Your Christmas tree is beautiful! And garlands too. This shows there's no need for all the craziness in the shops to create beautiful and meaningful Christmas.
I grew up during the decades of real bubble lights. I bought the same bubble lights you have. I live in America. I bought 6 strings of them when my kids were teens, so they could experience what I grew up with. I now have a very beautiful. woodland theme this year. No more bubble lights! ❤❤❤ Your home looked lovely. I make modern Mercury baubles. Let me know if you'd like some for next Christmas. I'd send you some. ❤❤❤
I am 26 from France, we are miles away, but emotions that your videos give off have no borders. First that i take time to comment but I look forward to watching all your videos. they are little treasures, filled with sweetness and comforting feelings. continue what you are doing, you bring a lot of love to people. kisses from France
I’m 59, born in the 60s so I grew up in the 70s and 80s. Missed the bubble lights era, but as a kid we did the cloves in the oranges (always a school project!), paper garlands which we used during Advent to count down to Christmas, and TINSEL which I still miss! I used that well in to the late 80s just after college and then it all of a sudden disappeared in the 90s. Tinsel was great! Except when my cats would try and eat it 😭 😂 and you do NOT want that happening 😬. Lovely tree and room, beautiful job!
I was born in 1952 in Connecticut, and this brings back memories. The (live) tree was kept outside in the cold until Christmas Eve, when my father brought it in, set it up, and put on the strings of lights. Yes, we had bubble lights. Also, so many unique ornaments. We children always tired of the tinsel before we were done and ended up tossing handfuls. We also made popcorn-cranberry chains and paper chains. Putting up the tree on Christmas Eve meant it was incredibly special on Christmas morning. I've always thought having it there for weeks takes the wonder away.
This reminds me so much of my Christmas growing up. Even down to the bubble lights. My grandparents raised me and I had no idea we had a very vintage Christmas. I still miss them and I was nice to feel close to them again.
We've done the same on our tree! We live in the country so every year we cut a cedar tree from our woods and decorate it! I love the popcorn/cranberry strands...so pretty!
Sage, your videos are the coziest part of the internet. Watching them fills me with so much peace, joy, and happiness. I may be only 24, but the 1950s is a time period that I just long for. Thank you for your content and how much time you put into your videos. I can’t begin to express how many times I have rewatched them. I love you Sage! ❤
Hi Sage, The Christmas tree, garland, popcorn, and orange decor turned out beautifully! It actually reminded me of my Christmases as a little girl back in the 60s. We always had a real tree but when the artificial silver tree came into fashion, my mother made the switch. In the evenings, I would sit by that tree just gazing at it thinking how beautiful it was. Thank you for reminding me how precious those Christmases were. Sadly, this will be your last Christmas at this lovely home. But, know that you will always have the memories created there. I wish you and James a blessed Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
My Dad surprised my Mom completely one year when he came home from work with an aluminum tree - several boxes of all pink ornaments and a rotating spotlight.Our living room was decorated in pink & grey in the early 60's so he just went with that. We always had a real tree so it took us all by surprise.
Lovely, Oh yes the popcorn for garland and tummies. Don't forget the paper cut snow flakes and gingerbread people chains, this gave me good memories from my childhood. Mama would make German Stollen bread every year. Thanks for the memories.
Christmas is always filled with such nostalgia. So many old memories will be left in the past, but new memories will be on the horizon. Thank you for the wonderful cozy Christmas vibes ❤ It helps make Christmas less about the loss and more about the now for me.
Oh my dear, I’m so sad I missed your Christmas video earlier, but time just slipped away! But I’m so happy now that I found the time to catch up and watch your lovely video! I love you Sage, it’s so comforting to just sit and relax and be invited into your home! Thanks for another wonderful Christmas video! Much love & blessings…Mishka. xxxx
New subscriber. What a lovely video. So peaceful and creative. I’m in my mid-50s, so while it would be vintage for me, as well, I remember seeing my grandparents’ photos and loving the decorations.
In 12:02 I see in your kitchen a little pin board with goose's. My mother had exactly the same one and when I saw it in yours it brought tears to my eyes. What I would give to get such souvenirs back...I'm glad for what you doing. You give me a little warm from my childhood's memories back. Thank you ❤
Looks lovely Sage, I look forward to your Christmas videos every season! The pastel garlands will be perfect for Easter and any springtime or baby shower type events you may host in the future! Where I live it's cold at Christmas and one year we did an "outdoor" Christmas tree covered in edible decorations like berry, nut, and popcorn garlands, dried orange slices, and bird seed and suet ornaments. It was intended as a gift to the forest animals and as well as being a beautiful memory it was so amazing to see all the birds and critters feasting together on the tree on Christmas morning out the window! (It's usually not great to feed wild animals of course but a small exception at Christmas it not likely to cause a problem.)
Another vintage decoration would be to spray the tree with white spray. It would make the tree look like it has snow on it. I loved the tinsel on the tree it reminds me of hundreds of icecesles.
The only downside to this gorgeous Christmas video Sage, would have been if there was not enough popcorn left over to pig out on....I'm with James here. I recently baked your savoury eggs, crumbed potatoes, and cheese topped tomatoes from your 1950s cookbook video. So yummy altogether like that. Who woulda thought to spread the tomatoes with mustard and Worcestershire Sauce etc. For a vegetarian like me it was flavour plus and I have made this twice already! Thankyou Sage x
Just an idea. I think you should write a book, with your favorite recipes, patterns for the clothes you've done. Along with popular exercises and self care from that era. I think it would do amazing. Plus decorating tips for the holidays
Sage, I had this exact dilemma! In the end we just watch 3/4 of our tv as it’s mounted to the wall. We make due 😊 Beautiful home, for the holidays! Thanks for bringing us along 🎄
My childhood was in the 1950s & teenager in 1960s. My absolute favorite were the fresh trees we cutdown & the bubble lights. They were so amazing to me. Sadly over the years, they became broken & gone. Every once un a while I get a bubble light night light. Just like when I was little, i can't wait until it warms up to bubble. Our tree was not complete without stringing popcorn. And like you did, we hung our paperchains all over the house. I still have ornaments from those years & delight every year they are opened. A tradition starting with my kids & grandkids is to give an ornament each year symbolizing a special event, or trip, or new hobby, etc. You represent these eras so very well. Thanks for the memories. ALWAYS look forward to your videos! Moving the everything in tour living room by yourself...trumpet! 🌲🌲🌲💗
Your tree and decorations are beautiful. They bring back wonderful memories of tinsel, bubble lights, popcorn strings, paper chains and glass blown ornaments on our tree and on our living room. My dear Mom always made sure we had a loving and beautiful home, and delicious food to eat, 12:14 especially at Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter.
Beautifully done, Sage. We decorate with oranges, cloves, gingerbread, pomegranates, apples, cinnamon sticks, pretty ribbons, candy canes, holly, and evergreens. We've always done popcorn with cranberries on our string for around the tree. I have the bubble lights as well! And we also use tinsel. It doesn't seem like a proper tree without at least a little tinsel amongst all the ornaments. When my parents lived in Germany, they brought back a whole host of ornaments to go with the ones that had been handed down for generations (some from Germany in the late 1800s), including so many handmade ones. They're all on my trees now. Though the oldest, most precious, and most fragile ones get displayed where our cats can't easily knock them over!
We used tinsel in Germany when I was a child, but then my parents stopped using it because they said it was unsafe for pets (poisonous) :( It looked so pretty though, messy to use but pretty.
The most beautiful tree ive seen this year x better than libertys in London ! Reminds me of my childhood in the 1960s . That was a time when most people did Christmas just like you and didnt spend a fortune on decor . You totally smashed it , its absolutely awesome . Happy Christmas to you both xxxxxx
Making the popcorn garland for a Christmas tree 🎄 has been a tradition since I was little. My grandchildren have enjoyed setting around with me making the popcorn garland for my tree ♥️. You have created such a beautiful old fashioned Christmas in your lovely home. Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent. Your home has a wonderful cozy look about it. Have blessed and amazing week ahead……♥️🍃🎄🍃♥️
I came here to get inspiration for decorating a 1950’s Christmas tree. I didn’t anticipate that this video would make me miss my grandparents so badly. ♥️💚
Oh beautiful!! Thank you again for your beautiful, inspiring, vintage content!! Your clothes are so beautiful too!! Sage, you have inspired me so much on my Vintage Journey and I am so grateful to you darling!❤❤ Lots of love from Colorado💕
Merry Christmas sage when y'all move to a new home just think of how vintage can decorate the home again next year. I did a 1950s Christmas tree with pink and black ornaments with silver tinsel❤ pink and black was very popular in the 1950s and I just love vintage decorating❤😊 May you and James have a wonderful blessed MERRY CHRISTMAS. And may the Lord bless you always with much love and happiness each and every year including Christmas time for the Lord is the most important thing around Christmas time❤
I finally got some bubble lights this year after dreaming of having them since I learned about them from you! Seeing your summer Christmas brings me back to my home country (Brazil). I live in Germany now, and we're currently under loads of snow, so I'm getting that traditional, winter wonderland type of Christmas season. For Christmas I'm used to it , but come New year's, I'm super weirded out by it being cold, since in my head it's associated with summer and the beach 😅
I've been looking forward to your Christmas video so much and it did not disappoint, just lovely!🌲The orange pomanders look amazing!🍊 A tiny helpful hint: If you wrap your paper garland around a piece of cardboard it will keep it from getting tangled. Hugs and blessings from Oregon!💖
Lovely vintage decorating Sage. Im reminded of the things I did, when I was younger, watching your videos. I was a vintage soul growing up in the 70s, & 80 s when there were no internet communities like there are today. I loved hearing my Grandparents talk about the old days, and to try some of their old ways. Merry Christmas to you & James, youve made Granny's house look wonderfully festive for your last Christmas there. Im sure you' ll bring your vintage touches with you into your new home.
