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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And your decorations are amazing!!!
My favorite memory is waking up to find Santa had left a bell from his sleigh – this renewed my belief in santa for at least another couple of years!!
My favorite Christmas memory is my son’s first Christmas last year! He is about a month younger than Max and I loved watching his excitement over the lights, music, presents, everything! This year he has a new baby brother to enjoy Christmas with too :)
I added you on Instagram, and I love the memories I have of baking with my mom! And now she does it with my 3 boys (can you say GONG SHOW??) and I love it!
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My favorite Christmas memory (totally not considered safe these days) was my dad tying a sled to the back of his Jeep and driving my brother, sister, and I around our backyard! Lots of holding on for dear life and laughing when we fell on top of each other :)
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Thanks for offering this giveaway!
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More of a Christmas tradition than a specific memory, but my Dad doesn’t usually cook – except on Christmas morning. He makes the world’s greatest homemade Eggs Benedict every Christmas morning and I CANNOT WAIT for my Christmas breakfast this year! (I also followed you on Instagram, I’m @alilcoffee, and I subscribed to your YouTube channel, I’m alittlecoffeewithcreamandsugar@gmail.com)
My favorite holiday memory (that we still do) is we always have half a grapefruit before Christmas breakfast. I don’t even know why, or how it started, but for as long as I can remember that’s how we’ve done it. :)
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I love driving around to look at Christmas lights with my whole family!
I don’t celebrate Christmas, but my favorite holiday memory was coming back from a trip abroad on Christmas Day 2011 and spending it with my family and boyfriend, eating Indian food and going to the movies to see Sherlock Holmes (where I promptly fell asleep due to jetlag)!
My favorite holiday memory is waking up on Christmas morning and yelling for my parents to come get me so I could see what Santa left me. I loved the anticipation of seeing my presents.
My favorite holiday memory is prettt much every Christmas since I had kids! It’s so much fun seeing how excited they are!
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My favorite holiday memory is my dad letting me and my sister sleep under the Christmas tree. He had those old school oil Christmas lights (which I am dying to find and buy for my son who is 12 days younger than Max) and they felt like a dream.
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My favourite hoilday memory was when I was younger and got my first bike, I was so excited
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How fun is this! My favorite Holiday memory is ice skating in montreal. It was so cold but as dusk approached I remember getting lost in the moment and thinking that Christmas is truly magical! And so it has always been… Hope yours is special too!
I love holiday baking with my kids each year. Great memories made each time!
baking donuts is my favorite holiday tradition
My favourite memory was when my boys came into our bedroom on xmas morning with antlers on their heads that had been in their stocking and said look mum we’re chickens!
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Our home always had a trail of glitter from the mantel to the tree on Christmas morning- magic dust left by Santa!
I have very fond memories of my mom reading The Polar Express to all the kids on a Christmas Eve right before bed. In fact, even though we’re all in our 20-30s, we still do!
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Opening gifts on Christmas morning with my siblings and parents…making sugar cookies then going sledding :)))
My favorite memories have been since having kids and seeing their expressions christmas morning!
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My favorite holiday memory/tradition was as a child, my brother and I would wake up at 4am and grab our stockings off of the mantle and sneak them back to our rooms where we would play with our new little toys, eat some candy, but then we packaged them back up and placed them back on the fireplace mantle. It was what kept up from waking our parents up as we had a strict “not before 7am” Christmas morning rule in our house. A little sneak peak of what was to come for the rest of the day!
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One of my favorite holiday memories was when I was 8 years old and my family and I went to Tahoe and I saw snow for the first time! It was absolutely beautiful and amazingly fun to play in! We slid down hills in makeshift cardboard sleds and it is still one of my fondest memories to date!
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I spend my holiday’s with my mom so my favorite memories happen every year when we go to church on Christmas eve and then drive around town, looking at all of the Christmas lights on the houses.
My favorite Christmas memory was getting a jig saw puzzle for Christmas then spending all night with my family working on it. My mom always made sure to buy a puzzle so we could extend the Christmas fun for hours.. And days when of course it was impossible to finish that night.
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Hey! I didn’t know you had a YouTube channel:) I’ll definitely be subscribing. My favourite holiday memory is getting to go to the local Christmas market in with my friends a few years back. We had spiced hot chocolate, ate lots of lovely warm desserts, and went on the carousel ride! Best Christmas ever.
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My favorite holiday memory will always be decorating a billion sugar cookies with my family and then hosting a huge Christmas Eve party with all the aunties, uncles, cousins, and anyone in town that wanted to come!
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Oh growing up I was obsessed with the Twas the Night Before Christmas pop-up book! I think it was from Hallmark. We read it every night for about a month. I follow you on insta!
One of my favorite memories is from when I was little and Christmas meant setting up a slot car track and holding races around the Christmas tree!
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my favorite holiday memory is decorating the tree with christmas music blaring. So fun.
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My favorite christmas memory is the first christmas with my boyfriend. We’ve travelled Mexico and on the 25th we stayed in a city called Palenque. On the 25th we visited the waterfalls of Agua Azul which are incredibly beautiful. At the time we only have been together four months and the whole holiday was basically a “if we’ll be together after this, it really works”. And on that christmas I knew, a new life has started for me. I know it sounds incredibly cheesy but it really was a start of something new for me.
Taking my kids to cut down our Christmas tree ?