Oooo, a tricky one! It is a whole week without a watchalong, making this anyone’s game! Well, except that I did a Shashi 70s fashion post to help out Popka a bit.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! It’s almost Christmas! And Genevieve has FINALLY won a card! Lazy Genevieve, with her “spending time with children” and stuff. And Angie has won too! We are finally hitting non-watchalong winners.

Did I mess up my weeks? Oh well, no matter. Also, what with mail slowness and so on, I went ahead and mailed Xmas cards to a lot of my regulars. Those are the GENERAL cards, not your specific winning cards. If you win, you’ll get another even better one.

Coming from nowhere to win it ALLL!!!! nayahaiyaha joined her first watchalong on Friday and made MORE THAN 100 comments!

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay, the first non watchalong winner! See, there is hope for everyone. Eva commented a whole 14 times this week (so, an average of twice a day). And even with that little bit, she wins!

Another WatchAlong winner! I’m telling you, it is KEY. But also, I never have more than 5 people on a watchalong, and we’ve got like 9 weeks, so you can still win.

Yes, we are DOING the GiveAway!!!! Because it is November, by golly. We do Shahrukh month, then we do Christmas GiveAway, then we do Annual Awards, and then we do Valentines Day. And thus we all survive Seasonal Affective Disorder.

I can’t remember if I do a give away the first week of January or not, but why not? So Procrastinatrix is the final winner! Thanks to her joining the Happy New Year watchalong!!!! Yaaaaay! And I have already put together her card, so this is a TWO CARD POST!!! My goodness, the excitement!!!!

Second to last one! Or last one? I can’t remember. Let’s say second to last! We’ll do one more winner for New Year’s. Oh, and MARIA! DON’T LOOK IF YOU WANT TO BE SURPRISED! YOUR CARD IS IN THE MAIL!

Week 6!!! Only 3 more weeks left! Or 2? I’m confused. Anyway, don’t panic, as y’all know I offer to send cards to anyone who wants them after the contest is over. Although then you just get the general card, not a specific one. But sometimes the general card is nicer than the specific ones (and it is very nice this year).

Yaaaaay, a new winner! Every year I get so excited each week to see who is going to win this time. It really should not be that exciting for me, and yet it is. This week really was kind of exciting, thanks to everyone having technical difficulties and Angie making a special effort, she ended up coming out on top in the watchalong comments!

How time flies! Already week 4! Pretty soon I am going to run through all the WatchAlong regulars, and the non-watchalongers will finally have a chance.

So sad! Christmas is officially over, I’m giving away the bonus prizes and I am posting a picture of the last card. At least we are ending with something really good!

So happy about my bonus prizes! Especially since I am working on cleaning out my shelves and closets and have lots of stuff to give away.

Look at that! Last week, surprise winner, Popka Superstar! “Surprise” in that Popka doesn’t comment that often usually. But hey, it’s Govinda’s birthday week! And also, week 8 of the give away, so I had to through 7 other people first before I got to Popka. But I’m still excited! This card is going to be EPIC. (also, Popka, I don’t have your address. Use the “contact me” link to give it to me. International mail, not a problem)

You did it! The week every one else forgot me, you stuck it out and WON!!!! YAAAAAAY!!!!! I will have to make you something really truly wonderful.

Yaaaaaaay, Congrats Emily! In other news, Alisa/Bollywood Newbie has now made the exact same number of comments in 3 separate weeks. I am beginning to worry she is a pod person. Or has a very strange disorder that compels her to make exactly 38 comments on DCIB every week.

Be very proud!!!! This is our first winner who is also a new reader as of this year. In less than 12 months, you have allowed DCIB to dominate your life to the degree that you are the Top Commentator this week.

Week 4 already! My my. And we are also on the first Sunday of Advent. Which is obviously far less important than it being week 4 of the DCIB Christmas give away. And congrats to Courtney!!! You have made good time management and life decisions, and this is your reward.

Enjoy your week of triumph! You have earned it. Your card will be a little delayed because of overseas travel and all that, but it will get there eventually.