Decorate The Christmas Tree With Me | Setting The Table | Festive Afternoon Tea 

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I always had more elegant tastes than my environments dictated I “should” have. But I have found myself lately more and more starting to invest in those tastes to create the kind of environment and life I want, so I admire you greatly and thank you for sharing with us! It gives me encouragement to follow my own heart.

How unexpected this channel is, soothing and lovely. It is a reminder of how far my life has moved away from elegance. I appreciate the reminder that elegance is a mindset. For me, it involves the luxury of moving slowly. 🕊

I remember as a child walking home from school. Getting so excited to see the Tree in the window against the wet windows. It made the lights sparkle. We did not have central heating. I can still remember the excitement I felt even now as I write this x

My husband always cuts the tree , I love a tree filled with memories, decorations that have been passed down and some we collect on our travels, some made by the children and grandchildren. I like the traditional Christmas decor and lots of winter greens from outside. X

The tree looks stunning - and adding some of the old red decorations were the right way to go - love the baskets at the bottom of the tree too. My parents ALWAYS put the tree up the Saturday before Christmas Eve - I loved it. Plus my mother and I used to go to lunch at Harrods on the 1st day of December and I was allowed to pick a beautiful bauble each year. Mum also had a beautiful set of 6 Waterford Crystal baubles - that I now have on my tree ❤

That hotel was mind blowing! All because it leaned on the glorious old fashioned details. " New and Modern" has its place, yes. But in this case, it's all about grace, charm, warmth, coziness, tradition and being comfy. It's a loving hug in hotel form!

Bonjour Nicolas, j'ai un arbre Balsam hill depuis 3 ans et je trouve que la qualité est excellente si on compare avec d'autres arbres qui font très plastique. J'écris en français car j'ai cru comprendre que vous appreniez le français actuellement. Je vous suis depuis environ 2 ans maintenant et vous êtes une vraie source d'inspiration. I write in french because it seems that you are learning french so.... This Caledonian hotel seems wonderful and I am going to suggest it to my husband for our birthday wedding ! Bonnes fêtes de fin d'année ! Chris. from Paris

Nothing better than Balsam Hill their trees are Amazing I have purchased two over the years and well worth the money.

The tree looks beautiful! My family decorated the tree on December 7, which was our mother's birthday. She would have frozen the leftover turkey and made turkey soup as my brother and I decorated the tree! The aromas were wonderful and the soup made a perfect and comforting lunch after all our decorating on a cold winter day here in Chicago.

Adding the red is the finishing touch. It’s a beautiful tree. Your table setting will add to a perfect dinner.

I was thinking this year I don´t feel like, to have a christmas tree but now I'm not sure anymore

Waldorf Astoria in Scotland is breathtaking. The views are beautiful. What a memory of a lifetime.

Another beautiful and luxurious video. Thank you!! You’ve motivated me to decorate a Christmas tree this year - even though it is likely no one will see it but me…. But you’ve made me realize that’s the most important person (me)!! Happy Holidays!!

There are 2 trees in our home. A white one with all gold ornaments from our travels and life events adorns our living room. In addition, it spins! A green tree is in our family room and is dedicated to our children. The tree is surrounded by a train and animated Christmas figures on a snow scene. This has been tradition in our home, since our children were very little.

Love the trousers Nicolas.

Loved decorating the tree as a child. My mum used to tweak it, after we'd gone to bed but I don't think we ever realised. That was a confession of hers as we grew up!

Balsam Hill is the best of the best. It will be with you for a very, very long time. The tree is gorgeous on its own and even more elegant with your decorations. I love to sit with a cup of tea in the evening with all the lights off except the tree, soft Christmas music drifting in the background. The red was needed, perfect touch. As a child I felt it was my duty to rearrange at least one tree ornament a day.

Your life feels so enchanting, peaceful and inviting. Be proud of what you have created!!

Thank you Nicholas for showing us all the lovely things and lovely hotel visits and meals you have received for free. It really makes me trust your judgement.

