My son has global development delay just like Luke at Luke's age he couldn't talk he just grounded and pointed if we didn't get it my son would get very frustrated my son started talking at the age 4yrs he is now 22 and is still getting speach and ot my son works at a disably place when at school he went to main school but in a special class and the kids had all sorts of disability
Hey Jessica! Goa is the smallest state in India, and you did pronounce it correctly. Rickshaws are three wheeler vehicles that you use like taxis. they are super common in India. I live in Massachusetts but I'm from India!! So glad I could teach you something new! Lots of love to your wonderful family! Merry Christmas!
Being a person from Germany it's pretty cute and heartwarming to see you guys enjoying our food. What a lovely idea to introduce your kids and yourselves to the christmas traditions and foods of other countries.
It's actually true that the advent calendar originated in Germany! That's why it only has 24 doors because we celebrate Christmas on the 24th. I don't know if it's the same in the US but we have 24th which is Heiligabend (holy eve)/ christmas. After that we have the first Christmas day (25th of December) and the second Christmas day (26th of December). Usually you use those days to visit extended family or your partner's family. I really love that it's three days of Christmas instead of just one since there's more chances to celebrate with all of the family. Of course we limit the number of family we visit because of covid. PS: the Niederegger mazipan I on of my favourite Christmas treats and a wink from Luke is the best compliment for our sweets I could have hoped for! :)
Growing up with a German mom in the US we do quite a few of those German traditions. We put some butter on the Stollen, and we have a lot of soft gingerbread treats. We also always get a live Christmas tree and burn real candles on it. And in Germany there are Christmas markets in each town that sell amazing treats and handmade goods. Germans know how to do Christmas the best in my opinion.
Seems like yesterday I was making crafts with Bailey and Jacob , Parker was in a high chair and now there are NINE Ballinger kids between your family and Colleen/Erik! May God bless all of you. I have loved watching your family grow through the years♥️ and those twins... tears of joy that they are all finally at home together. Merry Christmas Ballinger’s ♥️🌲🙏
I'm German and I'm so happy with the comments you read, they were very accurate :) I'll eat my grandma's special potato salad and (vegan) wieners on Christmas eve this year as well, I felt very represented by what you said about our traditions 👌🏼 glad you liked the Stollen too
I love seeing Jessica following the doctor’s advice of the two boppies for feeding! How is her body holding up after all of the issues? I sure hope things are going okay!
Stollen (pronounced with a “sh”) is so freaking good!! So cool to see how you expose your kids to different foods, cultures, and traditions from around the world ❤️ y’all are awesome 🥰
I'm so glad you guys are trying out fabric wrapping!! My family has bene doing it for about 3 Christmases now and it makes the whole wrapping process much easier (especially for the family members who aren't so good at wrapping in general!) When my mum first introduced it to my brother and I we were definitely skeptical about the actual unwrapping but we've found ways to die the bows (or peg bags) so that there is still an unwrapping element and the gifts are always more exciting than the wrapping anyway! If it is a big deal to the kids you can always wrap them in tissue paper! A lot of the time we wrap the gift in tissue paper (without tape) then put it inside the fabric wrap, this way there's still a crinkly unwrapping experience but it is waste free as tissue paper can be reused every year! I've been thinking about suggesting this to your family for a while but so glad you discovered it anyway!
I know you guys are super busy being the AMAZING parents of your SIX wonderful kiddos… but if you ever have the time to do a season two of the “Let’s talk about what we learned today podcast” !!??!? Please do hehe! I literally go back and listen to those episodes all the time! ❤️
Since Jacob loves baking, he should make some homemade treats for your dog! There are really simple recipes out there with applesauce and pumpkin and they make a TON of treats!
Your family is just so much fun. From the dancing to advent; the enthusiasm is contagious. Luke is the star. He’s just the happiest most charming little person. Germany treats looked delicious. Meeting the twins will be epic! Merry Christmas Ballingers! 🥰💖🎄🎅🏼🎁😍
My family stopped wrapping gifts a few years ago. My mom and grandma sewed a whole bunch of fabric bags with fancy ribbons that we “wrap” presents in now. We still wrap gifts for the two little cousins in traditional paper because we think it is more fun for them, but all the older family members like that using the bags cuts down on clean up and lets us get into playing sooner.
