The Christmas Special - Family Christmas Traditions - Tree Farm Visit - Christmas Vlog

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  • Опубликовано: 18 янв 2025

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  • @harley8680
    @harley8680 3 года назад +2

    Beautiful! I am 57 years old and have never made a gingerbread house. Not even when my children were little. It is still on my bucket list!

  • @donnaokoniewski3761
    @donnaokoniewski3761 3 года назад +103

    Oh Christopher, this brought tears to my eyes. That tree was like when I was a child! It's Beautiful! And we got to see Gramma and your brother and your husband. What a lovely video! The gingerbread house turned out great! Thank you so much for sharing. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Big Hugs. xo

  • @tatygonzalez8664
    @tatygonzalez8664 3 года назад +1

    Beautifully said!! Beautiful family, gingerbread house, & tree!!
    Love love love!! Thank you for sharing such a warm hearted video. 🎄❤️💙🙏🫂

  • @pattyfavazza4744
    @pattyfavazza4744 3 года назад +5

    Christopher, I absolutely loved this video! Thank you for sharing. I have so much fun watching you create. I also loved seeing your husband, brother, and grandmother in the video! Talent definitely runs in the family. Your gingerbread house and Christmas tree were so beautiful. But what is most beautiful is how you and your family have shown us that although these are tough years for us all, we can still be together with our families and share these wonderful traditions. Merry Christmas 🎄💕

  • @jeanettelawless2374
    @jeanettelawless2374 3 года назад +2

    Hello Christopher. What a heart warming video. I enjoyed watching it so much. It brought back beautiful memories.
    So well done. Thank you for sharing your decorating and your family. ❤️❤️🔔🔔🔔🔔

  • @CRebecca1944
    @CRebecca1944 3 года назад +2

    Gingerbread house is one of the cutes I’ve seen. Great video 🎄🙋🏼‍♀️

  • @wandadelacruz2486
    @wandadelacruz2486 3 года назад +1

    This video tugged at my heart. My mom may she RIP used to put tinsel on the tree. Brought wonderful memories from my childhood. I love your family tradition.

  • @morningflowerB
    @morningflowerB 3 года назад +2

    Ohhh... l remember watching the reflection of lightds on the tinsel when l was young. My parents especially my dad was very particular about the tinsel. One strand at a time! It was so pretty.
    Merry Christmas 🎄🕊

  • @timothyj1966
    @timothyj1966 3 года назад +60

    The Tree is BEAUTIFUL.... the tinsel takes me immediately back to my childhood.

  • @tatygonzalez8664
    @tatygonzalez8664 3 года назад +2

    Grandma? She looks young & beautiful!!! I kept waiting for grandma, thought she was your mom. 😂🤣😂🤣❤️What a Beautiful lady!!
    What a treat! Watching you with your loved ones made my eyes water. I hope I can also make traditions with my own grandson. Thank you for sharing grandma, hubby & brother. 🙏💙 You always mention them and now we get to see what a beautiful family you have!!
    I saw two of you🤣😂🤣🤣 twins! Double the fun! So handsome!! Beautiful family🙏❤️💙💙💙🎄🎄🎄🎄

  • @lenavarg3321
    @lenavarg3321 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing your wonderful work in the most magical and adorable house ❤❄🎄!

  • @melodysetliff
    @melodysetliff 3 года назад +3

    Christopher, your tree is so beautiful and your home!!! You are truly blessed! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁🚂⛸⛸🎠🛷📯🥁❄☃️❄🤶🎅

  • @deborahbavas6514
    @deborahbavas6514 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful tree! Beautiful family! Love the gingerbread house!👏👏👏❤️

  • @ChristineClifford
    @ChristineClifford 3 года назад +2

    I love this!!! What fun you had with your Grandmother and brother!!

  • @a_gal_named_sue
    @a_gal_named_sue 3 года назад +1

    Awesome job decorating the tree and gingerbread house! Thanks so much for sharing. Hope you and your loved ones have a very Merry Christmas!
    🛷☃️🍬🎄🍬🎅🦌

  • @lauren_s9037
    @lauren_s9037 3 года назад +2

    Absolutely magical tree and gorgeous gingerbread house too. 🎄🏠❤

  • @AN-tt5jy
    @AN-tt5jy 3 года назад +1

    Tinsel! Yay!! Wonderful video - Thank you Christopher & Family

  • @sylwiaczajkowska4581
    @sylwiaczajkowska4581 3 года назад +1

    Bravooo! Complimenti a tutti Voi! Che meraviglia. Buon Natale a tutti 🌲🌲🌲🌲

  • @megancrocker2234
    @megancrocker2234 3 года назад +2

    Hi, I love the gingerbread house 🏠. You guys did a great job with it. I love your tree 🌲. It came out beautiful and gorgeous. Have a great day. Stay safe. God Bless and family too!! Xo 😘

  • @tracy_222
    @tracy_222 3 года назад +5

    This was nice seeing your family decorating the tree👍🏻🎄 always beautiful🎅🏻

  • @ximenabaughman3592
    @ximenabaughman3592 3 года назад +1

    What a beautiful video, 😍 family traditions are priceless and very valuable treasures no one could ever steal away.

  • @rustyheeler5055
    @rustyheeler5055 3 года назад +2

    The ginger bread house is amazing I make one with my son every year we have so much fun

  • @angelaengler2387
    @angelaengler2387 3 года назад +1

    The tree you chose is perfect!!! Beautiful Christmas decorations 😍😍😍😍😍

  • @joybrown8495
    @joybrown8495 3 года назад +2

    Christopher I am happy you made it a family affair you all did a wonderful job. I thought the ginger bread house had stolen my heart but after seeing that tree I was in love .

  • @KellysCreativeDreams
    @KellysCreativeDreams 3 года назад +3

    Hi Christopher! Thank you so much for taking us along. Great to 'meet' Tim. I don't recall him in previous videos. What wonderful moments to cherish. I hope you have a scrapbook. Hugs & Creative Christmas Blessings!

  • @pameladoris6848
    @pameladoris6848 3 года назад +2

    I love your decorative ideas. You're such a real gem at what you do. Thanks for putting such joy in my heart 😊🥰

  • @eleanorrkuntzi6422
    @eleanorrkuntzi6422 3 года назад +2

    What a very special video! Love the tree &, of course, the tinsel & the gingerbread house! Let's bring tradition back and create new memories. Thank you for all your inspiration throughout the year Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas.

  • @ednatucker5445
    @ednatucker5445 3 года назад +2

    Greetings, Christopher! Enjoyed the video so much! It highlighted your family traditions in such wonderful ways!! Wow, the tinsel did awake childhood memories! The Christmas tree is gorgeous and so is the Gingerbread house! Enjoy being with your loved ones and the holiday season!

  • @lisabacklund7743
    @lisabacklund7743 3 года назад +2

    What a magical Christmas tree!!
    Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful family time with us.

  • @arianemariano3807
    @arianemariano3807 3 года назад +1

    Tinsel is Everything! Love this! ❤️🎄❤️

  • @evelynsmith4313
    @evelynsmith4313 Год назад +2

    Amen! IT'S NOT WHAT'S UNDER THE TREE, IT'S WHAT IS AROUND THE TREE THAT'S TREASURED! Love and memories

  • @suzannereid5084
    @suzannereid5084 3 года назад +2

    How beautiful!! Your video brought back so many warm and wonderful memories for me. Thank you. 🎄🎅

  • @lendavoice60
    @lendavoice60 3 года назад +1

    I love Tinsel
    Beautiful, tree and gingerbread house .
    Your Family is beautiful.
    Merry Christmas 🎄

  • @izabelaszydlowska3940
    @izabelaszydlowska3940 3 года назад +2

    Your tree is absolutely beautiful - reminds me of my childhood...