Beautiful Christmas tree 🎄 I’m 62 so my mom loved silver icicles on our tree she would say “place them don’t throw them” it glowed. My grandma made the oranges with cloves and ribbons also. Thanks for a walk with my childhood. 😊❤
I’m a 1982 baby and growing up we loved the string tinsel but they don’t really sell it nowadays so, my mommy’s idea, we take this silver shiny thin ribbon and curl it with scissors and hang it randomly on tree 🤗
Have a Merry Christmas Sage I followed you a long time .Happy Holidays from Southwestern Ontario. 🇨🇦 As a kid we always had a green fake tree,but I remember seeing pictures of my older brothers in the 60s ,fake silver tree, were quite popular in the 50s.🙂
I HAVE THAT HOLIDAY COOKBOOK! It was my Mother’s and it’s always my holiday party inspiration. When I was a child I loved the photos and dream of being an adult hostess serving the recipes.
So sad this is your last year in the house you have so lovingly made an adorable 1950's home. Such adorable vintage Xmas baubles too - I have a few that belonged to my great grandmother. Looking forward to see where youre going and future 1950's home
Bubble lights and silver icicles were always on our tree when I was growing up in the 80’s. I still put them on my tree every year. One thing I’ve never done is actually build a gingerbread house so I am determined to do so this year.
All you need to complete your tree is a tree topper like a star or an angel or even a 1950s Christmas finial shapped topper.. they make replicas of them if you can't find one from that time period and it would still go perfectly. But a topper would definitely be the perfect final touch for your tree 🎄
I was born in 1962, and I remember the silver tinsel, which we call * Lametta * in Germany. We always had a real tree with beautiful baubles and real candles and also sparklers. The candles would only be on for a short time because they would burn down quite quickly and of course were a fire hazard, but they made the tree look so festive. In Germany the tree was put up and decorated on the 24th of December and the children would not see it before the evening when it was time for the presents. Oh, the magic of seeing the tree, and the house smelled so wonderful of the food that mum was preparing all day long. I miss those days. I am living in the UK for 25 years now, but we still celebrate on the 24th and again on the 25th as my husband is British. My children are now all grown up, but they always loved having 2 big Christmas days. Best of both worlds, as they call it. :) I love your videos, they always make me happy.
Love your decorations and especially your vintage-style tree. The bubble lights are a lovely and distinctive touch. My own tree has a similar look; I have ornaments and funky plastic icicles from the '50s and '60s that were passed down in my family. Anyway, beautiful video and love your channel!
Thank you for posting! The decorations are lovely and your house is warm and inviting. Though you will be moving, just think about all you have learned at this house that will transfer to your next one! A very exciting journey for you! Many hugs to you!
Mum had lovely glass ornaments for our tree when I was a young girl growing up in the late 60’s. This bought back lovely memories of getting them out and seeing each coloured bauble, remembering it from the previous year, finding my favourites. Christmas was a lot quieter back then. ❤
Everything looked beautiful! 😍 You getting trapped was hilarious 🤣 That’s something I’d totally do not realizing I’m getting myself in a corner 😂 I’d buy some straw or something to see if the bird would take that instead of your flower basket items. Especially if you have it easier to get it might leave it alone. We have a small bird house and every year a chickadee builds in it. One time a robin was gonna try but the hole was too small 😅 The chickadee popped out the hole like OCCUPIED! 🤣
I want to switch places with Sage, I want a summer Christmas, and I know her dream is a white Christmas. Beautiful Christmas tree and love those oranges
How lovely! This brought back warm memories and inspired me to re-incorporate a few new ideas as my husband and I celebrate our first Christmas together
Visiting my friends homes growing up in 70's I remember the bubble lights glad they are still working. Trees decorated with tinsle usually put about 3 or 4 times more as its when the lights are off and the tree lights are on it makes the tree really shine. Thanks for sharing, fun memory lane episode 💕
Wonderful! We made popcorn chains when I was a kid in the sixties. After Epiphany, we smeared them with peanut butter and bird seed and hung them on the trees. Good times!
I thought this house would be yours since you've invested yourself so much in renovating it. Feeling kind of nostalgic and it's not even my home, haha. Blessed winter holidays!
I think your "Easter" paper chains were perfect for Australian Christmas. I also really wanted you to yell for James when getting trapped by the tree so he could just simply laugh. It was such a funny shot.
You look most amazing amd purely enduring during your outtakes. I just cant seem to wrap my brain around your graceful intuit. I so; So I wished You did live streams to see the amazing that is Sage Lillyman felt from the inspired heart
Nice video. I had a similar issue of placing the Christmas tree. I rearranged the furniture in my flat during the summer and didn't even consider Christmas. The only place the large tree will go is next to the TV, but I guess it's kind of fun having to peek around the tree to see the TV. I think the tree should be in the focal point of a room. The little tree has been decorated out mostly in spun silk baubles, which I love.
