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@kkoeni113 7 месяцев назад

So nice seeing the rest of your house and some of your furniture! Felt like we saw all the parts to updating your living room but never saw the finished product.

@MsLally5 7 месяцев назад

Becky, I received cinnamon ornaments at least 10 years ago as a gift from a child at church. Every year I put them away in snack size ziplocks and when I take them back out the next year, they smell SO GOOD! I love that you are making natural ornaments! I have tiny trees and gingerbread men.

@shannonbrice8012 7 месяцев назад

I just made gingerbread men and dinosaurs :P

@heather7433 7 месяцев назад

My niece made cinnamon ornaments at 4 years old and they still smell like cinnamon - she just turned 29 last week!

@karenculpepper973 7 месяцев назад

I have some that were given to me by dear friends girls. That was in 1992. I bag them up every year to protect them and they still smell so good!

@Katie-wj3yw 7 месяцев назад

One of my all time favorite memories I have as a child was when we'd get the Christmas tree up with the multi-colored lights, turn off all the overhead lights, and lay on the floor and look up at the ceiling and admire the different designs the Christmas lights made across the ceiling. I still do it every year at my own home. It was such a little moment, but one that stuck with me. I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season!

@vickiewalker184 7 месяцев назад

I have one child, who is now 28 yrs old. Every year since birth he gets an ornament that represents something special or significant that happened that year, or when he was young, something he was really into or places we traveled. When he moved out, he had a wonderful collection of ornaments for his first tree on his own. In addition, it's like a trip down memory lane every year when he puts his tree up. Also, he can count on every year, one present to open on Christmas Eve which consists of new PJs and a new book. When he was little, it was always a Christmas book we would read together on Christmas Eve, with the thought that he would have some great books to read and pass on to his own children. After the age of 10 or so, it became a book of a topic he is interested in. The new PJs on Christmas Eve my mom started when we were little kids.

@lolawakefield 7 месяцев назад

I too give my kids ornaments that represent their lives of that year and now buy my soon to be son-in-law ornaments too. He was so touched to be included and now he truly feels like part of the family.

@firedansr4041 7 месяцев назад

I inherited my 79 year old mother’s collection of ornaments. Our tree is a crazy hodgepodge of gifted, handmade and purchased ornaments from over 55 years of marriage. Now that I have my own family.. we are slowly replacing the headless ornaments from the old days and my children’s favorite thing is getting a new ornament representing them and what they are into that year. Xox❤

@melaniecolson1590 7 месяцев назад

I made those cinnamon ornaments years ago with my children when they were small. We had so much fun, left them to dry on cooling racks. Imagine my husband’s surprise when he snuck a “cookie”. He told me they were the worst cookies I ever made 😂

@janedrolet2807 7 месяцев назад

When I made those ornaments, white glue was also an ingredient. My son “snuck” a cookie….definitely a surprise for him..

@pamelar5868 7 месяцев назад

😂😂😂😂😂❤

@sarahslovely08 7 месяцев назад

😂😂😂 got a good chuckle outta that

@joycewaldon6697 7 месяцев назад

For the last 40 years my family looks forward to the goodies i make every year for Christmas. Date Balls, shortbread, cheesecakes.

@lizzy9975 7 месяцев назад

OMG! That is hilarious. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@chrimston2784 7 месяцев назад

The one family tradition that I try to uphold no matter what if we can afford it or not is having apple and orange slices with peppermint crushed and sprinkled on top on Christmas Eve and lighting candles for those we've lost! It's a family tradition that is if I'm not mistaken four or five generations strong!

@articowl2 7 месяцев назад

My husband lost his 87 year old father this year from a massive stroke and lighting a candle sounds like a wonderful tradition to add to our holiday. Thanks for sharing.

@chrimston2784 7 месяцев назад

@@articowl2 it definitely makes me feel like they are with us when we light the candles for my loved ones that have gone! I hope you have a wonderful holiday and I'm so sorry for your loss and I hope by doing this it keeps him close!

@marthavojtko6268 7 месяцев назад

I am 75 yrs old and the Angel Chime has been a part of all my Christmases too! Its a lovely tradition and I'm so happy to see they're still around and becoming part of new traditions for beautiful families like yours.😊💞

@lisal3645 5 месяцев назад

I have never heard about this Christmas angel. What is the story behind it?

@ajacob509 7 месяцев назад

You should do a cranberry dried garland for the tree, it would look really nice and very Christmassy.

@beckywalker1613 7 месяцев назад

I remember making one with popcorn and cranberries. 👍

@user-zn3yc4yd3h 7 месяцев назад

Many years ago I made a tree skirt out of all my dad's old neck ties. It's very precious to me, I remember him wearing all those ties.

@kimmcvitty3580 7 месяцев назад

What a lovely. Idea. I have a bag of my dad's ties waiting to make into a cushion for my mum.

@AcreHomestead 7 месяцев назад

That sound beautiful

@angelaoneal5169 7 месяцев назад

That's such a wonderful idea.

@lindysmallwood2039 7 месяцев назад

Would love to see that. My dad went home along time ago. Miss him so much. I have his cowboy hat hanging on a mirror in our bedroom. You have inspired me to make holiday ribbon to put around the hat and place it by the tree. Blessings❤️🌺

@denisespotts1858 7 месяцев назад

Becky, I was also putting up my Christmas trees (yes, I do 2 trees, 1 on the main floor and 1 in the finished lower level) while you were doing all of your Christmas change over and putting up your tree. It felt like friends doing something together. I whish you and your family a very happy holiday season. And I hope 'baby acre' has a wonderful first birthday!

