Merry Christmas, America! Giveaway

UPDATE: Bruce just informed me that USA TODAY has named MERRY CHRISTMAS, AMERICA the "Critic's pick" for gift books of 2007!!!!!! How cool is that?!!! Congrats, Bruce!

Can you believe that Christmas is right around the corner?!! Neither can I. I LOVE the holidays, and one of my favorite things about Christmas is the colorful, magical display of lights that pop up all around our town.

It's one of my favorite memories as a child, too. There was just something about driving with my family at night and seeing all of the colors and displays....it would just light up my heart.

So I was unbelievably excited when I found out that my friend Bruce Littlefield, author of the hugely popular Garage Sale America, has come out with a brand new book on my favorite part of Christmas!



Merry Christmas, America! is filled with gorgeous photos of Christmas displays across America, and the stories behind them.

Bruce captures the who, what and why behind the most spectacular Christmas displays across America. Want to know who lives in that house with the yard covered in elves, snowmen, reindeer and lights? You'll find out in Merry Christmas, America!.

Bruce's adventures cover small towns and big cities from coast to coast. You'll meet people for whom Christmas is a year-round labor of love. You know the types. The kind who go all out, spending tons of time and money creating unique fantasylands, some of which attract visitors from far, far away.

"These portraits of Christmas range from tacky to refined, outlandish to poignant - and the reasons they are created vary, too — but all are dazzling in their own ways, and the passionate people who dream them up have entertaining stories and anecdotes to tell that will make this Christmas the brightest, merriest, happiest Christmas ever. Just follow the lights."

The book is also filled with decorating tips, Christmas trivia and fun ideas! There's a resource guide that will tell you how to find and wrap the perfect gift, how to repack lights and ornaments, and where to find the best Christmas decorations, movies and Christmas-themed towns and neighborhoods.



Check out Bruce's very impressive bio:

"Bruce Littlefield is a New York-based designer, writer, and restaurateur. Hailed as a "design and lifestyle guru" by Publisher's Weekly, he is the author of the recently published Garage Sale America and Airstream Living, and co-writer of the best-selling Use What You've Got and Other Business Lessons I learned from My Mom with real-estate magnate Barbara Corcoran. Originally from the south, decorating for Christmas is as natural as breathing to Bruce, and each December finds him attempting over-the-top mischief. His personal collection of Christmas treasures can be found displayed proudly every holiday season in a 1940s Catskills' farmhouse, which he renovated and decorated himself."

Now here is YOUR chance to revel in the spectacular displays featured in Merry Christmas, America! Bruce has generously offered to give one of you lucky readers an autographed copy of his new book!

And the best part? All you have to do to enter is leave a comment here! Isn't that easy? Deadline to enter is 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, November 3. Winner will be drawn and announced on November 4. (UPDATE: Click here for a second chance to win Bruce's book! And keep an eye on the main page as there will be a THIRD chance to win an autographed copy of the book PLUS a very special Christmas treasure from Bruce himself, coming the week of December 3!)

Good luck and happy entering!