HALLMARK CHANNEL Holiday Homecoming sweepstakes

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE AN ENTRANT’S CHANCE OF WINNING. Methods of entry: In Store: From 11/1/08 through 12/24/08 go to a participating Hallmark Gold Crown store & make a purchase with your Hallmark Crown Rewards Card for automatic entry.  One entry per member/per card/per day (a day is any 24-hour period beginning at 12:00 AM ET).  Crown Rewards Cards are free. Each Crown Rewards Card holder is responsible for making sure that Hallmark has his/her correct address/telephone number.    Via Phone: Watch the featured Hallmark Channel holiday movies airing on 11/22/08, 11/29/08, 12/6/08, 12/13/08 and 12/20/08 at 9/8c (check your local listings for exact movie titles, channel number and air times).   During each movie’s premiere telecast a message will appear on screen, indicating that you have 30 minutes from that time to call the toll free number displayed on screen to enter. You will not have a chance to enter during the subsequent encore telecasts. Touch tone phones only. One phone call per person/household/phone number per week.  Via Mail: On a 3 x 5 card, write your name, address, birth date & daytime phone number & mail to: Hallmark Channel Holiday Homecoming Entry, P.O. Box 7104, Kensington, CT  06037-7104, postmarked by 12/24/08 & received by 12/31/08.  Limit one entry per outer mailing envelope.  If there is a dispute as to the identity of the in-store entrant, the prize will be awarded to the “authorized account holder” of the Hallmark Crown Rewards Card, who is defined as the natural person to whom the Hallmark Crown Rewards Card is assigned. Random drawing to be held on/about 1/30/09 from among all eligible entries received.  Winners will be contacted by mail/phone, using only the latest contact information provided to Sponsors.  Limit one prize per person/household.  Odds of winning depend on total number of entries received.  Prizes/Approx. Retail Values:  (4) Grand Prizes - A catered holiday dinner for 20 people including hors d’oeuvres, entrée(s), desserts, wine and soft drink beverages, sales tax and gratuities, not to exceed $5,000.  Grand Prize winner is responsible for any other expenses incurred during the dinner.  Other items such as invitations, decorations, tableware, linens, glassware, and flowers are NOT included. The dinner will be held at the winner’s home or at another local location (approved by the Sponsor) should the winner’s home be unavailable or unsuitable for this party.  Value of the catered dinner will vary depending on time of year and the location where it will take place, and not to exceed $5,000.   The catered dinner must take place on dates approved by the Sponsor, which may be subject to change. The Grand Prize also includes $25,000 in cash (total Grand Prize valued at $30,000 each); (10) First Prizes - $10,000 in cash each; (1,000) Second Prizes - a Hallmark holiday ornament collection ($182.50 each).  The total approximate retail value of the prize pool is $402,500.00.   General Rules: Open to legal U.S. residents and residents of Guam, 18 & older at time of entry, except employees of Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, Hallmark Marketing Corporation, Hallmark Gold Crown stores, Crown Media United States, LLC/ Hallmark Channel, participating cable operators, satellite providers & retailers, their respective affiliates, parents, subsidiaries, advertising/promotion agencies, prize suppliers & their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each.  Void in Puerto Rico & where prohibited.  Income taxes are winners’ responsibility.  No transfer or prize substitutions, except at Sponsor’s discretion.  Grand & First Prize winners must sign an Affidavit of Eligibility & Liability/Publicity Release within 10 days of receipt or prize will be forfeited.  Prize acceptance constitutes permission for the Sponsors & their agencies to use prize recipient’s name/voice/likeness for advertising/publicity without further compensation unless prohibited by law.  Entrants agree to be bound by Official Rules & the decisions of judges.    Sponsors & any of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, representatives, officers, directors, shareholders & employees (collectively “Releasees”) are not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing, offering or announcement of prizes.   Releasees are not responsible for lost/late/mutilated or illegible entries nor for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission/interruption/deletion/defect/delay in operations or transmission/theft/destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials or for technical/network/phone equipment/electronic/computer/hardware or software malfunctions /limitations of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of /failure to receive entry information by Releasees or presenter on account of technical problems.  By participating in promotion entrants agree to release, indemnify & hold harmless the Releasees from & against any injuries, losses, damages, claims, actions or liability of any kind resulting or arising from participation in the sweepstakes or acceptance, possession, use, misuse or nonuse of any prize that may be awarded.  This sweepstakes shall be governed by the laws of the State of Missouri without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.  All suits or actions with respect to this sweepstakes must be brought in a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction in Kansas City, MO.  For names of winners send a SASE to Hallmark Channel Holiday Homecoming Winners, P.O. Box 240, Kensington, CT  06037-0240.  All requests must be received by 12/31/08.  Game is sponsored by Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, 2501 McGee, MD. 438, Kansas City, MO  64108.