  • @laceyloo4598
    @laceyloo4598 3 года назад +9

    You and your brother are so handsome. I always think it's trippy to see identical twins. Very cool. Your hubbie is so cute too and loved this video. Thank you!

  • @tracykehoe8292
    @tracykehoe8292 3 года назад +2

    I loved to see you going tree hunting....I remember those days. Too old now for a real one. But I have a nice one that is prelit and flocked and I love it. Just bought bubble lights and am loving them. I love how your tree turned out....so beautiful and captures a vintage Christmas spirit. Thank you for a wonderful display.

  • @sharrontaylor4744
    @sharrontaylor4744 3 года назад +2

    That tree , had to laugh 😄 - reminds me of a Charlie Brown tree 👏

  • @robinmiller9128
    @robinmiller9128 3 года назад +2

    Agree with everyone. You made me feel like I was back home with family and it brought tears to my eyes. Best video ever! Merry Christmas.

  • @clairemoniz4341
    @clairemoniz4341 3 года назад +2

    Your painstaking placement of individual strands of tinsel brought back memories! I remember resisting the urge to throw handfuls over the tree! I had forgotten how lovely a fresh tree with twinkly lights and tinsel looks! Thanks for sharing!

  • @callenlee8548
    @callenlee8548 3 года назад +2

    I smiled through this entire video! I love everything about all of it!! thank you and Merry Christmas!!

  • @caroljilla9379
    @caroljilla9379 3 года назад +2

    What fun going to chop down your very own tree. That is one beautiful tree. So wide on the bottom. I absolutely loved the mixture of oranaments and lights. Tinsel, haven’t used in years. But it was a big thing back in the day. Love the old ways. Your Gram does not look like a Gram does not look like a Grandma. So stylish and clothes and hair. I really loved my Gram and thats what I called her. She been gone a long time but the memories we made together live on in my heart. Merry Christmas to you, Tim and family. Thanks for sharing.

  • @annm6941
    @annm6941 3 года назад +1

    Absolutely gorgeous! Everything is beautiful! Thank you for the video. 🎄🧑🏻‍🎄🎅🎄 ❄️🥶❄️ ☃️🥶⛄️🦌🦌🦌

  • @joannallen1989
    @joannallen1989 3 года назад +48

    We always had tinsel (we called them icicles). The tree wasn't complete without it. It was so nice to see Tim, your grandmother and your twin brother. The tree looks lovely.

  • @elizabethguilbe557
    @elizabethguilbe557 3 года назад +4

    That tree reminds me of my childhood in the ‘60s 😢😢😢😢 I remember they were $5/$10 dollars Then my mom and I would go get the tinsels (10cents) Can you believe 😳 My parents passed my sisters live in different states So wonderful to see grandma and your twin together in your home sharing the wondrous of Peace Love Happiness Joy That moment must repeat itself ❤️ Loved it all 💥🙏🏼 Thanks for sharing that beautiful timeline 😘 to all

  • @loramiller5356
    @loramiller5356 3 года назад +1

    Tinsel always reminds me of the Christmas tree at my Grandfather house. When your a little kid its the twinkle that tinsel adds to the tree. I don't use it but I still love it. So we hot glue the gingerbread house together. So we are on the naughty list. Have a great day.

  • @67horses
    @67horses 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing your family traditions with us💖🎄

  • @nancyparmelee4161
    @nancyparmelee4161 3 года назад +1

    That is exactly how I do my tree! All the stuff I remember from the 50s and 60s when I grew up. Family ornaments, old lights and nothing matching, makes me feel like a little girl again. Love everything about how you think. Just beautiful!

  • @janetdixon1877
    @janetdixon1877 3 года назад +2

    Just beautiful. You make the best videos. Please keep them coming as often as possible. MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄🎅☃️

  • @mynewlifebegins
    @mynewlifebegins 3 года назад +1

    Another wonderful video. Thank you, Christopher! This reminded me of childhood. Growing up, we had an aluminum Christmas tree with blue ornaments and a color wheel. My little brother and I used to lay under the tree together and watch it change colors as the wheel went around. It's one of my most cherished Christmas memories.

