12 Days of Christmas! I Christmas House Tour Video & Giveaway. {CLOSED}
Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas!
I am SO excited to share with you guys that every day for the next 12 days, I’ll be vlogging (think day in the life, waaaay oversharing, Q+A videos), sharing the video here on Crumbs (and on youtube!) and holding a giveaway of my favorite things!
Here’s a peek at some of the Christmas decor in our home. So sorry if I make you nauseaus with my shaky camera skills and poor editing – I’m still learning! There are a few things I left out because I have constant #mombrain and either forgot or wasn’t able to get it together in time. Things like my favorite mini Lenox nativity set (I have no idea where to place it this year, since Max will shatter it), the Pottery Barn Kids advent/Christmas countdown calendar (that is sewn completely crooked but I refused to send back because I opened it ON the first day of advent and was determined to have a cute calendar… ), our favorite Christmas pillows and outdoor lights, etc. I wanted to wait until everything was perfect, but if I waited, I knew I’d never do it and I’ve wanted to make videos FOREVER now.
The first year we were married, Eddie surprised me and bought a tree, decorated it and made his man cave apartment a winter wonderland for us. It was actually the second tree he bought, because the first was waaaay too big, but final sale. So we ended up with two trees! That year, we put up two trees and bought lots of ornaments at Michael’s and Joann’s. That’s where the majority of our ornaments are from, along with a few Martha Stewart from Macy’s that are about eight years old and some new ones from Michael’s this year that I bought for the white tree.
I bought the white tree last year at Treetopia on sale after Christmas. The copper/blue tree is from Target this year, and by far my favorite one. The red/green decorated tree is from Frontgate and will hopefully last us a million years.
My mom made our house incredibly magical when I was growing up. In fact, she still does and I’m hoping that I can get a video of hers before these 12 days are up! She’d stay up all night for days to turn the house into a Christmas wonderland for my brothers and me. It was the most magical time EVER.
Needless to say, I’ve been a complete Christmas freak since I was a kid. When school started up again, I’d wake up early and go downstairs just so I could sit by the Christmas tree in January before we got on the bus. It was my absolute favorite!
Eddie and I were determined to make our house as Christmasy as we could for Max this year. Eddie decorated gingerbread houses for eight hours because he is a perfectionist, and even set up his own tree downstairs in the basement that I didn’t get to capture. It has been so much fun and I love sitting under the lights every night.
Enjoy! And scroll down for giveaway #1!
GIVEAWAY!Â
Every day for the next 12 days until Christmas I’ll be giving away some of my favorite things. I want to show every bit of my appreciation for you guys sticking here with me for over seven years, reading the rambles that I write and making my recipes and leaving comments and supporting me 100%. Even when I write horrific run-on sentences and use 34 exclamation points in one post. And say “literally.” Ugh.
THANK YOU so much for being here. You changed my life and I am forever grateful for you.
Today I’m giving away a mirrorless camera! If you read my favorites post, you know I use one all the time and I even shot a few pieces of the video here with mine. I was super excited to giveaway the Samsung nx300 that I always talk about, but unfortunately it’s no longer available. Instead, I’m giving away the comparable Sony alpha a6000, which I’ve even considered switching to. This giveaway is not sponsored or affiliated with anyone and is given by me. It is open to EVERYONE EVERYWHERE! Wahoo.
To enter: leave a comment on this post sharing your favorite holiday memory!
For a second entry: SUBSCRIBE to the howsweeteats youtube channel. There is a red button on the right side and you will only be notified when I upload a new video. This is the best way to be notified of a new video/giveaway in these 12 days too! Leave a comment telling me you did so.
For a third entry: follow howsweeteats on instagram. Leave a comment telling me you did so.
The giveaway will only be open for 24 hours (!!) so be sure to enter and share! A winner will be picked at random. Come back for a new video and giveaway tomorrow. xoxo
1,439 Comments on “12 Days of Christmas! I Christmas House Tour Video & Giveaway. {CLOSED}”
I adore this! So fun hearing about your holiday memories. It sounds like your family home was the place to be as a kid, and now you get to recreate that for your own family. So special :) My favorite holiday memory is baking cookies with my Nana. She taught me how to bake “from the heart” and trust my instincts over a recipe. The knowledge she imparted on me as a child is why I love baking so much today. The holidays are the best, very magical indeed!
I love your home! Very beautiful! My most favorite memory growing up was going to my Grandma’s house! Me and my cousins would play all day and just have fun!Â
hmmmm, my favorite memory of the Holidays is when my friend invited me over Christmas Eve when I was missing my daughter, and she made me a stocking that she hung along with her family’s and got me Christmas pj’s too. I was so touched.
My favourite Christmas memory is from when we were little every Christmas Eve my brothers and I would eagerly wait at the front window next to the Christmas Tree for my nanny and poppy to arrive. We would all be so excited to see them and there was always a roast dinner wafting through the house and carols ringing loudly! It seriously still gets me excited thinking about it!
My favorite part about Christmas has always been Christmas Eve. I loved getting the perfect cookies out for santa and staying up late in hopes to catch a glimpse of him! The magic of Christmas is the best!
My favorite Christmas memory. Â Every year we wrap the entranceway heading into our living room where the gifts for my three sons are displayed. Â We basically “wrap” the room. Â They have to wait outside the room until everyone is awake and then, at the count of three, they run through the wrapping paper like crazies! Â My oldest is 16 and he still participates! Â It’s a wonderful part of our family tradition. Â
My favorite holiday memory is watching TV with my grandmother, on Christmas night, while it was snowing outside. We watched Bell, Book and Candle, and it was the perfect ending to a wonderful Christmas Day.
Always having all our family together! And our family is a “picture taking family” – but thank goodness because we have the photographs that keep Christmas memories alive!
Have followed you on your you tube channel and instagram.Â
Thanks for the perfect contest.Â
I loved stringing popcorn for the garland on the tree  probably my absolute favorite memory is  going to the local tree farm to pick out our tree. Even though I think hiding amongst the trees with my sister and pretending to be lost was my favorite part!
Your holiday home looks gorgeous and MAx by the tree…priceless.
I have just one question…no, two…first, How long does it take to decorate three trees plus the house. Second, where do you store all your decorations? Serioulsly, it looks like you might need a whole room or two for everything you have.
My favorite Christmas memory was when I was a teenager and my family moved to a new home. Our neighbors had decorated our home and even brought us groceries. We felt so welcomed during a time I felt so alone.
My favorite Christmas memory was when my little sister and I, who fought incessantly, would cozy up and sleep in the same bed on Christmas eve and then wake up and snuggle Christmas Day before going in and jumping on our parent’s bed to get them up for presents. It was always so much fun. Even though we’re 36 and 33 now, we still wake up and spend a little time together now before waking everyone else up for presents!Â
Also subscribed to your YouTube Channel :)
Been a longtime followers on Instagram too! Â
I want to be your mom when I grow up! It’s taken me 4 years to achieve Christmas perfection so I’m going to move on to the dining room next year and slowly but surely deck the heck out of our home so that our kids hopefully love it as much as you did! Thanks for sharing your decor! It’s beautiful!
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My favorite holiday memory is being gifted with my beautiful Cocker Spaniel, Winslow – he was the first love of my life at 10 years old. Winslow’s in heaven now, but for 14 wonderful years, he was my best friend! I’ll always remember seeing him at 5 months old, sitting near the tree, waiting for me on Christmas Eve 💜
I am searching for some ideas that may help me to renew my house in this Christmas …and then I got it from this post. Thanks Jessica!