I hope everyone had a great day yesterday and that the holidays are treating everybody well.

And despite the Rattling Chains staff being on vacation this week and giving the site a break, something needed to be done…

… such as a major giveaway!

Since before we officially launched this blog, we’ve had many people donate stuff to be used for giveaways. Therefore, the pile is growing. With that in mind, I thought it would be good to make some packages up and have a giveaway where we’d give more than one thing away.

There are three groups of items we are going to be giving away. For each, there are specific things you need to do. If you don’t do exactly what is required, your entry will not count without notification. Any entries that require you to post comments below need to be separate. In other words, if you are entering two of the contests and they each require a comment, you need to comment twice and do it as required.

So make sure you read this fully before just entering or your entry might not count!

Also, though you can (and I would encourage you to do so) enter each contest, you can win only one. It would be smart to enter each, though, giving yourself better odds to win something!

Read on to see what you have to do to enter each contest.

The Signature Giveaway

Autographs are collectibles that go over many sports or other things in life. From actors to politicians to professional athletes and more, autographs have been collected for many years.

The same can be said for signature discs. Some of them are worth some serious coin, it seems.

This set is quite loaded with goodies. The discs are either signed or a signature edition of sorts.

This group of items includes:

• Innova Champion Super Stingray (176) signed by Ricky Wysocki
• Signature edition Ken Climo (12X world champion) Star Wraith (170) — lightly used (only thrown a handful of times)
• Avery Jenkins signed 2010 Allen and Ginter  sportscard
• Rattling Chains mini signed by Eric McCabe
• Ugly Donnie mini — signature edition Zing mini of Donnie Brooks, one of the founding members of the Mini Disc Golf Federation
• A new Rattling Chains mini and a Rattling Chains waterproof scorecard

Rules for entry: You can gain two entries for this one. The first is to post a response on this post and tell us a story about an autograph you have gotten/received or one you want to try and get. This doesn’t have to be just disc golf — it can be any autograph. At the top of the response, you MUST put “Signature Giveaway” so we know which it is for etc.

For a second entry, you must have already left a comment. If you did, go to our Facebook page where there will be a topic with “Signature Giveaway” as the response. In there, post a photo to your favorite autograph — one YOU PERSONALLY OWN. Do not point to an autograph you want, rather one you already have.

The Vibram Package

Vibram has been a friend to Rattling Chains since its inception and Steve Dodge has graciously given us items to give away. So, we’re going to be giving away a really nice package here.

The items are:

• Vibram VP (177)
• Vibram footprint mini
• Vibram keychain
• Vibram A4 DriFit shirt (XL)
• A new Rattling Chains mini and a Rattling Chains waterproof scorecard

Rules for entry: Steve Dodge is one of the best minds in disc golf and always is thinking of ways to give back and improve the sport at all levels.

With that in mind, we want to know the best thing you’ve ever done to give back to the sport. I’d be willing to bet everybody has done something. Maybe it’s returning a cherished disc to somebody. Or organizing a tournament. A fundraiser. Bringing discs to the less fortunate. Teaching the game. Running a league. Cleaning a course. Building a course. SO many things can work for this giveaway.

So, below, in the comments, tell us about the best thing(s) you’ve ever done to help improve disc golf or spread the world. At the top of the post make sure to write the “Vibram Package.”

You want a second entry? Sure, why not? You must have already posted in the comments. Then, go to Facebook and find the “Vibram Package” thread and post a photo showing what you did as a good deed.

The Social Media Package

There’s always a lot of extra things bouncing around, so of course we need the potpourri package and we’ll give this one away socially!

This group of disc golf items has a bunch of different things we’ve picked up over the year or so of working on getting this blog going.

This is also the social media giveaway as both entries are based on social media.

The items in this group are:

• Hyzer Flip t-shirt (XL)
• Nite Ize FlashFlight mini
• Nite Ize Spot Lit
• Innova X-Out Star Roadrunner (171)
• A new Rattling Chains mini and a Rattling Chains waterproof scorecard

Rules for entry: You can get two entries for this contest — the first is to tweet the following item. For your entry to count, it must be copied and pasted and re-tweeted exactly as it’s written. That will help us keep track of all the entries.

@RattlingChains is having a massive holiday giveaway. Check it out and enter to win a bunch of great things! https://rattlingchains.com/?p=2524 #discgolf

For your second entry, head over to Facebook. First, make sure you like the page (so we can track everything). Once there, find the post linking to this contest page. When you find it, like the post (one entry), leave a comment (another entry) and share it (a third entry).

You read correctly — if you do everything in this, you will receive FOUR entries to this contest!

Fine print

The contest ends at 11:59 p.m. (EST) Dec. 31, 2012. The winners will be announced Jan. 1, 2013. Winners will need to send an address via e-mail to claim their prize. A package with delivery confirmation (for those in the U.S.) will be sent out shortly after you get me the info needed to send things out.

Staff members of Rattling Chains are not eligible to win.

Remember, READ ALL THE RULES SO YOU DON’T HAVE AN ENTRY ELIMINATED!

If you have any other questions, please contact us via the e-mail below.

If you have any comments, questions, thoughts, ideas or anything else, feel free to e-mail me and the crew at: pj@rattlingchains.com. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook!