Here in Switzerland we have tree nurseries that deliver the tree in a pot and come and pick it up again. During the year they take care of the tree and the next Christmas they deliver it again to you for the holidays and so forth. If the tree becomes to large for your living room, you can switch it out for a smaller one. The trees get planted in the forest when they retire from being a Christmas tree. Now you could argue the cost of driving it back and forth. I would wager that it is still the most sustainable option available.
@@Woeschhuesli You would have to try the phone book for your local / regional tree nursery or Gärtnerei. Not all of them do it, but there are quite a few.
I made the ornaments from the toilet paper and paper towel holders. They came out great. So simple and a great way to use something that you would just throw out in the trash. Thank you.
As far as trees go, we bought a fake one 27 years ago. (I live in Austria.) I never thought it would last this long! It doesn’t look too good when you take it out of the box and every year I think that it’ll be the last year for it, but once it’s decorated, I am always amazed at how great it looks! The “needles” have a paper texture to them. (Not plastic) When I was a child we always had a real tree and I loved the smell but I just can’t justify cutting a tree down for a few weeks. I love Alex Baer’s description of what they do in Switzerland!
Last Christmas I decided we definitely needed to simplify & downsize our decorations & gifts! It takes the stress out of Christmas for me and I can focus on spending time with the ones I love 💕
A few years ago I made these paper ornaments for our tree and we love them so much I am back this year because we want a few more. My husband said we should make one for an event we are attending where we have to take an ornament for the tree. No tree can have just one of these so I'm taking a few. I use cardstock instead of paper and they store well from year to year. I don't know which is more sustainable for trees, but we choose to cut down our own fresh tree each year. It never disappoints and is a favorite activity of ours. Thank you for such simple and beautiful ideas!
My sister clips some branches from her yard. She spray paints them white and adds some spray glitter. She decorates it like a Christmas tree and it always looks beautiful.
As I start planning for Christmas, I keep thinking of this video. There is a lot of beautiful content this time of year, showing everyone’s Christmas decor. A lot of it overwhelms me. Thank you, Benita, for reminding me that I can have a perfectly cozy Christmas without all the fuss and bother. This is just what I want and need. Thank you!
Go to IKEA they sell real Christmas tree's for about 15€ and once the holidays are over u can take the tree back and they will replant it and u get a gift card for the price of the tree!!!!
@@BenitaLarsson I see, that's too bad. Since i move to Italy and discovered this great initiative Ikea has i only get my Christmas tree from them, and they even are relative small tree's so for the space i have is even better. Try and have a friend with a car go tree shopping with you this year.
Thankyou from UK. Your home looks so cosy especially with the sleeping cat in the chair. We have a Christmas tree with roots and in the summertime there are lots of tiny cones on it. We plant it out in the garden after Christmas and then dig it up when we need it again.
This is all so beautiful and relaxing. My husband just brought home an advent candle for me from Denmark and I am so excited to find the perfect spot for it.
Benita, I love, love all the white going on in your home. ( : Everything matches, right down to the scissors handles, the white watering can and ( the soon to be in bloom ) the white flowers. My favorite flower color is white. The white paper ornaments you made are perfect for your little tree as they are lightweight. I would like to try and make a few of them.
After getting rid of some Christmas ornaments that we no longer liked, we have been feeling a little discontent with our tree this year. My husband will love the ornaments you made - just what our tree needs. Thank you!!!! After reading Alex Baer's comment, I would love to live in Switzerland for Christmas!!! We cut our tree down every year because we love the real thing.