Wasn't able to watch yesterday's video until just before this one, so now I know how the kids feel when they open two days in a row on their advents! Haha
I saw someone on TikTok who made all sizes of fabric bags out of Christmas fabric and drawstrings at the top. She said she worried about the unwrapping not feeling the same but her kids didn't even seem phased by it. Then she reuses all the sacks each year.
You could try some food from Brazil!! It would be cool to see you guys try things from a south american country. Here, our Christmas is during summer, so that changes the vibe from northern countries entirely haha we celebrate christmas on the evening of the 24th and also on lunch time of the 25th. Our dinner is basically rice, turkey and farofa (some kind of toasted cassava flour mixture that brazilians are obsessed about) and what i think is the most different is that, for us, french toast (we call it rabanada here!) is a typical christmas dish that we eat as dessert or for breakfast. How we cook is: we dip our bread in milk (sometimes mixed with condensed milk), then dip it in beaten eggs, then deep fry it and, lastly, we dip it in a mix of sugar and ground cinnamon! It's delicious and you should definitely try it :) lots of love from Brazil and Merry Christmas!
I could cry I’ve watched you since Parker was little and then I stopped watching RUclips. I love your fam! And watching the kids all grown up that’s crazy!!
Your family is awesome. Bailey's smile is magical! That will be a big surprise for them, meeting their twin cousin's, big huge hugs, and Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas, Ballinger Family 🎄!!! Sending you so much Love and Prayers for many Blessings for a Beautiful Holiday and New Year! There is going to be so much joy this year, with the "First Christmas" of the newest Ballingers! I can't wait to see ♡
Being from Germany I find it really cool that you try our stuff ❤️ Btw- not important but Plätzchen are pronounced sorta like this: Pl - like the pl from the word place ä - like just the a from apple Tz - like the ts from etsy Ch - difficult since English doesn't have that combo sound but sorta like the x from the word fox en - like Ben without the b + we normally incorporate rum into stollen so Jessica was correct 👍 you soak all the fruit elements in rum for some time before incorporating it into the dough.
One year when I was a kid I got a present wrapped in fabric and it was definetly the one I most looked forward to opening! It was new and exciting and made it feel special in a different way
I love the idea of reusing fabric/baby blankets to wrap presents, in helping save the environment. If your kids don't feel as excited opening the present there is another alternative I've come across, it's dissolvable wrapping paper. It has the same feel and texture as normal paper, but it dissolves underwater. Great for an easy clean up as well. But loving your idea of recycling your baby blankets in such a creative way.
my girlfriend’s family is dutch and they celebrate st. nick! everyone in the family gets a different family member (kind of like secret santa) and you have to write a poem for the person that you get and create something to hold a new ornament for them. The box and the poem typically go together and are often funny or tell a memory that you have with that person or something important that is going on in their life that year!
I love the sustainable wrapping idea! I sew a lot and have a lot of random yards of cotton so I usually use that and ask for it back after to continue using LOL. That might seem odd and I’ve gotten some weird looks but I don’t care haha. I also gift secondhand items which people also seem to not get but I think these things should be normalized so I continue to do them even though I get judged
I am getting SO much enjoyment out of watching your kids try the new foods from other countries this vlogmas. Your kids are just SO expressive when they eat the foods that I’m literally laughing out loud over here. It is AMAZING! It’s like a kid in a commercial selling something. Anytime I try new food I have almost no reaction besides I like it or don’t like it. Now I feel so boring hahaha!
If anyone is looking for a middle ground for sustainable wrapping, I would recommend picking up craft paper wrapping paper. It isn’t recyclable while traditional paper isn’t.
What's interesting is a lot of German traditions came over to Britain due to the Hanover dynasty and of course Victorian era. Stollen and lebekuchen can be found in a lot of supermarkets. Also Lubeck is The marzipan centre of Europe and the world.
Here in the Netherlands we eat stollen too! With Christmas and Easter, they’re just slightly different. How we eat it: slice the stollen in just bread slices and then get the marzipan out with the knife and then spread it out all over the slice. If it’s slightly too dry for your opinion you can always spread a bit of butter on it! It’s so delicious I’m happy for y’all you got a taste of it! Merry Christmas! (“Fijne kerst” in Dutch)❤️
I would love to see you guys try Swedish Knäck, we always have it for Christmas and it’s so good! We also have something that is called ischocklad but I I don’t like that one 😄
I started making fabric bags a couple of years ago for Christmas wrapping. It is so much easier (once they are made!) Wrapping is so much easier and clean up is so easy too. My kids are between the ages of 3 and 10 and they don’t mind the difference at all. I haven’t heard about anyone else doing this so I feel a little self conscious about it but no one in my house cares one way or the other. I can’t wait to see yours!
