A Very Backstreet Christmas

My 12 Stockings of Christmas 2022

Ho Ho Ho… and off we go! The holidays have arrived, and so has my annual 12 Stockings of Christmas Sweepstakes!

I’ve gathered a great big pile of presents to stuff my great big Christmas stockings with and I’ll be gifting them away to 12 lucky winners again this year!

Be listening to my radio program each and every night between November 23rd and December 21st, when I’ll share the KEY WORDS needed to enter. You can text the KEY WORD to 48484 or enter on the ENTRY PAGE. (Hint: If you miss the KEY WORD, you can always use the word STOCKING.)

You can enter once a day. Tell all your family and friends about it too!

I’m so grateful to my sponsors for these wonderful products. When I fall in love with something I can’t wait to pass it along to my listeners.

Here’s a run-down of everything in the prize bundle this year. Good luck my friends!




Balsam Hill is the leading retailer of highly realistic artificial Christmas trees and holiday décor for a good reason, their products are incredible! Gifts from Balsam Hill are one of my favorites to give away in my 12 Stockings.

This year it’s a bright and beautiful wreath from their Outdoor Lit Poinsettia Celebration Foliage collection.

Its vibrant color is enhanced with the soft glow of LED lights nestled between the blossoms to brighten up your winter nights.

In addition to their wide selection of astonishing realistic faux Christmas trees, Balsam Hill has breathtakingly beautiful ornament sets, gorgeous greenery, flickering flameless candles, and timeless home décor (for every season.)

Visit Balsam Hill where you’ll find gifts for yourself
and everyone else on your list!

Customers will be able to save up to 50% + Free Shipping from October 25th through December 6th!


Laura Geller Beauty is designed for mature women but worn and loved by women of all ages! Nearly every product in my make-up bag is by Laura Geller. I don’t know how I ever got by without her amazing Spackle Primers!

Laura Geller shows up in my 12 Stockings with a travel ready The Best of the Best Baked Full Face Basics make-up palette.

It features Oyster, Sunstone & Almond Baked Eyeshadows, Tahitian Glow Baked Body Frosting, Portofino and Vanilla Baked Original Highlighters, and Pink Buttercream Baked Blush-N-Brighten. Everything you need for every-day and in a convenient on-the-go palette!

I had the privilege of talking to Laura on my podcast, LOVE SOMEONE with Delilah, earlier this year. She shared her personal story with me and I heard about all the ways her company supports women and gives back to the community. So fascinating!

For sumptuous stocking stuffers and substantial under-the-tree gifts,
visit Laura Geller Beauty!

Use the promo code LAURA25 for 25% off your order.
I promise you’re going to want to order a little something for yourself too!


Kelly Clarkson dropped her Christmas album during the holidays last year and the spunky single, “Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You),” became an instant favorite!

This year we’re hearing more of another, “Santa Can’t You Hear Me,” with Arianna Grande.  I love every track on this sensational album!

I’m psyched to add autographed copies of “When Christmas Comes Around”to my gift-away bundles!

Says Kelly: "We are probably all in very different places emotionally ‘when Christmas comes around.’ Some consumed with a new love, some reminded of loss, some with optimism, others for much deserved time away from the chaos our work lives can sometimes bring us. I wanted everyone to be able to connect to a message on this album. While change can be unpredictable there is no better time of year to breathe hope into one’s life and let possibility wander.” .

Add some extra joy to your holiday season with
“When Christmas Comes Around”


LAMO Footwear has been in business for nearly 3 decades and has cozy, comfy footwear for every member of your family. I’ve purchased countless pairs for my grown kids and grandkids, and I know you’re going to love yours!

Instead of putting this gift in my stockings, I might put my stockings in them; It’s a pair of LAMO’s!

You get to choose from their full collection of comfortable stylish sneakers, slippers, mocs, house-shoes and more.

LAMO Footwear is known for giving back; they continue to develop partnerships at the local and national levels, including the donation of footwear to Soles4Souls, and I’m grateful to them for that.

When you visit LAMO Footwear,

promo code LAMO25 will get you 25% off your order


Aaaack! The Backstreet Boys are back with “A Very Backstreet Christmas”! Fans have been waiting for this album for years and they do not disappoint!

It includes timeless holiday classics such as “Last Christmas,” “ White Christmas,” and “Silent Night,” plus three all new original holiday tunes, “Christmas In New York,” “Together,” and “Happy Days.”

I’m dropping in autographed “A Very Backstreet Christmas” CD’s in all 12 prize piles!

The award-winning group (that’s sold over 130 million albums) just finished touring and are giving us all an extra special gift this year - their first Christmas album ever!

