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25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CONTEST BEGINS DECEMBER 1st

The Illinois Department of Agriculture announces the 25 Days of Christmas Contest December 1 - 25. One winner will be selected randomly each day from the Department of Agriculture's Facebook and Twitter fans. Each winner will receive the daily featured Illinois product(s). Let's encourage the public to "Buy Illinois" this holiday season!

25 Days of Illinois Products

    Day 1 - Forsee Vineyards & Winery, Coffeen -Gift certificate in the amount of $20, enough to enjoy one of the 15 Illinois grown and produced wines plus take home a wine related gift or souvenir.  www.forseevineyards.com/ 
     

    Day 2 - eSutras Organics, Chicago - Holiday Baking and Teas Gift Basket including Herbal teas, Cocoa Powder, Pumpkin pie spice, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, organic cane sugar, and more... www.esutras.com/
     

    Day 3 - Sleepy Creek Vineyards, Fairmount  -  Gift Certificate for a One Night Stay at the Sleepy Creek Vineyards Bed & Breakfast www.sleepycreekvineyards.com/
     

    Day 4 - Two Fat Guys Gourmet Sauces, McHenry - 1 jar of Spicy BBQ Sauce, 1 can koozie, 1 ceramic coffee mug and 1 jar opener www.ilovetwofatguys.com/
     

    Day 5 - Honey Wafer Baking Company, Crestwood - One 24 ct. case of Honey Wafers. A great light and healthy snack with only 90 calories. www.honeywafer.com/
     

    Day 6 - Illinois Pork Producers/ Raber Packing, Peoria - The Illinois State Fair Pork Package - 6 butterfly chops, 8 American chops, 10 pork burgers and 1 custom BBQ spice from Raber Packing www.illinoispork.com/
     

    Day 7 - Vienna Beef, Chicago - Chicago Style Hot Dog Kit - 16 Hot dogs, 16 poppy seed Buns, 1 Celery Salt, 1 Plochman's Yellow Mustard and 1 bright green relish www.viennabeef.com/
     

    Day 8 - Ying's Kitchen, Gurnee - 4 unique sauces from Ying's Kitchen and a 20 page cookbook. www.yingskitchen.com
     

    Day 9 - One Hot Cookie, Murphysboro - A $50.00 gift from One Hot Cookie including a holiday tin filled with an assortment of sweets including homemade cookies, handmade chocolates, famous Baptist peanut rolls, gourmet brownies and a drink assortment of specialty coffee, hot chocolates, and spiced cider. www.onehotcookie.net/
     

    Day 10 - The Popcorn Factory, Lake Forest - Snowy Night Sampler Nine of our seasonal favorites in one charming gift box. Includes: three flavors of premium popcorn (Drizzled Caramel corn, Cheese, White Cheddar), chocolate chip cookies, vanilla snowflake mini pretzels, honey roasted peanuts, foil-wrapped chocolates, foil-wrapped hard candies, and pecan-Caramel Pixies®. www.thepopcornfactory.com/
     

    Day 11 - Simply Native Nursery, Alexis - Gift Certificate for $35, good on plant material only. www.simplynativenursery.com/
     

    Day 12 - Lifeway Kefir, Morton Grove -   An assortment of our holiday kefir flavors and favorites, including gingerbread, cranberry crème brulee, and pumpkin spice.  lifeway.net
     

    Day 13 - Simply Appetizers, Algonquin - A 3-pack of Simply Appetizers salsa  -Mild, Medium and Hot.  www.simplyappetizers.com/
     

    Day 14 - Galena Cellars, Galena - $25 gift card for Galena Cellars—to be used in any of their three Tasting Rooms in Galena.  www.galenacellars.com/
     

    Day 15 - Black Swan Gourmet BBQ Sauce, Dundee - 3 bottles of Black Swan's famous BBQ sauce - Sweet, Medium and Kiss of Fire.  www.blackswancompany.com/
     

    Day 16 - Country Lights Soy Candles, Leland - 2 - 12 oz. soy candles. The winner may choose the fragrance they would like.  These candles burn 50-60 hours.  www.countrylights.net/
     

    Day 17 - Diva Chocolates & Confections Inc., Skokie - A holiday gift sampler including handmade artisan caramels made with fresh cream, natural vanilla and roasted sea salt.  Handmade artisan caramels with dark chocolate covertures, handmade French Honey Nougat sweetened with clover honey and packed with roasted whole almonds, dried Montmorency cherries and salted pistachios and 1 artisan, limited-edition jam or jelly (chef's choice).  www.divaconfections.com/
     

    Day 18 - Grandpa G's, Hamilton - 2 -Grandpa G's Trio of Sauces-  Jalapeno Mustard, Catsup, and Raspberry Syrup.  www.grandpags.com/
     

    Day 19 - Sweet Margy Toffee Confections, Chicago - Gift basket with delicious Sweet Margy Hand Crafted Dark Chocolate Bark'n Toffee with lots of wonderful dark chocolate embedded with bits of toffee and almonds and Hand Dipped Toffee Grahams dipped in toffee to keep them nice and crunchy and then hand dipped in dark chocolate, drizzled with milk chocolate, and our signature "Melt in your Mouth" hand dipped Milk and dark Chocolate toffee too! www.confectiondiva.com/
     

    Day 20 - Julie's Corner Store, Lacon - 1 lb of homemade fudge in a Christmas themed tin.  www.juliescornerstore.com/
     

    Day 22 - Dutch Farms, Chicago - An attractive Dutch farms camo cap, 6 - eight-ounce bars of Mild Cheddar Cheese and 6 - eight-ounce bars of Pepper Jack Cheese.  www.dutchfarms.com/
     

    Day 23 - FutureCeuticals, Momence - Nutrim Holiday Survival Kit - Nutrim is a USDA developed 100% natural oat beta-glucan super-food (made of 100% North American grown oats) which helps lower cholesterol naturally.  The survival kit includes a 120 serving can of Nutrim, a Holiday Recipe Book and Nutrim Catalyst (salt free seasoning).  www.futureceuticals.com/
     

    Day 24 - Majave Sauce, Berwyn - 1 case of Majave Hot Sauce - 12 bottles.  www.majave.net/
     

    Day 25 - Champion Pizza, Hebron - 12 frozen pizzas shipped directly to the winner! Champion Pizza produces handmade frozen pizza with 100% natural ingredients and no preservatives.  http://www.championpizza.com/


To be eligible, individuals must visit and "like" the Illinois Department of Agriculture Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/ IllinoisDepartmentofAgriculture or sign up to follow the department's Twitter account at https://twitter.com/#!/ILAgMarkets. One fan will be selected daily. Individuals must be at least 21 years old to win gifts donated by Illinois wine companies. For more information about the contest, please contact Jennifer Tirey, Bureau Chief of Marketing, Promotion and Grants at (217) 782-8146 or Jennifer.Tirey@illinois.gov.