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[Music]
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[Music]
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Doesn't matter if the snow is falling or
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the windows in the rain is pouring. It
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will always be Christmas in my heart.
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But this year I want to hang out with my
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friends and family. Making angels in the
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sand. You and me doesn't matter. It is
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Christmas in my
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All right, you guys. It's that time of
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the year again. Christmas time is almost
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near. So today we're going to be getting
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our Christmas decorations up. Here all
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around the US. We have gotten a cold
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front. Back home up north. They got snow
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over the past couple of days. Here in
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Florida has reached a all-time record
1:02
low of cold weather. So, I feel like it
1:05
is the perfect time to get our Christmas
1:08
decorations up. Especially because every
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time we leave the home, the stores
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already have their Christmas decor up.
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They have all of their shelves stocked
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with all of the Christmas merchandise.
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Whenever we go to the Disney parks, they
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also have all of their Christmas
1:22
decorations up. So, it is definitely
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time for us to give our home some
1:26
holiday cheer as well. So, grab a cup of
1:28
cocoa, coffee, tea, whatever it is that
1:30
you like to sip on. Put on your favorite
1:32
holiday movie or Christmas pajamas and
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leave your favorite Christmas emoji down
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below in the comment section if you are
1:38
ready for some holiday cheer. Over here,
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I've got my little elves over here
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helping me out get these ornaments with
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some strings on them. So, we just got
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the traditional colors. I love the
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traditional colors. red, white, green,
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gold. We also added a little bit of like
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brown tan and then of course some pine
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cones. So the kiddos are over here
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putting the strings on the ornaments and
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I'm going to get started on fluffing out
2:04
the tree. Cookies Twice upon Christmas
2:06
is our Christmas movie of choice. And at
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that point, Nan has checked out. So
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obviously Christmas here is going to
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look a little bit different from our
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past Christmas videos. In the past,
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we've decorated both my kids' room, the
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kitchen, the outdoors, the living room,
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the family room, the bathroom, and we
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are going to be doing quite a bit of
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decorating here. But we have all new
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decorations this year. Everything is
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going to be looking a little bit
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different as we are doing Christmas here
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in Florida at our vacation home versus
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Christmas at home up north. There's no
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snow on the ground and we have a little
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bit less space to work with as we did
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downsize just a teeny bit. But I'm so so
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excited to get some new ideas up, try
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some new things and everything and share
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that with you guys.
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So this year we decided to go with a 9ft
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flocked Christmas tree by the Costaway
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brand. We had this brand before. This is
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the same brand of tree we used back home
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in Michigan. So, we ordered one similar
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to it. It's just a little bit taller and
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it does not come with the berries.
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It's coming together back here. Did not
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come with lights. So, we did
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no longer set there. A little bit of a
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rasp, but having fun as a family. That
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is the main goal. We're going to get
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some ornaments put on the tree. I got
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some beautiful velvet bows that we're
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going to put on there and then some
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ornaments and some pine cones. So, let's
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see how this turns out.
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When Target was having their Christmas
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decor sale, I was able to get these
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velvet bows. They were only $3 a piece,
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and I think I got like seven of them. I
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wasn't sure what I wanted to do with
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them. I was considering hanging them in
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the kitchen on the cabinets, but because
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we didn't have any poinsettas, I decided
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to go ahead and use these instead. That
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way we didn't have to put any wreath or
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anything like that on the tree. I think
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that these velvet bowls look a lot
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better and there's still, you know,
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traditional colors and it's still to me
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kind of minimal and then it really
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brings out some color since we do have
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like a white flocked tree. So, it's not
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super traditional. We don't have an all
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green tree and yeah, we got velvet bows
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instead of the wreath and the
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poinsettas. But I really love the way
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that this is looking and the way that it
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is turning out. I'm going to put a
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couple of them on the top as well. It is
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a pretty pretty tall tree and it's also
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very heavy. So, thank the good Lord that
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my daughter some reason she's actually a
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little bit afraid of the tree. Like, she
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doesn't even want to go near it. So, I
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feel like I won't have to worry about
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her having to like knock it over or pull
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it down like I thought she would, like
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most one-year-olds do. So, yeah, that's
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a good bonus and plus for me, for the
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whole family. But, of course, we're
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going to watch her closely, make sure
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that we are keeping her safe. So my
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husband, he snuck away and went to the
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gym. I was surprised that I was even
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able to get his help with like putting
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it up, but I was like, "Oh no, I'm going
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to be too short. I'm not going to be
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able to finish it." So every year he
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always is like, "I really don't enjoy
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this, but I'm going to do it for you
5:16
guys." And we always have a lot of fun
5:18
with that. So you guys saw him in the
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beginning helping us get the tree put up
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and fluffed out. And now Noah and I are
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going to get it decorated with some
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ornaments while baby girl kind of just
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hangs out on the floor doing her own
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little thing. And that's fine too. You
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know, like I said, she's not doing
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anything.