  • @joymiller-fite1444
    @joymiller-fite1444 3 года назад +3

    Christopher, Love the icicles!!!!! Great to see Tim, your brother and grandmother. Enjoy the season.🎄

  • @aliaperez7809
    @aliaperez7809 3 года назад +2

    Basically what I have done this season -although every time you decorate it always looks so perfect.

  • @photo_paper784
    @photo_paper784 3 года назад +1

    Colored lights! I’ve been waiting for you to use some colored lights. ❤️❤️❤️ it all Christopher.

  • @brendalee2896
    @brendalee2896 3 года назад +1

    Your vidio was made with love. Your house is beautiful and decorations beautiful as well. Always so nice to see family together sharing a tradition.

  • @lonimalloy2107
    @lonimalloy2107 3 года назад +3

    The tree is beautiful! Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into your videos. You do a beautiful job and I appreciate you sharing sweet private moments with us.

  • @elerike
    @elerike 3 года назад +2

    In Poland this type of tinsel was called Angel's hair and it was very popular back in a day. It is very messy though and gets everywhere.
    Loved this new tree - looked very traditional, but in a most beautiful way. Looking at your house is always a treat for my eyes !
    Merry Christmas guys !

  • @sanwalbud
    @sanwalbud 3 года назад +2

    How enjoyable to see your Gram and brother ! Must be awesome to be a twin ! And Tim, we don’t see him enough. Lovely tree ! Tinsel ? ( I didn’t even know they still make it )
    As always, another charming, relaxing video of your beautiful home.

  • @wendystone9591
    @wendystone9591 3 года назад +2

    Thank you for sharing your family and traditions with us. Beautiful tree!

  • @sweetteawhimsy3998
    @sweetteawhimsy3998 3 года назад +1

    As if I thought I could love your videos any more ... you go and top it!!!!! Love everything about this! Merry Christmas!! 🎄 ❤️

  • @margareteraab3899
    @margareteraab3899 3 года назад +1

    How wonderful ❤️. When I was a little girl in Germany we used tinsel too. My mom and I got the honors. Then towards the end we would throw it on but had to redo because my Oma would yell at us to stop making a mess. We'd all laugh 😂 as we redid it. Happy memories.

  • @gailfreese3849
    @gailfreese3849 3 года назад +2

    Now that's the kind of tree I remember from my childhood. Simply beautiful; however, Christopher the key to tinsel is to throw it on in bunches and see how it lands lol

  • @marilynloccisano4412
    @marilynloccisano4412 3 года назад +2

    Gourgious!,as Iam watching all your christmas vid iOS from this year and last year,you have put me in the holiday spirt,and I can’t wait do put up all my vintage Christmas things.thank you for your vidios Christopher.happy holidays.

  • @blancawingert1519
    @blancawingert1519 3 года назад +2

    Love the Christmas tree and the Gingerbread house very beautiful. Your family is adorable God bless them.

  • @jenjim1999
    @jenjim1999 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing your wonderful family traditions with us

  • @d.l.n.7133
    @d.l.n.7133 3 года назад +2

    This was such a charming video from the intro to the end.
    Your gingerbread house was beautiful! My daughter bought store bought kits for me to do with my grandsons, but they were terrible and wouldn’t stick together.
    The tree is perfect, but l was worried for your coat . Your coat is so beautiful and l was concerned about sap getting on it . I would love to use tinsel again, but my husband doesn’t want it all though the house .
    The tree on the third floor has to be a first . It is beautiful, and is a tree that a little mouse would love to hide in . Thank you for sharing your family videos.

  • @lindatheresamurphy6542
    @lindatheresamurphy6542 3 года назад +1

    💕Absolutely Beautiful💕 Thank you for sharing your magical moments💕 You have inspired me so very much this Christmas 🎄love from UK 🇬🇧 xXx

  • @theresahartel9767
    @theresahartel9767 3 года назад +1

    Where have you guys been my whole life? Perfection!

