Jeaniene Frost

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ETA: THIS CONTEST ENDED AS OF 12/7/18. But keep checking my blog for new posts because more contests will be announced soon 🙂.

As promised, I’m now starting the first of my Holiday Favs Giveaways! Yes, I know I called it the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways last week, but then I caught the flu, so everything’s now been shortened to match my new state of sickness. Hey, at first I was going to rename it Frosts 12-Way Favs, and then I read that title out loud. Whoops ;). 

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Okay, shameless promo plug out of the way, let’s get right to PRIZE 1 of the Holiday Favs giveaways! First up are books, books, books! THREE WINNERS will get to choose from ONE of the books below, which contains ALL the novels in my Night Huntress, Night Huntress World, Night Prince and new Night Rebel series, with an added extended novella from The Bite Before Christmas anthology because it’s an important Cat and Bones story that I really should have just made into a complete book, but didn’t. I even arranged the books in my Author Recommended Reading Order because not even the flu can limit my ocd, ha! Anyway, here are the pretties. The three winners can choose to have them in either paperback or ebook. This part of the contest is open to US and international readers, although due to ebook restrictions, any international winners are limited to receiving their prize in paperback only.

 

But I don’t only want books! some of you might be saying. I hear you! How about some chocolate, too? ONE LUCKY WINNER will also get a box of Godiva chocolate PLUS any book from my collection featured above, in either paperback or ebook, winner’s choice. This part of the contest is limited to US readers only.

But wait, there’s more! What goes better with books than chocolate, you wonder? Books, chocolate, AND MONEY! 🙂 ONE LUCKY WINNER will get any book from my collection above, PLUS a box of Godiva chocolate, PLUS a $25 Amazon egift card! This part of the contest is open to US readers only.

THE RULES:

If you want your chance to be one of the five total winners, then tell me your favorite holiday-themed movie. For example, mine would be a tie between It’s A Wonderful Life and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. I like the uplifting, timeless truths of It’s A Wonderful Life, but let’s face it, my actual holidays more closely resemble the mayhem of Christmas Vacation ;). This category is open to all holidays, of course. Or, if you don’t have an official holiday-themed favorite movie, holiday-adjacent is fine, too. If I were picking for that category, mine would be The Family Man, where the holidays are barely mentioned because it’s mostly a fish-out-of-water story combined with a meant-to-be love story, all wrapped up with a tinge of supernatural intervention. Hey, you can rock the holiday horror category, too. Gremlins was an all-time favorite of mine, and Santa’s Slay still makes me laugh out loud. 

I mentioned a bunch of examples, but you only have to tell me one of your favorites to be eligible to enter.  Reply in the comments on my website blog ONLY so I have them all together in one place. Winners will be randomly selected. Not sure if you’re at my website blog? Here is the link: https://jeanienefrost.com/2018/12/holiday-favs-giveaways-prize-1/

Contest opens NOW and ends Friday, December 7th at 9am Eastern time. Please only enter once per person. Thanks and good luck!

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  2. Hi Jeaniene,
    If you ask a person from Russia, 99 percent will give you the same answer – ‘The Irony of Fate’. It came out in 1976. Since then it is impossible to image a New Year celebration without watching this movie. Here is a Wiki page in English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Irony_of_Fate. There are links to YouTube videos with English subtitles, but they are overlaid over Russian subtitles and are difficult to follow. Instead use these:
    https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1urcgk
    https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1urxwy
    There are some mistakes in the subtitles, but most of them are minor.
    It is on Amazon prime too:
    https://www.amazon.com/Irony-Fate-Enjoy-Your-Bath/dp/B06X9YFS9Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544040610&sr=8-1&keywords=the+irony+of+fate%2C+or+enjoy+your+bath
    Enjoy!

  3. Home Alone 1 & 2; Poor Kevin – as being the “opps” child in my family, I can so relate. I just wish I was as inventive as he.