All plain and simple. Very easy on the eyes he mind. Oh and happy belated birthday wishes to you. X 🎂🎁🍷. And all the very best wishes for Christmas ☃️🌲 too. X
Very relaxing to watch! The city I live in (in Canada) takes the used Christmas trees to create mulch for the gardens around the city. I personally have used both real and fake trees. When you think of having to ship a plastic tree from China then eventually throw it out (they aren't made to last forever), I prefer to support a local grower and buy a real tree which can be reused as firewood or mulch
Hi Benita. Your little Christmas tree looks very much like a Norfolk Island pine. My family had one of these for a potted Christmas tree during my childhood. It was as close to a proper Tannenbaum that we could get at that time in tropical Queensland, Australia. Every year my father would bring it in and we would make a mad mess of decorating it. After Christmas, he would carry it back out to its spot in the back yard where it would happily wait to be the centre of attention again. When it grew too tall, he planted it, but even after, it was always known as 'the Christmas tree'. A happy and safe Christmas season to you and all. ❤️
At 10:35 it reminds me of our Hanukkah :) And also the lights on the windowpane, it's a Mitzvah on Hanukkah to have in by the window symbolically and religiously to have everyone see the big miracle we've had. Awesomeness. Happy Holidays :)
Your video is so beautiful! I love the way you celebrate this special season. I look forward to your wonderful vlogs. Much happiness to you and your son. 🎄🥰
This year I bought reusable squares of fabric and ribbon to wrap my presents. I choose non-Christmas prints and solids so I can also use them for other occasions through out the year. Along with the reusable cloth bags, this will mean a lot less waste. I love the paper decorations.
I've recently discovered your channel, and have watched this Christmas video for the first time. Now I am yearning for Christmas to come again quickly! I am just in de-cluttering phase 1, as all of our children (I have three boys and my husband has three of his own) are grown and out of the house. My husband is half Swedish, and lives by the less-is-more mantra, but I've come from a more fill every surface and wall with things I love world. I am, though, enjoying deciding which things I love the most, and having less to clean around. It's beginning to become addicting-to see 'what else' I can live without. The biggest challenge, now, is seeing all of the beautiful Scandinavian decor and and wanting to buy some before I'm ready. Must purge before I can then indulge. Love your style, funny comments and quips, and simple wardrobe philosophy. You've got me thinking, and becoming more and more excited about simplifying the number of choices, decisions, and 'extra' wasted minutes I could be using for more enjoyment and peace. I'm looking forward to retiring in a year or two, and would love to be where you are now-after what will be 38 years of teaching, I am drooling at the prospect of a relaxing, stress free lifestyle. I'm steadily working through all of your videos. Thank you.
I’m not a Christmas decorator but I’m definitely going to make those things to hang on the tree and get a small tree like yours. Our Christmas is in summer so I will use coloured paper as we don’t have snow. Greetings from Australia🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
One of my favorite channels! I’m loving all of your content here from the states. As a relatively new minimalist, I’m still trying to find my style. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love your beautiful, simple and serene Christmas decor Benita - it makes me miss a northern hemisphere Christmas! It’s never quite the same when it’s summertime at Christmas like it is here in New Zealand.
People tend to forget white as a great Christmas color. White lights, white candles, white paper decorations, white flowers. Very elegant. And peaceful. Move over red and green! I also like that you don't put up a lot of words as decoration. I used to like the large calligraphy words like Peace, Love, Hope. But they catch my eye too much and I can't help reading them multiple times per day. So now I focus on just one word for a while, and take them down completely most of the time. The items are the symbols now. I like how you are aware of protecting your eyes from becoming over-stimulated. If I want to be dazzled by Christmas decorations I go to a Christmas store and soak it all in for a while. And maybe buy just one item a year to swap out something I am tired of.
I love everything about this video! We decorate for the holidays with paper decor, too! And brown craft paper is my favorite gift wrap. I’ve had fake and real trees. Right now I have a fake one we have used for almost 10 years. It’s a small pre-lit tabletop one and I think I got it at a thrift shop. We use the same decorations on it so for ten years it has definitely been worth it.
Of all the minimalist videos I follow, yours are not only my favorite, but where I feel a bit home. Certainly this has to do with that my mothers family come from right between Kongsvinger and Torsby. And especially during this season, and also with watching your way of Christmas decorating, I miss mom, bestefar and mormor. Thank for sharing 💖
I love your Christmas decor, so peaceful and beautiful. As a native Floridian, I cannot imagine having only 5.5 hours of daylight on the winter solstice...we have nearly twice that much.
There’s a lot to be said for your minimalism at Christmas. It take me days to decorate and days to put it all away, but I am just not a minimalist. I like lots of decor and color and sparkle. I do love your videos though and enjoy seeing your lifestyle. Merry Christmas!