I didn't think anything could be as cute as Duncan winking but Luke is giving him a run for his money!!! I love this winking phase!!! Someone needs to teach Flynn!
it's so fun to see a family from the US trying german sweets that are just soo normal to me to the point that I didn't even realize it's a german thing (same for the Adventskranz, was not aware other countries don't do that). so cool to see cultures be represented :D
Christmas advent done by the Ballingers is the only way to go!😍💕 also when Jessica starts talking about her elaborate tangents that she tends to do I can never seem to get thru it witout say I what was she talking about by the time shes done🙊🙉🙈
YAY ! i am using MATERIALS TOO !! tying them up in silk scarfs & materials i found at the thrift store..great thing is each kid can i their own special wrapping materials
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I'm loving the magic tricks! I'm amazed by them and curious about how they work!
Im going to keep posting this till they see it on Duncuns advent after you open a box he is supposed to flip it over when he puts it back to make a game board!
I got several days behind in watching but now I'm all caught up and I want to say my favorite moment of vlogmas was this episode and seeing Jessica and Chris so in love at the end. That's why my favorite episode of your podcast was when you talked about falling in love. I've been married for 12 years and you two are my relationship role models!
ahhh I love our German tradition..also you guys pronounced the German christmasfood and candy really good! I wish all of you a merry Christmas! Much love from Germany to you guys!!
As a Ukrainian Canadian we still do a lot of the old traditions, the most different being that Christmas Eve is our big deal day. We have 12 meatless dishes (perfect forJessica) representing the 12 apostles. We also have a spider ornament on our trees or one hanging from the ceiling (there are many folktales explaining this tradition). For dinner we always have an extra spot at the table for those that have passed on and no longer with us and a lit candle in the window to help them guide their way. We also carol before our meal and have a special blessing that the host says before we eat. We fling a spoonful of Kutya (one of the dishes, usually eaten first though it is sweet) to the ceiling and if it sticks there will be a bountiful. harvest for the year.
I've been watching the latest episodes of your family very quietly because I am not at home, but I am loving them and will binge on catch up later. Enjoy Christmas xxx
I love that you tried German Christmas food ☺️ You pronounced it correctly once: it‘s pronounced Schtollen 😅 Oh and Niederegger is a very famous company here in Germany. Mostly known for their Marzipan 😊
bailey has grown so much confidence in the past few months, i’m so excited to see her start high school soon! also hear me out but i’m dying to see her try out a middle part!
Aww my favourite stollen! I was adopted into a Dutch family, we also have stollen for Christmas, we also would toast them ,not in a regular toaster but in a toaster oven so the marzipan doesn’t leak in my toaster. So yummy warmed and butter is always nice too!
I can’t imagine the Christmas presents being wrapped with baby blankets!!! But I’ll wait and see!!! Merry Christmas to you and your whole family!!! 🎄🎅🏻🎁
Hey! I’m from Denmark which is right over Germany so we have some of the same traditions such as the advents wreath. But here in Denmark we also have some kinda special foods that aren’t eaten in many other countries. We have pork chips🥴 lol which is called flæskestegs chips in danish I personally really like those so I think y’all could try it! We also have a dessert called ris a la Mande which is a rice porridge with whipped cream and vanilla mixed into it and sliced almonds in it. Another tradition with the ris a la Mande is that you put a whole almond with the sliced almonds and then we eat it and the person that found the whole almond gets an almond gift lol it would be so great if y’all tried it.🙃
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Duncan is literally Christopher with a higher exposure setting and i love it
Lmaoooo this is so funny and so true😭
Haaha
Thanks for the laugh.
I know he's hilarious.
Hahha, perfect description!
I bet the kids are so excited to meet and hold their new baby twin cousins now that they’re home from the NICU!!! Sending lots of love❤️
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There new video that they just posted is them actually meeting the twins 🙂!
I don’t know about you all but Bailey seeing (and maybe holding) Maisy is gonna make me sob.
