Monday, December 25, 2017

12 Days of Christmas // Wrap-up + Christmas Story + Winners

Merry Christmas, dearest readers!! :D I hope y'all have a fabulous day with family and friends, celebrating the birth of our Savior.


Today I'm doing a wrap-up of the party, sharing the Christmas story (I'm gonna be not-so traditional and do Matthew instead of Luke ;D), and announcing the giveaway winners. Here goes! 

First off, how could we have a Christmas party without the true Christmas story? ^_^ 

18 ~ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 
19 ~ Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. 
20 ~ But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 
21 ~ And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 
22 ~ Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 
23 ~ Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 
24 ~ Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 
25 ~ And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.” 
~ Matthew 1:18-25 KJV ~ 


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Okiedoke, party stats. xD This year, we ended up with posts from 16 different bloggers. Our most posts in a day was 13 on the 16th and our least was 5 on the 17th. Our total number of posts was 117! Woo-hoo for us, y'all! This makes me super happy. :D 

Lists of epic participants... :D 
Rebekah @ RebekahAshleigh
Olivia @ 9 Kids Plus 2
Kaitlyn @ Twin Thoughts
Rebekah E. @ Rebekah's Remarks
Marrok @ Marrok MacIntyre
Kellyn @ Reveries
Michaila @ Seventy Times Seven


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And, now for what you're all probably waiting for, the giveaway winners!! The prizes go to... 

Maddy C (book and ornament)

and

Olivia F. (CD and ornament) 

Congrats, girls! I'll be contacting y'all soon to obtain your mailing addresses so I can get your prizes sent out. :D 


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Most of today's links are not direct like they usually would be, since I'm scheduling ahead of time and didn't think ahead enough to get permalinks from everyone. I'll be back on to swap to direct links later today or even tomorrow, so if you're reading this late, you're good. ;D

The Peculiar Messenger // The Joy of Christmas
RebekahAshleigh // Merry Christmas
9 Kids Plus 2 // Christmas Vlog & It's a Wrap
Whimsical Writings for His Glory // Christmas Day
The Ramblings of a Book Worm // It's Christmas Day
Twin Thoughts // It's About the Cross
Colorful, Creative Cards // Jesus' Birth
Rebekah's Remarks // Christmas Traditions
Chosen Vessels // Book Review


Well, that's a wrap, as they say. I'm kinda tired of doing two posts a day for nearly two weeks...to be honest. ;D Y'all will see me popping in to finish commenting on everyone's post sometime this week, and then I'll be back for the December recap, of course. I'm considering taking a blogging break early in the new year though...we'll see. :P 

Merry Christmas to all! 
~Faith

10 comments:

  1. Merry Christmas Faith😊 thank your for organizing 12DOC! I enjoyed being a part of it quite a lot✌πŸ˜πŸ˜‰

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    1. Thank you so much for taking part, Janelle!! Happy New Year! <3

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  2. Christmas is here!! :)
    Thank you so very much for hosting this fantastic party again, Faith! I just love it! :)
    I can see how you would be a bit tired of doing two posts a day for almost two weeks, but I loved each and every one of them!! :D

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    1. Yay! :D I hope you had a great Christmas!!
      Aww, I'm so glad, Rebekah! I love having you as part of it! :)
      Hehe, yep, but I survived. ;) Thank you! <3

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  3. Merry Christmas and thanks for another amazing 12 days of Christmas!

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    1. Thank you for commenting, Ryana! Happy New Year! :)

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  4. Merry Christmas!!! I liked all of your 12 days of Christmas posts!

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  5. Merry Christmas, Faith! Thank you for organizing this party ... it was so much fun!

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    1. Thanks for participating, Kellyn! :D I guess I can't say merry Christmas back at ya, so happy New Year! xD

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