I love your channel. I came here when I need to calm down and relax. But I never comment and I finally subscribed. I have been on my own personal journey of downsizing for years now. From a house to an apto. Becoming a minimalist is a journey and it does takes time. Thank you for sharing. :)
Beautiful - I enjoyed this video and the ideas you shared! 🎄 Those paper stars are one of my favorites. I never had seen them until our visit to Stockholm in 2017. We were there the first part of January and noticed many of the holiday decorations - all the stars in windows lit up was very pretty. ❤
@@BenitaLarsson Yes! I enjoyed that about our visit. As soon as it would start getting dark all the pretty lights would appear in the windows - I loved it!
I was researching your Christmas videos and in this one said your birthday is the 21st. Well you are 9 hrs. ahead of me. And it's early there but nonetheless-HAPPY BIRTHDAY and Happy Holidays.😁🎄
I assumed the pine in the window is your Christmas tree. 😊 I have a potted young cedar that I will plant out to the yard in the spring. Otherwise I’ve been trying to perfect the Moravian paper star. It’s a hard one.
Such soothing music and the atmosphere seems to be so calm and serene. Love watching ur video. After Watching ur videos I feel that people like me do exist 😊. Hope ur health is good now. Take care. From India
Having a live tree and planting it outside is the best option. If you don’t have land, give it to someone who does. Also for wrapping you can use fabric that you recycle by buying thrift shop tea towels or table cloths, and make reusable fabric wraps, or bags.
I bought my Christmas tree eleven years ago and I see myself use it for decades to come. So I think it is a sustainable option. By the time I dispose of it (when I die?) they will be better at deconstructing and recycling combined materials (plastic and metal)
I remember putting cloves into oranges with my Grandma, something she learned from her father who was born in Sweden. My fingertips hurt when I was through but they smelled so nice!
I so agree with not too much xmas stuff i do alittle tree and a few xmas nick nacks used to have a bit more but donated the extras and i love it with less
Benita I am a subscriber of your channel...I love everything.. great minimalism taste....I wish I would love in Sweden !! Greetings from a Mexican lady who lives in USA.. Happy holidays 😀
Hi there, I'm new to ur channel. I recently realized how much I love minimalistic lifestyle.. It's such a peace of mind to have declutterd space. I'm so in love with ur channel. And this minimalistic christmas decor is one of the best decorations that I've seen so far which is soo much peaceful & soothing. White is must for every minimalist when it comes to home decor. Though I love to play with different colors to make a statement. Like adding a little bit of red somewhere because it's Cristmas. But u nailed it. ❤
I'm so in love with everything presented in your video! So simple, but so beautiful! The orange and cloves trick I've learned from a Swedish friend of mine years ago. It was such a great discovery!
I imagine in scandinavia they are minimilist anyhow,and that suits me down to the ground, i had better go and reside there, probably expensive to live there but so clean and uncluttered, i would love it!
Here in Switzerland we have tree nurseries that deliver the tree in a pot and come and pick it up again. During the year they take care of the tree and the next Christmas they deliver it again to you for the holidays and so forth. If the tree becomes to large for your living room, you can switch it out for a smaller one. The trees get planted in the forest when they retire from being a Christmas tree. Now you could argue the cost of driving it back and forth. I would wager that it is still the most sustainable option available.
I would love this! What a great idea!
Please give details! I am in CH and would be interested!!
@@Woeschhuesli You would have to try the phone book for your local / regional tree nursery or Gärtnerei. Not all of them do it, but there are quite a few.
That sounds amazing!
What a lovely idea!
I made the ornaments from the toilet paper and paper towel holders. They came out great. So simple and a great way to use something that you would just throw out in the trash. Thank you.
This is the nicest, most serene RUclips Christmas video I have ever seen.
Thanks sista! I appreciate it!
thumbs up when I see a kitty comfortably sleeping.
Skenats
Always around me and mostly snoozing 🐯😊
As far as trees go, we bought a fake one 27 years ago. (I live in Austria.) I never thought it would last this long! It doesn’t look too good when you take it out of the box and every year I think that it’ll be the last year for it, but once it’s decorated, I am always amazed at how great it looks! The “needles” have a paper texture to them. (Not plastic) When I was a child we always had a real tree and I loved the smell but I just can’t justify cutting a tree down for a few weeks. I love Alex Baer’s description of what they do in Switzerland!
"I just do what i please and what fits my lifestyle"
Thank you so much!
