The stockings are hung, the lights are twinkling, the tree is decorated, and the fire is burning! The Christmas season is really here now, and nothing gets me in the Christmas spirit like giving some amazing gifts. I've been looking forward to this giveaway for a while, because it is a favorite of mine. I am excited to know one of you will have one for yourself this Christmas. Or who knows? Maybe you want to wrap it and put it under the tree for that special someone.
One of our favorite traditions this time of year is to get out the Polaroid camera while decorating our home. It's a simple tradition, but we already treasure the photos we've taken. And really, how can you not have fun taking pictures with a polaroid camera? It's instant fun! (I can't even stand how adorable Winston is as a pup. Pictured above, top right. Look at how much he has grown!)
For Christmas Giveaway #2, I am happily giving away a Fujifilm Instax 7S Mini Polaroid Camera! You will also receive 2 rolls of film along with your camera.
To enter the giveaway, just follow these simple steps:
1. Leave a comment below sharing your favorite Christmas decoration: That one thing that you love to display most.
2. Take a picture of that favorite decoration (doesn't have to be anything fancy), and post it on Twitter or Facebook. In your post, you must to link to my Facebook Page or my twitter (@nancyray), and you must include the link to this blogpost within your post : http://nancyrayphotography.com/2011/12/christmas-giveaway-2/
Feel free to go ahead and leave a comment! The photos aren't due until Thursday at noon.
Check back in on Thursday to see if you won!
I love our tree! We always plug in the tree while we catch up on our favorite shows in the evening. There’s nothing more cozy than a twinkling tree in a dim living room!
Favorite Christmas decoration….
White lights + ornaments = memories of Christmases past and excitement for what the new season will bring.
Loving your giveaways!
xoxo, Kaitlin
my tree
I know it’s not very original but I think it is the best decoration 
my favorite decoration is my “baby’s first Christmas” ornament. it’s this little baby with a little curl on her head bouncing on a little jumper thing. by far the cutest ornament in the world!!) sadly, i can’t take a picture of it because it’s at my mom’s house, packed up in her attic somewhere. but trust me, it’s adorable! and i’m so excited to get one for Destry this Christmas! (a boy ornament of course!)
My Charlie Brown Christmas tree. I only needed a strand of 8 lights but could only find strands of 100
Well..this is kinda new to my Christmas decor….but I utilized our wish tree from our wedding as our table centerpiece this Holiday Season!
Be still my heart, I think this giveaway is AWESOME! My favorite decoration to display is the ornament John and I bought at The Biltmore when he proposed to me there. It is the most beautiful and intricate ornament I’ve ever seen…
I LOVE our homemade advent countdown!!
PS… I am OBSESSED with that camera and already had it on my wish list… fingers crossed!!!
I have a bird ornament made form wooden sticks. He looks so cute!
I love the nativity my great-grandmother gave us when I was little. I put it out every year before decorating the tree or anything else– it’s such an amazing reminder of what really matters. She passed away 10 years ago, but she is still a great presence in our house.
My favorite Christmas decoration is simply the tree
I don’t do a whole lot of decorating other than a few candy dishes, stockings, some kitchen towels and a wreath so the tree is my thing!I look forward every year to going and picking it out, putting the lights on it and then hanging ornaments and reminiscing about them in the process 
It’s making me smile just thinking about it!
My absolute favorite Christmas decoration is the angel that my stepmom gave my husband and I for our tree for our first Christmas as husband and wife! It already has a such a special place in my heart!
My favorite decoration is a framed picture of my dad and his siblings when they were little on Christmas Eve! My mom framed it and gave it to me for Christmas one year. So sweet!
My favorite decoration is my snow village! My grandmother has given me a new piece each year since I was 2 and I love adding the new one each year to my growing collection! I usually leave it up way past Christmas because I can’t bear to take it down!
My favorite Christmas decoration this year is our first ornament purchased as husband + wife while we were on our honeymoon in Mexico! Would love to win the camera! Photo to come
I would have to say my advent calendar. It reminds me of the only good times I had during my childhood. It was a German Christmas tradition that we adopted into our own family. And I come from a family that doesn’t really believe in traditions. It’s now something I do with my own little family and we’ll do with our children to help insure they’re provided with the childhood I was denied.
My favorite christmas decoration is definitely an old pinecone tree my grandmother made in the 60′s. She was quite the crafter. Ever since I was little, it has shined brightly with colorful lights in our living room during the christmas season.
I grew up in a family that had more traditions than you could count and one we’ve absolutely continued as a married couple has been a real tree with lots of decorations. There’s nothing better than the smell of a fresh tree in the house!
I am loving my sparkle candle holders that I made from mason jars! They sit on our shelf above the TV with a pine cone garland underneath. I love having homemade Christmas decorations!
My favorite Christmas decoration would have to be putting up my white Christmas Tree with all the White House ornaments my grandma has given to me since I was born. She has all of them too and it is something I will cherish forever!
My favorite CHRISTmas decoration is my elf on the shelf “Charlie”!
i have always wanted one of these!!
my all time favorite christmas decoration is our tree! i love everything from going to pick it out and decorating it with my family while listening to christmas music!! i find that i get up extra early during this time just to sit in front of the lit tree in the morning while i have my coffee before my daughter gets up. something so peaceful about that.