Pretty tree. The red gives it warmth. Good job.

Your tree turned out lovely! I especially love the red roses you added. I smiled when you said you’re the kind of person who analyzes every bauble and keeps removing and putting them back on. I’m the exact same way! I also enjoyed hearing how you decorated the tree growing up with your family. As a mother to young children now, I fight my inner perfectionist and try my best to allow my children to decorate the tree how they like. They feel so proud of their work when it’s all done, and honestly I find it more charming. Sometimes it’s messy, but sometimes they have really great ideas I wouldn’t have thought of! :) It’s sweet hearing your memories of your own parents not being “too precious” about it. I hope to give my children those same happy memories.

What a lovely tree! I agree, that even without ornaments it is a beauty, but with the pops of red and gold it truly is breathtaking! Thank you for letting us join you.

Oh what a beautiful way to start off the Christmas season: (w/ one of your perfect videos!😉) 1. A beautifully decorated Christmas tree 2. A beautifully set Christmas table And last but not least… 3. A stay at a beautiful luxury hotel What more could any of us ask? 🎄❤️🎄

One of my favorite memories from the 1960s when I was a little kid - we had an aluminum tree with a light that rotated and shined different colors on the thee. I loved laying under the tree and watching all the colors reflect off the aluminum. It looked magical.

Children. There's nothing more magical than decorating a stunning, sumptuous, extravagantly decorated tree, then bringing in the wee ones. The looks on their cherubim faces, the little mouths opened in awe, then seeing them sit down in front of the tree and looking up in wonder - pointing out this bauble, and that glittering, sparkling something - is pure joy. Add some wondrous Christmas carols, Christmas cookies with hot cocoa, and there are few more perfect moments in life.

The color of the tree goes well with the atmosphere of the house~ beautiful. ~

Nicolas when l was a child my parents prepared us our Christmas toys we did not have a tree but we make them with paper and put them on the walls. Plus draw candles and ornaments. It was the happiest time for us Five kids. Then she gave us eggnuts plus cookies after dinner . Love those memories. Take care Nicolas love xx ❤️❤️❤️.

I smiled when, after putting up the beautiful ornaments you bought this year, the red ones turned up. I saw myself in the story. So I'll share my funny story. So when I was a kid, we always had a real, classic Christmas tree with red and gold ornaments. When I got older, I asked my mom why we didn't try other colors? She said it was because to her, those colours are the colours of Christmas, and when I have my own home, I can have any tree I want. The first year I moved, I bought blue and silver ornaments just before Christmas to prove to her that there is life beyond gold and red. My tree was beautiful, perfect, elegant and terribly cold. It was like an ice queen. But of course I couldn't admit to myself that I didn't want it and I miss the warm atmosphere, the shiny, classic colours. The following year I found myself hunting for red and gold ornaments in every shop during the festive season. That's when I realized that the family tradition was so burned into me that it was pointless to defy it. Every year from then on, I would have beautiful red and gold glass ornaments on my tree, and my mom would just smile gently when she saw my tree wrapped in the family classics. :)

Oh - your tree is absolutely gorgeous!!! I did enjoy watching you decorate your new tree. One of the things I remember from my childhood at Christmas was that my mom would give my brother and me a decorated basket filled with oranges, apples, walnuts, pecans and a few chocolate candies and a small gift. I suppose it was in place of stockings. I will always remember this!

I love your style Nicholas....you have class and taste and are so dignified with a calm and gentle spirit....all good qualities.Your tree looks beautiful as does your table.I am putting afternoon tea at the Caledonian on my bucket list ..looks amazing !

Your tree and new ornaments are beautiful. I realized I was smiling warmly watching you decorate. Great job.