Last Christmas I decided we definitely needed to simplify & downsize our decorations & gifts! It takes the stress out of Christmas for me and I can focus on spending time with the ones I love 💕
A few years ago I made these paper ornaments for our tree and we love them so much I am back this year because we want a few more. My husband said we should make one for an event we are attending where we have to take an ornament for the tree. No tree can have just one of these so I'm taking a few. I use cardstock instead of paper and they store well from year to year. I don't know which is more sustainable for trees, but we choose to cut down our own fresh tree each year. It never disappoints and is a favorite activity of ours. Thank you for such simple and beautiful ideas!
I love having an Amaryllis every year. I change the color every year. This year it's pink. It grows so fast you can almost see it grow!
Those are some of the most creative and beautiful Christmas decoration ideas ever!
Thank you, I really appreciate you saying that!
I love the large star in your window. Beautiful!
Thank you, it’s been my favorite for over twenty years!
My sister clips some branches from her yard. She spray paints them white and adds some spray glitter. She decorates it like a Christmas tree and it always looks beautiful.
I might go for something not a proper tree too!
As I start planning for Christmas, I keep thinking of this video. There is a lot of beautiful content this time of year, showing everyone’s Christmas decor. A lot of it overwhelms me. Thank you, Benita, for reminding me that I can have a perfectly cozy Christmas without all the fuss and bother. This is just what I want and need. Thank you!
Aww, thank you so much! This makes me very happy!
What a beautiful Christmas decoration!
Everything transmits peace
Go to IKEA they sell real Christmas tree's for about 15€ and once the holidays are over u can take the tree back and they will replant it and u get a gift card for the price of the tree!!!!
Wish I drove and had a car on occasions like these! I tried last year and they don't deliver unfortunately.
@@BenitaLarsson I see, that's too bad. Since i move to Italy and discovered this great initiative Ikea has i only get my Christmas tree from them, and they even are relative small tree's so for the space i have is even better.
Try and have a friend with a car go tree shopping with you this year.
I have a fiber optic tree that I reuse each year.
Saona Dorado Gonzalez Nice!
Does IKEA in the USA offer this tree service as well? Does anyone know?
Thankyou from UK. Your home looks so cosy especially with the sleeping cat in the chair. We have a Christmas tree with roots and in the summertime there are lots of tiny cones on it. We plant it out in the garden after
Christmas and then dig it up when we need it again.
Love this idea but unfortunately don’t have the space to keep one all year.🌲✨
This is all so beautiful and relaxing. My husband just brought home an advent candle for me from Denmark and I am so excited to find the perfect spot for it.
So beautiful! Love your content Benita. And I especially love to see your penmanship. Takk!
Beautiful and simple I been trying every year I go less the older I get I feel that less is better thank you for you video
I'm watching this again too, I love your Christmas videos!!
I love the simplicity of your home,the styles you create, everything you do.
You’re so sweet, thank you!
Benita, I love, love all the white going on in your home. ( : Everything matches, right down to the scissors handles, the white watering can and ( the soon to be in bloom ) the white flowers. My favorite flower color is white. The white paper ornaments you made are perfect for your little tree as they are lightweight. I would like to try and make a few of them.
I do love my whites :) Do try the paper ornaments, so fun to make too!
White is not color. I like color but you make it seem serene.
"And booze" I had to rewind to make sure that is what you said😄
Haha, yes, you heard that right :)
Same here...like, what , is that what was said...rewind, to make sure, lol....i had no idea 'booze' was a decoration, btw, lmao
After getting rid of some Christmas ornaments that we no longer liked, we have been feeling a little discontent with our tree this year. My husband will love the ornaments you made - just what our tree needs. Thank you!!!!
After reading Alex Baer's comment, I would love to live in Switzerland for Christmas!!! We cut our tree down every year because we love the real thing.
I’m so happy you enjoyed the ornaments!
Brown paper is my favourite way to wrap gifts all year round! And candlelight makes everything so cosy even in the darkest winters.
Candles are essential over here!🕯
All plain and simple. Very easy on the eyes he mind. Oh and happy belated birthday wishes to you. X 🎂🎁🍷. And all the very best wishes for Christmas ☃️🌲 too. X
Very relaxing to watch! The city I live in (in Canada) takes the used Christmas trees to create mulch for the gardens around the city. I personally have used both real and fake trees. When you think of having to ship a plastic tree from China then eventually throw it out (they aren't made to last forever), I prefer to support a local grower and buy a real tree which can be reused as firewood or mulch
Your life is so calming. It's inspiring
Thank you so much!😊
Love the white, crisp and clean look! It is very minimal but charming!