My mom had so many amazing Christmas decorations but my favorite was “my” ornament. You plug it into the lights on the tree and a little boy and a little girl slide down a bannister! I have it on my very first tree this year!
I love displaying my monogrammed stockings! This year I bought a new one for our new little baby girl!
Winston seems to command the camera’s attention! haha My favorite decoration would have to be the homemade Christmas tree ornament(a white rocking horse) given to me on my first Christmas by my grandparents.
My favorite Christmas decoration is not only our Charlie Brown Christmas tree, but also our tree topper bows. They are the pew bows we used in our wedding that we saved to use on our tree every year. It’s such a fun decoration and the perfect top to our Charlie Brown tree!
My favorite Christmas decoration(s) are our family ornaments… every year my mom gives us a new one and probably my favorite one is my Varsity basketball ornament for my High School basketball team. We love putting up our own ornaments every year because they bring great memories!
I love the big bulbed colored lights! I love at night when they’re the only light in the dark house… It’s so surreal.
The Christmas tree is my favorite part of our house during the holiday season!!
Just shared my favorite Christmas decoration on Instagram & Twitter!
My favorite decoration is not really a decoration. I love to dress the dogs up with candy cane antlers and wreaths. They hate it but it makes a really cute Christmas card!
My favorite Christmas decoration is the popcorn and cranberry garlands my family makes for our Christmas tree. I love the time we spend together to make the garland and I also love the finished product. And when Christmas is over, it makes a great treat for birds if you hang it in your trees outside!
I am a fan of the abundance of twinkle lights…Everywhere at christmas. I love the mood it displays in a room, how inviting it makes a house and the smile it brings to my face seeing the most ridonculous yard display!! Christmas decoration must for me!
Christmas decoration …..? Simple …nice decorated Christmas tree
Kamila
i have a magnetic “kissing bears” ornament that i LOVEEEEE! my finance gave it to me the first christmas that we dated. this ornament was suppose to prompt our first kiss, but we were both too shy to make the move. it just reminds me of our sweet relationship that is getting ready to turn into our sweet marriage!
i have a little tree made out of felt, buttons, and a spool of thread. it is the cutest little thang that i’ve had for years!! check it out on my facebook!!
My favorite Christmas decoration is our ‘Just Married State Fans’ ornament that my mother-in-law bought us last year. As NCSU graduates having some wolfpack decor on the tree is a must
My favorite Christmas decoration is Suit penguin. He’s always ready for a night on the town with that tie.
candles and plugins! silly but i love the smell of christmas!
My favorite decoration is a set of small bells. They are at least 50 years old–hung on the tree when my mom was a little girl. They are old and faded and a couple are broken, but I just love them!
My very favorite Christmas decoration is actually at my mom’s house. We used to have this ornament of the sweetest old lady, with her silver hair in a bun and little wire glasses. And for some reason we would put her at the bottom of the tree! Haha! But I loved her and would always have the job of making sure she made it onto the tree.
Now, my favorite decoration is my tree. I used to love decorating the tree with my mom, so now it is the one thing that helps me get into the Christmas spirit!
My favorite decoration is my snow lady, she sings Jingle Bells if you clap, it’s wonderful!
Oh, I just put Abby, but I guess I should have put my last name too!
I think my favorite decoration is the star on top of our tree. We searched high and low for the perfect one, and never found it. So we made our own topper from a regular ornament. I’ll always remember tiptoeing into the den the next morning hoping it hadn’t fallen!
My favorite Christmas decorations are the stockings that my great-grandmother knitted for us
All the grandchildren and great-grandchildren have matching knitted stockings with out names on them!
My favorite Christmas decoration is the “partridge in a pear tree” garland that my grandma Bebout (Mom’s mom) made years ago. I remember it as a little girl hanging in grandma’s “fancy” living room – and then remember it as I was older hanging in our family’s house. My mom gave it to me about 2 Christmas’ ago and it has followed me to New Zealand and now Germany. It’s so beautifully vintage and full of memories. I can practically smell Grandma’s sugar cookies when I look at it!
My favorite Christmas decoration is one that hangs on my tree. It is three little elves and it has our family members names on it. I have to purchase a new one this year because there is now 4. So I have to search for 4 little elves and have our name placed on it. I don’t have a picture of it just yet because we just moved and boxes are still packed. We will unpacking Christmas and putting up our tree this weekend. I can’t wait to get to the mall and get my new favorite ornament.
We got a camera ornament on vacation when we were dating about 5 years ago and I still cannot find another one that tops it. We love it and it makes it’s way to the front of our tree every year <3
I have a couple of ornaments that are from when I was a baby and have my name engraved on them. They are very special to me. I enjoy putting them on the tree every year.
Growing up we always had that mouse Christmas calendar, as hideous as it was it never felt like Christmas till I moved that little guy to the last day on the calendar!
My favorite Christmas decoration is an ice skate ornament, because on my and John’s first date we went ice skating!