My mom was a single mom and their were 4 of us. She died when I was 9 yrs old. She made Christmas magical. When she died we went to my grandma's house to live. No more trees or presents. I am 74 and love my tree. I live alone and always have a tree. This year I have a slim 7.5 ft tree. With new decorations. I'll put it up after Thanksgiving. Your tree is beautiful ❤️

I agree adding the red brings a pop of color. I love red and it makes the tree more traditional. Also that Christmas table can also go for thanksgiving table that doesn’t overdo it with pumpkins but rather the understated elegant earthy look.

Your tree is perfect.

Hello Nic, what a lovely tree . So happy to see you and your BFF, Vanessa together again . 😊

Thank you, Nicolas, for sharing this beautiful moment. It is gorgeous and so uplifting! When I was young, my parents struggled a little bit, and I remember our Christmas tree was always a little bit thin and the ornaments unremarkable. The joy in my house was no less, and even though the trees were very modest, we were always happy. I always wanted a "perfect tree". In my twenties I vowed to build a glorious ornament collection to pass down to my children one day so I started collecting them, with one really nice once a year. I built a beautiful collection of ornaments and they have run with it. Now that they are grown, I do something different. I dig out old photos from when they were little children, often making funny faces, and general sibling shenanigans. A store here in the States has these lovely little photo frame ornaments with the year 2022 on a little dangling charm hanging off of it. Very pretty & elegant...and in goes the goofy childhood pictures. The memories are precious and they are packaged up perfectly for the tree. My grown children love them and we are greatly enjoying this new tradition!

Beautiful, the red decorations lifted the look of the tree perfectly. Very elegant, a joy to look at.

Your new tree looks so well made and how nice that they even included storage bags - better than the old sheets I wrap mine in :). I am glad you added the pops of red along with your new gold baubles. I have a faux tree that has branches that are a mix of types of evergreens so I have to wire each bauble to the tree and while that sounds painful, it really is quite simple and at least there is no worry about one falling. I also make sure to put some of the larger baubles and picks further into the inside of the tree, which draws the eye into the branches. Picks are the best time savers and space fillers because you can literally shove them in like you have done with the roses. Your table looks lovely and very warm even before you add flowers. Can't wait to see it finished.

Wow,wow,wow one of the most beautiful views from a hotel room,pure nourishment for the soul

The roses on the tree were the perfect touch, I will do the same on mine, I loved it so much. I love the crystal bauble on your napkin rings very elegant

Your table setting was so beautiful, too!! And, that hotel!!! Oh my goodness!

Adding the red made the tree look even more beautiful. 🎄

I have done a red and gold tree many years. As well as a white and gold and a blue and gold tree. Yours is very lovely And your table setting is festive and very flexible for other occasions. I definitely want to come stay in that hotel suite. It's the bomb. Nice festive jammie bottoms too.

Your Balsam Hill Christmas tree is beautiful. Our family tradition is to save opening our stockings until New Years Eve. Each small gift is thoughtful chosen and wrapped. My daughter always said one of her favorite times at Christmas was opening the treasurers in her stocking.

Hola Nicolas feliz tiempo de Fiestas y nuevos sueños por organizar ...un abrazo, desde México

Nicholas your tree is gorgeous and I am so glad you added the red and some of your special older decorations. Your niece is going to be so happy to see your tree. I wish I could purchase one of the Balsam Trees but a bit too expensive for my pocketbook. I used to love a fresh tree but years ago went with the artificial tree because as you stated much easier on our environment and it pats for itself for years. I have a 4 1/2 ft tree that I put on a table by my living room window and I have smaller trees to use in the dining room and around the fireplace and mantle with dear and lights. I also put up a little Christmas village sometimes. I made a point of making Christmas magical for my son as I raised him alone without grandparents or family . I didn’t have a lot of money but I created beautiful memories for my so . Your table looks very pretty. I too light the candles and then snuff them out . Love your candle holders and cloth. You have such an elegant style. The hotel is beautiful. A bonus to have your dogs with you. What a lovely suite you both had. The countryside around you is so peaceful looking. Thank you for sharing your life with us all. Sending love form my house to yours ❤❤❤

Your home looks gorgeous this holiday season!