Dont forget to "fluff" your branches for a more full look! I have a tree about the same size, and it takes about an hour to fluff up the branches, otherwise ours looks so scraggly! Love the bubble lights, I think my kiddos would kill them though lol
Since I missed you Sage, please don't leave again, it would be a huge disappointment for me not to see you again on your wonderful channel, your videos are my life.
Lovely lovely. So glad to see you posting again. I'm a little curious about your air conditioner. Hope you're still able to stay cool. You have such a knack for making things beautiful. God bless you and James this season.
Lovely as always. When I was young and we decorated the tree with Tinsel, my dad stressed separating the Tinsel one, by one before laying them on the branches. It added so much. Thank you for reminding me of those sweet memories. 🎄
We call the silver strings “angels hair” in Poland. I remember putting them on as a child. We used to do “chains” out of the colourful paper and snowflake like cutouts and put them on as well. We would complete with my sister who’s chain is the longest, we’d be at it for hours 🤩
The old tinsel had lead in it and had a pretty shimmer to it. Of course, they changed the ingredients to not include lead. So now it's much lighter, shinier, and blows all over the place with any little breeze..
dear Sage...................your xmas tree looks so beautiful...........and how you hanging the tinsel....reminds me how my sister and I hang the tinsel in our tree long time before.................Blessings and Greetings and have a wonderful xmas time with James and your family..........................Daggy,Kiel,Germany☘☘☘
Love the video. I love vintage christmas decor. I have so many pieces that are some of my prized possessions. You stated this is the last christmas in this house and you will be moving next year. Is your new home going to be an older home as well? I love old homes.
I believe you'll be my go-to for watching summer Christmases 😊 While I enjoy ogling elaborate designer Christmas trees, the completely homey, cozy vibes of doing it vintage style is unmatched. The homemade decor, the scents, the heirloom ornaments. I kind of wish I had a stronger tradition in that growing up, since I really only saw it on tv. What usually warms me over those is knowing there's always twinkling lights and a cup of cocoa somewhere ❤
Beautiful decorations. As a kid we always made the paper chains and popcorn Garland. Kids these days miss out on allot of the old fashion ways of Christmas. Thank you for sharing.
I love the vintage lights from America. I have been buying vintage decorations from thrift shops and I love them so much more than the junk I can buy at mass merchandise stores
Your Christmas tree is beautiful! And garlands too. This shows there's no need for all the craziness in the shops to create beautiful and meaningful Christmas.
Couldn’t agree more! Homemade decorations are the best! 😊
@@SageLilleymanYes!
I totally agree.
I grew up during the decades of real bubble lights. I bought the same bubble lights you have. I live in America. I bought 6 strings of them when my kids were teens, so they could experience what I grew up with. I now have a very beautiful. woodland theme this year. No more bubble lights! ❤❤❤
Your home looked lovely. I make modern Mercury baubles. Let me know if you'd like some for next Christmas. I'd send you some. ❤❤❤
I am 26 from France, we are miles away, but emotions that your videos give off have no borders. First that i take time to comment but I look forward to watching all your videos. they are little treasures, filled with sweetness and comforting feelings. continue what you are doing, you bring a lot of love to people. kisses from France
A beautiful Xmas to you and all your family 🎄💫
Aww thank you so much for your sweet words!! 💕☺️
I’m 59, born in the 60s so I grew up in the 70s and 80s. Missed the bubble lights era, but as a kid we did the cloves in the oranges (always a school project!), paper garlands which we used during Advent to count down to Christmas, and TINSEL which I still miss! I used that well in to the late 80s just after college and then it all of a sudden disappeared in the 90s. Tinsel was great! Except when my cats would try and eat it 😭 😂 and you do NOT want that happening 😬. Lovely tree and room, beautiful job!
I was born in 1952 in Connecticut, and this brings back memories.
The (live) tree was kept outside in the cold until Christmas Eve, when my father brought it in, set it up, and put on the strings of lights. Yes, we had bubble lights. Also, so many unique ornaments. We children always tired of the tinsel before we were done and ended up tossing handfuls.
We also made popcorn-cranberry chains and paper chains.
Putting up the tree on Christmas Eve meant it was incredibly special on Christmas morning. I've always thought having it there for weeks takes the wonder away.
This reminds me so much of my Christmas growing up. Even down to the bubble lights. My grandparents raised me and I had no idea we had a very vintage Christmas. I still miss them and I was nice to feel close to them again.
Sage, my mom would make popcorn chains with a cranberry every tenth spot. It was so colorful.🎉🎉
We've done the same on our tree! We live in the country so every year we cut a cedar tree from our woods and decorate it! I love the popcorn/cranberry strands...so pretty!
