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
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Finding a bike at the foot of my bed
My favorite Christmas memory is getting a new ornament every year and helping decorate the tree.Â
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Wearing mine and my brother’s Christmas stockings like a pair of trousers
My favorite Christmas memory happens every year, we make a brunch for our family and neighbors, I love getting to cook with my parents and serve up a big spread of brunch favorites!
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My favourite christmas memory is being allowed to go to midnight mass whn I was about ten and walking home in the frosty airÂ
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I’ve always been “mommy’s little helper” and would look forward to baking on Christmas day more so than the actual presents. Even now, I’m still the first one down in the morning (but now there’s usually breakfast champagne involved – if you put pomegranate arils in it, isn’t it a serving of fruit?).
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My favourite christmas was the one i gave up my job, moved back to my home town and took up a degree in English lit and creative writing.
Now I am surrounded by family and learning what words can do.
my best favourite christmas memory was when i was about 9, i remember it had snowed deeply, we collected holly and had an enormous snowball fight
Favorite Christmas memory…opening a new pair of pajamas on Christmas Eve!
My favorite Christmas memory is sneaking downstairs early and trying to guess who got which big present from the safety of the stairs. :)
I too am a Christmas freak-love to decorate-so favorite Christmas memory would have to be decorating the Christmas tree. A second place memory would be driving around looking at Christmas lights in our pajamas as kids!
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My favorite Christmas memory is going to midnight mass with my family and singing all the familiar Christmas hymns
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Oh my goodness Jessica I’m SO excited for this! The peek inside your home and the gifts! Thank you! My favorite Christmas memory is last year when we surprised our family by sharing that we were expecting baby #2. We added a 4th “baby” stocking. I can’t wait to make new memories with both my boys this year!
My favorite Christmas memory is getting chicken pox on Christmas morning when I was a kid – it wasn’t super funny then, but now it’s hilarious.
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My grandfather reading Twas The Night Before Christmas to all the cousins on Christmas Eve!
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My favorite Christmas memory is just the excitement of getting together with family I hadn’t seen in a while. I also loved all the candies and Chex Mix that my grandma would make for every family every year.
Fav holiday memory is reading The Polar express every year!
My favorite part/memory of Christmas is our family’s late night Christmas eve snacking feast!! So much food.
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Your house looks gorgeous! I don’t know if I could pick a single favorite Christmas memory, so I’ll share my FIRST memory of Christmas–I was almost 4 and remember coming down the stairs to see a Cabbage Patch Kid from Santa sitting on the sofa. It was the most magical thing to my tiny little self, and it’s one of my first memories ever EVER. <3
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My favorite Christmas memory is a silly game the women in my family play. Every Christmas morning, for as long as I can remember, it is a race to see who can call each other first and say “Christmas Gift.” Of course with cell phones and caller ID it makes it not as surprising, but we still play!
My favorite Christmas memory/tradition is breakfast casserole with my nuclear family. We have a lot of family that lives around us but we always did breakfast and stockings with just my sisters and parents it was a nice way to start of the day and we still do it every year (although we do invite our respective spouses now).
My favorite Christmas memory is running down the stairs Christmas morning with my sister to find a snowy white Christmas outside!Â
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My favorite memory is going to my grandpops house on christmas night with all of my cousins. We got to bring one or two of our new gifts and we would all play with each other.
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Sneaking downstairs with my older sister and opening our stocking, we sat eating chocolate and played old maid
My favorite memories are of Christmas eve’s spent at my mom’s house (even as a adult), we put our special Christmas pjs on and run downstairs to open Christmas presents. I can’t wait to give those memories to my kids someday.
My favorite holiday memories are from when all of my relatives gathered at our house for a big dinner. Spending time with family is always the best!
My favourite holiday memory is of being taken to the South of France as a child and enjoying every day on a warm sunny beach
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Your house is gorgeous! Â I remember my mum offering me a massive Marvel encyclopedia a few years back, it was truly the best gift I have ever received. Marvel is one of my guilty pleasure and my mum just knows me that well!
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Jessica — NinetyCo
Christmas morning, and the anticipation of seeing full stockings and a huge pile of wrapped Santa gifts appear overnight. My Mom still fills the stockings every year, even though I’m well over 30 years past believing in Santa.
Fave memory – just that wonderous feeling coming out of my bedroom and seeing that Santa had come. So magical!