Bunny would stop lol The beauty is in the spontaneous flurry of the decorations.The eye cannot deal with perfection!

The red made it. It was dull before. So glad you changed your mind! Very pretty! 🌟

It's perfect, Nicolas! My favourite theme, colours, and ambiance. Love, love, love. We have a tradition where we all go together and choose a tree and a renewable tree farm, set out a buffet, and as the children, all received an ornament each year and they were in charge of decorating with their ornaments. When they grew up and moved out on their own they had a beginner set of ornaments they had their whole life. Now we live on a sailboat and I wrap the mast, which runs down through the salon/galley to the keel, and decorate with artificial boughs and add fresh greens that we gather locally and of course our collection of ornaments. It's so pretty and festive. Wishing you all the best. :)

I do love the greenery of the tree and red decorations as it feels like bringing nature into the home during the winter.

I love your tree and table decor! It gives me such cozy vibes. When I was a little girl, my family and I would decorate our tree together. My favorite Christmas was going to my dad’s job. He worked at a gardening store. One Christmas, he bought us a real tree from his job and they sprayed it white. It was such a beautiful tree. When my husband and I got married, we had our own tradition. We would play Christmas music and bake cookies while decorating our tree. We used our daughter’s picture instead of a star. He said she was our little star and she deserved to be on top. We went all out. Last year, he sadly passed away and decided not to put up Christmas decorations. This year, my daughter is so excited for Christmas. She really wanted to decorate. We continued our little tradition by baking cookies, listening to Christmas music and we made hot chocolate. Sending you so much love and good vibes 💕

Your tree and table are stunning! I completely agree on not overloading the tree. I like to see the different decorations.

You understand the tree decorating assignment..Add just one dominant pop of color, not the entire color wheel in ornaments.. Exquisitely done..

I was so excited to see that you added some red to your tree. The neutral ornaments are beautiful but the red makes it feel so regal and special. Beautiful video!

I have a Christmas tree from the same company and it is wonderful. The postman even stopped me to say how lovely it looked!

I think you made the right decision about adding the red ornaments. Its looks sooooo much better! But I'm a colored lights colored ornaments person. The more colorful the better.

When I was growing up, my mother got it into her head that from now on, we were going to have a tree that was flocked white, and all the lights and ornaments were to be red. Needless to say, when I was old enough and lived on my own, I had a green tree with multiple colored lights, Victorian style ornaments, and strings of popcorn and cranberries. It was glorious!

Beautiful tree & beautifully decorated. Simply stunning & elegant 🎄

This is such a wonderful video. You’ve put me in the holiday spirit! 🎄🍾

Your faux blue spruce is beautiful and the decorations are perfect! Anyone lucky enough to be your dinner guest will be pleasantly surprised and very pleased with your festive table scape. The hotel suite was magnificent, they thought of everything. Thank you Nicolas🎄🙏🏻❤️

All of your Christmas decor is magnificent ✨️ Your presentation, as always, is so peaceful and comforting. Your and Vanessa's hotel stay was a wonderful finale to your Christmas weekend preparation and the accommodations "Christmas perfect" 🎄 😀 My childhood Christmases were always magical. I have only good memories of my childhood for which I'm so very grateful. I'm 74 and memories of Christmases past are endless and fun filled. Love and blessings to you and Sophie. 🐕🐾🧍‍♂️... Fran 💝🫂

Being from the USA, and specifically from South Carolina, we were brought up in single wide trailer and my mother always played Johnny Mathis during November while we use lemon Pledge to dust all the furniture and shelves to get ready for Christmas decorations. We used cedar tree with very simple decorations. Pine cones were found year round and used to decorate. To this day I pick up pine cones to place through our the house and I have the paper decorations to use with the more expensive decorations that I have now.

Oh wow, it’s very fluffy! Beautiful! ❤ You are the Artistic Director of the Christmas tree arrangement! Marvelous! You’re so good with decorating! Hired! 😊😃💕 Absolutely love the bench at the dinning table! It’s a great idea!

