And the winner is...

Congratulations to chellewade of Indiana. You won the Creme Brulee Bundt Cake Candle in our Wounded Warrior Project Sweepstakes. It will ship today!

The Reason

We all are very busy this time of year, but I'd like to encourage you to take the time to enjoy the simple things & the quiet moments (if there are any) this week. Don't let Christmas pass by without remembering the real reason for the season, Jesus' birth.

Since I don't have a photo of Jesus to post (ha) I thought I'd post a picture of a gift He gives us. I took this picture from my house last week.

Merry Christmas & may God bless you tremendously in 2009.

The Walter Reed Christmas Card Controversy

I mailed my Christmas cards to recovering soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center a few weeks ago. I got all of them back in today's mail. Assuming I had made a mistake in the address, I looked online for a correct address. I was stunned to learn that ALL Christmas cards delivered to troops at Walter Reed are returned. The explanation I read was at http://thisvetslife.com/?p=187. I, like so many others, am terribly disappointed that Walter Reed can't get it together to truly honor the troops. Troops work in the mail room bundling and returning the very cards sent to honor and thank them. Thank you to all who posted on the blog, and the drawing for the bundt cake candle will still take place after 12/25/08.

Merry Christmas to All

May you eat all the Christmas treats you want and not gain an ounce.

Merry Christmas!

No words necessary

Bundt Cake Candle Sweepstakes

And here's a picture of the prize for our sweepstakes. The smell is AMAZING~a rich buttery, vanilla scent. You can smell it before you even open the box!

So enter TODAY! Post comments no later than 12/25/08!

Free Bundt Cake Candle Sweepstakes

Have you entered our sweepstakes for the chance to win a FREE Creme Brulee Bundt Cake Candle? Here's how. Mail a Christmas card to:

A Recovering American Soldier

c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center

6900 Georgia Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20307-5001

Once you have mailed a card, or several (hint, hint) post a comment here on our blog or on our Facebook page (search for Sweet Cakes Candles). You will be entered to win. We haven't had many comments yet so your odds of winning are quite good! Can't wait to hear from you! P.S. Deadline for posting comments is 12/25/08.