It’s available in all the standard formats, and various exclusive formats as well  (including limited edition red vinyl).  So you’ll find something perfect for every Backstreet Boy’s fan in your life.

The boys are back with “A Very Backstreet Christmas”!


Pentatonix has done it again! They’ve added a new holiday album to their growing collection, “Holidays Around The World”.

One good turn deserves another, so I’m adding autographed copies of “Holidays Around the World” to my already-bursting 12 Stockings!

Their hauntingly beautiful harmonies send shivers up my spine, and while I love everything they perform, I think their sound is just so perfectly suited to Christmas music.

There are some wonderful surprises on the album like the super fun “Kid on Christmas”, feat. Meghan Trainor. This one will put a HUGE smile on everyone’s face! There’s both classics (“Jingle Bells”, and, “Last Christmas”, feat. HIKAKIN & SEIKIN), as well as new originals (“Star on Top” ). I’m not even going to try to pick a favorite!

“Holidays Around The World”
will slide into stockings of all those on the NICE list so easily!

 Catch them in concert if you can www.ptxofficial.com it will be a night to remember!


I love to be messing about in the kitchen with my family and encourage you to make some messes - delicious messes - by cooking with your family too!

To help with ideas, I’m slipping one of my favorite cookbooks, “Live Life Deliciously,” by Tara Teaspoon, into my towering stack of prizes.

Tara shares more than 120 delicious show-stopping recipes in this large, hardcover book. Easy ones for family fun, and those designed to wow guests taking on classic recipes and including innovative entertaining ideas.

Her helpful tips are designed to encourage cooks to enjoy their time in the kitchen and incorporate new flavors, ingredients, and comforting-but-elevated meal ideas into their everyday cooking.

“Live Life Deliciously” with Tara Teaspoon!

(Tara’s newest cookbook, “Delicious Gatherings” is my December book club selection.
Both are perfect for the cook on your Christmas list!)


When life gets tough, or there’s reason to celebrate… When the day is fresh and new, or dragging along. Whatever the moment or the mood, my motto is DRINK TEA! It calms, it soothes, it invigorates, it hydrates. I hope you agree.

Because I’m also including a gorgeous big chest of Bigelow Tea to my well-stocked stockings!

They have so many great blends in addition to my favorite, Constant Comment, the original recipe that started it all (available in decaf too)! To this day it’s still a family secret, blended only by someone with the Bigelow last name. 

Check out Bigelow’s Benefit line too. Teas that are about everyday wellness in body and spirit. And, try Bigelow’s new Botanicals Cold Water Infusion, a new way to love your water.

Bigelow has a tea for everything and everyone!


Brown & Haley Confectioners make every batch of Almond ROCA candy with rich creamy butter, California almonds, and the best quality chocolate!

You know my 12 Stockings of Christmas just aren’t complete until I’ve added a selection of Almond ROCA candies, the sweetest gift of all! 

Almond ROCA is a Christmas tradition from my childhood that I look forward to repeating every year.

Classic Almond, Cashew, Dark Chocolate (or Extra Dark), Sea Salt Caramel, Peppermint, or Mocha ROCA… they are all rich and delicious! Everyone should try ROCA bites too, they’re perfect for snacking - and dessert making!

This holiday season continue an old tradition or begin a new one
with the sweet treat of Almond ROCA.


2022 Merry Music Musts!

It’s THAT TIME again! The time I’ve been waiting for all year long… Time for Christmas music all day, every day!

Nothing makes me quite as giddy as the day we flip the switch to all-Christmas programming, it comes after weeks of planning and preparation and we do it because we want to sprinkle the magic of Christmas music over some part of each and every day.

Maybe it helps to put you in a festive mood as you leave the office and head home each day, or perhaps it gets you into a holiday cookie baking spirit. Hopefully too, it helps you to remember the reason for the season.

Along with the massive collection of holiday favorites we’ll be playing over the airwaves, I’ve got a few recommendations for your personal playlists. Here’s my ‘Merry Music Musts’ for 2022:

SIA: Everyday Is Christmas

I wont stop telling you about Sia’s “Everyday Is Christmas,” until each of you have added it to your holiday music collection!

It’s a fun, whimsical album, chock-full of original music like the mega-hit “Snowman” which has over 980 million streams and is on it’s way to becoming one of the biggest holiday songs of all time! This year “Everyday is Christmas” is available for the first time on vinyl, with an Amazon exclusive Snowman White vinyl and the 5 year anniversary Deluxe album available on 11/11/22.

If I had it my way, everyday would be Christmas.