  5. We don’t have a holiday movie, however we do a Star Wars marathon. We usually order pizza and make some cheese popcorn. Each year we get Xmas pjs and slippers and veg out on the marathon.

  15. My favorite Christmas movie is Miracle on the 34th Street because it taught my young self that miracles do happen when you believe. Thank you and MERRY early Christmas to you and your family.

  16. My grandma loved musicals so we would sit down Christmas eve and watch Wizard of Oz and The Sound of Music.

  18. Probably White Christmas. There’s something about this as a classic and Bing Crosby’s voice.

  20. Scrooged. I love this movie. I particularly love the actors chosen for the 3 ghosts. You just never know what’s going to happen.

  21. The Grinch who stole Christmas the original animated one, the Santa Claus movies 1,2 & 3 with Tim Allen & The Holiday.

  24. My favorite is Christmas Carol it remind me now of my real father. Before it just use to remind me to not be to greedy that you dont see other peoples pain And need.

  27. The black and white version of A Christmas Carol. It’s my very favorite Christmas story and movie.

  32. My favorite holiday-themed movie is White Christmas, with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. They are always fun together, and I love the storyline and the sets / costumes. A close second is Nightmare Before Christmas…and I just realized that they’re both musicals and I didn’t think I was a huge fan of musicals. LOL!

  33. My favorite is it’s a wonderful life. No matter how often I see it I still am moved by it. Just like I can reread and enjoy your books. loved the new on already counting days to the next book

  35. I adore Surviving Christmas with Ben Affleck. Just the right blend of humour, romance and of course christmas spirit.

  36. I love Christmas In Connecticut. It is beautiful and hilarious at the same time. My second favorite is Holiday Inn

  39. My favourite holiday movie is the Miracle on 34th Street remake with lil Mara Wilson and Richard Attenbrough. We watch it every year. I think it’s basically my favourite because it’s my mum’s favourite. Indoctrinated haha.

  40. I actually three favorites that I can not choose between – Home Alone, How the Grinch Stole Christmas & The Santa Clause!

  45. I saw part of Die Hard recently and realized that’s probably my favorite holiday movie. I’m not much for mushy stuff..

  49. My favourite is: “Schöne Bescherung” (german) the english name is: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

  55. My choice of favorite Christmas movie is three-fold. First is While You Were Sleeping – a Cinderella story with a kind of twist. Second is the magical The Nightmare Before Christmas – so poignant that Jack is entranced by the beauty and glow of Christmas Town, touching him in a way he’s never experienced before. Third is an oldie-goldie – Holiday Inn. My favorite scene – the exploding peach preserves, and Fred Astaire’s character’s remark – “Dawn patrol, huh?”

  57. My fave Christmas movie is The Bishop’s Wife with Cary Grant. I love it! Merry Christmas! 🙂

  60. I LOVE The Ref, with Dennis Leary and Kevin Spacy (but now with Kevin Spacy falling from grace I may not watch it this year. So that leaves me with Die Hard and Lethal Weapon (but same problem here with Mel Gibson. I just it when actors become real people with faults) Classic favorite is White Christmas, I LOVE Danny Kate (I can still like him, right??) And Meet Me in St Louis.
    Anyways, love your books! I hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday season!💜

  61. Twas the Night Before Christmas. That one always make me happy! Nestor the Long Eared Christmas Donkey is a close second!

  68. While we like Krampus (we’re big Halloween fans too) and Elf, I think The Santa Clause might be my favorite. Only the first one though.

  70. My favorite Christmas movie as a child was Frosty the Snowman. When the little girl, Karen, falls to her knees and covers her face crying when Frosty melted in the greenhouse, I cried too. As an adult, my favorite Christmas movie is Die Hard. Guess I still like a little life and death drama along with the holiday spirit.

  76. My favorite holiday movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas. Its actually tied with A Christmas Story.