I hope she gets to hold them both :D
yes she’s not the only girl anymore❤️
imagining bailey singing to maisy makes me wanna cry
Ikr ❤️😭
That's first thing I thought when maisy came home ❤️
Luke is such a Ballinger, every time Christmas is mentioned or talked about he's so vocal!
Does Luke ever get frustrated that he can't say alot of words? He is beyond adorable i love watching him grow and be independant
My son has global development delay just like Luke at Luke's age he couldn't talk he just grounded and pointed if we didn't get it my son would get very frustrated my son started talking at the age 4yrs he is now 22 and is still getting speach and ot my son works at a disably place when at school he went to main school but in a special class and the kids had all sorts of disability
Same
Duncan calling Luke to “help” was the sweetest thing! He’s so precious 🥺
My favorite part of advent is Luke's face and then running to get his rug laid out to play on...so cute!!
Hey Jessica! Goa is the smallest state in India, and you did pronounce it correctly. Rickshaws are three wheeler vehicles that you use like taxis. they are super common in India. I live in Massachusetts but I'm from India!! So glad I could teach you something new! Lots of love to your wonderful family! Merry Christmas!
Sri lanka has three wheelers too, and im from sri lanka
Being a person from Germany it's pretty cute and heartwarming to see you guys enjoying our food. What a lovely idea to introduce your kids and yourselves to the christmas traditions and foods of other countries.
Ich bin zwar aus Österreich, aber Stollen und Co. gibt's ja bei uns auch, deshalb freu ich mich auch ziemlich drüber :)
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It's actually true that the advent calendar originated in Germany! That's why it only has 24 doors because we celebrate Christmas on the 24th. I don't know if it's the same in the US but we have 24th which is Heiligabend (holy eve)/ christmas. After that we have the first Christmas day (25th of December) and the second Christmas day (26th of December). Usually you use those days to visit extended family or your partner's family. I really love that it's three days of Christmas instead of just one since there's more chances to celebrate with all of the family. Of course we limit the number of family we visit because of covid.
PS: the Niederegger mazipan I on of my favourite Christmas treats and a wink from Luke is the best compliment for our sweets I could have hoped for! :)
Luke is such a character! What a personality! He is doing so great and progressing in everything. Such a cutie.
I can't explain why, but my favorite part of every video is Luke running to get his rug out after opening his advent calendar.
Parkers turns are so natural. He would be great at ballet.
I was thinking the same thing
Growing up with a German mom in the US we do quite a few of those German traditions. We put some butter on the Stollen, and we have a lot of soft gingerbread treats. We also always get a live Christmas tree and burn real candles on it. And in Germany there are Christmas markets in each town that sell amazing treats and handmade goods. Germans know how to do Christmas the best in my opinion.
Seems like yesterday I was making crafts with Bailey and Jacob , Parker was in a high chair and now there are NINE Ballinger kids between your family and Colleen/Erik! May God bless all of you. I have loved watching your family grow through the years♥️ and those twins... tears of joy that they are all finally at home together. Merry Christmas Ballinger’s ♥️🌲🙏
Be lovely when the kids can see their baby twin cousins.
I'm German and I'm so happy with the comments you read, they were very accurate :) I'll eat my grandma's special potato salad and (vegan) wieners on Christmas eve this year as well, I felt very represented by what you said about our traditions 👌🏼 glad you liked the Stollen too
Luke nurturing Teddy 🧸 cubed was 🥺 so precious 🥰
I think Luke somehow gets cuter each video!!! I will never get over the wink 🥰 too cute
I love seeing Jessica following the doctor’s advice of the two boppies for feeding! How is her body holding up after all of the issues? I sure hope things are going okay!
I love watching the genuine joy on the kids faceses when you do things together!
Stollen (pronounced with a “sh”) is so freaking good!! So cool to see how you expose your kids to different foods, cultures, and traditions from around the world ❤️ y’all are awesome 🥰
I'm so glad you guys are trying out fabric wrapping!! My family has bene doing it for about 3 Christmases now and it makes the whole wrapping process much easier (especially for the family members who aren't so good at wrapping in general!) When my mum first introduced it to my brother and I we were definitely skeptical about the actual unwrapping but we've found ways to die the bows (or peg bags) so that there is still an unwrapping element and the gifts are always more exciting than the wrapping anyway! If it is a big deal to the kids you can always wrap them in tissue paper! A lot of the time we wrap the gift in tissue paper (without tape) then put it inside the fabric wrap, this way there's still a crinkly unwrapping experience but it is waste free as tissue paper can be reused every year!
