THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. ‘Tis the season of giving so here’s my best grill giveaway of the year: the Breville Die-Cast Indoor BBQ & Grill! Why is it the best? Because this is Breville’s top-of-the-line grill! It sells for $199.99 at Amazon, but one lucky reader will receive one for FREE. What really sets this one apart from Breville’s panini grills is its ability to expand into a 368 sq. inch indoor barbecue, featuring both ribbed and flat plates for cooking everything from eggs to steak. So you can enjoy grilled foods (including panini!) all year long.
How to enter the giveaway:
What was the most memorable holiday gift you’ve ever given or received? Leave your response in the comments and one lucky winner will be chosen at random (one entry per person please).
Get 5 more chances to win! Twitter about the giveaway and receive 5 additional entries. Just copy-paste the following into Twitter (you can modify it, but at least leave the @PaniniKathy part so I can find you):
RT @PaniniKathy Enter to win a Breville Indoor BBQ & Grill at Panini Happy! http://tinyurl.com/58pluu
Contest ends on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 12:00 PM PST. Apologies to my international readers, we can only ship the prize to U.S. addresses. THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.
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I met my husband around Christmas. 21 years later and he’s still my favorite gift.
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When I was younger like most kids I had a special blanky hand made by my mother. I had it for years and completely wore it out leaving only a small piece that I could hold onto. Many years later when I was 16 the most memorable gift I have ever gotten was from my sister. I carefully opened her gift only to find my blanky fully restored right in front of me. She had found the exact material and remade it for me. Even now that I am 34 years old I still have that gift with me and I still on occasion use it. It is still today one of the best gifts that I have ever received.
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My best gift ever was asking for my wife’s hand in marriage on Christmas Eve.
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Hands down – my youngest son.
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after much deliberation, i’ve decided that the best gift i’ve ever received is the cast-iron skillet used by my grandma’s mother, my grandma, and my mother. there’s a lot of history (and good cooking) there.
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the most memorable gift i ever gave was to my father a few years back, i bought a snowflake frame from somewhere and found an old picture of him looking ridiculous at our old store, his shirt was showing his belly off and he was making a really weird face, i wish i had it now so i could show it to you and scan it and you can see it and understand, it is the epitome of what my dad is: a goof. oh the memories
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It was the birth of our FIRST son…on December 17th..which will be 46 years ago next week!!! He weighed 10 1/2 pounds, and was so active in the hospital, that he come home with the skin rubbed off both his knees!!!
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A trip to Hawaii…this year!!
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Best gift: Cartier pearls…it was like…wow!
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When I was six, my uncles managed to put a shiny, blue bicycle on the roof without my knowledge. A few hours later and after they shared a few beers they were able to convince 6 year old me that Santa had come and left it for me. I fell for it hook, line and sinker.
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Most memorable gift was a slinky when I was 6. I just LOVED it!!!!
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My most memorable Christmas gift was the electric typewriter I received when I was 11 years old. My parents knew me well enough to know I would be awed and delighted to have my own professional writing tool!
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a tiffany’s ring from my bf last christmas.
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When I was younger, my most memorable gift was a tootsie roll machine. It that makes whistles from plastic molds that really work. Notice, I used the present tense because 40 years later I still have it and it still works!
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My favorite gift was actually a gift my daughter asked for. She kept begging for a brother or sister and I told her she had to ask Santa for it. She asked Santa that year and her sister was born a year later.
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The most memorable gift I ever received was a carved wooden bear given to me by a (now ex) boyfriend. It was a complete and total surprise, up until the minute I opened the “Adoption Papers”. Right now, that bear is on the front porch in his Santa hat and big red bow!
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My Grandma gave me a Dyson vacuum last year and I have fallen in love with it! I swear it is the best vacuum EVER!! There have been many great gifts over the years but I use that Dyson every day and I will continue to use it for years to come so it gets the gold star. =)
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Every year my wife finds some small, cheap, silly toy like mini nerf darts or silly string or the like to give to the kids and me. Really makes the holiday.
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My mother-in-law sent me to a writing seminar one year. The gift was seriously incredible (and memorable) because I had NO IDEA she knew me that well!
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The best gift I ever got was a huge tea set from My Aunt. My Mom had sent my brother and I to live with my grandparents and at Christmas we were sad because we had not seen or heard from my mom for about six months. Well that year my Aunt who had four of her own kids bought me a huge plastic tea set and the next morning was the first year I ever got a Christmas stocing, it had a small orange, apple, nuts a little candy from my grandparents, it was great, to this day I do stockings and they are the kids favorite as well.
