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Watch Hot Ice, Cool Sounds and enter to Win!

December 23, 2008 by Janice

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Spend Christmas watching Sasha Cohen, Brian Boitano, Todd Eldredge, Yuka Sato, Michael Weiss, and more figure skating superstars perform with The Cleveland Pops Orchestra and singing legend Peter Cetera.

And then come back here, to 5 Minutes for Mom and enter to win one of five gift baskets packed with Smucker’s goods as well as autographed items from the ice skaters and musical guest Peter Cetera from the band Chicago.

Somewhere between the morning madness of flying wrapping paper and the over-indulgence of turkey dinner, there’s often a lull in the Christmas day festivities.

But this year, as children play with new toys, husbands check warranties, and turkeys roast, moms like me will be enjoying a Christmas present of our own – “Smucker’s presents Hot Ice, Cool Sounds,” – an incredible performance of Olympic and world-class figure skating superstars such as Sasha Cohen, Brian Boitano, and, Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, accompanied by singing legend Peter Cetera and The Cleveland Pops Orchestra.

And you can be one of us moms with our feet up enjoying this rare treat. Your family will likely love to see you take a break and enjoy your day.

Even if you have to dash back to the kitchen between numbers to baste your turkey, (or perhaps you are lucky enough to have a TV in your kitchen!) this magical musical performance will be great family friendly viewing to keep everyone entertained on Christmas afternoon.

Hot Ice, Cool Sounds, presented by Smucker’s, is running on Christmas Day on NBC from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Smucker’s supports several ice skating programs, including “Stars on Ice,” which starts its national tour in January. (BTW — at the Smucker’s site, you can enter to win tickets to an all-expense paid trip to a city to see “Stars on Ice” in 2009.)

I love watching figure skating. One of my favorite ways to spend time with my Mom, (who was a figure skater herself,) is watching figure skating events together. Every time a skater takes us off for a jump, goes into a spin or stretches into a spiral, I can feel her body tense as she relives her past.

Whether we are watching on TV or attending live events like the World Championships or Stars on Ice, sharing our love of figure skating is one of the special bonds between me and my Mom. (My mom and I used to go to Stars on Ice every year back before I had babies to put to bed at night!)

So, I know without a doubt, as we relax on Christmas afternoon, we will have the TV tuned to NBC to catch the unforgettable Hot Ice, Cool Sounds.

My mom and I will ooh and aww over Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen’s impossibly perfect spiral (seriously — her spiral is just gorgeous!) and of course as Canadians we will be making sure we don’t miss Olympic pairs champions Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, (yes, they ROCK and they are Canadian!)

But, if you’re too busy peeling potatoes and mashing yams between 3 to 5pm, no worries! Just set your TIVO (or, for people like me, slide a tape into the old VCR) and indulge once your guests have said goodbye and your tots have given in to exhaustion. It will be the perfect way to unwind as you sip some eggnog and nibble on one more piece of pumpkin pie.

But just make sure you come back to your computer and email your answers in to our trivia questions for a chance to win one of five fabulous gift baskets.

How to Enter:

To enter to win one of five very cool gift baskets full of Smucker’s goods as well as autographed items from the ice skaters and musical guest Peter Cetera from the band Chicago, EMAIL us your answers to at least two of the three questions below

  • How many skaters performed (couples count as two)?
  • What song did Peter Cetera sing with his daughter?
  • What is your favorite Smucker’s product and why?

Please EMAIL your answers to 5minutesformom at gmail dot com with SMUCKERS as the subject.

This giveaway is open for entry from Thursday, December 25th through Friday January 2nd. The winners will be announced on Saturday January 3rd. This giveaway is only open to US shipping addresses.

Please see our site’s Terms and Conditions of Use for a complete list of our Contest and Giveaway Rules. This promotion is void where prohibited.

PLEASE do NOT leave your answers in the comment section. EMAIL answers to 5minutesformom at gmail dot com with SMUCKERS as the subject.


(Not only can you win gift baskets here, but make sure you click over to the Smucker’s site. You can enter to win tickets to an all-expense paid trip to a city to see “Stars on Ice” in 2009.)

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20 Comments

  1. Charlene Kuser says

    January 2, 2009 at 11:37 pm

    Nice giveaway.I have emailed my answers

    Reply
  2. vanessa thomas says

    January 2, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    wonderful giveaway

    Reply
  3. Timothy Sternberg says

    January 2, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    Great giveaway!

    Reply
  4. Pamela Vest says

    January 1, 2009 at 9:13 am

    My daughter loves to watch the skaters. She still dreams of skating.

    Reply
  5. Christie says

    December 29, 2008 at 12:09 pm

    I sent my email, not sure if I am right!

    Reply
  6. Nora Scott-Platt says

    December 28, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    I sent in my answers. Thank you for this fun contest.

    Reply
  7. Dawn S. says

    December 28, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    Thank you for the contest, I sent you an email!

    Reply
  8. gr8tjoy says

    December 28, 2008 at 8:07 pm

    Just sent my answers, thanks for the contest!

    Reply
  9. Tara Hill says

    December 28, 2008 at 7:04 pm

    Ok, just sent my answers in!

    Reply
  10. Jennifer S says

    December 28, 2008 at 5:27 pm

    I am a BIG skating fan. Thanks for the chance!

    Reply
  11. Barbara McCrea says

    December 28, 2008 at 2:16 pm

    what a wonderful show, I have emailed my answers, Thanks!

    Reply
  12. Naomi Santiago says

    December 25, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    I watched the show Hot Ice, Cool Sounds today and I was simply blowned away, the skarters were fantastic and the music from Peter Cetera was right on point, he touched my heart with every song, I’m going right now to download the show . Thank you so much Smuckers you did it again, you gave us a show to remember. Naomi Boney-Santiago

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  13. PATRICK says

    December 24, 2008 at 8:58 pm

    Hello, Yes I used Skype i time when my daughter in law came to visit. I talked to my son (Charles) in Iraq. Charles is stationed just north of Bagdad in the US Army. He will be coming home in March. I would call Charles first, it would be great to see and talk to him.
    Thanks,
    Patrick

    Reply
  14. Michelle says

    December 23, 2008 at 6:26 pm

    I look forward to watching that with Hubby and Daughter (after the local parade hopefully)Oh and Janice I don’t have a TIVO and the VCR isn’t working or set up properly..

    Reply
  15. Sarah says

    December 23, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    Great giveaway! Thanks!

    Reply
  16. Barbara says

    December 23, 2008 at 11:23 am

    Hey there,
    Didnt know that you were so cool. Love your blog and your way of writing.
    PS: I have initiated an idea to create a fashion and style blogroll where bloggers from the jewelry, fashion, style and beauty could participate.
    All you need to do is to add my blog link to your blog and i’ll do the same.
    That way, we could have a mutual partnership and we could refer visitors to each other’s blog.
    Please let me know if you would be interested.

    Thanks!
    Barbara and Ellen
    The Gals at SoHo
    http://sohoaccessories.blogspot.com

    Reply
  17. Janice says

    December 23, 2008 at 8:39 am

    LOL Jennifer! Yes – Susan has TIVO. I covet it, but alas, I am stuck in the land of recording on tape.

    TIVO – save me!!!

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  18. Jennifer, Snapshot says

    December 23, 2008 at 8:20 am

    Janice I love you even more knowing that like me, you have to slide a tape into the VCR. I didn’t know that there were other cool girls like me who still did that!

    Reply

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