{"id":49396,"date":"2016-12-17T07:39:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T12:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/?p=49396"},"modified":"2016-12-17T07:39:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T12:39:05","slug":"holiday-love-showdown-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/17\/holiday-love-showdown-round\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holiday Love showdown round is on!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi friends and Happy Saturday!&nbsp; Woke up to snow!! Very exciting and somewhat unexpected, we were told we would wake up to rain, and as of now we have at least 3 inches and counting.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I will be&nbsp; a busy bee today in a different capacity, that of playing hostess for our annual family Christmas party. I will try to take some pics as I always do, coming off the heels of an insanely busy work week, you better believe I am chugging my coffee:)<\/p>\n<p>Very excited to announce the two finalists of my Holiday Love contest, admittedly they were all winners, so many fabulous pictures! But in the end it comes down to two and here they are. This is the final day of voting and a winner will be crowned tomorrow morning! I am happy to present the two finalists after over 3000 votes came in. Time to vote for&nbsp; your absolute favorite-<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48831 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/scroll.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"63\"><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">From Round 1<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49399\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/HLWENDY.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"893\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">From Round 2<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49407 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hlalison-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"893\"><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/static.polldaddy.com\/p\/9613149.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/polldaddy.com\/poll\/9613149\/\">Which best says Holiday Love?<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48831 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/scroll.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"63\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Congrats to the two finalists and to everyone else who sent in their beautiful pictures, thank you for taking part in the fun. Thanks for stopping in, wishing you a wonderful day and start to your weekend. Until next time&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48829\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/besttina-1-1024x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"381\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 215px; left: 273px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1388px; left: 273px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi friends and Happy Saturday!&nbsp; Woke up to snow!! 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