@cindymoore9096 7 месяцев назад

45:45 Blood oranges might be a nice addition to the dried citrus slices on the tree next year. =) I agree that it’s so nice to enjoy the dark mornings/evenings by the light of the tree, candles, etc. Just wanted to include a heads up in case the dogs would try and eat the cinnamon apple ornaments - cinnamon is ok for dogs in really small amounts, but large doses are dangerous. Also, the hooks on the ornaments can be dangerous for dogs that chew on or eat things they shouldn’t.

@lat1419 7 месяцев назад

Our dogs (3 naughty bassets) try and eat the whole tree, ornaments, lights and tree skirt, so we have to keep our tree in a separate room where we can see it through the internal glass doors! But wise words about all decorations and pets. Especially wrapped presents under the tree. I won't mention the present our elderly basset left under the tree one year (on a new beige carpet) 😂😳🤦‍♀️

@JohnDoe-ff2fc 7 месяцев назад

My thought exactly! And the color will be more Christmasy.

@beadwright 7 месяцев назад

My male dog decided to "mark" all presents as his. That was the year I went to a countertop tree!

@lat1419 7 месяцев назад

@@beadwright 🤦‍♀️🤣🤣

@homefries5557 7 месяцев назад

This plus cranberry garland would look amazing on your tree Becky! Simple and elegant just like you

@aprilchapman2758 7 месяцев назад

I love the rustic look. We take apples and oranges and push cloves in them then hang them throughout the house and the scent is so heavenly. We also take pinecones and rub peanut butter then dip in bird seed and hang in the trees to take Christmas decorations outside plus feeding the birds. Just a fun time to spend with family making them.

@SalLeeHolland 7 месяцев назад

I do that too April. Great memories doing it.

@agustinacampbell926 7 месяцев назад

Hi Becky , before anything I want to say this: every time I see you drain your pasta or veggies I suggest to run the cold water at the same time,my husband is a plumber and trust me you pipes will last longer I hope you understand my English ❤️👍🏼

@rosabandera_home 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the tip😊

@AcreHomestead 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the tips!

@charmainemrtnz 7 месяцев назад

My dad was a Plummer too and he said you should never put potato peelings down the garbage disposal. They will clog! Yes, run lots of water before, during, and after.

@shawns3113 7 месяцев назад

I concur. I’m not a plumber but I do this!

@kristinj7173 7 месяцев назад

Charmaine, agree! Better yet, compost those potato peels.

@audreyrichards6725 7 месяцев назад

Hi Becky! I know you’re not super into houseplants, but you like being as low waste as possible so I thought I’d let you know you can keep your poinsettias alive year round inside! Their red leaves will fall off and new green ones will grow, but if you put them in the dark a few months before Christmas next year they’ll grow pretty red ones again!

@deebutler2283 6 месяцев назад

I’ve had an artificial prelit tree for years, but the Christmas after my father passed away, I couldn’t bring myself to get out all of the ornaments and I needed a change. I bought a real tree, and the lights that looked like the old timey glass lights. I spray painted walnuts gold and hot glued a hook on them. I dehydrated apple and orange slices and hung them, then I collected some twigs from outside. I broke the twigs to the desired size and bundled them in threes with twine and hung them on the tree. It was beautiful and the perfect distraction and my younger boys enjoyed it too. We also strung popcorn for the tree. Thank you for a trip down memory lane! 💕🎄

@thefamilyjules6142 7 месяцев назад

One thing my family did was we decided to have dessert a couple hours before our main meal. We had realized a long time ago that we just didn’t have any room in our bellies after a big meal. And it really has worked out perfectly!

@lisal3645 5 месяцев назад

I might just copy this one myself!! I love it!

@thefamilyjules6142 5 месяцев назад

@@lisal3645 you won’t regret it!

@sandrab4394 7 месяцев назад

I have a small box of cinnamon ornaments that my mother gave me at least 40 years ago. They are still beautiful. All different decorated designs! Good catch on the butter, never had that happen before, lol. Favorite family tradition is making different candies and cookies for all of the neighbors. Many of them are older or don't have families around, so this is a real treat for them, as well!

@lorendickens6522 7 месяцев назад

Hi Becky. I made cinnamon and applesauce ornaments maybe 15 years ago and they still smell wonderful. I’m glad to see you put on gloves when making these. Love your videos.

@candidahl9380 7 месяцев назад

Becky, you are so precious. I just love how honest and fun you are when you are cooking. Just have to say thank you for just being you.

@staceygarlick9674 7 месяцев назад

Yay! You picked the basket! That was the one I was voting for. One of our favorite Christmas traditions is new pajamas. We get to unwrap them Christmas eve and wear them to bed that night. That tradition will start its fourth generation in my family this Christmas. My granddaughter was born about four months after your son. Merry Christmas to you and your sweet family!

@lynndhering1218 7 месяцев назад

It's funny, I saw the basket and I'm like oh that screams Becky. LOL. I would have been very surprised if she had picked something else out.

@gaylewatkins4685 7 месяцев назад

Hi Becky, thank you for keeping it real and leaving in the butter flying out of the bowl. I loved the little noise you made. 🤗 You give me so much encouragement❣️I love the ornaments you made and your decorative style is perfection. A combination of festive, warm and cozy. Take Care and Happy Holidays 🦌🎄🦌🙏

@jenniferwilliams545 7 месяцев назад

I giggled at that part, but I loved that she left it in. So cute!

