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At the end of a long day, curling up with a movie and a bowl of popcorn is about as perfect as it gets for me.

So this holiday season, we are serving up a year of delicious Orville popcorn with an “Orville popcorn for a year” coupon book, along with a 12 month, 2 at-a-time subscription to Netflix!

As a Canadian, I haven’t had the luxury of trying out Netflix – an online movie rental service that lets you rent movies through the mail with free shipping and no late fees – but I hear it is fantastic. And now with the writer’s strike forcing so many TV shows into reruns – it is the perfect time for Netflix. I will just have to envy the winner from up here in Canada.

And if you haven’t been down the popcorn aisle recently, Orville has a new Natural line available. It’s 100 percent natural, with no artificial flavors, colors or preservatives, and comes in three flavors: Buttery Garlic, Buttery Salt and Pepper, and Simply Salted. My mouth is watering as I type this. It is making me want to shut off this computer, grab some Orville popcorn and slip in a movie. Good thing I don’t have Netflix, or else this contest might not get posted today!

If you want to have a year of free movies and popcorn, cross your fingers and enter by leaving a comment here at this post and linking back to this contest and to www.orville.com. We will announce the winner on January, 1st 2008. (Since Netflix is only available in the US, this contest is open only to US readers.)

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826 Comments

  1. My daughter is one of the hardest working single mothers I know. She is Mom of a 10 year old and a 1 year old. She works full time, is pursuing a degree and still manages to rock the baby to sleep, do science projects with the oldest son and give support to friends who are “going through a hard time”. The only time she gets to relax is watching a movie and enjoying some popcorn. This would be quite a treat for her budget and soul! Great prize for some lucky person! I hope it’s her.

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  14. I LOVE ORVILLE REDENBACHER POPCORN
    I EAT A BAG ALMOST EVERYDAY
    MY WIFE SAYS IN AM NUTS
    I JUST SAY IM A BIT
    POPPY

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  28. This is great, our Netflix subscription just ended. We also LOVE popcorn!! I am winning this contest for my mother. I am calling it the One Year For Mom. When we win, I will let her pick the movies she wants for the year. But I will help her eat the popcorn while we watch them. Ha ha.
    Thanks Janice.

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  65. I would love this!! My husband and I just had our second little girl.She was a preemie so it has been a little hard for me to get used to the care of her while dealing with my 21month old at the same time…it is fun and I love it but as a young new mother I would also like some me time while the kids are in bed…

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  70. This mom needs a break….the last movie I saw was Santa Claus 2. Please let me watch a “grown up” show!!!

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  81. This would be a great prize for our family! Everyone is always so busy, a movie night, once a week, is just what we need!!

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  86. I posted a link to your contest. We don’t have cable, satellite, or an antenna, so we only watch DVDs. A free subscription to Netflix would be a blessing. I love popcorn, too, and would love to try the Naturals line from Orville Redenbacher. I need to lose a lot of weight, and I think snacking on all-natural popcorn would help me there!
    Happy New Year, everyone!

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  113. I would like to have a GREAT 2008! (Because 2007 was bad for my family – Lost my mom and 2 uncles)

    It would be great to have something NICE happen!

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  117. http://www.orville.com

    My wife and I work at a children’s home and this would be not only great for us as a large family but also would be awesome for my wonderful wife who really deserves down time for all the hard work she does! Please really consider this. She has already entered and posted a link on her blog but I thought I would give a little more info. Thanks for such a GREAT contest!

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  137. What a great package this would be – I have wanted to join netflix and who doesn’t love Orville popcorn!

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  139. Neflix is a terrific company! They carry obscure titles and documentaries that are impossible to find at your local video store.

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  143. leaving comment here very hard ..scroll all the way down hurts hands ..well if we win,wothed then,, if I win….. I liked to share with others ..thanks.

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  144. I have two little rugrats. I need movies for them and my hubby… hopefully that would keep them quiet for an hour here and there.

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  145. thanks my son always is wishin for netflix, hed flip over the win, if im so lucky, im big on popcorn too lol

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  162. Foster mom of 2 overnight – need those 5 minutes for mom! I went from ZERO to 2 with one phone calla nd I wouldnot trade it for anything

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  172. I’d like to win, but, I fear my nephew will “liberate” the popcorn coupons. He loves the stuff. I got him some gourmet popcorn for Christmas this year.

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  197. my wife would love this. moovies and popcorn without leaving the couch. YIKES!!!!!!! She has got to have this, thanks.

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  204. hi, we would really like to win this prize. It truly sounds great. This would be something nice to do on these cold winter nights.

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  205. Hi, I would like to win this contest for my family and me. i really haven’t had the money for movies and popcorn lately. I haven’t seen anything from anyone here in memphis, tennessee.

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  209. Great!!
    We love family movie nights and we love popcorn.
    Live in a rural area (20 miles to town) and movies in the mail would be fantastic!!
    Thanks for the contest.

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  215. This sounds like heaven. Just staying in out of the cold and eating popcorn and watching movies. Doesn’t get any better.

