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!
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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We always celebrated at my grandma’s house for a big Christmas Eve dinner. That was followed by egg nog, sugarplum cake, and Christmas carols at the piano. Then the gifts!! Miss those days ❤
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Christmas Eve dinner and merriment at my grandmother’s house, packed with cousins and aunts and uncles, has always been my favorite holiday memory (and favorite day of the year!).
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This is so awesome. Sadly my precious Nana passed away this past May so this year will be so hard without her but every year we would get together on Christmas Eve with the family and enjoy movies, music and finger foods. It was always such a great time!
my fav memory is sitting with all of my cousins while my grandfather read us the night before Christmas. he had a professional tape made before he passed of him reading it, as well as music to go with it. we now listen to that tape before going to bed on Christmas Eve with our kids!
My favorite Christmas memory is spending Christmas Eve with my whole extended family at my grandparents’ house. The anticipation was always so magical!
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My favorite holiday memory is decorating gingerbread houses with my granny. She always had so much fun helping us create!
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Merry Christmas!
Laying on a Creatn beach so relaxed I forgot my own name and where I live
My favorite memory is being snowed in on Christmas as a child with no electricity, we all slept by the fire and played games!
My favorite holiday memory is when we would drive around looking for Christmas lights as a family. The best!
My mom wasn’t much into decorating but she always made us cinnamon rolls and fresh squeezed oj on Christmas morning. Your house is beautiful.
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My favorite holiday memory actually comes right after Thanksgiving when we kick off the Christmas season by watching “White Christmas” and eating leftover turkey sandwiches. Then the next morning decorating the house :)
I always loved coming downstairs Christmas morning and seeing everything so festive and cheerful. I also loved midnight mass with candles and carolers. And I loved the same breakfast that my mom would make only on Christmas. So many fun memories to share and create — It’s my daughter’s first Christmas!
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Ah! Favorite holiday memory, just one? Picking a tree and freezing our butts off but then getting rewarded with the best candy canes. Then fashioning them into shanks and battling it out in the back of the minivan with my 2 brothers. One year I got the Barbie Camper and it was the first and last year “Santa” assembled our presents. My mom made and still makes our home so magical at Christmas.
My favorite holiday memory is making my Nanas blackberry cake with my mom and sister. It’s one of my favorite things about the holidays! I always remember my mom letting us help but we couldn’t eat the icing off the mixer because it had about a pound of powdered sugar in it and she said it made us crazy haha!!
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My favorite holiday memory is baking Norwegian krumkake with my grandma. I follow you on insta and have subscribed to your you tube channel.
My favorite holiday memory is decirating cookies with close friends!
I have been making gingerbread cookies every year for about 8 years and it’s one of my favorite things to look forward to. I might have to dress them up in bathing suits so i have an excuse to make them during the summer :)
I have such wonderful memories of decorating the house with all things Christmas when I was growing up. My mom is really into Christmas too, and even now as an adult I help her put up all of her decorations and trim the tree (that used to belong to my grandmother!). We also have a baking day every year where we make a bunch of Christmas goodies to enjoy throughout the season or give away as gifts. And now, I’m enjoying starting new Christmas traditions with my mister (we’re getting married next year) like having a Christmas movie day, a baking day, and decorating our new home. I love this time of year SO much – it’s just so magical! Also, the more lights the better!
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I love getting out all of the decorations that we had when we were little! An advent calendar with a little mouse that you move along, a wooden tree that my mom would hot glue hershey’s kisses on every year, the little wooden ornaments that we’d put on the tree. Such fun memories!!
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I subscribed to your YouTube channel – so fun!
And I already follow you on Instagram. Your account is one of my favourites! Happy holidays!
trying to guess all the presents under the tree!
My favorite Christmas memory was doing a “play” every year when I was young. My cousin picked out Christmas songs and we would practice them ahead of time, then perform them all for the adults at dinner.
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My favorite Christmas memory is always going to Ghirardelli Square the day after Thanksgiving each year to watch the tree lighting!
My favorite Holiday memory is my Dad reading ‘Twas the night before Christmas at Midnight on Christmas Eve after we’ve over indulged in Christmas cookies! I would love this camera to capture the Holidays with my family this year! I have been following your insta forever :)
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I feel like each year is the new ‘favorite’ since I had children. Each one better than the last.
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My favorite Christmas memory is the year my sister got me a cell phone! This was in the earlier days of cell phones so it was a big deal. She set it up so that as I was opening it, she called it and I freaked out so hard. Pretty great!
My favorite holiday memories are of many fantastic Christmas Eves. Every Christmas Eve our family would get together for dinner ( usually cheese fondue!) with family friends who have since moved away. Every Christmas I think back to what a time of joy it was, filled with friends and laughter and love ( and good food of course!)