@oliviafisher9632 7 месяцев назад

My favorite tradition is matching family pjs. Right now it’s just my son and I and it’s so fun picking out our pjs from old navy. Last year I took him to a local shop and we painted a plate to use for his cookies for Santa. I absolutely love this plate because it has his baby footprints in the shape of a Christmas wreath!Every year my mom hid a pickle ornament on the tree and whoever finds that ornament gets a surprise! My mom gave me my own ornament and I plan to give one to my son when he moves out. I also love getting in our matching pjs and going to look at christmas lights!

@gcook9221 7 месяцев назад

I have a couple of family traditions that I cherish. When my husband & I had our first Christmas together, we bought a Hallmark ornament that said "Our first Christmas together" & it had the year. We have now been married for 36 years, celebrating Christmas 37 times together and have continued the tradition of picking out a new Hallmark ornament every year. It's so much fun getting out the ornaments each year and seeing what our interests were in the past. When our child was born, this tradition continued with their involvement. We went every year as a family to pick out that years' ornament. Great tradition, great memories! The second cherished tradition - my husband inherited a "Twas the Night Before Christmas" book from 1940. Every year we recorded my husband and our child sitting together while my husband read this to them. Interesting thing is, even at way past the age of what most children would be to try to get out of this tradition, our did not. I am so grateful for these traditions. Enjoy your traditions with your little one & husband. Time goes by quickly.

@04211799 7 месяцев назад

This is so sweet and precious! Especially the recordings! I'm going to try this with my 3y/o grandson. Btw, congrats on 37 years! I wish 37+ more!

@gcook9221 7 месяцев назад

@@04211799 Thank you!

@renae2954 6 месяцев назад

Me and my mom still read Twas the Night Before Christmas and I'm 21 :)

@gcook9221 6 месяцев назад

@@renae2954 good memories to take with you for life! Merry Christmas!

@pattyperez1014 7 месяцев назад

Hi Becky, the French silk pie is a family tradition for us. I made it for years and my son carried on making the pie every Thanksgiving and Christmas. I think the organic sugar was probably the biggest issue and then maybe the wisk. When I was making the pie I would cream the butter and sugar as you did then stirred in the melted bittersweet chocolate. My instructions then called for the eggs to be added one at a time beating for 5 min after each egg. That allowed for an increased volume. When all the eggs have been added fold in either 8 oz cool whip or 8oz whipped cream. ( We prefer whipped cream.) I one over whipped the filling during the summer and ended up with chocolate soup. I placed it in the refrigerator for 30 min and it whipped right up. I was then able to finish with the whipped cream. I usually finished it with whipped cream on top and chocolate shavings, always a hit!

@KimH-ic6ne 7 месяцев назад

ROFLOL 😂😂 when that butter flew out of the bowl! That’s the kind of thing that happens to me when I’m cooking. My kitchen turns into a disaster zone but seeing it happen to you will make me less stressed out when things like that happens to me!

@mousemeat1352 7 месяцев назад

I burst out laughing as well that would happen to me as well. LOL

@hb7282 7 месяцев назад

I loved it! And Becky’s quick reaction!

@windyloweryking1826 7 месяцев назад

Man, I needed that laugh!

@scrapper900 7 месяцев назад

I audibly gasped and both dogs jumped off my bed like something was wrong! lol!

@ninaleo37 7 месяцев назад

omg, I laughed so hard, That was the best giggle I had all day!! ❤️💚🎄

@mariar2081 7 месяцев назад

Our holiday tradition is to pick up gingerbread house kits for the grandkids and decorate them. A new one every year. We spray them lightly with a gloss or matte finish sealant so they last a while. It’s so fun to pull out the older ones and set them up for the kids.

@bonderk13 7 месяцев назад

Hi Becky, I made a French silk pie for a thanksgiving. I used the Costco organic sugar too. My MIL recommended beating the butter and sugar together for 20 minutes on medium-high. Then I beat in the cooled chocolate and vanilla. Added the eggs two at a time, beating for 5 minutes after each. Covered it with plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for 3 hours. It turned out fantastic. No grainy sugar. Hope that helps!

@deborahmagee8919 7 месяцев назад

Hello Becky! We have 3 main traditions in my family. My youngest son was born Dec 10th, and to make him feel a little more special, he always got to pick the tree all by himself. 2. We gave our 3 kids each a special ornament for Christmas and they put them on the tree each year. I still do that, but now it's for my 3 grandsons. 3 We make and decorate a gingerbread creation (so far there's been houses, a train, a monster truck and a snow couple!!) We pick the theme on Thanksgiving so grandma can gather the necessary bits. I love watching your videos and appreciate your candor and wholesome character. I have to confess, I especially love the marathon kitchen sessions the most! Wishing you and your family peace, joy and abundant blessings this Christmas and always!

@tamararobinson2069 7 месяцев назад

I like the natural Christmas look! Since baby acre is little - a fun tradition is to make an ornament a year - then also you’ll have ones from him he makes in school - do a homemade ornament tree maybe for your sunroom (because it’s more eclectic) he will see them every year with memories attached to each - then when he has his own first tree give him the ornaments. I would like to mention that your style is pretty - like my daughter-in-laws - everything perfect and matchy. But it’s heart breaking when proud little ones bring home their decorations they’ve work hard on & are proud of and the don’t take center stage because they “mess up” the “perfect” tree.

@tinaswider1033 7 месяцев назад

Hey Becky, pretty sure it was the combination of both the whisk and the sugar type. I keep both organic sugar and ultra fine on hand because the ultra fine works better in finer applications, like chocolates/candy.

@melindawargowsky8176 7 месяцев назад

You can make your own fine sugar by putting regular sugar in blender or food processor 😊. I don’t buy it any more!

@sharonbreedlove3474 7 месяцев назад

I always buy fine sugar for candy, icing etc. I find some brands of sugar will just not desolve.