I've been thinking about suggesting this to your family for a while but so glad you discovered it anyway!
I know you guys are super busy being the AMAZING parents of your SIX wonderful kiddos… but if you ever have the time to do a season two of the “Let’s talk about what we learned today podcast” !!??!? Please do hehe! I literally go back and listen to those episodes all the time! ❤️
You guys should look at different Mandela Effects. I think the older kids would find them super interesting!
Really like this idea was just talking about this to my little sister and which one we were guilty of!! 😂
Since Jacob loves baking, he should make some homemade treats for your dog! There are really simple recipes out there with applesauce and pumpkin and they make a TON of treats!
The collective hushed "Ooooh" when you cut into the second stollen... a Mood. 😂
i love seeing how little Lukje's personality is coming out as he gets older! Merry Christmas!!!!!!
Duncan should turn his advent calendar around the ones that he has opened because I think it would make a picture
Luke was adorable in this video! The wink was the best, it is so great to see his personality and speech growing!
I agree about introducing new traditions into your festive family celebrations! LOve it!!!
Your family is just so much fun. From the dancing to advent; the enthusiasm is contagious. Luke is the star. He’s just the happiest most charming little person. Germany treats looked delicious. Meeting the twins will be epic! Merry Christmas Ballingers! 🥰💖🎄🎅🏼🎁😍
Aww it was so sweet to see a little bit of affection between Chris and Jessica toward the end of the video when she kissed his face
Well, I had something to do and saw a new video here and just have to wait and watch this. I'm sooooo addicted to this precious family!
Oh my goodness! I remember when Duncan was wearing the jammies that Luke is wearing! 🎄
Omg you're right 😭
Omg Luke is so cute when he winks 🥰🥰
y’all are my comfort family
Same ♥️
Same 🤍
My family stopped wrapping gifts a few years ago. My mom and grandma sewed a whole bunch of fabric bags with fancy ribbons that we “wrap” presents in now. We still wrap gifts for the two little cousins in traditional paper because we think it is more fun for them, but all the older family members like that using the bags cuts down on clean up and lets us get into playing sooner.
Wasn't able to watch yesterday's video until just before this one, so now I know how the kids feel when they open two days in a row on their advents! Haha
I saw someone on TikTok who made all sizes of fabric bags out of Christmas fabric and drawstrings at the top. She said she worried about the unwrapping not feeling the same but her kids didn't even seem phased by it. Then she reuses all the sacks each year.
THE WAY CHRISTOPHER LOOKS AT JESSICA IN THE VIEWFINDER GETS ME EVER TIME!
Jessica: that one has a hint of alcohol taste to it
Parker: yeah!
😂
I was thinking about it lol
Luke’s wink is my new favorite thing!! 💖🎉💖🎉💖
In the future when Parker is Lin-Manuel Miranda famous, I hope you send these videos to late night TV when talking about he got started.
You could try some food from Brazil!! It would be cool to see you guys try things from a south american country. Here, our Christmas is during summer, so that changes the vibe from northern countries entirely haha we celebrate christmas on the evening of the 24th and also on lunch time of the 25th. Our dinner is basically rice, turkey and farofa (some kind of toasted cassava flour mixture that brazilians are obsessed about) and what i think is the most different is that, for us, french toast (we call it rabanada here!) is a typical christmas dish that we eat as dessert or for breakfast. How we cook is: we dip our bread in milk (sometimes mixed with condensed milk), then dip it in beaten eggs, then deep fry it and, lastly, we dip it in a mix of sugar and ground cinnamon! It's delicious and you should definitely try it :) lots of love from Brazil and Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much for sharing your family with us! 💗
I love your family you’re so creative ,you have the best energy ,and you inspire your kids to be so creative and Theatrical in the future.
I could cry I’ve watched you since Parker was little and then I stopped watching RUclips. I love your fam! And watching the kids all grown up that’s crazy!!