Also almost 13 years ago I had a gift arive a little early and he got here five days before Christmas, my 5th child our son Jacob, he is such a joy to our family and what a nut.
By the way I really really really…did I say really would love to win this!
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When I was very little, I wanted an Easy Bake Oven and I was so thrilled when I received it.
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My mom wrote me a letter about how much she loved me and how proud she was of me. She then gave me a snowglobe with a mother and daughter to take to college to remember where I came from.
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The most memorable gift must be the set of “good dishes” I got from my parents. It was quite a surprize!
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My most memorable gift would be a couple years ago when my mom gave me and each of my siblings a bear that was made out of my dads clothing…he has been deceased for about 12 yrs now.
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My most memorable gift was a certain black puppy with a big red bow on him back when I was 5.
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I don’t have just one memorable gift. I have several and they were all made by my two sons when they were in school. Now, I am getting even more memorable gifts from my grand daughters. These homemade gifts are the best!
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The most memorable gift I have ever received came 2 nights ago in the form of an unforgettable proposal and stunning engagement ring from my FIANCE!!
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My most memorable was actually a homemade blanket that I got. Love it!
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I think the tickets home to see my family in Seattle from my husband – it wasn’t “their turn” for Christmas this year.
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Last year my husband served in the military overseas. He was gone for the majority of the year and was not expected to be home for Christmas. The best Christmas gift I ever received was that he made it home alive and well and in time for the holidays!
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wow! what a great giveaway! Thanks for sharing this!
The most memorable gift I ever received was a photograph of my family all together. We don’t get all together often, so having a photograph to remember the day was special.
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Last year my brothers and I bought each other T-shirts with logos from our favorite 90′s TV shows. Since we are all in college now in three different cities, it was fun to discuss and laugh over our childhood memories.
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My husband (then boyfriend) gave me an acoustic guitar & learning accessories. He plays guitar & I had asked him to teach me since I’d always wanted to learn. I still can’t play, but he tried and it’s still my favorite gift ever.
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My most memorable Christmas gift arrived a day late – my daughter Danielle was born Dec. 26th 1985.
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a hideous orange & blue plaid trunk – received the year my brothers got skis – what were my parents thinking???
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My most memorable gift was when the hubby got me a pair of Emu Boots….just because he picked out something I loved that I didn’t even have to hint about.
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The best gift I ever received was a surprise from my husband while he was serving in Iraq. It was a simple heart pendant made with my birthstone in the middle. The opal represented me, and the heart around it was “his heart”.
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My most memorable gift is memorable because I thought it was so pitiful and it made me angry. How’s that for holiday spirit?!
When I was 14, I woke to Christmas morning feeling optimistic and then quickly became disappointed.
My gift from my brother was a bottle of shampoo/conditioner from the drugstore put in a shoe box that wasn’t even wrapped!!
I raised a bit of hell and it took a few years, but now my brother’s gifts are very thoughtful and always wrapped nicely.
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My most memorable was one I gave – a tiny decorated and lighted Christmas Tree that I sent to our older daughter the first Christmas she had to be away from us. 12 Years later, she still puts it out every year!
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A Marklin train set when I was 12 (and my brother was 9) … the best trains ever!
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Bikini underwear, each one with a day of the week on the front. I was seven years old and thrilled to finally have bikini underwear like the older girls wore. : )
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Probably the best gift is the one I get every year – my mother’s amazing latkes. Best comfort food ever!
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Best gift I ever got was $10,000 from my MIL.
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My most memorable gift was a toy truck when i was little. I was a tom boy and I was thrilled with it.
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The best Christmas present I have received is being able to come home for Christmas – all of my family live on the opposite side of the country and I’m just excited to spend time with them.
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When I was 13 I got a dirtbike from my parents. It definitely was the best gift
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I’d have to put the little 4 inch AM radio as the most thrilling gift. It was my own little personal radio and I could listen to ANY station “I” wanted to…very cool!
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I think my best present was the bike christmas – a little purple one with a white seat and training wheels. I never did learn how to ride it, but seeing it downstairs when I woke up was incredibly exciting
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I am actually giving my most memorable gift this year- my aunt is very sick, so I sat with her for countless hours writing down all of her recipes, and then I made a cookbook dedicated to her, full of family photos, to hand out to all of my family members this year. I can’t wait to give it to everyone.
(If anyone is interested, I did this with a website called heritagecookbook.com!)
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Oops, I just noticed the contest is closed. No matter, everyone should still make a family cookbook anyway!! Happy Holidays!
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