Thank you so much!😊
I like how light and simple Christmas is at your place. In some parts, Christmas is just too over the top!
Not everyone in Sweden decorates as little as I do mind you, but compared to the average in the States we do less over here :)
Beautiful, simple and serene 👏👏👏👏
I love Christmas decoration so much, I used to had mine from October till March before moving to another country. Love your style!!!
Absolutely beautiful, love your home decorated for Christmas, such lovely decorations and ideas. Many thanks.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely! So pleased I found your channel.
Hi Benita. Your little Christmas tree looks very much like a Norfolk Island pine. My family had one of these for a potted Christmas tree during my childhood. It was as close to a proper Tannenbaum that we could get at that time in tropical Queensland, Australia. Every year my father would bring it in and we would make a mad mess of decorating it. After Christmas, he would carry it back out to its spot in the back yard where it would happily wait to be the centre of attention again. When it grew too tall, he planted it, but even after, it was always known as 'the Christmas tree'.
A happy and safe Christmas season to you and all. ❤️
Such a sweet story! Thanks so much for sharing!
At 10:35 it reminds me of our Hanukkah :) And also the lights on the windowpane, it's a Mitzvah on Hanukkah to have in by the window symbolically and religiously to have everyone see the big miracle we've had.
Awesomeness.
Happy Holidays :)
Your video is so beautiful! I love the way you celebrate this special season. I look forward to your wonderful vlogs.
Much happiness to you and your son. 🎄🥰
Thank you so much! I wish the same to you!
This was perfect! Your home looks so cozy and welcoming. 🌟🌲🌟🌲🌟
Aww, thank you so much!
This year I bought reusable squares of fabric and ribbon to wrap my presents. I choose non-Christmas prints and solids so I can also use them for other occasions through out the year. Along with the reusable cloth bags, this will mean a lot less waste. I love the paper decorations.
Great Idea! And thank you!
Super peaceful
I loved your video! I learned some wonderful things. And, yes...get a tree. 🌲
I've recently discovered your channel, and have watched this Christmas video for the first time. Now I am yearning for Christmas to come again quickly!
I am just in de-cluttering phase 1, as all of our children (I have three boys and my husband has three of his own) are grown and out of the house. My husband is half Swedish, and lives by the less-is-more mantra, but I've come from a more fill every surface and wall with things I love world. I am, though, enjoying deciding which things I love the most, and having less to clean around. It's beginning to become addicting-to see 'what else' I can live without. The biggest challenge, now, is seeing all of the beautiful Scandinavian decor and and wanting to buy some before I'm ready. Must purge before I can then indulge. Love your style, funny comments and quips, and simple wardrobe philosophy. You've got me thinking, and becoming more and more excited about simplifying the number of choices, decisions, and 'extra' wasted minutes I could be using for more enjoyment and peace.
I'm looking forward to retiring in a year or two, and would love to be where you are now-after what will be 38 years of teaching, I am drooling at the prospect of a relaxing, stress free lifestyle. I'm steadily working through all of your videos. Thank you.
I’m not a Christmas decorator but I’m definitely going to make those things to hang on the tree and get a small tree like yours. Our Christmas is in summer so I will use coloured paper as we don’t have snow. Greetings from Australia🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
One of my favorite channels! I’m loving all of your content here from the states. As a relatively new minimalist, I’m still trying to find my style. Thanks for the inspiration!
You're so sweet, thank you! I'm so happy you're enjoying my content!
I love your beautiful, simple and serene Christmas decor Benita - it makes me miss a northern hemisphere Christmas! It’s never quite the same when it’s summertime at Christmas like it is here in New Zealand.
I can only imagine Christmas in a warm climate!
Always looking forward to your thoughtful, articulate and relaxing videos. Great job!
Thank you, you're so sweet!
People tend to forget white as a great Christmas color. White lights, white candles, white paper decorations, white flowers. Very elegant. And peaceful. Move over red and green!