Sage, your videos are the coziest part of the internet. Watching them fills me with so much peace, joy, and happiness. I may be only 24, but the 1950s is a time period that I just long for. Thank you for your content and how much time you put into your videos. I can’t begin to express how many times I have rewatched them. I love you Sage! ❤
Aww thank you so much Grace!! xx 🥰
Hi Sage, The Christmas tree, garland, popcorn, and orange decor turned out beautifully! It actually reminded me of my Christmases as a little girl back in the 60s. We always had a real tree but when the artificial silver tree came into fashion, my mother made the switch. In the evenings, I would sit by that tree just gazing at it thinking how beautiful it was. Thank you for reminding me how precious those Christmases were. Sadly, this will be your last Christmas at this lovely home. But, know that you will always have the memories created there. I wish you and James a blessed Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.
Love those stories so much, thank you for sharing 😊
My Dad surprised my Mom completely one year when he came home from work with an aluminum tree - several boxes of all pink ornaments and a rotating spotlight.Our living room was decorated in pink & grey in the early 60's so he just went with that. We always had a real tree so it took us all by surprise.
@@ginger1549 absolutely lovely!
Lovely, Oh yes the popcorn for garland and tummies. Don't forget the paper cut snow flakes and gingerbread people chains, this gave me good memories from my childhood. Mama would make German Stollen bread every year. Thanks for the memories.
Christmas is always filled with such nostalgia.
So many old memories will be left in the past, but new memories will be on the horizon.
Thank you for the wonderful cozy Christmas vibes ❤
It helps make Christmas less about the loss and more about the now for me.
Oh my dear, I’m so sad I missed your Christmas video earlier, but time just slipped away! But I’m so happy now that I found the time to catch up and watch your lovely video! I love you Sage, it’s so comforting to just sit and relax and be invited into your home! Thanks for another wonderful Christmas video! Much love & blessings…Mishka. xxxx
Thank you so much Mishka! I hope you had a lovely Christmas and holidays so far! 🎄🎉🎁✨
New subscriber. What a lovely video. So peaceful and creative. I’m in my mid-50s, so while it would be vintage for me, as well, I remember seeing my grandparents’ photos and loving the decorations.
Thank you so much for subscribing Gretchen! 💕
Thank you for transporting us to a different era ❤
In 12:02 I see in your kitchen a little pin board with goose's. My mother had exactly the same one and when I saw it in yours it brought tears to my eyes. What I would give to get such souvenirs back...I'm glad for what you doing. You give me a little warm from my childhood's memories back. Thank you ❤
Looks lovely Sage, I look forward to your Christmas videos every season! The pastel garlands will be perfect for Easter and any springtime or baby shower type events you may host in the future! Where I live it's cold at Christmas and one year we did an "outdoor" Christmas tree covered in edible decorations like berry, nut, and popcorn garlands, dried orange slices, and bird seed and suet ornaments. It was intended as a gift to the forest animals and as well as being a beautiful memory it was so amazing to see all the birds and critters feasting together on the tree on Christmas morning out the window! (It's usually not great to feed wild animals of course but a small exception at Christmas it not likely to cause a problem.)
I ❤ this idea!
Another vintage decoration would be to spray the tree with white spray. It would make the tree look like it has snow on it. I loved the tinsel on the tree it reminds me of hundreds of icecesles.
The only downside to this gorgeous Christmas video Sage, would have been if there was not enough popcorn left over to pig out on....I'm with James here.
I recently baked your savoury eggs, crumbed potatoes, and cheese topped tomatoes from your 1950s cookbook video. So yummy altogether like that. Who woulda thought to spread the tomatoes with mustard and Worcestershire Sauce etc. For a vegetarian like me it was flavour plus and I have made this twice already! Thankyou Sage x
Aww that’s so good to hear you really enjoyed the recipe!!! They are so delicious I agree!!! 😋💕
Just an idea. I think you should write a book, with your favorite recipes, patterns for the clothes you've done. Along with popular exercises and self care from that era. I think it would do amazing. Plus decorating tips for the holidays
Lovely video! Everything turned out just beautiful. I need a time machine to go back to 1955....😅
Sage, I had this exact dilemma! In the end we just watch 3/4 of our tv as it’s mounted to the wall. We make due 😊 Beautiful home, for the holidays! Thanks for bringing us along 🎄
My childhood was in the 1950s & teenager in 1960s. My absolute favorite were the fresh trees we cutdown & the bubble lights. They were so amazing to me. Sadly over the years, they became broken & gone. Every once un a while I get a bubble light night light. Just like when I was little, i can't wait until it warms up to bubble. Our tree was not complete without stringing popcorn. And like you did, we hung our paperchains all over the house. I still have ornaments from those years & delight every year they are opened. A tradition starting with my kids & grandkids is to give an ornament each year symbolizing a special event, or trip, or new hobby, etc. You represent these eras so very well. Thanks for the memories. ALWAYS look forward to your videos! Moving the everything in tour living room by yourself...trumpet! 🌲🌲🌲💗
Your tree and decorations are beautiful. They bring back wonderful memories of tinsel, bubble lights, popcorn strings, paper chains and glass blown ornaments on our tree and on our living room. My dear Mom always made sure we had a loving and beautiful home, and delicious food to eat, 12:14 especially at Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter.