  • @deniseborchardt4491
    @deniseborchardt4491 3 года назад +1

    Every video you make is magical. I love the powdered sugar snow and icicles dripping from the roof of the gingerbread house. Grandma looks like she supervised while you and your brother worked your creative magic. How great to have these wonderful family traditions. We also called the "tinsel" icicles when I was young. Some years we used that, other years it was silver garland. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

  • @lavinacordelia3220
    @lavinacordelia3220 3 года назад +2

    I love the tree! So nostalgic! You never make a misstep! Perfection! 🎄🎅🏻☃️

  • @Letsgocamping143
    @Letsgocamping143 3 года назад +1

    Oh my gosh when you and your brother are together it is hard to tell who is who. I so love your traditional style. My favorite Christmas house on YT.

  • @danadowdell6461
    @danadowdell6461 3 года назад +4

    Love it. This brought back so many memories of my childhood. Thank you.

  • @gsander4837
    @gsander4837 3 года назад +1

    I love the tree. Simply magical.

  • @CindysSuccess
    @CindysSuccess 3 года назад +1

    What a beautiful and special video. Thank you for sharing it with us.

  • @spumante3
    @spumante3 3 года назад +1

    Loved this reminded me when I was young.

  • @vickysmith7644
    @vickysmith7644 3 года назад +2

    The tree is beautiful! And so was the Gingerbread House! It is more special when you do it with family and the ones you love!

  • @jeannetteagosto8539
    @jeannetteagosto8539 3 года назад +2

    What a beautiful video. That was the perfect tree you guys picked out. The decorations you used and the tinsel really took me back so touching. You have such a beautiful family. Thanks for sharing best video yet.

  • @tracyparis1801
    @tracyparis1801 3 года назад +7

    Oh wow this made me want to cry nostalgic tears. Ijust lost my dad a few months ago and my mum 2 years ago. Seeing the tree farm brought memories of Mum carrying a thermos of hot chocolate while Dad was dragging me on my sled to go cut down our Christmas tree. And the glass Christmas ball ornaments were just like the ones from my childhood. Treasured family memories.

  • @kdfrk247
    @kdfrk247 3 года назад +2

    Gorgeous video of your family 💕 thank you so much for sharing 🌲🌲🌲 Merry Christmas from a dark, rainy south of England. (Sadly no snow.....again😞)

  • @fayefarahmand3375
    @fayefarahmand3375 3 года назад +1

    Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for sharing

  • @59lkm
    @59lkm 3 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful family Christmas traditions with us! Merry Christmas to you and yours Christopher!

  • @be_you2023
    @be_you2023 3 года назад +1

    Merry Christmas Christopher to you and yours.
    Thank you for another year of beautiful inspiration.

  • @TuckerSP2011
    @TuckerSP2011 3 года назад +1

    Oh it was so nice to see Tim, your brother and Grandma in one video! The tree looks so beautiful. So did the gingerbread house. Do you have a favorite cookie recipe? My family has one that we all make, all of my cousins, aunts and uncles. We also have a Sicilian fig cookie that is many hundreds of years old. Using old recipes, ornaments and traditions bring our ancestors back to life. If only families were as close as they were once I think the world would be a better place. Thank you for sharing your family with us! 🎄❤️

    • @ChristopherHiedeman
      @ChristopherHiedeman  3 года назад

      I actually used to do a lot of Christmas baking every year! I would make english toffee (great grandma's recipe), peanut butter cups, caramel, fruit & nut bark, & sometimes glass candy, gingerbread cookies, macaroons, peppermint bark, etc.) . I'm tempted to try making rosette cookies this year as I haven't made them in a very long time & I purchased an iron a few years ago! Grandma makes "spritz" cookies every year as well as chex mix which is always fun! Your fig cookie recipe sounds interesting - I'm sure you all enjoy making cookies each year! :)
      - Christopher

  • @patfrench8046
    @patfrench8046 3 года назад +1

    After watching the news of our collecrive disfunctions on tv, your channel is the portal to a reality that i prefer. Thank you for the warm feelings. Your video gets smiles from me.