I also like that you don't put up a lot of words as decoration. I used to like the large calligraphy words like Peace, Love, Hope. But they catch my eye too much and I can't help reading them multiple times per day. So now I focus on just one word for a while, and take them down completely most of the time. The items are the symbols now.
I like how you are aware of protecting your eyes from becoming over-stimulated.
If I want to be dazzled by Christmas decorations I go to a Christmas store and soak it all in for a while. And maybe buy just one item a year to swap out something I am tired of.
I just made the paper ornaments, thank you so much for the idea! Very quick, easy, simple, and lovely :)
So happy to hear that!🌲
Cute ideas for ornaments. Love your stapler by the way.
Thanks! Yeah, my sparkly stapler is a favorite. I've had it for years and years :)
Very nice, I especially like the candelabra you showed towards the end , the one with the many candles. tfs Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
It’s a bit of a splurge from elflugan.se but I intend to have it forever!
Exactly what I want for Christmas decor to be for this year, minimal and Scandinavian style👌🏼
Yay! I'm so happy you like it!
Yay! I'm so happy you like it!
Lovely subtle decorations and still looks so festive. I was introduced to Glogg on my first visit to Sweden.
It does take very little to make it feel festive ✨
Very pleasant to watch a very relaxing in this busy season! Beautiful!❤️
I'm so happy you think so!
Love your video. I have a similar one I just posted with our Scandinavian decor. We too did the pomander balls! Have a wonderful Christmas season.
I love everything about this video! We decorate for the holidays with paper decor, too! And brown craft paper is my favorite gift wrap. I’ve had fake and real trees. Right now I have a fake one we have used for almost 10 years. It’s a small pre-lit tabletop one and I think I got it at a thrift shop. We use the same decorations on it so for ten years it has definitely been worth it.
I'm so happy you enjoyed it!
Even your stapler is lovely. 💕
Of all the minimalist videos I follow, yours are not only my favorite, but where I feel a bit home. Certainly this has to do with that my mothers family come from right between Kongsvinger and Torsby. And especially during this season, and also with watching your way of Christmas decorating, I miss mom, bestefar and mormor. Thank for sharing 💖
Thank you! So happy you're enjoying my channel!
I love your Christmas decor, so peaceful and beautiful.
As a native Floridian, I cannot imagine having only 5.5 hours of daylight on the winter solstice...we have nearly twice that much.
It’s hard to grasp even for us each year!
My birthday is Dec 23rd! I also watched this year's decorating video..Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Happy early Birthday to you!🎈
@@BenitaLarsson Thank you! Same to you fellow Capricorn.
Gorgeous! 🤗
Your English is very good. I like that your decorations make me feel calm. Nice. Happy Holidays to you and thank you for the video.
Thanks, I'm so happy you like the video!
There’s a lot to be said for your minimalism at Christmas. It take me days to decorate and days to put it all away, but I am just not a minimalist. I like lots of decor and color and sparkle. I do love your videos though and enjoy seeing your lifestyle. Merry Christmas!
We're all different and that's great!
So very beautiful and simple just the way Christmas should be in my opinion. Sadly so many countries have lost what Christmas should be about
Thanks so much!
A charming video Benita. Enjoyed
it very much and also very relaxing. Kindest greetings
from Switzerland.
I'm so happy you enjoyed it!
I love your channel. I came here when I need to calm down and relax. But I never comment and I finally subscribed. I have been on my own personal journey of downsizing for years now. From a house to an apto. Becoming a minimalist is a journey and it does takes time. Thank you for sharing. :)
Thank you so much for subscribing and best of luck with your journey!
Beautiful - I enjoyed this video and the ideas you shared! 🎄 Those paper stars are one of my favorites. I never had seen them until our visit to Stockholm in 2017. We were there the first part of January and noticed many of the holiday decorations - all the stars in windows lit up was very pretty. ❤
We do love to light up or windows and pretend it’s brigght outside 😊
@@BenitaLarsson Yes! I enjoyed that about our visit. As soon as it would start getting dark all the pretty lights would appear in the windows - I loved it!
I was researching your Christmas videos and in this one said your birthday is the 21st. Well you are 9 hrs. ahead of me. And it's early there but nonetheless-HAPPY BIRTHDAY and Happy Holidays.😁🎄
I assumed the pine in the window is your Christmas tree. 😊 I have a potted young cedar that I will plant out to the yard in the spring. Otherwise I’ve been trying to perfect the Moravian paper star. It’s a hard one.