@lisablackwelder7590 7 месяцев назад

I was hoping someone would comment on this, because I have a browned butter pecan pie recipe that calls to beat the sugar with ingredients until til it dissolves and it NEVER does. So…if you make your own fine sugar, do you measure then put it in the processor, or measure it after?

@melindawargowsky8176 7 месяцев назад

@lisablackwelder7590. I don’t measure the sugar. I just throw in some sugar, mix a batch and measure out what I need. The rest I store in a gasket seal container till I need it next time. I use it quite often to make my own Marzetti slaw dressing.

@melindawargowsky8176 7 месяцев назад

P.S. you’d want to measure after processing, because the fine sugar measures differently than regular.

@tammymanuel9158 7 месяцев назад

Just a fun suggestion, each year purchase an ornament that has the year on it. Plus you need an ornament for baby A’s first Christmas. Having children means fun ornaments added to the tree each year. Then when he starts school, he will be making handmade ornaments at school. Those are the really fun ones. Christmas with kids is the best time of the year. God bless 🙏🏻🎄

@susanmurten6178 7 месяцев назад

I think you should try making the French Silk pie using bakers sugar (super fine) as well as using the paddle to beat the butter and sugar ❤

@fayebelew1620 7 месяцев назад

We always let our girls open one gift on Christmas eve....that is a sweet memory they have... I admire you so much! You are the sweetest daughter for your Mom..I love how you work together... I know you will be the best Mom, and you are so considerate of Josh... Merry Christmas... We all know the reason for Christmas is Jesus Christ, our Savior... Hello from Texas ❤

@mistiewaters2185 7 месяцев назад

My parents let us do that and it was so special that I continued the tradition with my children.

@carenmcfarland7034 7 месяцев назад

We did that in my family too! It was always pajamas or a robe.

@marsha1310 7 месяцев назад

My favorite is decorating my tree with 30 yrs of ornaments, each with it’s on unique memory and the lights I love all the lights!

@heathershuman4254 7 месяцев назад

A fun way to make your own tree skirt is to get some fabric and apply paint to your child’s hand and apply it to the tree skirt each year. Be sure to add the year to the handprint

@writerdeb 7 месяцев назад

What a lovely video, Becky! Your home looks beautiful and cozy! We went from a full house with a full size tree until a few years ago, when we went empty nest. We gave away our lighted tall tree and got a lighted small tree. We place it on a short sleigh and use my husband's grandmother's quilted tree wrap. Our ornament level has gone way down with accents of red and gold, but our lighted angel still sits at the top. I love it! After the presents are arrayed around the sleigh, it is enchanting! Happy Holiday season to everyone! Merry Christmas, especially!

@lisag1540 7 месяцев назад

Really enjoyed that, Becky. I've never heard of the World Market (I live in Connecticut). Probably just as well there isn't one near me. I have too many holiday decorations already! But many of them are family heirlooms with a great deal of meaning to me so out they come every year. My grandmother started one of our family traditions by hanging personal family "memories" on our tree. My rattle has hung on all my trees since I outgrew it as a baby (I'm 68 so that's a lot of trees!). My Dad's dog tags from WW II. Things like that and always hung near the top. It brings back sweet memories when decorating my tree each year. Most of those loved ones are gone now so it's even more meaningful to me. It gives me such a warm, comforting feeling each year. This will be such a special holiday season for you and Josh now that Baby Acre will be with you. He's going to be so entranced by all the lights! Enjoy every precious moment, Becky. ☃❄⛄

@emilyplumb9301 7 месяцев назад

There are a couple of locations in New England. I used to live near Salem NH and there was one there.

@kathleenlouise1421 7 месяцев назад

My mother always used a white sheet fluffed around the trunk as a tree skirt. It looks like snow. I do that now on one of my tabletop trees. My main tree is a Victorian tree, and I have a pink and gold tree skirt for that. I have another tree in my dining room that is my White House tree. I've been collecting the annual White House ornaments for a number of years, so I guess that's sort of a tradition. I really like the basket you chose for the base of your tree. 😊

@annegrozelle6174 7 месяцев назад

My dad grew up on a farm with 13 or more siblings. While he was alive we went every year to that farm, my uncle then owned, and cut down a fresh tree. It gave him a piece of home. Eventually as mom grew older she bought the artificial tree. Less mess and could stay up longer. In my own family we have used both over the years.

@ShanYalesTale 7 месяцев назад

I have never made cinnamon ornaments! I will have to try this. My mom always buys us new matching pajamas for the holiday season. This a somewhat new tradition for the last 10 or so years. I am in love with your natural, Minimal decorating style. I just seems so soothing and relaxed.

@rosee941 7 месяцев назад

The tree skirt is great! Beautiful setup.. cohesive, lovely, festive... well done!!

@taylorashlock6309 7 месяцев назад

I love Christmas! Your tree and baking and everything looks so beautiful! My favorite traditions are making chorag (a recipe from my mom’s friend who is Armenian, but the friend’s recipe seems to have been adapted from the traditional one to include a brown sugar and walnut filling), decorating the tree, and walking around the neighborhood enjoying the lights with a cup of hot cocoa. One particular favorite that baby acre might enjoy is that we have a family friend who gives me and my sister the Newbury and Caldecott award winning children’s books each year. I love them and although I don’t have kids I share them with my students and I know my sister will probably pass her book collection along to her kids one day. I have them going back to the year I turned one! It was a great foundation for my bookshelf as a kid, too. Also, even now as an adult, I have to watch the Disney Christmas sing along songs video at least once each Christmas 😆

@jeanjohnson2402 7 месяцев назад

How exciting to have baby’s first Christmas! They love to look at all the lights. Your tree turned out so nice with the homemade ornaments. I have a mini 2 cup crock pot or warmer and I put thin slices of orange and lemon rind in it with a couple cinnamon sticks a few cloves one apple quartered and leave it on all day to scent the house with holiday baking smells, just add more water throughout the day if you need to

@reginamorgan9600 7 месяцев назад

The blanket is your best bet for a tree skirt that way you can use it the rest of the year instead of once a year.

