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When I think about the holidays, one of the things that I most look forward to is some of our family traditions like decorating the Christmas tree after Thanksgiving, visiting Santa, going to look at lights, and searching for the pickle ornament and opening up Christmas PJs on Christmas Eve!  Traditions matter because they are what ties families together!

Hickory Farms has been a part of my family’s traditions for MANY years!  Growing up, during the holidays, we always would visit the Hickory Farms kiosk in our local mall to pick up beef sausage sticks and cheese balls for our family gatherings.  Now that I am married and have a family of my own, one of our family traditions is to have fondue on New Year’s Eve.  We always make sure we have Hickory Farms summer sausage to serve with our cheese fondue.  Did you know that Hickory Farms Signature Summer Sausage was rated the #1 Summer Sausage in America, winning the Masters of Taste Gold Medal for Superior Taste, in 2011?  No wonder it tastes SO GOOD!

This year, make Hickory Farms a part of YOUR holiday traditions.  Hickory Farms offers a wide variety of specialty foods and gifts that are perfect for ANY budget!  For more than 60 years, they have been providing holiday shoppers with great options and since freshness and value are THEIR traditions, you can be sure that it will look great and taste delicious, too!

This year Hickory Farms is proud to introduce its first ever Signature Chocolate Collection. The one pound chocolate assortment offers the true taste of American confectionary craftsmanship. Each piece is cooked in small batches using the finest ingredients and paired with premium milk or dark chocolate.  The Hickory Farms Signature Chocolate Collection is available in select stores, from the catalogue and online at HickoryFarms.com.

I love the Hickory Farms brand because they support charitable causes, too!  They support Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign each year.  This is the leading non-profit organization working to end childhood hunger in America by 2015.  To date, they have raised more than $3.3 million for this worthy cause and have helped provide funding for summer meal programs, emergency food assistance, nutrition education, holiday charitable giving and long-term solutions for families in need.  For each Party Planner gift box sold this holiday season, Hickory Farms will donate $5 to Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry. Campaign.  Hickory Farms also has 5 products that they offer free shipping to military APO and FPO addresses, including the “Festive Cheese Sampler” gift basket and “Beef Hearty Hickory” basket.

Hickory Farms is all about families AND traditions, too!  Check out all of their great products online here–> Hickory Farms

What’s YOUR favorite Hickory Farms product?