Beautifully done, Sage.
We decorate with oranges, cloves, gingerbread, pomegranates, apples, cinnamon sticks, pretty ribbons, candy canes, holly, and evergreens. We've always done popcorn with cranberries on our string for around the tree. I have the bubble lights as well! And we also use tinsel. It doesn't seem like a proper tree without at least a little tinsel amongst all the ornaments. When my parents lived in Germany, they brought back a whole host of ornaments to go with the ones that had been handed down for generations (some from Germany in the late 1800s), including so many handmade ones. They're all on my trees now. Though the oldest, most precious, and most fragile ones get displayed where our cats can't easily knock them over!
We used tinsel in Germany when I was a child, but then my parents stopped using it because they said it was unsafe for pets (poisonous) :( It looked so pretty though, messy to use but pretty.
The most beautiful tree ive seen this year x better than libertys in London ! Reminds me of my childhood in the 1960s . That was a time when most people did Christmas just like you and didnt spend a fortune on decor . You totally smashed it , its absolutely awesome . Happy Christmas to you both xxxxxx
Making the popcorn garland for a Christmas tree 🎄 has been a tradition since I was little. My grandchildren have enjoyed setting around with me making the popcorn garland for my tree ♥️. You have created such a beautiful old fashioned Christmas in your lovely home. Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent. Your home has a wonderful cozy look about it. Have blessed and amazing week ahead……♥️🍃🎄🍃♥️
Very nice decoration! I can imagine the delightful smell those oranges and the cloves must be giving to the house, the dessert also looked delicious ❤
Thanks for sharing Sage. Happy New Year to you and all. Peace around the Earth. Julie in Ohio, USA.
I came here to get inspiration for decorating a 1950’s Christmas tree. I didn’t anticipate that this video would make me miss my grandparents so badly. ♥️💚
Thanks Sage 💚 your decorations always remind me of the good times when I was a child and there was still a magical aspect to this time of year.
Lovely job! I really want to make a popcorn garland for my tree now
Everything looks so beautiful! I think though my favorite is the bubble lights. I wanna find some!
Your decorated house looks so warm & cozy!
Oh beautiful!! Thank you again for your beautiful, inspiring, vintage content!! Your clothes are so beautiful too!! Sage, you have inspired me so much on my Vintage Journey and I am so grateful to you darling!❤❤
Lots of love from Colorado💕
Awww you are so sweet! Thank you! Xx 💞☺️
Merry Christmas sage when y'all move to a new home just think of how vintage can decorate the home again next year. I did a 1950s Christmas tree with pink and black ornaments with silver tinsel❤ pink and black was very popular in the 1950s and I just love vintage decorating❤😊 May you and James have a wonderful blessed MERRY CHRISTMAS. And may the Lord bless you always with much love and happiness each and every year including Christmas time for the Lord is the most important thing around Christmas time❤
I finally got some bubble lights this year after dreaming of having them since I learned about them from you! Seeing your summer Christmas brings me back to my home country (Brazil). I live in Germany now, and we're currently under loads of snow, so I'm getting that traditional, winter wonderland type of Christmas season. For Christmas I'm used to it , but come New year's, I'm super weirded out by it being cold, since in my head it's associated with summer and the beach 😅
Aww wow!! The bubble lights are so pretty, that’s lovely you got some too! 💞🎄
I saw all the snow on my American TV weather station.
I've been looking forward to your Christmas video so much and it did not disappoint, just lovely!🌲The orange pomanders look amazing!🍊 A tiny helpful hint: If you wrap your paper garland around a piece of cardboard it will keep it from getting tangled. Hugs and blessings from Oregon!💖
That’s the best tip, I will do that thank you! 😊
Lovely vintage decorating Sage. Im reminded of the things I did, when I was younger, watching your videos. I was a vintage soul growing up in the 70s, & 80 s when there were no internet communities like there are today. I loved hearing my Grandparents talk about the old days, and to try some of their old ways.
Merry Christmas to you & James, youve made Granny's house look wonderfully festive for your last Christmas there. Im sure you' ll bring your vintage touches with you into your new home.
Beautiful Christmas tree 🎄 I’m 62 so my mom loved silver icicles on our tree she would say “place them don’t throw them” it glowed. My grandma made the oranges with cloves and ribbons also. Thanks for a walk with my childhood. 😊❤
Love your videos sage, your little house at Christmas time just looks like paradise. ❤❤❤
You and your little home are just adorable.xo Merry Christmas
Bubble lights remind me of 1965 as a child. Beautiful.
thank you for doing this a bit before christmas I wanna do all this now and I have the time!