@jennygeorge6591 7 месяцев назад

I love seeing you getting decorations and getting excited for Christmas. So glad you'll have the energy this year to decorate. 🎄🎄🎄

@imsodone4309 7 месяцев назад

The tree is really nice. We have had real trees and artificial trees. I think I counted 14 a few years ago. I decorated every room at one time. The older I get the less I want to do when it comes to all the decorations. We will have an artificial tree in our family room because of the fireplace. This year we are going to the tree farm and cutting a fresh tree for the front room. Traditions include the ornament workshop at our local small town library, Christmas parade, decorating gingerbread houses, painting ornaments, making Christmas cookies and candies for gifting to neighbors and friends, and watching all our favorite Christmas movies through December.

@madzabinga8382 7 месяцев назад

You needed to add a couple of tablespoons of white school glue as a bit of a binder to help the cinnamon ornaments retain their shape.

@teresaobrien663 7 месяцев назад

So pretty! I’ve never seen a tree basket, but as soon as you panned over to the wicker one, I thought to myself, that’s the one! It was even better than I imagined with your homemade cinnamon & dried citrus ornaments. Growing up, we had an angel chime too! My favorite tradition was baking with my mom every year & as each cookie recipe came out of the oven, we brought one to our dad to taste 🥰

@bliss9654 7 месяцев назад

Becky, freeze dry the wasted choclate cream mix, use for hot choclate just add water

@BluegrassRoze 7 месяцев назад

The French Silk pie was probably supposed to use a super fine sugar. Your decorations are so pretty and make your home more cozy. I’m also trying to slowly trade all my decor to more neutral tones. I’ve chosen cream, champagne, a little rose and very little wine red. My tree is the same Costco tree as yours and my garlands are also green. These are my base colors throughout the year and I can add tiny touches of other colors depending on the season and holiday. Sure wish there was a WorldMarket near me! I’ve been searching for new fabric placemats for a couple years now.

@staceymerkel9677 7 месяцев назад

We have pizza fondue on Christmas Eve! My kids help me make the dough balls filled with pizza toppings and we shape it into a tree. After it is baked, we dip it in pizza sauce. I love a recipe that the kids can help with!

@deanathomas943 7 месяцев назад

I love that you have a set theme for your season. My favorite memories of Christmas are just enjoying putting up the decorations and tree. It's something me and my mom always did together. My mom passed in January of 2017. You and your mom remind me of us cooking and planning the holidays dinners. Merry Christmas Becky,Josh and baby Acre. May you always be blessed!

@juliagarner2785 7 месяцев назад

Becky, you may want to keep this idea in your files for a future Christmas with your little one. We always got a cedar tree from a farm nearby because we couldn't afford to buy one. One Christmas my Mom had us get together and make ornaments with different things(toothpicks, popsicle sticks, etc.). She also used construction paper cut into strips made into a chain to go around the tree like garland. She made sugar cookie dough we cut into shapes and decorated, wrapped them in plastic wrap with a twist tie at the top which was also used to attach to the tree. Almost everything was homemade. There was one thing that was not homemade, a angel my youngest brother and his friend found at a place people had dumped some stuff out. He brought it home, she cleaned it up and plugged it in to see if all the lights worked. They did. The only thing that you could say was wrong with it was the wings had curved around the angel's head and body some. We used that angel for many years and never had to replace the bulbs in it. Just an idea how old it is... I was about 6 when we done that tree and I am now 56. When I got married 21 years ago she gave it to me to use on my tree. It still works. That was and still is my favorite tree. Love your videos.

@user-gd7vc6ex1z 7 месяцев назад

What beautiful memories. I hope Becky will make some with her child. She has a giant home and I hope she will have more than one tote of memories.

@beadwright 7 месяцев назад

We gathered pine cones, sweet gum balls( from the sweet gum tree) and walnut shells, painted them gold and applied gold glitter. Kept us busy for hours and were beautiful, inexpensive decorations for our tree. Stringing popcorn garland kept us occupied too. We probably ate more than ever went on the tree!

@CaitlinHolly-qr8yw 7 месяцев назад

That was beautiful ❤

@patriciamiller1916 6 месяцев назад

I must be the oldest here 🫣 my grandson who is now 16 soon to be 17, would crawl under the tree, grab an ornament and hide it…my son in law finally found his hidy spot under the lazy boy chair! He had a whole collection in there! So those tasty smelling ornaments just may find a spot elsewhere in your home his first year Christmas adventures 😁 have fun making memories…take lots of photos!

@AnneMLauharn-on7gc 7 месяцев назад

We have tge Swedish candle chime in our home though we are Italian ! We cut open plump dried figs abd put in walnut. Stuff dates with nut butters and we gater weeks before to make very labor intensive Sicilian fig mixture cookies. The filling as 8 ingredients abd dough has 5. Takes an assembly line to do but SOO worth it. Anyone knowing our fanily awaits a gift of some so the 159 plus wev make are needed! And fruitcake jokes aside ny moms dark fruitcake made in October and wet with brandy over 2 months is fab!! I make every other year and freeze the rest. The fruits used are inly candied pineapple, raisins and dried cranberries, less candied cherries and walnuts! Toped with cascade iof white confectionary icing and candies fruit in shape of poinsettia.