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This is the cost around Christmas tree.
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9 ft flat Christmas tree. Got this tree
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on sale for $109.
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When I saw that sale, I jumped on it.
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But you guys love how beautiful
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[Music]
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[Music]
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We're going to unfluff this garland.
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It's just a green artificial garland
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with pine cones,
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gold ornaments, gold poinsettas, and
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gold berries. So, we're going to unfluff
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it, get it up there, light it up, and
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then we're going to decorate this here
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television stand. We're going to fluff
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it out a little bit. Then, we're going
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to put it up there and then see how we
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need to arrange it, like fluff it out.
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Um, you know, once it's on there and
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everything to see like how it looks with
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the lights and how it looks once it's
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sitting up there. Plus, we're going to
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put a couple of Christmas table top
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decor pieces up there as well. And we're
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just going to want everything to tie in
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nicely. So, we're just going to get this
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fluffed out. I'm doing one end. They is
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wandering around back there. And then
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Noah is over here doing the other end.
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All we're doing is separating all of the
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little branches and just kind of
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pointing them off in different
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directions. I know some people think
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that there is like a art to it. If it
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is, I'm not very creative because for
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me, it's as simple as just separating
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them, pointing them in a different
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direction. I think it looks most natural
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that way.
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You want to help, mommy?
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Yes.
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Okay. Come on. You can help me. Okay.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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[Music]
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That's what you want to help me.
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Yeah.
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Almost done. This one is 9 ft long as
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well.
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And I think it was about $30
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for this one.
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Good.
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You leaving me already?
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flash
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or on? Let's see. H
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I think we're going to just go with on.
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Okay.
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This is really long.
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So, be careful. I don't want to scratch
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up the television.
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[Music]
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kind of like this.
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And then we'll add some little pieces. I
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think this is this works. We've got some
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trees here. Couple of village houses,
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the ceramic ones that light up. I've got
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four
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two of the shorter wide ones and then
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two of the taller
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narrow ones.
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We'll put this one on the side since
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it's shorter.
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Daddy's light on it. So, there's that.
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[Music]
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So, now I'm just going to go ahead and
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wipe down our little kitchenette table
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area so that we can get a little
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centerpiece placed here. Also, during
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the Target sale, I was able to find the
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most adorable centerpiece for this
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table. So, it is an artificial pine
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branch floral arrangement by threshold.
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And I think it's the perfect basic and
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simple minimal Christmas decor to place
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on this table so that we still have some
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space to be able to eat around the
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table. We also do homeschool here, so I
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didn't want to go too crazy here. So,
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now a quick little tidy. I'm just
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vacuuming up some of that snow flock
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from the tree and getting up some of the
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mess around here in the living room. so
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that things can kind of, you know, tie
10:40
together and so that we can wind down
10:42
for the night before we get a little bit
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more Christmas decor put up. My son has
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already began putting things underneath
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the Christmas tree. He has no idea that
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we've already finished the kiddos
10:54
Christmas shopping, but he's still very
10:57
thoughtful. He has been making gifts for
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his friends and for the family and
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everything. So, he had been putting them
11:03
inside like Amazon boxes, and he
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couldn't wait to get them put underneath
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the tree. But now, of course, we are
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going to add in our Christmas stockings.
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We don't have a fireplace here, so
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instead, I found the cutest little wall
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hanging stocking holder. It says, "And
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so, it is the next day, and now we're
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going to get some Christmas decor around
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the kitchen as well. while the kids are
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over eating and I'm going to try my best
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to work around this kitchen and get a
11:31
little bit of Christmas decor up as
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well. I'm going to be putting up my
11:34
favorite Christmas display, which I'm so
11:36
excited. I don't think I shared this one
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with you guys last year. As a matter of
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fact, I don't think I shared a Christmas
11:41
decorate video for like our main areas
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of our living last year or the year
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before. I can't remember what happened.
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We decorated really big the past few
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years. And so, the year before last, I
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think I got really, really sick when I
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was pregnant with my daughter. than last
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year. I can't remember why I didn't get
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that Christmas content up for you guys.
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But
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I'm excited to share the Christmas
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display that I've been so patiently
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waiting to get up. So, let's just go
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ahead and get these counters wiped off
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and cleaned up and then get a little bit
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of Christmas decor around the kitchen.
