Merry Christmas Giveaway

| Amy

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Christmas? Wait…it’s not even Thanksgiving yet! Well, Thanksgiving is a little over a week away and since it’s so late in the month, Christmas will be here before we know it. So that’s why I’m giving away three copies of The Christmas Sleigh, which includes my Paradise Christmas novella, A Mamm for Christmas as well as two more great holiday stories from Molly Jebber and Kelly Long. Let’s get into the Christmas spirit!

kish-valley-5-mkd-wmBut wait! There’s more! If you are chosen as one of the winners, then I’ll send you a second copy for you to gift to a friend! Yep, you read that right. One signed copy for you and another one to give to a friend.

So what do you have to do in order to qualify for the giveaway? Head over to my page dedicated to Kish Valley (aka Big Valley) and tell me what your favorite picture is there. Be sure to stay for the entire slide show. There are a few pictures of the infamous yellow buggies of the Valley.

The three winners will be chosen by random drawing at the end of each week (We’ll actually draw on Sunday and announce the winners on Monday morning.)

If you don’t win the first week, never fear, I’m giving away the three-plus three copies each week from now until Christmas. That’s 18 chances to win!

So go check out the pictures and leave me a comment as to which is your favorite. Thanks for stopping by, Merry (early) Christmas, and the best of luck to everyone!

How do you get to the page? Simply click All Things Amish<Amish Photos<The Amish of PA Kish Valley< Kish Valley part 1.

And feel free to poke around a little. There are a lot of great things to see here!

Thanks for reading!

Amy

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84 thoughts on “Merry Christmas Giveaway”

  1. I love them all and can only narrow it down to 3 photos – #1 is phone shanty #4, #2 is valley – 52, and the best one ever is my dear friends Stacey and Amy #14!!!! Looks like so much fun!!! BTW (Pick ME)

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    3. Loved them all…but mostly love the pics with barns and outbuildings and the phone shanty!! I take TONS of pics just like those on my Amish-adventures, because I just love the lines and shapes of the buildings and roofs against the backdrops of beautiful Amish Country areas!

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    4. I would love to visit this area, one day I will. I read my first mystery just over a couple weeks ago a loved it so I can’t wait for your new books to come out.

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  2. I love 52 with the wheat fields and farm in back ground. All I can say is God made a wonderful master piece. So peaceful. Love the one of you and Stacey also. What fun!!

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  3. I love the cows in the fields, all the pictures of the farming land, the yellow topped buggies and the signs at the intersections advertising all the home made items. All wonderful!

    Cnnamongirl at aol dot com

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    1. The yellow buggies were so fun to watch! We actually talked to a man who was a ‘yellow topper.’ He acted like it was no big deal that they had different color buggies, but it was so interesting to us. I’ll be blogging about the different color buggies and what they mean later in this contest. Thanks for coming by!

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  7. Oh so many to choose from. I love though the phone shanty picture. My second one would be the horse and buggy parking only. So pretty!

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  9. The one with the 2 sheep sleeping in the shade and the farm in the background, also, the valley when you were standing along the road to take the picture. Love seeing the farms and the valleys.

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  14. In Kish Valley #2 there is something special and lovely about that cross just standing there among Mother Nature. Kish Valley is beautiful.Thank you for the giveaway.
    Marion

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  19. Wow, Amy! So many great pictures that it’s difficult to narrow down a choice. However, I have 2 favorites. The first is the homemade cow crossing sign. Too cute! The second is the pink spotted nosed cow that seems to have been looking directly at the camera, almost as if it knew it should pose for you. Loved it!

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  20. Amy, not only do you have a wonderful talent to tell a story, you have an equally wonderful talent for photographer’s. I can’t pick just one favorite! I love the picture of the cows resting, the horse and buggy pictures, and the beautiful hills and green everywhere! Gorgeous!

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  21. Hey Amy! I love Amish Books! My favorite picture is the School house kish……. I have been to the Amish Country in Pennsylvania and rode in a buggy. It was so much fun. Thank you for the chance.

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  22. Absolutely gorgeous area! I need to go visit this area soon! I love, love, loved the picture of the Amish schoolhouse. I’ve seen the children playing baseball at a schoolhouse in Lancaster Co. and they are precious. Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  23. Not sure if this is where I comment. I finally got to see the slide show. They all where beautiful. Country life. Very peaceful. If I have to chose my favorite it would be the farm down in the valley. Tied in second place was the close up of the Holstein Cows and the mail box. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  24. I like picture #3 Peight’s store in the valley. Love the view going down the road seeing the fields and the trees ahead.

