**CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS KARA WASHBURN, CHRIS BIRD AND LOVATO!**
Denver moms: start your engines!

The Denver Holiday and Food Festival is coming to town November 12-15 and we want to help you get a jump-start on all your holiday shopping. More than 500 vendors will bring you arts, crafts, and gourmet foods set in a holiday atmosphere amid Christmas trees, trains and visits with Santa Claus.

Even better is this festival is like Costco’s samples on steroids. There is a popular area of gourmet food where you can try hundreds of different items including jams, jellies, meats, chili, candy, soups, dips, sauces, salsa, coffee, and much more!

The event will be held at the Colorado Convention Center. Hours are Thursday: 12-9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. -9 p.m. and Sunday is 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Tickets are $9. If you don’t want to wait for our contest, be sure to use this $2 off coupon.

We are offering 10 tickets to the festival. Simply go here to enter and let us know how many tickets you would like. Contest deadline is November 10, 2009.

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