  78. A Christmas carol staring Alistair Sim. It was always one of my favourites. I just love how light and the absence of light was used to create suspense especially when the ghost of Christmas present appeared as well as Jacob Marley. What made it even more special was that later on in life, I had the pleasure of teaching his granddaughter the novel, A Christmas Carol as our class novel study.

  79. My favorite has always been”A Christmas Story”. Other than looking exactly like “Ralphie”as a kid( huge glasses & a spider vein that looked like I. Had shot my eye out) I do yes I do watch it for 24 hrs.
    Before that had always been the “Grinch who stole Christmas”. Now Dr. Seuss did influence most of my early yrs. Against my poor mother’s choice, she hated made up words. This movie to me yes I know is going to piss people off. But it’s a true version that we as a society in whole, should go back to. Which is getting back to what means most, the ” ones you love”.
    Last but not least holds something near & dear to my ❤️. It was my ultimate favorite movie by my ultimate favorite director. Drove my family nuts to see it , the didn’t understand stand why they hated the movie. Of course it brought my favorite holiday together with my not so favorite.
    Tim Burton’s Nightmare before Christmas! Of course you can watch it from Halloween (my favorite) thru Christmas (not favorite but some I ❤️ favorite). When I met my husband we had ALOT; of weird things in common. He was born on my grandfather bday,his middle name is actually the country my family emigrated from ( I’m 2nd generation)& he also had a copy of Nightmare before Christmas.
    Is that Fate? Are we meant to be? Well that was 21yrs ago 18yrs of marriage 2 beautiful son’s!
    Does that make a beautiful Christmas Story!

  82. A Year Without Santa Claus…I love snow miser! White Christmas is another must. I know there’s a debate whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not but for my holiday it is. HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!

  83. I love Elf! I have to watch it every year, several times! Also, I love Krampus. I know, Elf, and Krampus, I am a girl with many layers! Merry Christmas Jeaniene Frost! Love the Night Huntress World, thank you!

  89. My husband says his is Scrooged, no question nor competition. I really love the classic Christmas cartoons, but for movies, I have to say the original Miracle on 34th Street.

  90. My favorite Christmas movie is Christmas Vacation. Hope you have a Merry Christmas and thanks so much for the give away!! ❤️

  92. My favorite Christmas movie has always been Holiday Inn. Can’t go wrong with Bing and Fred!

  93. My favorite has always been Its Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown.

    I get the warm fuzzies every time.

  94. My favorite is Scrooged with Bill Murry. I also love National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. And of course A Christmas Story. The last few years I have also fell in love with Elf.

  95. My favorite by far is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation! My 2nd fav, even though we only need one, is The Polar Express..Love to watch this with my 3 boys.

  96. My favorite holiday movie has always been White Christmas. I couldn’t wait for it to come on when I was a child and as a Mom it was my own trading to watch it every Christmas Eve while wrapping Christmas presents. A very close second is Holiday Inn, another Bing Crosby classic

  98. A Christmas Story is my favorite, I remember the first time I saw it my older brother and I laughed so hard and loud we woke up my father (we were watching it on HBO at 1:00 in the morning). We got in so much trouble, just like poor Ralphie. That was about 30 years ago and I still watch it every year laugh my ass off and I still identify with Ralphie.

  99. My favorite holiday movie is It’s a Wonderful Life. I was 11 when I asked for my first copy for Christmas. I remember my dad saying, she won’t watch it. Lol I wore out the VHS tape and now have the DVD. I also like Home Alone and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

  100. I know this might seem weird but my favorite is Edward Scissorhands. There’s just something magical about it.

  101. Die Hard. Many argue it is not a Christmas movie, but I think the evidence speaks for itself. Ho, ho, ho motherfucker.

  102. My favorites are The Santa Clause and Home Alone. We watch both movies every year with the family.

  103. I am going with The Long Kiss Goodnight with Gena Davis. Trained assassin with amnesia? Yes please! Christmas action movie (I would have also said Die Hard!).