I am LOVING your Christmas giveaways!!! My favorite decoration up on my Facebook: (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002506239818&ref=tn_tnmn) was given to me when I was living overseas. We could not get Christmas ornaments where we lived and my DEAR friend Jenn mailed me (slow boat to China) a set of these mittens for Christmas. They made it on time and adorned our TEENY tiny Christmas tree. Still have them to this day!
My roommates and I enjoyed putting up our Christmas tree last Thursday & it’s my favorite decoration this year. Especially the three snowmen ornaments we found to represent each of us and the handmade ornament my roommate, Erika, made for us.
God has blessed me with two wonderful roommates who love the Him and are involved in ministry with me (we are Young Life leaders). It’s truly a blessing to celebrate this time of year with them. The tree and those ornaments are a reminder that they are my chosen family now that I’m spending the advent season away from my parents.
My VERY favorite Christmas decoration is a Santa painting my grandmother painted we hang up every Christmas above our fireplace. It’s beautiful and makes the living room very cozy and christmasy!! http://bit.ly/sabLt9
For my family, every year after Christmas we go and buy Christmas bears (one for each person). so over the years our collection has grown rather large and it is so fun to put them out and see how many more we have every year!
I love our Christmas Tree:) In particular an ornament that my Aunt gave us the Christmas after we got engaged. It’s this super cheesy, made at a craft fair ornament of two teddy bears. But every time I look at it I am reminded of the year we got engaged and how excited we were to get married. Looking back six years later its so fun to remember how far we’ve come since that year. And we are just excited for what the future holds as we were six years ago:)
I love, love, love to display my great-grandmother Grace’s porcelain white Christmas tree. I remember being a little girl and visiting her at Christmastime and LOVING the colorful little bulbs. I am so grateful that it is a part of our Christmas decorations, it’s the perfect mix of colorful+mod+vintage and reminds me of great times with family at Christmas and sweet great grandma Gracie.
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My favorite Christmas decoration is my willow tree nativity. I love it so much that I keep it up all year round. A great reminder of the real reason for the season!
My favorite Christmas decoration this year is my parent’s Christmas tree. My mother sent me a picture yesterday and I can’t wait to get home for the holidays and see it! It made Christmas even that much more exciting!!
My favorite decoration this year is our little CHristmas tree for the apartment. It’s perfect for getting in the Christmas spirit during exams and adding some cheer to our little apartment
I’m just starting gathering my own christmas decorations as I’ve gone out on my own, but my current favorite treasure is my Meredith College ornament! In CO it’s a reminder of a piece of home.
Thanks for doing these givaways, Nancy! Merry Christmas!
My favorite decoration are these little colorful balls I got our first year married. This will be our 4th Christmas as husband and wife, and these simple but beautiful little balls have served as decorations in a different way each year – and I plan to keep this tradition going!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Mine would also be our tree
something magical about those!
Nutcrackers are the best! I got these for my wife a few years ago. This camera would make a great gift for her as well!
I’d have to say that I love the Christmas tree right before we put any ornaments on it! Weird! I know, but it just looks so fresh and new with just the lights. I love it! Tweeting that pic now! : ) xx
Well, my favourite decoration is the shinning star… because it is in that moment that I believe that everything is possible, it gives me the feeling of accomplishment, security, and hope that things will be better somehow!
My favorite decoration is the of course tree and the manger scene.
my favorite decoration is a new wreath I recently made from an old hymn book and cheap ornaments
My tiny Christmas tree. I’m living abroad right now and it’s easing the homesickness.
love the christmas giveaway! my favorite christmas decoration is a picture from my hubby & I’s first christmas. each christmas as our lives change we will add a new photo to the christmas wall. this year we will be adding a picture of us with our new pup, duncan!!! -in 10, 20, 50 years it will be wonderful to look at our christmas wall and thank God for all we have been blessed with. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150417632858661&set=a.10150162530043661.305595.696298660&type=1&theater
we have a Christmas mouse we put up every year!
he has been in our house every Christmas that I can remember. he is a little tacky, but it wouldn’t be Christmas without him! 
They are all my favorites….Christmas is my favorite….because it’s a time for family and friends to celebrate Jesus and one another.
….but the pic I posted on Facebook were of two cute Santa babies….one says “FIRST BORN….(Mom’s favorite)” and the other one says “YOUNGEST CHILD….(Mom’s favorite)!!!
My most favorite Christmas decoration is my homemade Christmas wreathe made with leftover tree clippings! So easy, classy, and beautiful!
I love all of our Christmas decorations! My favorite would have to be the picture of me and husband with our two dogs (one was our gift to each other last year) outside our house. It was our first Christmas as neelyweds in our brand new house and it snowed like crazy! It’s something I’ll always remember.
My fav christmas decoration is a christmas tree ornament of Thomas kinckade. I am not able to show it to you because I don’t have a camera or a cell phone to take a picture. I do follow you on twitter so I RT Hope someone I know wins. I am also not on face book.
I do pray for you everyday.
My favorite christmas decorations are a set of ornaments my great grandmother made. They are little ice skate ornaments. They have been my favorites since I can remember.