What a stunning hotel. How lovely that they welcome furry guests as well. Thank you for a wonderful glimpse of the little luxuries in life.

Wow, that's really gorgeous even before the decorations

What a super tree and so glad we got to see it all put together so easily, I don’t think a tree looks right without a pop of red at Christmas, your table is absolutely beautiful .Childhood memories for me mom taking me to see Father Christmas in Birmingham,and family get togethers.

Lovely, as always! my husband absolutely loves red at Christmas, so even though it is not a favorite color of mine, I always want to honor him by putting red on our Christmas tree! I think it really does add so much punch and vitality and color to your gorgeous tree! Annnd the luscious setting…Annnnd the gorgeous hotel! By the by, your dress coat looks so elegant on you. I loved the shoulders.💕❤️🙏

The Balsam Hill tree, and your table setting are beautiful. They both are simple, yet elegant. Thanks for the video.

Wonderful, Classy, elegant and so Christmassy, loved the Christmas tree and your table settings. I recently got a few Rebecca Audal chargers and baskets, really good quality! My earliest Christmas tree memory. We never had a tree when I was really small but when we moved house (I was 10, my brother 5) our Mum promised we could have one in the new place. We collected it from the store after school and it was snowing! That evening we put the tree up. It wasn’t the best quality and the decorations were mismatched but we loved it! Each day our Mum would buy a few new decorations after she had finished work. A week went by and the tree looked outstanding! It was a very early 90s styled tree, clashing in themes, little chocolates and baubles. We kept the tree for at least 10 years. It was a well loved tree which made us happy.😊

Your tree is so stunning 🎉 you have such style with your decorations 👍

Everything looks beautiful. How thoughtful you are to have it up for your nieces visit(I hope I remembered that correctly). Back in my day we used the old school tinsel and after us kids would throw it on mom of course would un-clump it,lol. Then on the eve n day-night her sister and kids would come for games and they would bring all their foods and this went on for years as we grew up. Parents are gone and the family homes too but the memories will live on❤.

The tree is really stunning with the pops of red !!

This is the most beautiful artificial tree I've ever seen. The storage bags and gloves are a unique touch. Looks lovely. I would definitely buy one of these.

The tree is perfectly decorated. The table is beautifully set. And the suite at the Waldorf was fabulous. Very impressed with your sabering skills. Well done. You are certainly ahead of the game and it’s not even December 👍🏻🙏😎

Thanks again Nicolas for sharing your lovely home with us and your new artificial Christmas tree! Having one is definitely a plus in more ways than one! We finally bought an artificial one after decades of buying real ones and hauling them into and out of the house! Don't miss them especially all the vacuuming up after! I think I still find a pine tree needle every now and then! lol Yes, the RED color is another plus as well! Have you ever noticed in famous films especially ones based on history or romantic epics that the art directors purposefully ADD a touch of red here and there! Sometimes, they use red to great advantage even in modern contemporary films like the famous Academy Award winning French films like "Gigi" and "Amelie" and blockbuster history based movies like "Dr. Zhivago" and "REDS"! Enjoy the holidays ahead~ ♥🎄🎄♥

These trees are truly beautiful, mine is in its seventh year and is still as beautiful as the first time I saw it. Well worth the investment. Beautiful Nicholas, colour is perfect for your room.

Your tree turned out lovely and your table as well. The hotel; enchanting! Hope all is well...when someone says don't worry, I hear, WORRY! Many blessings...

Such a pleasure to see the way you have decorated your brand new Christmas tree.

Hello Nicolas! Your tree is so special, and looks so rich and real. It doesn't cover the Edinburgh Blueprint too much either; as I feared it might. It is a marvelous effect. Your niece will absolutely love this. ❤ I remember vividly my siblings and me getting up to some mischief one Christmas by throwing popcorn about our Living Room. This is a favoured memory. This is our first Christmas without Dad; my sister is not even making the pilgrimage to Canada this year, so Christmas will be very different without the whole family present. I encourage you to make some wholesome memories this season. Your Garden Collection Napkins look wonderful! God Bless from Canada 🇨🇦 A

Beautiful Tree and the Table setting is exquisite ! How lovely the dogs are welcome at this hotel 🌲

Wow! Incredibly charming Nicolas 🎄 🌹 Even alone you make it worthwhile setting your sanctuary to enjoy the holidays in! Thank you for the encouragement...