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  221. I announced the contest and linked to the Orville website on my “Tuesday Tours” column this week…and I would LOVE to win!

    Winning a year of free movies would be a great “date night” solution for us. 🙂

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  235. Wow, is this contest popular! Everyone must love popcorn and movies. Count me in.

    p.s. since I’m always curious…how about you put a counter on the entries? Was I number 77 or number 777? Just an idea.

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  243. We can’t afford babysitting for our twin toddlers and kindergartener so we almost never get out. And we love movies. This would be an awesome way to have date-night at home, over and over again. Thanks!

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  254. I will , I know I will win this because I hate to give [email protected][email protected] I will win this for my best friend and all my friends beyond all heavens above and above because I know within all pieces of my soul that she is important , I knew her through an mmorpg . never really belonged in the real world. So many hated me , so I never talked, but when I came to this mmorpg she gave me the courage to speak to many, I will win every sweepstakes I can to show her how confident I am now because of her , I want to go back again and again and love her within one galaxy , and love her within a universe in that galaxy , 20 universes , in every universe , love her in ever 20 planet in ever [email protected]! I will do [email protected]!!!! then love her in ever 1000 paths in every [email protected] This is for all my friends and all the people that I will make confident If I just believe I will believe I [email protected]! I will go beyond all all and [email protected]!

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  268. I would love the chance to try Netflix!! LOVE Orville popcorn too it’s my fav! I go for the Movie Theater popcorn! Please pick me! :)Mmmmmm I want to try their new Natural selection!! The garlic sounds so yummy!

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  274. We are retired and watch a lot of TV…that is, when we can find things we like to watch! The subscription to Netflix would solve that for a year! The popcorn would be a bonus!

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  293. Love popcorn, love Netflix (especially with a two year old and a newborn…we don’t have the time or the money to get to a real movie!). Pick me!

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  315. I’ve wanted to try Netflix for a long time. We cannot seem to return our rentals on time so this would be great. 🙂
    Enter me please. 🙂

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  341. Love your site.
    Love Netxfix I been a member for 7 year now.

    God Bless
    &
    Good Luck to everyone

    Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

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  353. Awesome – my hubby would absolutely love if I won this!! 🙂 Linking to you in this week’s contest round-up.

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  355. Netflix is the best entertainment invention of the 21 century for someone like me, who has no time and too much money. No doubt, microwave popcorn is one of the smart inventions of the 20 century!! :))

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  370. This would be great. I love watching movies and have recently been thinking of switching to netflix. Does positive thinking really work . . . I will win, I will win. Guess we’ll have to wait and see. Thanks and have a Merry Christmas.

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  389. OK, we could really use Netflix (and the popcorn) as I think we only made it out for Date Night to the movies twice in the last year!

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  421. Ok Now that is a sure fired way to entertain the grandkids while babysitting. They’ll be begging to go to grams to watch a movie!!! I wanna be the coolist Grandma on the block!!

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  437. What person wouldn’t want to kick back in their own recliner eating popcorn and watching free movies? Brilliant idea, although some folks might gain a little weight so you might want to come up with a weight loss contest after the 12 months are over. LOL

    Count me in!

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  454. I would LOVE to have a relaxing night with my hubby and with this it would be more than one night, than a family night too!!!!

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  456. I’m in. We’ve been thinking about trying Netflix, but we’ve never gotten around to it. My 2 year old daughter would love the popcorn. That’s her bedtime snack.

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  457. I’m entering on behalf of my awesome wife. She deserves this and so much more for all that she does for me and our 2 (plus one on the way) kids.
    She would love it!

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  466. I would love to win this! We love movies on evenings where we are tired and don’t feel like doing much around the house! Sign me up!

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  485. Wow! This is an amazing prize. We can’t go to movies here. We are a homeschooling family of 5, soon to be 6 and it just isn’t in the budget. As a homeschooler, Netflix documentaries make me salivate as much as the popcorn. Then again the idea of time by myself is almost to much to even think about.

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  489. hey I’m a proud mother that needs a brake once in awhile. I have a full time job and all I want to do is come home and relax. My husband has 2 jobs so…he likes to come home and relax to. my family would love that…actually sitting together on our days off or when we go to work order movies for my son to watch.

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  503. This is great. I love to watch movies and snack while I try to catch up on my scrapbooking so this is right down my alley. Thanks.

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  505. All Linked up and ready. Thanks for the chance. (the original post didn’t take some error of some kind, so I apologize if there are two of these entries!!)

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  546. What a great idea. I have a child that is chronically ill and sometimes all we do is watch movies. What fun it is.! Enter me in

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  571. Oh I would love to win this so much. Nothing I love better than movies and popcorn in the comfort of my home with warm kitties for company.

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  575. This would make my whole day! I actually have been considering signing up w/netflix!! And who doesn’t LOVE popcorn?

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  589. “Awesome” giveaway package! And I’ll save a ton on dvd rentals! Definitely, count me in on your giveaway drawing!