I’m a 1982 baby and growing up we loved the string tinsel but they don’t really sell it nowadays so, my mommy’s idea, we take this silver shiny thin ribbon and curl it with scissors and hang it randomly on tree 🤗
That looks so nice! At least with the paper garlands you could save them and use for Easter.
That’s what I’ve done!! Hehe I put them in a box and have stored them away for Easter! 🐣
You decorated your home beautiful for the Christmas holidays.🎄☃️
Have a Merry Christmas Sage I followed you a long time .Happy Holidays from Southwestern Ontario. 🇨🇦 As a kid we always had a green fake tree,but I remember seeing pictures of my older brothers in the 60s ,fake silver tree, were quite popular in the 50s.🙂
I was born in 1960, and your tree reminds me of growing up! Sage, you have decorated your home beautifully.
Hello Sage what a beautiful video I really love it . Hope you and James are both keeping well, sending you both love and prayers 🙏 God bless you.
I HAVE THAT HOLIDAY COOKBOOK! It was my Mother’s and it’s always my holiday party inspiration. When I was a child I loved the photos and dream of being an adult hostess serving the recipes.
So sad this is your last year in the house you have so lovingly made an adorable 1950's home. Such adorable vintage Xmas baubles too - I have a few that belonged to my great grandmother. Looking forward to see where youre going and future 1950's home
Bubble lights and silver icicles were always on our tree when I was growing up in the 80’s. I still put them on my tree every year. One thing I’ve never done is actually build a gingerbread house so I am determined to do so this year.
All you need to complete your tree is a tree topper like a star or an angel or even a 1950s Christmas finial shapped topper.. they make replicas of them if you can't find one from that time period and it would still go perfectly. But a topper would definitely be the perfect final touch for your tree 🎄
I was born in 1962, and I remember the silver tinsel, which we call * Lametta * in Germany. We always had a real tree with beautiful baubles and real candles and also sparklers. The candles would only be on for a short time because they would burn down quite quickly and of course were a fire hazard, but they made the tree look so festive. In Germany the tree was put up and decorated on the 24th of December and the children would not see it before the evening when it was time for the presents. Oh, the magic of seeing the tree, and the house smelled so wonderful of the food that mum was preparing all day long. I miss those days. I am living in the UK for 25 years now, but we still celebrate on the 24th and again on the 25th as my husband is British. My children are now all grown up, but they always loved having 2 big Christmas days. Best of both worlds, as they call it. :) I love your videos, they always make me happy.
Love your decorations and especially your vintage-style tree. The bubble lights are a lovely and distinctive touch. My own tree has a similar look; I have ornaments and funky plastic icicles from the '50s and '60s that were passed down in my family. Anyway, beautiful video and love your channel!
Thank you for posting! The decorations are lovely and your house is warm and inviting. Though you will be moving, just think about all you have learned at this house that will transfer to your next one! A very exciting journey for you! Many hugs to you!
Thank you! 💕Such wise words ☺️ I know, we have learnt so much that will be great to use in our new place!
Mum had lovely glass ornaments for our tree when I was a young girl growing up in the late 60’s. This bought back lovely memories of getting them out and seeing each coloured bauble, remembering it from the previous year, finding my favourites. Christmas was a lot quieter back then. ❤
Oh Sage, your little home looks festive and cozy. Just lovely! Thank you for always bringing us such wonderful videos. ❤
This is exactly the video I needed to get in the festive spirit. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas, Sage ❄️✨♥️💚
Honestly this is so beautiful this is what I call a real homely Christmas so love 1940s and Victorian era
I remember making the paper chains at school in the late 70's. We used paper streamers 💛
Everything looked beautiful! 😍 You getting trapped was hilarious 🤣 That’s something I’d totally do not realizing I’m getting myself in a corner 😂 I’d buy some straw or something to see if the bird would take that instead of your flower basket items. Especially if you have it easier to get it might leave it alone. We have a small bird house and every year a chickadee builds in it. One time a robin was gonna try but the hole was too small 😅 The chickadee popped out the hole like OCCUPIED! 🤣
That’s a good idea! I definitely should put some materials in a tree, the birds would love that! 😊💞
What absolutely beautiful Christmases your future kids will have! 🥰
Lovely. I always put a disc of wood or plastic under my tree which makes sliding it round the carpet easier. Have a wonderful Christmas!
We had bubble lights when I was a kid back in the 50's and 60's. They were my favorite decoration on the tree. Thank you for the memory.
I want to switch places with Sage, I want a summer Christmas, and I know her dream is a white Christmas.