  • @annbailey311
    @annbailey311 3 года назад +2

    What a beautiful and special tree. So glad your brother was there to share it with you

  • @debbulgrin4066
    @debbulgrin4066 3 года назад +1

    Great video!!! You reminded me to try and bring back some nostalgia to the holiday. Love the tinsel!!!

  • @trudyterito
    @trudyterito 3 года назад +1

    💖beautiful 💖this takes me back to my childhood in Germany🎄Ich wünsche dir und deiner Familie alles liebe und gute zum Weihnachtsfest 🎄

  • @paulabhatt8211
    @paulabhatt8211 3 года назад +1

    First of all I LOVE this tree OMGGGG if I had room I would buy one like this ❤️ and just perfect in the nook on the third floor ❤️
    Also the Icicles really take me back to my childhood it was sooo popular back then 👍
    And finally my kids r in college and HS and we still do gingerbread house decorating contest to this day such nice traditions to make with family 💕
    Happy holidays to you and your family 🌲🌲 🌲 ❤️

  • @sarahteske6645
    @sarahteske6645 3 года назад +1

    Merriest of Christmases to you and yours! You are such an inspiration to me. God bless you.

  • @moninlorenzo1936
    @moninlorenzo1936 3 года назад +1

    Just beautiful 🎄🎄🎄

  • @bjreau
    @bjreau 3 года назад +1

    Love the old fashioned tinsel on the tree!

  • @sandravokes7330
    @sandravokes7330 3 года назад +1

    Very nostalgic beautiful video! Wishing you and Tim a very Merry Christmas!

  • @soniaalvarado5372
    @soniaalvarado5372 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful family, lovely sentiments and the tree is gorgeous 🎄

  • @angellovethatisme
    @angellovethatisme 3 года назад +1

    Beautiful tree! I have tinsel my husband and I saved from our first Christmas together many years ago. I think I will use it this year. Thank you for the inspiration.

  • @colleen417
    @colleen417 3 года назад +1

    I love ALL of your videos. I can't believe how much you and your twin brother look alike. You guys are even built the same. I can't tell the two of you apart!

  • @kathya4160
    @kathya4160 3 года назад +1

    Stunning you guys would’ve had so much joy decorating that beautiful tree and the gingerbread house is absolutely adorable love it

  • @lawriefoster5587
    @lawriefoster5587 2 года назад +1

    Well..it is Aug. 4 and 94 degrees here in Philadelphia! What a pleasure it
    is for my husband and I to watch this now. Together 39 years, Christmas
    and Halloween are our two favorite times. The tree is beautiful!!

  • @mwendyt
    @mwendyt 3 года назад +2

    Most beautiful tree I have ever seen great traditions with fam ❤️
    Enjoy the season 🎄

  • @sherrypitt9889
    @sherrypitt9889 3 года назад +3

    Magic does exist Christopher! I have a twin sister, and every year I help her decorate her tree! It’s something we will always share. I’m so glad you have that back with you’re family! Happy holidays! And thank you!

  • @dianebrown5550
    @dianebrown5550 3 года назад +1

    The almond slices are a beautiful touch! And that 🌲…… no words.

  • @MissTupsy
    @MissTupsy 3 года назад +1

    Your tree and home are absolutely gorgeous!! I love Victorian homes. We ended up in a 1920's craftsman style home. We love antiques as well. I've been putting tinsel on my tree again too. There for a while it was out. One day I thought, you know what? I like it and I'm using it!! I've been wanting to tell you how extremely talented you are at decorating. Wow, just wow is all I can say!! We are grandparents now so we have to be careful what we put on the tree....ha ha! I shall live vicariously through you!! Merry Christmas to you all! P.S. Gram is super adorable!

  • @angiegay5232
    @angiegay5232 3 года назад +2

    If only they gave out some kind of award for the most creative and beautiful decorating…you would definitely win! Your Christmas house is magical.