My lips to God's ears, this is a true story. Eight years ago my husband opened a pharmacy for Walmart in a town south of us Grandview. Since he was apprx. 2 hours away we bought a travel trailer for him to live in while he worked there. I was home alone, had taken a nap with my chihuahua and woke up, noticed our brand new tree from Lowes looked funky and my cockatiels were on serious alert. Out from the tree jumped an honest to goodness SQUIRREL. I thought, how am I going to get this guy out of the house? I ran and closed all interior doors except for the game room which he ran straight to and climbed everything he could. I thought about calling the PD but at the time I volunteered as an auxiliary officer and thought I'll never live this down. So I opened our 3 outside doors and finally he ran out. I told my husband if we did not get a nice chimney cover ASAP, I was divorcing him, lol. We'd had several squirrel and bird incidents. I got my chimney cover and we just celebrated 50 years together. That was the year I was Home Alone and experiencing A Christmas Vacation. xoxTXDeb
I live in western Canada. We used to get fresh cut Christmas trees every year. One year my daughter came running into our bedroom late at night. Our big orange tabby cat had found a live bat in the Christmas tree we had just put up earlier that day. It was quite the zoo with 2 dogs and 3 cats my husband and daughter trying to deal with this poor confused brown bat. Eventually we put it in a shoe box out in the garage to go free. We now have a bat ornament on the Christmas tree every year as a reminder of that crazy night.
Michelle, I had to make a confession and another comment. I am an older woman in bad health and I don’t sleep well. So, this morning when I watched your video I kept falling in and out of sleep. So, I came back just now and watched it again I was shocked at what all I had missed. The whole front off your home is decked out not only the beautiful porch but the huge beautiful lighted wreaths, a train, candy canes, and I am sure other great items I didn’t say. Beautiful and so much work!!!! ❤😊🎄🦌🔔🎅
Hi Michelle, I’ve used Christmas tree hooks as my wire for the last few years. That’s how I attach beaded garland and ribbons. I also bend the hooks around the tree branches so they don’t fall off. My Lowe’s tree, you can’t bend the branches for your ribbons and things at all, so this works for me. It is a pain, but works.
OH MY GOODNESS!! Your Christmas closet reminds me of is the clown car that should only fit a few clowns but tons of them keep filing out of it!! That must be a huge closet!! Love your decorating and your commentary. You're one of my favorite youtube channels.
I go through phases with lights. For many years only used multicolored lights and had a friend tease me about my "tacky circus lights' (but I'm tacky soooo) so the next year switched to all white. Found it a little boring for my tacky self but used white for a few years, switched to all blue, back to multi, now white again, lol. Hubby lets me know he prefers the white, never knew he paid attention. Your decor is always fantastic, thank you for sharing.
OMG I have just discovered your channel and am thinking of doing my own in Australia starting soon. Never thought I could but you must have been the push I was waiting for when I saw your free RU-vid advise. Plus all my kids friends have been telling me to do something so I am going to take the plunge. Thank you and thank you for the Griswolds Christmas this is my family to a tee. My dad in our old childhood house every Christmas has to fix the sewer as it always got blocked and us kids would yell out the window that famous line of course! Always gives us a laugh and we watch it religiously every year more than once. I always joke if there was a musical I could be in it with no script and probably recite everyone’s lines. Merry Christmas keep up the amazing videos just loving them only wish we had access to more of these amazing decorations. I was just in NYC and picked up items at Walmart, Ross, Hobby Lobby, Marshalls and wish I could have bought back so much more. 🎄 🎅 🤶 ❤
Your house looks beautiful. I would have never put the red and white lights together but after seeing this combo I will do this next year to my wreaths. I use white lights only but love how yours looks. 🎄☃️
I am doing a grinch bathroom this year. First time I'm doing one and I obviously started getting decor too late. I had to make my own grinchy things because everything is sold out. I'm still on the look out! Your bathroom turned out so cute!
Hi Michelle, great video! I’m with you I enjoy color lights. The all white is pretty and classic looking but I think the colors bring me more joy 🤩. You are really talented in decorating. I am not creative, I wish I was. My husband has great ideas and I like to help him make them happen. I was glad to see you left the checkered rug under, I did also but didn’t know if it was good for Christmas. 🎄
Wow, Michelle it is beautiful. You have done a wonderful job decorating the indoor and outdoor area and as for those huge wreaths looks amazing you do have a beautiful home. I was like that is awesome you have those lamp post cause I have 2 of them also . GREAT JOB !
Your house turned out amazing. That Polar Express train on the lawn is a showstopper. My Griswold moment was when a few years ago, after hours of hanging up my Christmas lights outside on a very cold day, half of them didn’t work. And if that wasn’t bad enough turned out that my neighbours, unbeknownst to me, were watching me from inside their homes so they got to witness my embarrassing moment. I only found out that they were watching me when they took it upon themselves to ask me why I was hanging up my lights again.🙈Needless to say that from now on the first thing I do is check the lights. Lesson learned. 😂
Everything came out amazing! I love your gigantic wreath. I want to know where you get all your energy?😂😂 Beautiful, just magical!! Merry Christmas! 🌲❄️☃️🫶👍
Michelle. You are one hard worker ❤ love your decorations you are amazing decorator..you are a sweet and beautiful lady..can't wait to see what you do next..merry Christmas to you and your family..
I live in GA, and we have the same lizards here. They like bushes and greenery. I took my fall wreath off the door, and one jumped out of it as I was about to walk into the house.
Im so glad your video was recommended for me. New subscriber now!! I've been binge watching gotten so many tips and ideas thank you.😊 your home absolutely looks generous. National Lampoon is my absolute favorite😂 My Griswold moment was last year pulled out my tree found out it was home for stink buggies thank God we noticed the box before we brought it into the house. I love the colored lights but the white does look elegant to me. My husband wants to go with some green grinch lights this year for the oitside.
Michelle, You knocked it out of the park this year! OMG!! Your house looks BEAUTIFUL! Your Christmas decorating is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you so much for all of your wonderful ideas! I use nothing but cluster lights and tell nobody! Lol 😂 Everybody keeps asking how I make my lights look so bright! God Bless You! I look forward to your videos every week! Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 ❤️💚🎅🏻❤️💚🎄🎅🏻🎁
Wow you just make this look so easy and so so beautiful every year!! You’ve done a fantastic job Michelle I so look forward to your Christmas decorations video well done to you I love everything💕💖💕you are my favourite every year.Merry Christmas to you and all🥂🥰
We put a Garland over our Garage Arch Stucco Wall.we had to pit Command Hook put Super Glue in it leave it for a day / Overnight put as much Command hook get a wire to tie it so forbthe next yeit will be easy to hang.
Wow that porch people will be able to tell straight off that you like decorating for Christmas just from one look at that porch 😍 love the grinch theme in the bathroom, super cute ❤