Pick up (one or more copies of) the Deluxe Edition of Everyday Is Christmas


REBA McENTIRE: The Ultimate Christmas Collection

Brand new to the Christmas music scene this year is Reba McEntire’s just released, "The Ultimate Christmas Collection”! It’s comprised of top picks from her previous Christmas releases and includes the stirring track “I Needed Christmas,” featured in the Lifetime movie “Reba McEntire’s Christmas In Tune.”

Says Reba:

“I’m excited to share this newly packaged collection of my all-time favorite Christmas songs. It was so hard to narrow down to just twelve songs, but I hope my fans enjoy this journey through time!”

I love me some Reba, and her Ultimate Christmas Collection is going to help me get through my to-do list and yours too - promise!

Get The Ultimate Christmas Collection and add it to your collection!


LAUREN DAIGLE: Behold

“Behold” by Lauren Daigle is another LP that you definitely want to get your hands on.

Lauren has a uniquely beautiful voice, and a spirit to match! She’s as delightful and she is talented, and it all comes through on the 13 tracks that make up “Behold” which also brings the reason for the season to the front of the line!

Her super fun version of “Jingle Bells” is also fabulous gift-wrapping music that I, for one, will be employing in the wee hours of Christmas morn!

Treat yourself and fill a few stockings with Behold


PENTATONIX: Holidays Around the World

Pentatonix, our favorite pop acapella group, has done it again! They’ve just released their 6th full studio Christmas album, “Holidays Around the World” and the world is going ga-ga over it!

It contains 12 tracks including  "Kid On Christmas" , ft Meghan Trainor, the new original track, "Star on Top" , "Love Came on Christmas (Joy To The World x Kumama Papa)" ft Grace Lokwa, "Last Christmas" ft  HIKAKIN & SEIKIN and the oh-so-needed"Prayers for This World".

You don’t just want it, you NEED Holidays Around the World


BACKSTREET BOYS: A Very Backstreet Christmas

It’s beginning to look a lot like a very Backstreet Christmas! The Backstreet Boys’ very first Christmas album ever is out now! “A Very Backstreet Christmas” brings the holiday cheer!

 It features numerous timeless holiday classics including “White Christmas”, “Silent Night”, “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” and “Last Christmas,” The album also features three all new original holiday songs “Christmas In New York,” “Together,” and “Happy Days.”  Exclusive formats include a 15-track CD at Target which includes two bonus tracks “Feliz Navidad” and “It’s Christmas Time Again” and limited edition red-vinyl on the group’s official store.

Backstreet Boys will continue to spread holiday cheer this year with more exciting gifts and surprises for fans in the coming weeks. In December, they will perform at five iHeart Radio Jingle Balls in major cities such as Detroit, New York City, Boston, Tampa and Miami. Stay tuned for more Christmas surprises from Backstreet Boys soon!

“A Very Backstreet Christmas” is the addition to your Christmas catalog you didn’t even know you needed, and now you can’t do without!

It’s A Very Backstreet Christmas this year!


KELLY CLARKSON: When Christmas Comes Around

Kelly Clarkson is the first artist ever to top each of Billboard’s pop, adult contemporary, country, and dance charts. And there's a sampling of each of those genre's in her holiday album, “When Christmas Comes Around.

Featuring many Christmas classics, the album also includes original co-penned tracks and duets with Chris Stapleton,and Brett Eldredge. I love the fun breakup power anthem, “Christmas Isn’t Cancelled (Just You)”, and the soaring duet with Ariana Grande, " Santa, Can’t You Hear Me”. It also includes previously released singles "Christmas Eve", "All I Want for Christmas Is You", and "Under the Mistletoe", as bonus tracks.

Don’t wait, download it today! When Christmas Comes Around


ED SHEERAN & ELTON JOHN: Merry Christmas

Know what doesn’t happen every day? Ed Sheeran and Elton John collaborations, but it did last year when they released the oh-so-holly-jolly single “Merry Christmas”!

This marked Ed Sheeran’s first Christmas recording and only the second for Elton John. They pulled out all the stops, and made this over-the-top everything Christmas the merriest it could possibly be.

Hang up the mistletoe, put up the tree, light the yule log,
and get yourself a copy of Merry Christmas


ROB THOMAS: Something About Christmas Time

Rob Thomas released his first Christmas album last year and I’ve been waiting for months to be able to start playing Something About Christmas Timeonce again.

It is a beautiful mix of the new, like “Small Town Christmas”, the old, with covers of Bryan Adams and Ray Charles recordings, and some really lovely collaborations with friends.

Here's a link to help you on your way: Something About Christmas Time

Christmas comes but once a year, and I want THIS year to be the most joyful of them all! If, like me, more “stuff” is something you can do without, get yourself and your friends, loved ones, co-workers, and everyone else on your list the gift of music instead.

I hope my ‘Merry Music Musts’ list helps you choose a few gems!