  104. Die Hard. There are those who believe Die Hard is a Christmas movie and those who are wrong.

  107. Would have to be the new Christmas Chronicles on Netflix already watched it twice and most likely will again

  114. The best holiday movie is “It’s A Wonderful Life”. Though I always enjoyed “A Nightmare Before Christmas”, cause it’s so unique and different. Jack and Sally are memorable along with the supporting characters and, of course, the songs.

  117. My favorite Christmas movie is a Muppet Christmas Carol with Michael Caine as Scrooge.

  119. I love a lot of holiday movies. Christmas Vacation is up there, quote it all the time. Sometimes my sister and I randomly text things like “dont throw me down Clark”.
    Another fav would be Home Alone 1 & 2 for the nostalgia. I grew up in the 90s. A year without a Santa claus is great too; love those miser brothers!

  120. My favorite Christmas movie is A Christmas Story. “You’ll shoot your eye out.” Classic 🙂

  122. I love the movie Hocus Pocus. My grandkids and I watch it every year. At Christmas time my whole family unwraps gifts while our favorite movie of all time plays, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. “Oh Eddie! If I woke up tomorrow morning with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn’t be more surprised than I am now!” Lol

  123. My favorite holiday movie is White Christmas. Classic comedy, gorgeous coreography, and beautiful songs.

  124. My favorite is the cartoon Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer. It’s one of those that is just so weird I can’t stop watching it.

  125. Well if Charlie Brown Christmas – or any Charlie Brown holiday special for that matter – was a movie it would definitely be that!! No matter how old I get I simply cannot get enough of Chuck & the rest of the Peanuts Gang 💖 But if I had to pick a true holiday movie it would have to be “A Christmas Story” – it makes me laugh every.single.time & simply makes me happy 😁 And YES you’re right there is an adolescent theme running through my choices…don’t judge me 😇
    Happy Holidays!!

  126. I have a few favorites. Miracle on 34th St. (1947), A Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation, The Polar Express and a new favorite from Netflix is Christmas Chronicles.

  128. I love the movie Scrooged. I watched it with my parents ever since I was a youngin’ when it first came out. We love Bill Murray movies in this family. (My personal faves are probably Stripes and Ghostbusters.) The Ghostbusters movies are good movies to watch during the holidays, too, by the way. Also, they pretty much started me on Tim Burton ever since I was little with my first couple movies we went to the drive-in to see being Batman and Beetlejuice, lol, and so I still enjoy them as well as Nightmare Before Christmas. The songs are part of my holiday playlist along with the rock covers, haha.

  129. My all time favorite is a toss up between Home Alone and Die Hard. Merry Christmas! Teresa

  130. My favorite is probably Frosty the Snowman… it used to be Rudolph until my husband pointed out how mean Santa and the rest of the reindeer and elves are.

    Good luck to you all, and hope you have a Merry Christmas / Happy holidays!

  133. It’s a Wonderful Life and Polar Express. (I’ll stop there because otherwise, I’d fill the page up.)

  134. My top 3 favorite holiday movie is between Hallmark’s A Season for Miracles, The Holiday and Elf.

  135. My favorite holiday movies are all the cheesy romantic ones on the Hallmark channel! Hallmark will continuously play them and I will continuously watch them! My dear hubby makes fun of me cause the tropes are so predictable but I don’t care lol I just love them and can’t get enough of romance, makes my heart happy <3

    BTW your my favorite romance author Jeaniene, I have all your books! Fan for life 🙂

  136. My favorite holiday movie is The classic how the grinch stole christmas and Elf! I watch Elf every year while decorating my tree 🙂

  138. My favourite Christmas movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas! It is a multi-holiday movie.

    Happy holidays and thank you for the opportunity to win!