@sonianorris1253 7 месяцев назад

I have a memory tree and it’s so special to me because I have selected ornaments for all the family and friends who have passed away that is very unique to each person. So although they aren’t with us any longer they are still a part of our holiday. Kind of gives my heart a hug and brings a smile to my face

@c.christman9649 7 месяцев назад

Organic sugar is coarser, as you said. I think I would just pulse it several times in the Cuisinart prior to using. You should be able to feel the difference in the two sugars. The beater bar could very well have also affected the butter/sugar blend since they were both room temperature. I’m sure it would have been tasty!

@desiree3488 7 месяцев назад

I was looking for this comment, glad you posted it and I hope she sees it

@hb7282 7 месяцев назад

I would actually use the vitamix and turn it into powdered sugar. You would have use weights for that recipe though

@AlyssaAucoin 7 месяцев назад

I believe the mess up was whisking instead of beating. I bake a lot and I recently did a recipe that called for sugar and butter to be beaten together and it came out like it was supposed to but I don’t think a different sugar would be the cause of it, the pie ended up looking amazing though!!♥️

@Lee-ch5eb 7 месяцев назад

Hi Becky I ran across you by accident. I throughly enjoy your videos. You inspire me to cook even though I don't enjoy the task. Keep up the good work

@karenculpepper973 7 месяцев назад

Becky, Fall and Winter are my absolute favorite seasons. The beauty of the turning leaves that the bof the winter (especially with snow) as nature slumbers is just so breathtaking to me. You will soon find out, Christmas decor will be dictated by your children. I have always decorated every room in my house for Christmas but when my kids came along it just gets a little whimsical. I prefer clear lights and they always wanted color. So our main tree was titled our, “Family” tree which had multicolored lights and the tree in our den was my tree with clear bulbs that I decorated how I want. (They each had their own tree in their bedroom to decorate however they wanted) As soon as kids came into our lives then each year we purchased an ornament for them dictating what transpired in their lives over the year. It started with “Baby’s First Christmas, mastering “potty training” to having braces, getting drivers then HS graduation, etc. The reason I did this was so when they moved out they already had ornaments for their very 1st. Christmas tree. However, one by one as they left our nest they each wanted their childhood ornaments to stay behind and would only take the ones they had gotten from their college years to present…yes, I still buy them an ornament each year. Their reasoning for leaving their childhood ornaments behind…so a that we continue to always come together and decorated the “Family” tree. We now have grandchildren hanging❤ their ornaments up on the “Family” tree ❤

@lisal3645 5 месяцев назад

Dang it!! You made me cry!!

@sarahschutt2135 7 месяцев назад

My favorite tradition involves just me and its my Christmas tree. I was given our artificial tree from my grandparents shortly before they both passed away (both had cancer). Each year, I decorate it with a different theme. I spend all year thinking and brainstorming and then buy 1 new set of baubles and then make some complimenting ornaments. Throughout the whole process, I'm reminiscing about my grandparents.

@melaniewall927 7 месяцев назад

I'm loving those new candle holders! There's just something about tapers in a wooden holder that I really love.

@MandaPandaBailey 7 месяцев назад

This video has me so excited to decorate for Christmas! It's a tradition for my husband and I to go to the World Market at Christmas for seasonal treats and decorations so your trip was like a sneak peek at what they have this year.

@rebeccalongoria631 7 месяцев назад

Normally I don't decorate a huge amount for different holidays but I go all out for Christmas. Seeing Christmas through the eyes of my children when they were little is a memory I shall cherish forever.

@kellyfaircloth7596 7 месяцев назад

Our family tradition is decorating for Christmas the Sat after Thanksgiving. My kids do the tree, we have hot chocolate and play Christmas music! My kids are older now but we still do our decorating on the same Saturday !

@pinkplateful1957 7 месяцев назад

A tradition I did for my kids was to get them an ornament each year. I tried to get something that represented that year in some way. When they moved out and had their own homes, they got a box of ornaments to begin their own collection. :)

@dannaallerton1068 7 месяцев назад

We did the same for our kids.

@LazyKFarmstead 7 месяцев назад

I switched to a basket style a couple of years ago and absolutely love it.

@sarasolomon4812 7 месяцев назад

We’re Jewish and celebrate Chanukah. Our simple family tradition is ice cream sundaes on the first night of Chanukah. The children get so excited, and I’m happy because it doesn’t involve any cooking, and minimal cleaning. We enjoy the Chanukah lights while eating ice cream and spending time together.

@Kimbercat98 6 месяцев назад

Becky, I am just catching up on your videos after a hectic holiday season. You asked about family traditions and I have just the thing to start with your little one. When I was a toddler Santa gave me a present with a super large Christmasy Snowman scene. It was addressed to “the little lady of the house”. I get that same tag on a present every year ( I’m 52 years old) from my Mom. It’s had some damage (dog ate some of it in 1992) all documented on the back. I love it to this day. It’s just not Christmas without getting it. Of course it’s now inside a present wrapped in a protective cover but it still means so much to me. By the way, my brother has one too but his is older ( He’s 57). Did you start a special tradition with your little one this year?

@savannahroseblack 7 месяцев назад

Quick question Becky, when you did a house remodel series, you mentioned you would give a tour once you bought your new furniture and decorated. Do you still plan on doing that? So curious how the place is coming along 😊 the Xmas decorations look great by the way!