That tree is just perfection! The tree is amazing and the job you did with the decorations are just wonderful.

The tree is gorgeous. Decorating the tree is one of my favorite traditions too. As always enjoy your videos. They are calming and relaxing.The hotel is amazing! The views of Edinburgh are gorgeous.

The intention you put into each area of your home is so special, and something I’m working on in my own home. Thanks for sharing!

That's a great quality faux. It looks like it will last you for a good long time. I also love that it came with what looks like a storage bag. Nice job!!

The candlabras really were a great addition to your holiday table. The tree is a perfect fit for you and so beautiful. Loved seeing the dogs going through the hotel with you. What a generous hotel! Hope you enjoyed your bath to relax and to make you feel as if you've returned to your self again! Happy Holidays! 🌲🎅🌲♥️🌲🎉🎉🎉

I'm so glad you added the red! It really makes everything POP! White lights are quite lovely, but they have a tendency to wash the ornaments out.

She looks so beautiful Nicholas🥰🌲

Delightful as always . My brothers birthday is on the 13th December so it was lovely to hear your families tradition of putting the tree up for her birthday. Our family tradition came at the other end of the season, my mothers birthday was the 10th january so the tree and decorations were only taken down on the morning of the 11th. You said something of great importance while dressing the table, you said "Give yourself permission" We can all become trapped by notions of how something should be or by others traditions or ideas. The world is not perfect, we are not perfect and when we feel pressured it is good to give ourselves permission to just be ourselves.

Your tree is so elegant with that pop of red! Looks fabulous! 🎄 Love the Hugge incorporation on the table. 🍃 Nicolas, you made the sabering look easy! Thank you for showing us the Waldorf Astoria! What a decadent treat!

I find a good tip when adding my glass ornaments. Is to have a used blanket for the floor. So just in case one falls off while decorating they won’t break. Then remove it and add my tree skirt. Stunning tree and the ornaments are so classy.

Thank you so much, Nicolas, for lovely video with classic Christmas tree decoration, real sense os coming tale... in everything!

The tree looks beautiful, Nicholas - really, very lovely! Each year my brother would get his two children to select a toy to meet Father Christmas… They would bundle the toy up against the cold with a little cloak and put a small satchel around it which they had made. They would then put their letters for Father Christmas in it and put the toy out on the back doorstep to await his arrival. I always thought that was very sweet and would make a lovely tradition. 🎄

Hallo Nicolas, ich schreibe aus Berlin und auf deutsch, obwohl ich englisch schreiben könnte, aber ich wollte nur sagen: deine Videos sind toll, deine Ordnung, dein Sinn für alles Schöne und die Art, wie du das präsentierst ... einfach perfekt 😊😊😊😊😊

Thank you - this was just what I needed. One of my fondest memories from childhood Christmases is just sitting quietly of an evening with most of the light coming from the tree - something about the sense of peace and the lovely soft colouful lights was just heavenly. I have always wanted to stay at the Cally and now am even more determinded to find a way to do so soon. xx

T his was lovely start to finish. And the perfect time to say "lucky dogs"

Fabulous view of the castle, feels like a fairytale. I really like the quality and ease of your lovely artificial Christmas tree 🎄. The red roses and the gold crowns are such a pretty touch on your tree. 🐕🇺🇸

What a beautiful tree and table, Nicholas. Some would say the table is understated but it's actually the perfect compliment to the lovely tree. How wonderful that your suite is set up like a home! And to have beds for the dogs was a lovely way to include them in pampering style. Gorgeous views from your window as well. Thank you!