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  592. This would be a great win for my family. We live in a small town and there isn’t much to do here. On the weekends we make it a family slumber party and watch movies and eat snacks. This natural popcorn would be a great healthy snack. 🙂

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  595. movies and popcorn
    what a delight
    warms my heart
    fills a cold wintry night
    also goes well spring,summer and fall
    with movies and orville, you’ve got it all!

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  596. I never get to go to the movies(DH falls asleep and snores so loud it is embarassing)so I would love this! I could actually watch a movie and he could fall asleep with only me to hear him snore!

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  604. What a fantastic prize! I can’t get my husband to a movie, but maybe if I won Netflix for a year, maybe he’d enjoy that. And the popcorn is JUST “what the doctor ordered” Count me in!

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  608. This would be nice so you could come home on the weekend and know that everything is there and ready for a relaxing weekend.

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  609. Single Mom, limited budget, minimal fun … WOW! Would this be a wonderful thing! Movie night and we wouldn’t have to leave the house. Ho Ho Hope I win this one!!

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  618. My family and I do a movie night once a week. This saves us a trip to the video store. The free propcorn is just gravy.

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  629. Love, love, LOVE Netflix!!! And Orville Redenbocker (sp?) is great, too. Love his Kettle Corn and the lite is pretty good, too!

    Thanks!

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  643. This would be a Mommy of 4 LIFESAVER. Having 3 boys ages 13,12,6 and a girl 18 months. We went to see Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. It was $33.00 to get in and my husband spent the entire time in the lobby because my little girl apparently wasn’t in the mood to sit and watch a movie. Cheaper and easier to pop some popcorn and sit in the couch.

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  647. wonderful contest. I hate going to the local movie star during the winter and this would be the perfect solution. tried out netflix and love it.

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  649. I LOVE Netflix!!! Who doesn’t love popcorn? I’ve had Netflix for many years and don’t know how I could live without it. Movies are a great way to relieve stress. I am going back to school in January and may have to cut down on Netflix. Hope I don’t have to!

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  660. With a houseful of videophiles, a year of Netflix would be appreciated by everyone. Oh, and what’s a movie without a great big bag of popcorn?

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  666. Calgon…oops, I mean “5 Minutes for Mom”…take me away! I would love to be able to relax with popcorn and a movie twice a month!!!

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  695. Oooo! Netflix is one thing that I really do miss about our new one-income-family budget. I would love, love, love to have a Netflix subscription again! Popcorn would be just the icing on the cake.

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  696. That’s a great combination! I really think my husband’s love language is movies and popcorn!! So, please pick me! =)

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  700. Nothing beats being curled up under the blanket with someone you love watching a movie, eating hot popcorn, all on a cold winter’s night.

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  704. I have not been to a movie theatre in 5 years.. We dont have the opportunity to get out & this would help us catch up on all the movies we’ve missed.
    I am sure my 5 & 2 yo boys have some favorites they’d add to the list ! What a great prize !

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  705. As a mom of 5 (ages 15, 12, 8, 6 & 5) and after having 7 kids (mine + 2 nieces ages 3 & 1) 24/7 over the next 2 weeks of Christmas break – I sure could use a wonderful escape like this.

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  717. Oh My Gosh….What a treat this would be for our famiy! We love our Movie Nights…And they would be even better if they were FREE! LOL! Thanks for the awesome chance to win this!

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  729. I already have Netflix, but my son away at school tells me his weekends are boring. I believe he would enjoy having a year’s subscription to Netflix. That is as long as he keeps his grades up.

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  732. Now this is a way to unwind from the day. When all four of the kids are in bed, sitting down with my husband and having some time together eating orvill popcorn and watch a great netflix movie.
    This would be our peace…

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  748. What a great give away! One of our favorite family fun nights is Friday Night Movie night. Winter is an especially great time to snuggle in on the couch with a blanket and a kid to watch a good movie.

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  749. Hi, What a wonderful family giveaway. Thanks for your sponsorship! Please enter me in the drawing. Thank
    you, Cindi

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  757. TV is boring, violent, sad, and just a waste of time. I need Netflix before I go insane! And the popcorn is a great treat – from my state of IN. Thanks!

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  762. I’ve been getting my dvd’s from the library but this is definitely a “cool” gift and I would love to win. 😉 Thanks and Merry Christmas. Might I add LOVE POPCORN!!!

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  780. Now that is truly an awesome prize. I had netflix before I moved down here and on my new back to school budget I had to give it up *sob*. I would be ecstatic to get some more movies in my mailbox.. and popcorn too! 🙂

    Ill blog you too of course 🙂
    http://www.prizeatron.com

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  794. My grampa always insisted on Orville popcorn 😉 And we’re die-hard Netflix fans, looks like a great contest!

    Cara

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  804. I would love to win this, me and my hubby love watching movies! We have never used netflix and would love to try it out!

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  814. Orville Redenbacher is the best! I’ve often thought of trying Netflix, but I just never got around to actually doing it.

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