No different then when they invented the bags, tape close and done. Fabulous idea. I have used baby blankets to wrap baby shower gifts. 💜
Your family is awesome. Bailey's smile is magical! That will be a big surprise for them, meeting their twin cousin's, big huge hugs, and Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas, Ballinger Family 🎄!!! Sending you so much Love and Prayers for many Blessings for a Beautiful Holiday and New Year! There is going to be so much joy this year, with the "First Christmas" of the newest Ballingers! I can't wait to see ♡
OMGGGG!!! How adorable from Auntie Panties show!!!! ☀️ Vivaaaa Mirandaaaa!!!! 💜🎶❤️🎶
My sister and I made up dance routines all the time. Love that the boys do it!
Being from Germany I find it really cool that you try our stuff ❤️
Btw- not important but Plätzchen are pronounced sorta like this:
Pl - like the pl from the word place
ä - like just the a from apple
Tz - like the ts from etsy
Ch - difficult since English doesn't have that combo sound but sorta like the x from the word fox
en - like Ben without the b
+ we normally incorporate rum into stollen so Jessica was correct 👍 you soak all the fruit elements in rum for some time before incorporating it into the dough.
One year when I was a kid I got a present wrapped in fabric and it was definetly the one I most looked forward to opening! It was new and exciting and made it feel special in a different way
i love the ballingers energy it’s so fun
Looking forward to tomorrow's video!! Also loving how Luke's speech is improving every day!!!
I love the idea of reusing fabric/baby blankets to wrap presents, in helping save the environment. If your kids don't feel as excited opening the present there is another alternative I've come across, it's dissolvable wrapping paper. It has the same feel and texture as normal paper, but it dissolves underwater. Great for an easy clean up as well. But loving your idea of recycling your baby blankets in such a creative way.
my girlfriend’s family is dutch and they celebrate st. nick! everyone in the family gets a different family member (kind of like secret santa) and you have to write a poem for the person that you get and create something to hold a new ornament for them. The box and the poem typically go together and are often funny or tell a memory that you have with that person or something important that is going on in their life that year!
I’m so excited to see everyone meet Maisy and Wesley, and hold them if you can. Love you all so much. And I’m so happy.
I love the sustainable wrapping idea! I sew a lot and have a lot of random yards of cotton so I usually use that and ask for it back after to continue using LOL. That might seem odd and I’ve gotten some weird looks but I don’t care haha. I also gift secondhand items which people also seem to not get but I think these things should be normalized so I continue to do them even though I get judged
That Luke and his winking get me every time!!🤗
Really like your advent calendars!! Can’t wait to see what each of you will get on Christmas Day 😝
Luke is coming along so well working on his speech!!
I am getting SO much enjoyment out of watching your kids try the new foods from other countries this vlogmas. Your kids are just SO expressive when they eat the foods that I’m literally laughing out loud over here. It is AMAZING! It’s like a kid in a commercial selling something. Anytime I try new food I have almost no reaction besides I like it or don’t like it. Now I feel so boring hahaha!
If anyone is looking for a middle ground for sustainable wrapping, I would recommend picking up craft paper wrapping paper. It isn’t recyclable while traditional paper isn’t.
Luke winking is the cutest especially cause he’s caring on Duncan’s tradition.
What's interesting is a lot of German traditions came over to Britain due to the Hanover dynasty and of course Victorian era. Stollen and lebekuchen can be found in a lot of supermarkets. Also Lubeck is The marzipan centre of Europe and the world.
i think duncan needs to flip the boxes that he already finished, it seems like there's a drawing behind it of space!
Here in the Netherlands we eat stollen too! With Christmas and Easter, they’re just slightly different. How we eat it: slice the stollen in just bread slices and then get the marzipan out with the knife and then spread it out all over the slice. If it’s slightly too dry for your opinion you can always spread a bit of butter on it! It’s so delicious I’m happy for y’all you got a taste of it! Merry Christmas! (“Fijne kerst” in Dutch)❤️
I would love to see you guys try Swedish Knäck, we always have it for Christmas and it’s so good! We also have something that is called ischocklad but I I don’t like that one 😄
I started making fabric bags a couple of years ago for Christmas wrapping. It is so much easier (once they are made!) Wrapping is so much easier and clean up is so easy too. My kids are between the ages of 3 and 10 and they don’t mind the difference at all. I haven’t heard about anyone else doing this so I feel a little self conscious about it but no one in my house cares one way or the other. I can’t wait to see yours!
I didn't think anything could be as cute as Duncan winking but Luke is giving him a run for his money!!! I love this winking phase!!! Someone needs to teach Flynn!