  139. My favorite would have to be The Christmas Story with Ralphie that I watch every year. Merry Christmas!🎄🎁 ⛄️❄️

  140. There’s so many to choose from but for the classics I love It’s A Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street. They both make me cry every time!
    Then of course for more semi-recent movies I love Gremlins, Home Alone and Die Hard.

  143. I don’t watch movies much. But my favorite Christmas TV episode is Amends from Buffy Season 3, when Angel is having flashbacks to his victims.

  144. My all-time favorite holiday movie is Scrooge! Any variation of that movie … I love! But my very favorite rendition is the one with Alastair Sims!

  145. My fave Christmas Movie (if I can only pick one) would be Patrick Stuart’s version of “A Christmas Carol”. Tied for second would be “The Santa Clause” & “It’s A Wonderful Life”. I love “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, too.

  146. My favorite holiday film since I was a child is White Christmas!! I love that I got to pass the tradition of watching it every year(sometimes more than once)😉 to my children 🎄🎄🎄

  147. Hi, Merry Christmas.
    My all-time favorite Christmas movie will always be the classic “A Christmas Carol”, with Miracle on 34th Street a close second.

  149. My favorite is A Christmas Story. I love to watch it every year! It never gets old, and I like that it’s a bunch of short stories put together. Now my son loves to watch it with me, but he loves it because he wants a BB Gun of his own, just like Ralphie.

  152. It’s hard to choose but It’s a Wonderful Life tops my list, with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer next. I enjoy watching a lot of Christmas movies and cartoons. Mom and I always looked forward to them.

  153. My favorite Christmas Holiday movie would be The Grinch That Stole Christmas (starring Jim Carey)

  154. My favorite holiday themed movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s a great movie that ties my two favorite holidays, it’s fun to watch and the soundtrack is catchy. I loved that it gave Halloween a great mascot. You can’t help but love Jack and the characters of Halloween Town.

  157. I love ‘The Family Stone’ with Diane Keaton. It takes place during the holiday and even though it’s sad, it reminds us that family is everything.

  158. So for me it’s incredibly close between Miracle on 34th street and Love Actually! Miracle on 34th street brings out all the memories of watching is a child with my parents, while Love Actually is the adult Christmas film of choice! Of course if I’m in a silly mood then I like to plump for Arthur Christmas!!!! Not sure that answers the question – in fact I think it just muddles my own thoughts on it!! Basically what I’ve got from this is that I love Christmas films and Christmas in general!!!

    Sorry if this posts multiple times – the page keeps crashing on me! :/

  159. My choice, which I watch every year, would be ‘a Christmas Carol’ with Alistair Sims – though Jimmy Stewart’s ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is almost tied

  160. My favorite holiday movie would have to be elf. Its a holiday must for me. I love the story and who doesn’t love Will Ferrel. I am also a fan of Home Alone too. Honestly I love all Christmas movies, they’re a guilty pleasure for me!

  161. Im a sucker for a good romamce, and even a steamy one 😉😉, so my favourite holiday movie is, “love actually” porn, Portuguese, and a Prime Minister could there be a better combination 🎅

  162. Disney’s A christmas Carol is my very favorite but I just watched the new christmas movie with Kurt Russell called The Christmas Chronicles. it was so sugary sweet but very very funny & animated it was so cool I also like the Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim

  164. “Miracle on 34th street” is my very fav. But there are many others of course. Christmas is magic.

  166. Other than the all the traditional Christmas cartoons such as Rudolph and Frosty, my favorite Christmas themed movie would be, “The Ref”.

  167. I love Miracle on 34th Street the 1994 version as it gives me goosebumps everytime it gets to the bit with the deaf child waiting to see Santa, and the mum apologises (I’m getting teary just writing this) and then ‘Santa’ signs to the little girl! Oh my heart!

