The countdown is on to my absolutely favorite time of year: Christmas!  I’m totally having dreams of jingling bells, the smell of pine and gathering around the Christmas tree.

Yep, I’m the girl who listens to Christmas music in July just to hold her over until the day after Thanksgiving comes around and the radio changes permanently through January 1.

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I love to go in stores and browse the aisles to see what is hot for the upcoming holiday season.  One my favorite stores to browse {and shop!} in, especially this time of year, is World Market.  They have so many awesome options for food, gorgeous holiday wrapping supplies and great gift ideas.

Right now, I am really focused on decorating the house for Christmas.  We just recently bought new furniture for our family room so I am changing up the typical decorations in that room too.  My main focus:  the mantle.
As usual, World Market did not disappoint with their beautiful decor options.

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The World Market website offers inspiration photos and insights into their various holiday collections. I was instantly in love with the Noel collection.

I can just see a mixture of the white glitter trees and the bottlebrush trees scattered on my mantle.

While not directly part of the holiday collections, I fell in love with Alana mirror because I could picture the gorgeous Noel wreath draped in front of it as the centerpiece to the mantle.

Glass vases filled with patterned ornaments, shiny silver pillar holders and a silver and gold leaf garland would totally complete the look I am searching for on the mantle this year.

Want another reason to visit World Market? Right now, World Market is running The Life of Pi Sweepstakes.

Life of Pi is the story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper’s son, who survives a disaster at sea and is thrown into an epic journey. While adrift in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, he forms an amazing and unexpected connection with another a fearsome Bengal tiger. The movie opens in theaters November 21, 2012. You can watch the trailer for Life of Pi here.

The Life of Pi sweepstakes runs from 11/17 through 12/28.  It features a Grand Prize package including a dream trip for 2 to India and a $1,000 World Market Gift card.
There will also be 3 runner up prize winners that will each receive a $500 World Market gift card!
Bonus:  If you share the sweepstakes with 5 of your friends (via FB share or email) you can receive 5 additional bonus entries. This is part of the registration process when entering.
You can also enter daily for more chances to win.
Enter the sweepstakes here or here.

Be sure to make World Market part of your Black Friday shopping too!  The first 100 customers to shop in-store on 11/23 (Black Friday) will receive a FREE Limited Edition Life of Pi ornament and a FREE Life of Pi movie ticket.
The first 100 customers to shop in-store on Saturday, 11/24 & Sunday, 11/25 will receive a FREE Limited Edition Life of Pi Tote Bag and a movie ticket.

Want to win the Life of Pi Tote Bag and Ornament before the store starts giving them away?  Well, you can right here!

In coordination with World Market, I am giving away a limited edition Life of Pi Tote and ornament to two lucky readers!  See below on how to enter!

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