Can we appreciate what a comedian baby luke is? He is hilarious with that wink and cheeky smile 🥰
it's so fun to see a family from the US trying german sweets that are just soo normal to me to the point that I didn't even realize it's a german thing (same for the Adventskranz, was not aware other countries don't do that). so cool to see cultures be represented :D
I love Parker!! The dance him and Jacob did was so cute and good!
Christmas advent done by the Ballingers is the only way to go!😍💕 also when Jessica starts talking about her elaborate tangents that she tends to do I can never seem to get thru it witout say I what was she talking about by the time shes done🙊🙉🙈
YAY ! i am using MATERIALS TOO !! tying them up in silk scarfs & materials i found at the thrift store..great thing is each kid can i their own special wrapping materials
I'm loving the magic tricks! I'm amazed by them and curious about how they work!
I hope your family has a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!❤❤❤
in dutch we call it a Stol. we cut it like a slice of bread and smear the marzipan filling over the stol. or just with butter! so jummy 😋
Im going to keep posting this till they see it on Duncuns advent after you open a box he is supposed to flip it over when he puts it back to make a game board!
How exciting!!!! 👯♀️ OMGGGG!!!! Woot woot!!! Love festival ❤️☀️
I got several days behind in watching but now I'm all caught up and I want to say my favorite moment of vlogmas was this episode and seeing Jessica and Chris so in love at the end. That's why my favorite episode of your podcast was when you talked about falling in love. I've been married for 12 years and you two are my relationship role models!
If you have an ALDI supermarket near you, you could possibly find some of the German Christmas cookies and treats.
Omg Luke winking at Jessica 😂😭🥺
ahhh I love our German tradition..also you guys pronounced the German christmasfood and candy really good! I wish all of you a merry Christmas! Much love from Germany to you guys!!
As a Ukrainian Canadian we still do a lot of the old traditions, the most different being that Christmas Eve is our big deal day. We have 12 meatless dishes (perfect forJessica) representing the 12 apostles. We also have a spider ornament on our trees or one hanging from the ceiling (there are many folktales explaining this tradition). For dinner we always have an extra spot at the table for those that have passed on and no longer with us and a lit candle in the window to help them guide their way. We also carol before our meal and have a special blessing that the host says before we eat. We fling a spoonful of Kutya (one of the dishes, usually eaten first though it is sweet) to the ceiling and if it sticks there will be a bountiful. harvest for the year.
Hmm very interesting :) I liked the tradition for those who have passed.
I've been watching the latest episodes of your family very quietly because I am not at home, but I am loving them and will binge on catch up later. Enjoy Christmas xxx
I love that you tried German Christmas food ☺️
You pronounced it correctly once: it‘s pronounced Schtollen 😅
Oh and Niederegger is a very famous company here in Germany. Mostly known for their Marzipan 😊
Goa is in western India. It's an amazing place to visit. Such wonderful scenery and the nicest of people.
Luke’s wink 😉 is just so precious 🥰
bailey has grown so much confidence in the past few months, i’m so excited to see her start high school soon! also hear me out but i’m dying to see her try out a middle part!
cant help but love this family
Jacob that was hard enough outside of the bag! I’m impressed!
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Same! I know they add quite a bit of extra work, but I'm glad that they bring it back here and there for special occasions!
Awh it's so cool that Germany does the wreath and st nicoals thing as well, I never knew that. These videos are so educational
Aww my favourite stollen! I was adopted into a Dutch family, we also have stollen for Christmas, we also would toast them ,not in a regular toaster but in a toaster oven so the marzipan doesn’t leak in my toaster. So yummy warmed and butter is always nice too!
I can’t imagine the Christmas presents being wrapped with baby blankets!!! But I’ll wait and see!!! Merry Christmas to you and your whole family!!! 🎄🎅🏻🎁
Hey! I’m from Denmark which is right over Germany so we have some of the same traditions such as the advents wreath. But here in Denmark we also have some kinda special foods that aren’t eaten in many other countries. We have pork chips🥴 lol which is called flæskestegs chips in danish I personally really like those so I think y’all could try it! We also have a dessert called ris a la Mande which is a rice porridge with whipped cream and vanilla mixed into it and sliced almonds in it. Another tradition with the ris a la Mande is that you put a whole almond with the sliced almonds and then we eat it and the person that found the whole almond gets an almond gift lol it would be so great if y’all tried it.🙃