How Christmas is celebrated around the world

These pictures were taken from Huffington Post (blog)

India

Malaysia

France

These pictures were taken from BBC News.

Guatemala

Indonesia

From ABC News:

Australia

England

Beautiful pictures, aren't they??? :) How was your Christmas? Anything special? Or extraordinary? Whatever it was, I hope you had loads of fun! I know I did!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Pic taken from here

Wishing my wonderful readers and everyone else a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Wanna win a straightening/curling iron?

The Princess from Park-Avenue Princess is giving away The Barbar 1900 Tourmaline Cordless Combo worth $145 courtesy of Barbar, which sells eco friendly hair products. Doesn't it look pretty?

To participate, you need to become a follower of her blog. And if you knew about this contest through my blog, do let her know that I sent you. We'll both get an extra 25 points! :)

Tempted yet? The contest is open worldwide and it ends on Jan 15, 2010. Good luck!

More books to win!

Princess Bookie is giving away two sets of cool books and a mystery ARC. You must be a follower of her blog to be eligible. Open worldwide. Ends Dec 31, 2009.

Jessica from Book Bound is giving 3 winners the books of their choice. Open worldwide. Contest ends Dec 18, 2009.

Dar from Peeking Between the Pages is giving away two copies of Dragon House by John Shors. Open worldwide. Contest ends Dec 19, 2009.

Steph Su from Steph Su Reads is giving away a copy of Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers. Open worldwide. Ends Dec 25, 2009.

Miss Eliza from strange and random happenstance is giving away a signed copy of Thumb Flagging by Jerome Peterson. Open worldwide. Ends Dec 20, 2009.

Reading with Tequila is giving away a cool set of books! And the more followers she gets, the more winners there'll be. Open worldwide. Ends Dec 27, 2009.

Teddyree from The Eclectic Reader is giving away two winners the book of their choice. Open worldwide. Ends January 31, 2010.

Robby from Running for Fiction is giving away some YA books. Open worldwide. Ends Jan 31, 2010.

Win a Chocolate Chip Mint Cake!

Are you already salivating at the thought of a scrumptious chocolate chip mint cake? What if you had the chance to win one for yourself? If you, like me, love chocolate, chocolate cakes, brownies and everything else chocolate, what are you waiting for? Go and put your name in!

To enter, head on over to Park-Avenue Princess where you stand the chance to win a delicious cake for you and your friends and family to enjoy together!

Open to followers of her blog only. So, make sure you have Google Friend Connect, follow the Princess' blog and you're on your way there.

Psst...if you knew about the cake giveaway through this blog, please let the Princess know that I sent you. We'll both earn a cool extra 25 points! :)

Her contest ends Jan 12, 2010.

Santa sent my gift early

For the Book Blogger Holiday Swap, I got my gift from my Secret Santa, Veens of Giving Reading a Chance, last week. The book she gave me was The Host by Stephenie Meyer. It's fantastic. I keep seeing this book in the bookstore but didn't buy it because there are way too many unread books at home. But since it's a gift...then it's okay to have it. :D

Thanks Veens! I love my Christmas present and I can't wait to dig into it.

I'm also embarrassed to say that I've only sent out my gift to my Santee yesterday. But the guy at the post office said it should reach her country in 10 days' so there's still time for her to receive it before Christmas.

Happy Holidays everybody!!!