PRIMP OUR TREE 2025 GIVEAWAY RULES

PRIMP OUR TREE 2025 GIVEAWAY RULES

Who Can Enter

1.            Entrants must be legal Minnesota or Wisconsin residents who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry and have lawful access to the method(s) of entry set forth in these rules. 

2.            Employees of FOX/UTV Holdings, LLC, owner of television station KMSP and WFTC (collectively, "Sponsor"), Gerten Greenhouses & Garden Center, Inc.,   and their affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate family and household members of each are ineligible. The term "immediate family members" includes spouses, parents and step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, and children and stepchildren.  The term "household members" refers to people who share the same residence at least three (3) months out of the year. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Giveaway Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Giveaway. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

How To Enter

3.            NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.   

4.            Only one entry per e-mail address. The Giveaway begins at 12:01 a.m. local time on November 17, 2025, and all entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. local time on November 30, 2025 (the "Giveaway Period"). The Sponsor’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Giveaway. An individual, household, and/or immediate family may win only one (1) time during this Giveaway Period.  Individuals are eligible to win only one prize from KMSP and WFTC within any 30-day period, regardless of the number of giveaways entered.

5.            To enter, select the link to Primp Our Tree Submission Entry form available at www.Fox9.com/contests and follow all instructions to complete the entry form, including nominating an individual or a family. Entrants must submit a short answer of no more than 250 words describing the individual’s or family’s specific circumstances that prevent them from experiencing holiday cheer this season, along with any additional information requested on the entry form. Entrants may nominate only one individual or one family.  Group nominations will not be accepted. Entrants may not nominate themselves or their immediate family.  Supportive material is permitted but not required. Video or audio tapes and slides will neither be accepted nor returned. 

6.            All submissions must be original and conform to Sponsor’s then-current standards and practices and policies as established or determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.  Without limiting the foregoing, submissions may not contain profanity or references to violence, or demean any gender, race, religion or sexual orientation.  Entrants must own the copyright to, or otherwise have all necessary rights in, their entry materials.  Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any nominee or remove any entry based on a claim of copyright infringement.  Entry constitutes an unlimited perpetual license to Sponsor to use entry materials, including, but not limited to, the right to copy, distribute, publicly perform and display the entry materials on its websites, television stations and in any and all media whether now known or hereinafter invented

7.            Sponsor is not responsible for error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware, or software malfunctions of any kind, or inaccurate transmission of or failure to receive entry, winner(s) or other Giveaway information by Sponsor or entrants for any reason whatsoever.  Sponsor is also not responsible for any injury or damage to any entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from playing or downloading any materials in the Giveaway or for entries that are late, misdirected or incomplete.  All entry materials may be maintained as part of KMPS’s giveaway records. CAUTION:  ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATIONS OF THE GIVEAWAY IS A VIOLATION OF THE CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, THE SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.  Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the Giveaway if it becomes technically or otherwise corrupted. Any attempt by any participant to submit more than one (1) entry by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void all entries and that participant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification.

8.            Five (5) winner(s) will be selected from among valid entries by a panel of judges selected by the Sponsor on or about December 2, 2025. The winner(s) will be chosen based on the criteria set forth in paragraph 5. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel the contest, or, at its option, to select the winner by alternate means if, in Sponsor’s discretion, the voting becomes technically or otherwise corrupted. All entries and attachments become the sole property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Sponsor reserves the right to publish the nominations or any portion or edited form thereof.   

The Prize(s)

9.            The winner(s) will each receive 1 (one) Fraiser Fir tree valued at $140 and a $200 Visa Gift Card. The approximate retail value of each prize is $340.  The prize is provided by Gerten Greenhouses & Garden Center, Inc. and KMSP. 

10.         The winner(s) will be notified by e-mail/phone on or about Tuesday, December 2, 2025.  The winner(s) must respond to prize notification within 1 day, and the winner(s) will be required to complete, sign and return a Certification of Eligibility and Release and claim the prize in the manner and within the time period communicated by Sponsor or they will be immediately disqualified and ineligible to win the Prize. If a prize is won by an eligible minor, then the winner’s parent or guardian must also sign the minor’s Certification of Eligibility and Release before the winner receives his or her prize. If a winner cannot be reached, does not respond to prize notification, or does not return the signed and completed Certification of Eligibility and Release and claim the prize within the designated time period, no prize will be awarded.   

11.         Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash or substituted for any other items by the winner(s).  The winner(s) cannot sell, assign or transfer prize.  Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of like or greater value, including cash, for any prize, for any reason.

12.         The winner(s) is responsible for all local, county, state, and federal taxes on prizes based on the value of the prizes set forth in these rules.

Odds of Winning Miscellaneous

13.         Odds of winning depend on the discretion of the judges and the number of entries received.

14.         Except where prohibited by law, entry constitutes permission to use winners’ names, hometowns, likenesses, and photographs for broadcast, online posting, and/or any in any other media, including for advertising and publicity purposes, without additional compensation.

15.         These Giveaway Rules are available at https://www.fox9.com/contests, and Monday through Friday during normal business hours at KMSP, 11358 Viking Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 through January 2, 2026.

16.         For a list of prize winners, send a separate, self-addressed, stamped envelope no later than one year following the end of the entry period, to: 11358 Viking Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344.

17.         This Giveaway is subject to all applicable laws and regulations and is void where prohibited or restricted by law, including without limitation, in jurisdictions requiring registration, filing, trust account, or posting of a bond, or any other requirements or disclosures that are not expressly satisfied by these rules.  Sponsor is not responsible for typographical or other errors in the printing, offering, or administration of the giveaway, or in the announcement of the prize.  In the event of a dispute over who submitted a particular entry, Sponsor will determine the entrant’s identity or select an alternate winner, in its sole discretion.

18.         By entering, participants represent that they are eligible, and agree (a) to release Sponsor, any prize provider, and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind caused by any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize, and (b) to Sponsor’s Terms of Use located at https://www.foxlocal.com/terms-of-use/index.html and Privacy Policy located at https://www.fox.com/privacy-policy.