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  25. I love them all but my favorite is the closeup of the buggy going down the road and next is the fence with the barn/farm scene in the background.Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures.

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  27. I had a lot of faves. But being a genealogist, I love cemeteries. So that is one, the McYoder street sign is hilarious. I love Amish school houses and birdhouses. And I loved the Horse and buggy only parking sign. I need one of those!

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  28. I love all your photos!! I love the photo of You and Stacey <3. The photos of the sheep and the cows relaxing, just draw me in. I need a trip to Amish Country in the very near future!! Thank you so much for sharing your adventures!!!

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  29. Love the slideshow; I think the panoramic shots from hillside as they encompass an array of buildings, etc. Thank you again for the giveaway!

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  30. I am always amazed by the “yellow toppers”. We live just a county away and our Amish don’t use these. Your pictures were all great. We have been to many of these places…..but, my absolute favorite is Peight’s Country Store. The ladies there are so sweet and always ask me to bring pictures of what I make from their craft supplies. Purple Martin Bake Shop is also a favorite place to stop for left-over discounted bake goods from the Belleville Market. We have also become friendly with a woman on Rockville Road who bakes and grows vegetables. What a wonderful community you have captured. Thanks Amy!!

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  31. Hmm, do I have to pick just one. I love the one with the six yellow buggies parked altogether because I have never seen the yellow buggies before. My second favorite is just a picture of the hilly road. It reminded me when we went to visit my uncles farm in Ohio.

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  32. Loved all the pictures….the pictures overlooking the valley are my favorite ones. Found it interesting the one way sign () with arrows going the “wrong” way under the one way sign. Seems strange seeing yellow buggies instead of the black buggies I am used to seeing.
    Blessings, Tina

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  33. Wow! So many great pictures! I like the photos of the open land a lot, but my favorite has to be the one that has a sign that says “Quilts” and “Closed Sundays”. I love quilts and love it when Sunday is a day of rest. Thanks for the chance to win a copy of the book. I have several friends that would love the other copy if I’m blessed to win.

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    1. Thanks, Vickie! The quilt shop was a blast. Shop is a big word, It was the back room of this sweet little woman’s house. She sold the quilts for other people. Most of them were on the top of a chest freezer. She had them stacked in two or three rooms and just let us wander in and look around. I didn’t have the cash on me for one, but when I go back…

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  35. Absolutely beautiful pictures and so hard to choose. I like the Valley from the top of Jacks Mountain, the yellow buggies and you and Stacey with the valley in the background! I’m sure both of you could write a book about this trip. Thank you for the giveaway.

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    1. Sorry, Mary! A couple of people had a problem. You should be able to access them directly through the ALL THINGS AMISH tab. Thanks for stopping by!

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  37. I enjoyed all of the photos but I guess I enjoyed the landscape photos the most. Just looks so peaceful 😊
    Thank you for this chance to win this great giveaway 😀

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  41. I love the picture of the outhouse(at least I think it was one) & the road signs for the produce,quilts & such. I never get tired of looking at pictures or visiting Amish country

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  43. I’m hoping I saw the correct pictures but I didn’t see them numbered. I enjoyed the cabbies too, never seen or heard about them. Also, liked the Road picture that guided my eyes to the farmland ahead, sky just beautiful view. I’m a retired school teacher so it was neat to see the school too. Thanks Amy!

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  44. I like the picture that has several yellow buggies beside a big white building. I’ve never seen yellow buggies that I recall.

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  45. I have never read any of your books but love Amish books . . . I was born and raised in the Susquehanna Valley (Freeburg, Snyder County, PA) and my kids went to school with a few Amish children and we bought lots of produce from the Amish. Would love to win one of your books. Thank you for the opportunity!!

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  48. I loved your slideshow and had to look up where Kish Valley is – PA. I’d never heard of it. (I’ve been to Lancaster, though, and love it there!) All the pictures were great, but I loved looking at the yellow buggies. So colorful, so shiny, and so different! Keep taking and sharing pictures!
    susanlulu@yahoo.com

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