!
I’d love an amazing chef’s knife. Or a new macbook.
Gosh, I need so many things any item would be terrific and I would be on cloud nine, especially since we don’t do gifts in my family so I’m not expecting anything but if I could have anything at all I think I would choose weekend getaway with my husband. I can’t remember when I last had a vacation! Leave alone alone time with hubby:)
i would love some quiet time with my family
I would love to see my brother for Chanukah it has been over a year since I have seen him. Due to work and the lack of funds he hasn’t been able to come home for any of the holidays. Seeing him would be awesome!
a big winning powerball ticket!