Beautiful Christmas tree and love those oranges
How lovely! This brought back warm memories and inspired me to re-incorporate a few new ideas as my husband and I celebrate our first Christmas together
Such a stunning representation! The ending felt like a movie. Incredible
Visiting my friends homes growing up in 70's I remember the bubble lights glad they are still working. Trees decorated with tinsle usually put about 3 or 4 times more as its when the lights are off and the tree lights are on it makes the tree really shine. Thanks for sharing, fun memory lane episode 💕
Wonderful! We made popcorn chains when I was a kid in the sixties. After Epiphany, we smeared them with peanut butter and bird seed and hung them on the trees. Good times!
You could use a toilet or kitchen roll tube to wrap the string garland when you put it away for next year. To stop it getting tangled 🎄
I was born in 1945 and that was how dad decorated our trees for many years. We always had a live tree.
I thought this house would be yours since you've invested yourself so much in renovating it. Feeling kind of nostalgic and it's not even my home, haha. Blessed winter holidays!
I think your "Easter" paper chains were perfect for Australian Christmas.
I also really wanted you to yell for James when getting trapped by the tree so he could just simply laugh. It was such a funny shot.
You look most amazing amd purely enduring during your outtakes. I just cant seem to wrap my brain around your graceful intuit. I so; So I wished You did live streams to see the amazing that is Sage Lillyman felt from the inspired heart
Love this video, buuuut you can open/spread the little tree branches to give it a fuller look !😄 Love your vintage decorations and vibes 😍
Nice video. I had a similar issue of placing the Christmas tree. I rearranged the furniture in my flat during the summer and didn't even consider Christmas. The only place the large tree will go is next to the TV, but I guess it's kind of fun having to peek around the tree to see the TV. I think the tree should be in the focal point of a room. The little tree has been decorated out mostly in spun silk baubles, which I love.
So glad to see u back.. hope there's more to come
Dont forget to "fluff" your branches for a more full look! I have a tree about the same size, and it takes about an hour to fluff up the branches, otherwise ours looks so scraggly!
Love the bubble lights, I think my kiddos would kill them though lol
Those bubble lights look exactly like the ones my mom had back in the 50s
Aah so beautiful sage, makes me nostalgic for sure, I love everything the bubble lights the oranges. It looks soooo cosy xx
Since I missed you Sage, please don't leave again, it would be a huge disappointment for me not to see you again on your wonderful channel, your videos are my life.
Lovely lovely. So glad to see you posting again. I'm a little curious about your air conditioner. Hope you're still able to stay cool. You have such a knack for making things beautiful. God bless you and James this season.
Lovely as always. When I was young and we decorated the tree with Tinsel, my dad stressed separating the Tinsel one, by one before laying them on the branches. It added so much. Thank you for reminding me of those sweet memories. 🎄
We call the silver strings “angels hair” in Poland. I remember putting them on as a child. We used to do “chains” out of the colourful paper and snowflake like cutouts and put them on as well. We would complete with my sister who’s chain is the longest, we’d be at it for hours 🤩
Everything looks so cute and festive.
One year I made a ton of salt dough hearts and hung them with red ribbon. The tree was beautiful.
The old tinsel had lead in it and had a pretty shimmer to it. Of course, they changed the ingredients to not include lead. So now it's much lighter, shinier, and blows all over the place with any little breeze..
When I was broke at uni we made paper chains from all the free catalogs that shops gave out and they did very well for decorations. Good colours too.
I love that, so creative! 😊
Just rewatching your Christmas decorating video in your old house. Hope you are doing well in your new home. Looking forward to new videos from you.
dear Sage...................your xmas tree looks so beautiful...........and how you hanging the tinsel....reminds me how my sister and I hang the tinsel in our tree long time before.................Blessings and Greetings and have a wonderful xmas time with James and your family..........................Daggy,Kiel,Germany☘☘☘
Haha James was ready to have popcorn lol. Beautiful decorating , I live in south Florida USA so I have a warm Christmas too
Love the video. I love vintage christmas decor. I have so many pieces that are some of my prized possessions. You stated this is the last christmas in this house and you will be moving next year. Is your new home going to be an older home as well? I love old homes.
I believe you'll be my go-to for watching summer Christmases 😊 While I enjoy ogling elaborate designer Christmas trees, the completely homey, cozy vibes of doing it vintage style is unmatched. The homemade decor, the scents, the heirloom ornaments. I kind of wish I had a stronger tradition in that growing up, since I really only saw it on tv. What usually warms me over those is knowing there's always twinkling lights and a cup of cocoa somewhere ❤
Your videos are lovely. Oh no you’re moving! I hope you make lovely new memories wherever you are going ❤
This was the most beautiful, delightful, perfect vlog, from beginning to end🎄
What a lovely video! I'm in the UK where it's winter time. This made me feel so cosy, I've just watched it twice....❤
Beautiful decorations.
As a kid we always made the paper chains and popcorn Garland. Kids these days miss out on allot of the old fashion ways of Christmas.
Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful delicate decorations! The kind you can't have if you have pets and kids lol.
I love the vintage lights from America. I have been buying vintage decorations from thrift shops and I love them so much more than the junk I can buy at mass merchandise stores