WE HAVE A WINNER!

WHEW...that was fast!

is it:

ELF #1 - Fri, 24 Nov 2006 8:29PM/Mark Fried?

"I'm in a sneaker store in Santa Monica. XMAS WRAPPING just came on. Am i the first? Sent via Blackberry from T-Mobile"

[hmmm...with the time difference...that would make it 3:29PM EST. but the rules say 'when i get the email'...which is time-tagged in EST. the judges are reviewing this now...]

ELF #2 - Fri, 24 Nov 2006 5:53pm/Kris Drago?

"How funny to get this today! I actually heard it today on the radio...maybe 95.5 or 104.3...I was spinning the dial and came across the end of the song..."

[close, close...but...]

NO!...the winner of the 2006 "Wrappie" Award is...

ELF #3 - RAY NISSEN!!...by a red-nosed reindeer's nose:

"I heard it today at a Banana Republic store in Vermont."

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 5:21PM

Ray will get $100 donated in his name to the Children's Book Fund at The Hoboken Public Library, plus 365 days of bragging rights.

Congratulations!

PODCAST NEWS:

and the 'hits' just keep on comin'...oodles of downloads and lots of positive responses.

thanks again to all the folks who've downloaded my 'radio story' about how i bought back the guitar i played on "Christmas Wrapping" after selling it in 1987.

if you haven't heard it yet:

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