@lauraziolkowski2652 7 месяцев назад

You could try and add a drop or two of cinnamon oil to re-fragrant the old ones

@lesliemathis8975 7 месяцев назад

A Christmas tradition I started many years ago was taking my son to the store and letting him choose an ornament for our tree. He is now all grown up Each year I love hanging those ornaments and telling him the the story behind each one of his choices. One Christmas, he was deployed. I couldn’t let the tradition pass, so I sent him a video of me hanging each ornament and told him the story again.

@terrierifenburg9101 7 месяцев назад

I started a tradition late in life. One that I wish I'd started much earlier. One year I dressed the dining room tablecloth with fabric ink pens. I had family and friends sign the cloth with their names, the date, and a drawing. My dear sweet Daddy drew his hand on the tablecloth and had me write each family member's name on his hand. We lost Daddy a few years ago and that tablecloth means the world to me.

@DonnaMSchmid 7 месяцев назад

Hi, Becky! As for the gritty silk pie filling, I bet it's because of your sugar! If the sugar doesn't dissolve after a day in the fridge, I would take it out and try slowly warming it (while whisking constantly) over a double boiler. Keep the double boiler at a very low heat! When the sugar finally melts (and now the eggs will be pasteurized, too!), take it off the heat and continue whisking. It will probably make a nice pudding... 🤞🤞🤞

@nickimauger7179 7 месяцев назад

Was so excited to see your fireplace in the thumbnail haha. I've been hoping for more home decorating/renovation videos again!

@AcreHomestead 7 месяцев назад

More to come!

@melaniejoseph8455 7 месяцев назад

@@AcreHomesteadYay! So excited to hear that! I saw the living room and said to myself, wow, we're due for another tour to see all the new beautiful things!! 😊😊

@betsykociuba5809 7 месяцев назад

I'm 74 and have the nativity that my family put out every year of my life. It was one of the only things I wanted after my mother died, and just love setting it up every Christmas. My maternal grandmother always had the angel chime decoration, so as a new bride, years ago, I added one to my home, too. Your homemade ornaments are perfect and probably add a wonderful fragrance. Merry Christmas!

@jonap5740 7 месяцев назад

@betsykociuba5809 I have a nativity also, and the "barn" my father made for me 40 years ago. Love to put it up at Christmas.

@melissaw6446 7 месяцев назад

We also make the cinnamon ornaments, but we add a few tbl spoons of glue to the dough. I find that it helps them hold together better with fewer breaks. We also roll them out fairly thick, and usually air dry them for 24 to 48 hours instead of baking them, if time allows. If not, we bake them the way you did. I use them as gift tags too, and use either a gold or white paint pen to write on them and add the date. We also make the fur babies dog treat ornaments shaped like bones that they can actually eat! Imagine me with 6 grands all "helping" me! Nothing makes me happier!

@msbuttafly112 7 месяцев назад

Happy Monday, Beautiful People! 🦋

@AcreHomestead 7 месяцев назад

Good morning!

@user-wp5bp1mo6m 7 месяцев назад

Hi Becky I love your channel and have watched every episode from the very beginning. Here in the Uk we have something called caster sugar which has small granules for cake baking recipes. I make mine own by using normal organic granulated sugar that’s been pulsed a bit in the blender ❤

@doveandolive1153 7 месяцев назад

Growing up was an artificial tree and having to string the multi colored lights, untangling every year - if your know - you know. Now it's an artificial tree with calm white lights already attached, which saves time and still a warm atmosphere. Your ornament hooks are wonderful so much better than the thin silver hooks we all grew up knowing. Love the idea of a plush blanket to be used as a Christmas tree skirt as a substitute.

@ErinCrooks-vw3ig 7 месяцев назад

Growing up, one of my family’s traditions was to put up the tree and listen to Christmas music. Specifically Patsy and Elmo’s Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. My husband and I have been married for a year and we’re still figuring out our traditions!

@sacredmommyhood 7 месяцев назад

It was definitely the larger sugar granules. I buy organic cane sugar from Azure as well and I find that it doesn't dissolve quite as easily...especially without heat. I made this French Silk Pie (the one you made in your pie video) for Thanksgiving and it was SO delicious!!! I also made the Peanut Butter Pie and the German Chocolate Pie. All huge hits!

@RhondaCampbell-gh2jd 7 месяцев назад

You did such a beautiful job of decorating and making the house warm and cozy. Great ideas!

@rachellittler5056 7 месяцев назад

One of my families newer traditions we started 5 years ago when i moved into my own house, is to spend a day at eachothers houses putting christmas trees up with christmas movies playing in the background. Its one we've really come to love

@louiserobinson8363 7 месяцев назад

I’m in Australia, and it’s hot. We decorate the backyard fence with Christmas lights and eat outside on really thick timber furniture, that takes 4 men to move. We string lights from the house to poles we put up over these tables and benches. BBQ meats outside to keep the house cool and mass production of salads happens Christmas Eve. I have 5 grown up children and at least two arrive Christmas Eve so we all chop up ingredients together. Carols by candlelight happens at our local sports field and the whole community goes( our town has about 4000 residents and with all the “kids” coming home with their kids it’s a time to catch up with those who are away at university or for work. We make lemonade scones with jam and cream Christmas morning and fresh juiced orange, carrot and ginger juice. We take the littles to the beach and use all their new towels and cosies and toys. Lunch is cold ham leg, cold chicken, prawns (shrimp) and salads with leftovers for days. Imagine the smell of sunscreen and that’s what Christmas smells like here.

@doreen643 7 месяцев назад

Great job catching the butter! :-) You're ready for the cooking Olympics! Hehe! Love your videos Becky!