Ah, the Moravian star! I so want to learn that one!
Lovrle thd paper Decs. Great filming x
Ive been following you since your blogging days and you never disappoint. Love your style!!
Thanks so much for following along all these years!
Stunning and simple l love it from South Africa 🙌👍💖.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Lady, you are goals! My favorite channel. I love your space.
Aww, you’re so sweet!
I love your videos and overall vibe of your lifestyle. You are an inspiration for a more simple and purposeful life for me. Thank you!
Aww, thank you so much!
Your pomander is also good to keep mosquitoes away! My mother used to make it for a school camp... I still love the smell!
Ooh, good to know that they will come in handy in summer too!
Hello there is a nice paper tree from room in a box or room in the Box…..you can use it every year again
Simply merry and bright
Also, maybe try using biodegradable paper tape instead of regular plastic tape.
Such soothing music and the atmosphere seems to be so calm and serene. Love watching ur video. After Watching ur videos I feel that people like me do exist 😊. Hope ur health is good now. Take care. From India
💖⭐️After watching this I’m off to IKEA to get my pepperkakor and mulled wine!
Yay, It's the best!
Having a live tree and planting it outside is the best option. If you don’t have land, give it to someone who does. Also for wrapping you can use fabric that you recycle by buying thrift shop tea towels or table cloths, and make reusable fabric wraps, or bags.
Thank you so much!
So calm and lovely.
Thank you!
Thank you so much!😊
I bought my Christmas tree eleven years ago and I see myself use it for decades to come. So I think it is a sustainable option. By the time I dispose of it (when I die?) they will be better at deconstructing and recycling combined materials (plastic and metal)
Fingers crossed that they will have come up with a good solution!
@@BenitaLarsson I don't plan on dying any time soon so they have time 😂
I remember putting cloves into oranges with my Grandma, something she learned from her father who was born in Sweden. My fingertips hurt when I was through but they smelled so nice!
Oh yeah, after filming my finger tips were sore :)
❤️ Christmas 🎄
Thanks for sharing 🌻
Loved everything 🎄
I so agree with not too much xmas stuff i do alittle tree and a few xmas nick nacks used to have a bit more but donated the extras and i love it with less
I received your art! Even better in person. You are SO talented!!!!
Whoever sent you art is very talented I'm sure but it's not me :)
@@BenitaLarsson sorry! Oops!
alice austin No problem, just wanted to make sure credit went where credit was due ✨
Beautiful Benita :).... well done once again!
Beautiful and serene!!
Thank you so much!
Benita I am a subscriber of your channel...I love everything.. great minimalism taste....I wish I would love in Sweden !!
Greetings from a Mexican lady who lives in USA..
Happy holidays 😀
Welcome! So happy to have you as a subscriber!
Again, a wonderful video, Benita
Aww, thank you so much!
Hi there,
I'm new to ur channel.
I recently realized how much I love minimalistic lifestyle.. It's such a peace of mind to have declutterd space.
I'm so in love with ur channel.
And this minimalistic christmas decor is one of the best decorations that I've seen so far which is soo much peaceful & soothing.
White is must for every minimalist when it comes to home decor.
Though I love to play with different colors to make a statement.
Like adding a little bit of red somewhere because it's Cristmas.
But u nailed it. ❤
I'm so in love with everything presented in your video! So simple, but so beautiful! The orange and cloves trick I've learned from a Swedish friend of mine years ago. It was such a great discovery!
I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed it!
Beautiful video as always. I wish you and your son Marry Xmas 🎄
Please keep posting, I love your channel. ♥️
Thanks so much, I wish you the same!
Dear Benita, it is such a lovely, peaceful video. It was a pleasure to watch. I am slowly getting excited about Christmas with you and scandishhome
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful Christmas Video.
Thank you so much!
I liked this upload so much! I prefer minimal and diy decorations too.
I'm so happy you're enjoying it!
Watching again in 2021…would love to give another like 🤗🌲
So cool, Im also born on 21desember. The darkest day of the year
Happy birthday to us!🎈
I imagine in scandinavia they are minimilist anyhow,and that suits me down to the ground, i had better go and reside there, probably expensive to live there but so clean and uncluttered, i would love it!