Christmas Giveaways – have you had enough?

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The year I discovered blogging, this time of year was like heaven!  The blog world came alive with prizes, giveaways, and reviews-a-plenty. The (mostly mom-) blogs I visited were just a hub of activity and discussion. It was like grabbing an eggnog and hanging with the girls just to visit my fave blogs!

This year, as I think about putting together the December newsletter, it occurs to me that I don’t feel like entering the Christmas advertising throng. There are so many opportunities out there to shop, win, review, read, watch, hear and click, that I’ve no idea how to set mine apart from the crowd.   If you are writing product reviews, and advertising for companies on your blog, do you try to make your holiday guide different in any way?  And how on earth do you do it??

If you are more of a blog-reader, do you grab your eggnog and join the review-reading, prize-winning, product-giveaway buzz?  Or have you just had enough?