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And then we still have the bathrooms and
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the kiddos room.
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[Music]
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All right. So, light tidy here. Not too
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much cleaning, but a little bit. We have
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to sprinkle in there. This is a clean
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and decorate after all. So, just getting
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some of the countertops wiped down so
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that we can get a little bit of decor
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put up. So, so excited to show you guys
12:37
this Christmas display that my husband
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bought me last year just before
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Christmas time. And here it is. It is an
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animated holiday village with lights and
12:47
music. And of course, because we are a
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Disney loving family, we're going to
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have a little bit of Disney decor in
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there. And this is the most perfect. I
12:55
shipped this all away from home. And I
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shipped it here so that we would be able
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to have it here this year as well. So,
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McDonald's,
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Tiger, Piglet. We've got Bambi and
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Thumper, Pluto, Goofy. There is the
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railroad train station. There's the
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train station, Time Square clock. It is
13:23
just perfect. And there is the Christmas
13:26
tree along with Dumbo. I have my
13:30
Christmas popcorn bucket. And then I
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also put these adorable little pine
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cones up. I thought this was really
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simple, minimal, but really adorable to
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put up on the cabinets. So, I have them
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on all of the little
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cabinets there. All
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[Music]
14:07
right, you guys. Enough of the Mickey
14:08
business. Now, we're going to put up our
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letters to Santa mailbox. And I'm kind
14:12
of just going to tuck it off here to the
14:14
side where my son can reach it, but it's
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kind of out of the way where we still
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have countertop space. And as always,
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we're going to swap out our Don Power
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Wash dish spray for the pine tented one.
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And I couldn't decide between the Dove
14:28
peppermint bark hand soap or this cute
14:30
little gingerbread one. We do have
14:33
gingerbread hand towels as well as some
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red and white ones, so I thought that
14:36
this would match perfectly. But after I
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opened up and smelled the peppermint
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bark, I decided to go with that one. It
14:43
smells lovely. I haven't smelled the
14:44
gingerbread one yet. But I really love
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the smell of that peppermint bark. So,
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we'll use the gingerbread later once we
14:51
ran out. Here are the hands to house
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that is going to match that gingerbread
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hand soap. And that's the scent theory
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hand soap. I love the scent theory hand
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soaps. Then it has that gingerbread red
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and white that is going to match these
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here little hint towels perfectly once
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we run out of the peppermint bark one. I
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did have two more of the Peppermint
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Village houses left over from last
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basic white comforters decor
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like their pillows and their pillow
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cases and their sheets and things like
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that with whatever design I want to go
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with. That is why I went with like a
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basic minimal white design. The same for
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my son. Basic white. And then he has
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like this
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green and blue Mickey Mouse theme going
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on up here. So, keeping the whole theme
15:44
of their bedroom and keeping things
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minimal. I would love to keep with their
15:48
Mickey and Minnie theme, but just adding
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some Christmas decor, too. So, I found
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these little Mickey and Minnie snow
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angel pillows. They are plush and really
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soft from Kohl's. So, we're going to add
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these to their bed. I think it's just
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going to perfectly tie in. So, this one,
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for instance,
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I can just set it here. Now, they have
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Christmas pillows, and I could take this
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one off, but I'm just going to leave it
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in the corner here for baby girl.
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Put her little stitch back. And now, a
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little bit of Christmas
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for the kiddos, too. Do the same thing
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for my son. He's got this Mickey one.
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Tuck this one in the corner. Put this
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one up for him.
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He's gonna love that when he climbs in
16:41
bed tonight. And we're going to tuck
16:43
Mickey into the corner
16:47
like that. And now they got a little bit
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of holiday.
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[Music]
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All right. So, right off of the kids
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bedroom is their little bathroom. And so
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I wanted to swap out some of their
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bathroom linen and rugs. I swapped out a
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blue shower curtain for a gray snowflake
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one as well as their blue bath mats for
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a white snowflake one that's going to
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tie into the little snow angel pillows
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in their bedroom. And then I also put a
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very merry Christmas and snowflake hand
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towel up in place.
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All right, guys. So that sums it up. I
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hope that you guys enjoyed decorating
17:27
with us for the Christmas season of
17:29
2025.
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I truly enjoyed it. It's definitely a
17:32
little bit different here having
17:34
Christmas in Florida versus back home in
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Michigan we are from, but I'm super
17:39
excited with what we have gotten done
17:41
thus far. And nevertheless,
17:44
we are all going to enjoy it, especially
17:46
my little ones. So, thank you guys for
17:48
watching with us and hanging out with
17:50
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