To commemorate the 25 Days of Christmas in the month of December, DaveUrsillo.com is hosting a simple giveaway of a variety of new and gently read books to website visitors and commenters.

DaveUrsillo.com will designate 25 new and pre-existing written pieces from December 1 through December 25. All you have to do to enter the giveaway is leave a thoughtful comment on designated participating posts!

A random commenter will be selected from each post!

To win, comment on any or all of the following participating posts:

• Day 1: Comment on Faith in the Synoptic Miracle Stories for a chance to win Living with Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton by Jim Forest
• Day 2: Comment on Navy SEALs Face Charges for Capturing Terrorist for a chance to win All American: Why I Believe in Football, God, and the War in Iraq by Robert P. McGovern, U.S. Army.
• Day 3: Comment on All Dogs are Buddhists for a chance to win Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by internationally renowned Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh.
• Day 4: Comment on Inner Pacifism: Oneness of the Mind for a chance to win fengshui in a weekend: transform your life and home in a weekend or less by Simon Brown
• Day 5: Comment on Is God the Light that Shines? A Poem. for a chance to win The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura.
• Day 6: Comment on The Past Does Not Define Us for a chance to win Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho.
• Day 7: Comment on The Birth of Unstable Italian Politics for a chance to win Liberalism, Fascism or Social Democracy: Social Classes and the Political Origins of Regimes in Interwar Europe by Gregory M. Leubbert ($70 retail value).
• Day 8: Comment on Call Yourself What You Aspire to Be for a chance to win The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.
• Day 9: Comment on The Plight of Journaling for a chance to win Garden History: Philosophy and Design 2000 BC — 2000 AD by Tom Turner ($40 retail value)
• Day 10: Comment on The Convenience of Implication and Inference for a chance to win Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames by Thich Nhat Hanh.
• Day 11: Comment on Becoming a Conduit for Happiness for a chance to win The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman.
• Day 12: Comment on Rectifying the Ego’s Draw to Greatness for a chance to win The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom.
• Day 13: Comment on Before I Dream, Part I for a chance to win The Witch of Portbello by Paulo Coelho.
• Day 14: Comment on I Am A Millennial for a chance to win E.B. White Writings from The New Yorker, 1927 – 1976 edited by Rebecca M. Dale.
• Day 15: Comment on Darkness of the Mind for a chance to win fengshui in a weekend: transform your life and home in a weekend or less by Simon Brown.
• Day 16: Comment on The Greater Life Theory for a chance to win We Were the People: Voices from East Germany’s Revolutionary Autumn of 1989 by Dirk Philipsen.
• Day 17: Comment on Will China Ever Become a Democracy? for a chance to win The Bitter Sea: Coming of Age in a China before Mao by Charles N. Li.
• Day 18: Comment on Darkness of the Mind for a chance to win fengshui in a weekend: transform your life and home in a weekend or less by Simon Brown.
• Day 19: Comment on Lessons of a Madman: Muqtada al Sadr for a chance to win The Future of Iraq: Dictatorship, Democracy or Division? by Liam Anderson and Gareth Stansfield.
• Day 20: Comment on Before I Dream, Part II: Settling Soul for a chance to win The Medieval Garden by Sylvia Landsberg.
• Day 21: Comment on 3 Tips to Writing a Better Thesis Statement for a chance to win A Writer’s Reference by Diana Hacker.
• Day 22: Comment on 5 More Meaningful Gifts to Give at Christmas for a chance to win Tuesdays with Maurie by Mitch Albom.
• Day 23: Comment on The Path of Life for a chance to win for a chance to win The Bonsai Workshop by Herb L. Gustafson.
• Day 24: Comment on The Radical Effect of the Quiet Leader for a chance to win Lillian Too’s Easy to use Feng Shui: 168 ways to success by Lillian Too
• Day 25: …Merry Christmas to all winners! And a sincere thank you for reading!

One of 25 free books will be randomly assigned to each post. When commenting, be sure to use a valid email address so I can contact you and mail you your book ASAP! Feel free to comment on all 25 posts to increase your chances of winning, but only one comment per post is necessary (many comments on one post will not increase your odds of winning).

Follow my Twitter updates for immediate notification of what posts are participating in the contest, and join my DaveUrsillo.com Facebook Page to keep track of updates and giveaways as well.

One winner will be chosen randomly for every post, provided that there are at least five comments made on the post and limiting one free book per winner. I will contact winners by email and ship free books as soon as possible, factoring in shipping delays over weekends, holidays, personal delays, etc.

The time and date the winner will be selected will depend on when the post goes up on DaveUrsillo.com and when enough comments are made for a random selection to occur!

So get reading, get commenting, and win a free book!