@pamelar5868 7 месяцев назад

I decorate with abandon and delight using all the lovely "Christmas" colors and "treasures" I have collected over the years, but it is fun to watch you decide how you want your home to be. Great video as always❤

@Athena6913420 7 месяцев назад

Hey Becky! Our family traditions are to go pick out our Christmas tree and time ourselves to see how quickly we can find the perfect one and compete against our previous year's times. It is funny how silly a competition against yourself can become! Then we would go home and make and decorate our Christmas sugar cookies and all of the family favorite cookie recipes and then stick them in the freezer once they were done baking and cooling so they would be ready to pull out on Christmas day. After that, we would decorate the house and the Christmas tree while listening to Christmas music. When we were little, my parents would read us Christmas stories. As we got older, it became watching our favorite Christmas movies and drinking hot cocoa together. Doing these things little by little each weekend before Christmas helped build up the anticipation and spirit of the season, and they are some of my fondest family memories.

@joancurtis4892 7 месяцев назад

How fun to watch you cook and decorate. I grew up in a very traditional Christmas family and enjoy the memories, sights, and sounds the holidays bring. I absolutely love Christmas, and it's meanings. Blessed Christmas to you and yours.

@leisaann 7 месяцев назад

Happy Monday! Hi Becky, hi friends!

@JanuaryLisa 7 месяцев назад

Becky, if you add some plain white glue to the ornament dough, it makes it even stronger. Might be good for future Baby Acre projects!

@loriwright1679 7 месяцев назад

I absolutely love your decorations!! Our tradition is to take a drive to see the lights and just enjoy the beauty that Christmas brings! Merry Christmas to you and your family❤

@MyNicknash 7 месяцев назад

I have always had an artificial tree every Christmas since I was growing up. Now that they are pre lit is exceptional ❤. Saves a lot of time and I can focus on decorating. My birthday is 3 days before Christmas and this is truly my favorite time of the year

@valindabennett6904 7 месяцев назад

I'm on the hunt for a tree skirt as well. And that wicker one you found is really nice. I might have to check my local stores to see what they have

@jennygeorge6591 7 месяцев назад

Love the basket as well.

@Justanotherhuman307 7 месяцев назад

Marshall’s has great options

@nancy.sogladtoseeyourposts473 7 месяцев назад

I am laughing at your "one" Christmas tote! How can anyone have only one Christmas tote!!

@taylorashlock6309 7 месяцев назад

So fun! I also grew up with the picture advent calendars and one that was a wooden tree with an ornament for each day, but this year I got myself the Walker’s shortbread advent calendar as a treat :) I can’t wait to start opening it

@susandoney4656 7 месяцев назад

I've always cooked for Christmas, our Christmas is in the middle of Summer it could be 100° so we don't get the snow and everything else like you guys do so sometimes we'll have a cold lunch not a traditional hot lunch I started doing a maple syrup and Dijon Mustard glaze on my ham and ever since then my son's insist that I do it every year this is been going on now for about 10 years. And look out if I forget the ham😂😂 the sugar that you mix for your cake but we're still grainy you could have used caster sugar witches a lot finer and it probably would have mixed down even with the whisk. The Cinnamon Ornaments dough seems a little dry to me? I probably isn't it just looks it. I love all your cooking, you are amazing. I’m 61 & I use to also do a lot of cooking when I was younger. I live in Western Australia 🥰🥰🥰🌹🌹🌹🌹💖💖💖💖🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺(where do you live?)

@Joanna-hq2el 7 месяцев назад

Everyone out by me does elf on the shelf and I’m definitely going to do the cinnamon ornaments now with my three year old son I love that! Thank you for cheering me up you always bring me a calm comfort that I really appreciate

@setapart6937 7 месяцев назад

I’m beginning to gravitate more towards neutrals when decorating and gifting too. I don’t buy themed gift bags anymore. I like to buy brown kraft bags and pair them with white sparkly tissue paper. Perfect for any occasion, any age and any gender! Edit: One of my favorite family traditions is having a gingerbread house making contest at my mother-in-law’s house! So fun to see everyone’s creativity as well as talk and laugh while doing an activity together as a family.

@AcreHomestead 7 месяцев назад

Wow love that idea as well

@ElaineR.-ft6tu 7 месяцев назад

You must have an A store, as it looks big. Ours is so small, it must be a C store, lucky you. I was at ours last week, and World Market had 1/4 what you have.

@ElaineR.-ft6tu 7 месяцев назад

Your so cute, a Christmas tote. I have 32 and I bet I don’t win! Have a lot of fun.

@shellypetro1747 7 месяцев назад

Definitely team fake tree. I do have great memories of cutting down a tree as a kid, but they're so pricey these days and it's nice just staying inside and decorating the tree without battling cold/snow! Making different cozy memories with our kids! Also makes clean-up so much easier!

@SalLeeHolland 7 месяцев назад

A burlap ribbon would look nice and rustic to go with the cookies and citrus. Then take brown paper to wrap the gifts in and stencil something rustic on it. You can use a potato to make it and dip it in some paint. Thin (watery) so it drys fast. I usually do themed trees every year, just for the fun of it. Last year it was The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see. I made everything. I might do sweaters, mittens and hats etc. (little ones) and the theme would be Baby it's cold outside. Sweaters all have the dates on the back from CJBanks, and the rest I made. Plant a tree outside and as your baby grows put things on it the birds can eat. It's lovely to do it every year and such beautiful memories. You can make your own shapes out of old cookie cutters to hang on the tree. Love your tree and the basket under it. I want one, and have never seen that one. No fancy stores where I live.

@kellycrowl1500 7 месяцев назад

Love your decor & how much you enjoy the simple things!❤ Beautiful! ❤ And great job not getting distracted at COSTCO! It’s a huge challenge with so many many things! 😂