The Holiday Bucket List is back again this year! We are entering an incredibly tradition-rich, nostalgic, and charming time of year – in my family, most of that is based around the much-anticipated build up to Christmas. It’s everything from familiar holiday music to the warm cozy glow of candles, and the faces of people we love and babies in Christmas jammies (*wipes away a tear*). And maybe best of all, the house is filled with the warm smells of classic recipes that make their appearance just a few times each year. These are the comforting, inviting, and absolutely crowd-pleasing favorites I come back to year after year. I’d love for you to join me! Info For This Holiday Bucket List Download the 2023 Holiday Bucket List What is the Holiday Bucket List? How to enter the giveaways What are the recipes and prizes? How to print the Holiday Bucket List More FAQs What Is The Holiday...
The Holiday Bucket List is back again this year!We are entering an incredibly tradition-rich, nostalgic, and charming time of year – in my family, most of that is based around the much-anticipated build up to Christmas. It’s everything from familiar holiday music to the warm cozy glow of candles, and the faces of people we love and babies in Christmas jammies (*wipes away a tear*). And maybe best of all, the house is filled with the warm smells of classic recipes that make their appearance just a few times each year. These are the comforting, inviting, and absolutely crowd-pleasing favorites I come back to year after year. I’d love for you to join me!
Info For This Holiday Bucket List
Download the 2023 Holiday Bucket List
What is the Holiday Bucket List?
How to enter the giveaways
What are the recipes and prizes?
How to print the Holiday Bucket List
More FAQs
What Is The Holiday Bucket List?
The aplhsindia.in Holiday Bucket List is a list of 10 of my favorite recipes that I consider must-makes for the holidays! In addition to just being a fun collection of recipes, it’s also a fun little game where we offer the chance to win prizes for any of the recipes.
How To Enter The Giveaways
There are two ways to enter for each recipe giveaway.
#1: Share a photo on Instagram and send us a screenshot.
For an Instagram entry:
Make the recipe.
Share your photo or video on Instagram (stories or feed).
Email us a screenshot of the share!
Send your screenshot to [email protected] and put the name of the recipe in the subject line. That’s it!The idea with this is that you’re making the recipe (the goal of this whole fun little game) so you have to actually share your own photo or video of the recipe. A share of the reel or the aplhsindia.in photo won’t count. We want to see that you made it! ♡
#2: Leave a comment and rating on the recipe.
For a comment entry:
Make the recipe.
Leave a comment on the recipe with a star rating!
That’s it!As much as I’d love to just ask the whole internet to go leave a bunch of 5 star ratings on all these recipes (yes! please! ha!), we ask that you do not leave a rating if you did not make the recipe. If you’re chosen as a winner from the comments, we will ask you to provide a picture of the recipe so that we can verify that you made the recipe!
Other Things to Know
You can enter both ways for each recipe (2 total entries per recipe)!
If you’ve already left a comment with a rating on the recipe in the past, you don’t need to leave a second comment. Just take a screenshot of your comment and send it to [email protected] and it will count as your entry for this year! (You’d still need to provide a photo of the recipe if you were selected as the winner.)
Entry Deadlines
We will be accepting entries from December 2nd – December 19th. Submissions will close on December 19th at 11:59 pm CST. Winners will chosen on December 20 and contacted that same day.
What Are The Recipes and Prizes?
Here is the full list of all 10 Holiday Bucket List recipes, and the prizes for each!
1: Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie
2: Date Night Rigatoni
Note: Brightland prize not eligible for Canadian residents.
3: Soft Gingerbread Cookies with Maple Glaze
4: Rosemary Pom Spritzer (The Merry Mocktail)
5: Swedish Pancakes
6: Thai Yellow Chicken Curry with Potatoes
7: The Best Swedish Meatballs
Note: Nuuly prize not eligible for Canadian residents.
8: The Very Best Chocolate Cookies
9: Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits
10: No Knead Bread
How To Print The Holiday Bucket List
You can find the printable Holiday Bucket List here!
Other Important Details
What if I want to make dietary modifications to a recipe?No problem! Make your subs and swaps. Send us the photo like usual, and if you leave a review it’s super helpful if you note what you changed about the recipe (used tofu instead of chicken, for example) in case others might want to do the same.Can I share my recipe photo multiple times for more entries? No, just one share / screenshot email per person will be counted.How old do I have to be to participate? To be entered to win a prize, you will need to be 18 years or older. Do I need to live in the U.S. to win?Due to shipping restrictions for the prizes, you must reside in the U.S. or Canada (see note below).Note for Canadian residents: the Brightland Olive Oil and Nuuly prizes are not eligible for shipping to Canada.How will winners be chosen?For each recipe, we combine both the screenshot/email entries and the comment/rating entries into one pool. From there, we pick a random number and find the winning entry.Can I win multiple prizes?You can enter them all! One prize per winner is allowed. If your name is selected for a prize, a member of our team will contact you through the email address used for your entry. Where do I find the Holiday Bucket List recipes?All of the recipes are linked in this section of this post!I’m so excited for this season and so excited to get some of these tried-and-true recipes rolling in my kitchen (and in yours)!I will be making these recipes on Instagram throughout the next 3 weeks as we run this Holiday Bucket List challenge, so be sure to check stories, reels, and highlights on Instagram to see the recipes up close and personal in my kitchen! You can follow along here.And as you’re making the recipes, if you have questions, drop a comment on the recipe post or email our team at [email protected]! We’d love to help.Happy holiday season to you and yours! We’ll be back after December 20th to announce winners!The post Join us for the 2023 Holiday Bucket List! appeared first on aplhsindia.in.
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