  171. My most favorite holiday themed movie is the Christmas story because my dad used to play it over and over and over on Christmas Day before he passed away so now I make sure to make it a tradition

  172. I guess my favorite would be Rudolph, the original. They don’t make them like that anymore and I love Burl Ives!

  173. How the Grinch Stole Christmas will forever and always be my favorite holiday movie. Jim Carrey’s Grinch is the best Grinch, and I’ll pillow fight anybody that says otherwise.

  174. My favorite holiday movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas. I can start watching it in October and then every day until January 1! 🙂

  175. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without putting on the channel that shows The Christmas Story for 24hours straight. We end up watching it at least 2 times that day while we are relaxing after opening presents.

  176. Its so hard to choose just one.. My favourite November movie has to be nightmare before Christmas.. Its the perfect balance of Halloween and Christmas! (which you can get away with in November lol) or miracle on 34th street.. Just because its such a beautiful story. But i love all Christmas movies 🎄😍

  178. My favourite Christmas movie is definitely The Grinch, starring Jim Carrey. It’s so funny and I love that being different doesn’t mean you don’t get the person of your dreams. 😊

  179. Scrooged is probably my favorite Christmas movie (at least it’s my wife’s favorite and she says it’s my favorite too – sorry Jim Carry) and Miracle on 34th street is a close second.

  180. Hmmmm….I honestly cannot choose! There are so many great Christnas movies…like Doe Hard, Love Actually, Christmas Vacation. But I think I’m gonna have to go with the original Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas. That is my all time favorite and I never miss it!! Thank you for this awesome giveaway!! Merry Christmas!!

  182. My favorite holiday movie is “Hogfather”, which to be technical isn’t really a movie since it’s over 4 or 5 hours long. It’s based on the book by Terry Pratchett, and features Death taking over Santa.. I mean the Hogfather’s duties.

  184. Sorry can’t simply do one favourite. Mine are broken into categories LOL

    Classic Films (NOT their remakes): Christmas in Connecticut, Miracle on 34th Street and The Bishop’s Wife

    Classic Animation: all the old Rankin/Bass stop animation ones

    New(ish) Films: While You Were Sleeping, The Holiday (Kate Winslet, Jude Law one) and The Ref

    New Animation: Arthur Christmas is so so good.

    And last, but not least, my favourite Christmas horror film: Krampus (one with Adam Scott and Toni Collette). Love it! Though let’s be serious there is absolutely nothing horror about it.

  187. I think my favorite Christmas movie would be Annabelle’s Wish. I was very young when I watched it for the first time and it really got me. Do you know this movie?

  188. Christmas Vacation is my favorite. When my kids were young we watched it every Christmas. My son now watches it with his kids.

  189. Tough question. For me, It’s a Wonderful Life is always the movie I need to see during the holiday season. The first year I was married my hubby worked on Christmas and this movie kept me company and it was the first time I had seen it even though it had been around for some time. Love it and the message.

  192. It’s a bit of a cliche but my all time favorite holiday movie is Love Actually… it just works every year 🙂

  194. My favorite holiday movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas! Any time it comes on TV I have to watch it, especially around Halloween and Christmas. I even have the soundtrack on CD and love listening to it. It has a lot of great themes like doing what is right at any cost (Sally), learning to be happy with what you have and not greedy (Jack), and of course forgiveness (Santa and Sally).

  197. My favorite is “Die Hard” despite the fact the Bruce Willis says it’s not a Christmas movie. He’s wrong.

  198. My favorite Christmas movies are The Year Without a Santa Clause and Christmas Vacation. One is a staple from when I was young, and the other makes my husband and me laugh out loud. He even quotes it all year long.

  199. “White Christmas” (or the original version: “Holiday Inn”) … color me corny 🙂
    (Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Allen … Oh, and the best selling song of all time! … what’s not to like?)

  200. My favorite Christmas movie is White Christmas. Die Hard is tradition to watch on Christmas Day. My husband is not a Christmas movie guy. It also really works when you have extra Navy guys over.