Hi Elle! Our tradition started when my husband and I were first married. We were young and poor and had very little money. So our first Christmas together we "splurged" on a Hickory Farms sausage/cheese box. Because we didn't yet have a dining room table, we spread out a blanket on the living room floor and had a carpet picnic. Fast forward 25 years later, we've upgraded to Brie, artisan sausage, spreads and crackers. Our 2 children ( 20 yrs and 16 yrs) look forward to this traditional/untraditional meal and we still eat on a blanket to keep it authentic. I've enjoyed your vlogmas very much! Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!
I've mentioned this before but it is truly inspiring to see you as a fashionable and professional woman. I strive to become an attorney in the future and it is motivating to see you, a lover of makeup, fashion, and tea (yay tea!) in that field!
I just discovered your channel about a month ago and I'm completely hooked. Even though we live completely different lifestyles, you are so relatable and a great source of information. I've become especially accustomed to watching vlogmas everyday. It's going to be a bummer when is over.
This is the first year I'm watching your vlogs and thanks for the effort in showing us your life leading up to Christmas! Christmas for me is usually just a simple family meal, potluck style with each person bringing different foods to share and exchanging gifts! Merry Christmas to you and enjoy your well deserved holiday!
I've just began watching you before Vlogmas began, but I've fallen in love with your channel. I love how you are relatable and have a career outside of UA-cam. Can't wait to continue following your channel!
I live in England and my family's Christmas tradition has been the same for as long as I can remember, on Christmas Eve we always deliver the last few presents, go to the cinema to watch a christmassy film, and then we go out for a meal! Christmas Day is much more relaxed, we have a big Christmas dinner with turkey, Christmas pudding for desert, and then we go on a long walk before snuggling up with Christmassy TV on BBC1 and nibbles in the evening :) I've loved vlogmas Elle, you've done an amazing job! You inspire me to keep working hard to get my law degree by proving how much you can do in a day with your amazing time management!
I just found your videos recently, maybe three months ago. I have to say I love them so much, not only because they're great videos but because I'm from Vancouver Island too. I went to school in Burnaby before going to school in Nova Scotia and your videos are a nice way to feel like I'm close to home again. Also, a family tradition is to spend all day on the 24th cleaning the house, eat spaghetti dinner and then open a pair of pajamas to wear that night for Christmas. I can't wait to see the rest of your vlogs! Merry Christmas X
Since having my son I have really loved getting into the Christmas traditions. My son is loving the chocolate advent calendar - as a 4 year old having the numbers is a lot of fun and actually quite educational. We just spent the evening driving to one of the best streets on the coast for Christmas lights. So many people walking around spreading cheer. On Christmas Day it will be various meats for the rest of the family, while I focus on the salads (being the black sheep vegetarian). Then a swim in the pool in the afternoon. As I live in Queensland, Australia, it can be quite a scorcher! Loving the videos - I really look forward to the evening when I can watch the latest one. Cheers, Mel
I just want to say that you are truly an inspiration! I stubbled upon your OOTW videos few mos ago and watched it like crazy and now vlogmas makes me look forward to EVERYDAY. Thank you!
So great to see a young professional doing so many things and not just wasting time! It must have been crazy tiring to work Mon-Frid and then preparing your online lessons, plus vlogging for almost the past month plus cooking and being conscious about your diet!!! As for traditions, Christmas is a very "sweet" period of time in Greece as we bake a lot. Honey biscuits with walnuts are my favourites! Also, at the New Year's we slice different kinds of cakes (at work, at home etc.), everyone gets one piece and the person who finds in theirs slice the 'hidden' coin is meant to be super lucky for the rest of the year!! I wish you luck and happiness!! :))
I really love the way you style your office outfits. I've been watching your videos for about a year now. Hope you have a lovely time in Hawaii! My sister and I have this tradition of giving each other an inexpensive gift, mostly things we wanted when we were kids. It works like a lucky charm for the new year.
Watched all of your vlogmas videos so far. Love connecting with you this way and is a fun yearly thing to look forward to. As for traditions, I also have a small family and we keep it pretty simple. It is always nice to see family during the holidays.
Merry Christmas Elle, I am loving your vlogmas videos! A Christmas tradition for my family is for each person to open up their presents one by one so that everyone can see them, rather than everyone opening them at the same time.
Love your videos. Family tradition is going to the Christmas market and enjoying a glass of hot wine in the cold, and enjoying family dinner on Christmas Eve. Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Have been loving your vlogmas and have also been following your channel for a year now. Absolutely love the fact that you're super personal with your subscribers and thanks for giving us a peek into your daily life. Our Christmas tradition will be a family gathering with a lovely dinner on Christmas Eve and it ends with gift exchange and counting down for Christmas itself. Turkey is a definite must for my family :) Have a blessed Christmas Elle.
My family does a big Christmas Eve dinner, then we go to church and when we get back we all change into our festival pjs and sit around the Christmas tree and start making our piles of presents, then we all take turns opening our presents. We stay up really late on Christmas Eve so on Christmas Day it's a lot more relaxed, we watch Christmas movies and just hang out as a family. I love your videos and vlogmas, it's so cool how you're doing all these things and make it seem effortless. I hope you enjoy your vacation!!!
I come from a huge Italian family and we always have a ridiculously gargantuan homemade Italian spread on the table for Christmas dinner. We also pass a cookie plate around each year. If you are gifted the plate you have to bring it back the following year with homemade cookies on it. Great video, thanks Elle!
My family is from Bulgaria, though we live in the US now, and we eat baklava on Christmas! Also, pro-tip: When you can't open a container, wrap a rubber band around the lid and if the jar is slippery, another one around the jar, and then try to open it like normal. The rubberband makes more friction and you don't have to use so much strength.
You are one of my biggest fashion inspirations! I have really enjoyed watching you vlogmas this year! A family tradition I have is going to my grandmas house on christmas eve with my moms side of the family!
Thank you for sharing and close up of your nails. Our family have a hot roast turkey with all the trimmings even if it is 40C here in Sydney. Not everyone here is having salad on Bondi beach. Merry Christmas
I can't believe vlogmas is almost over! I've had such a good time watching your videos - usually with a cup of tea. Here in Norway we celebrate Christmas on the 24th - I and my family have a fairly lazy day before we go to church late afternoon/early evening, then we have dinner (''pinnekjøtt'' - lamb), open presents, and generally just have a good time together. The next day we sleep in, have a huge brunch, and do nothing of great importance. Merry Christmas!!!
My family has so many Christmas traditions. Every year we go to a Christmas tree farm about 40 minutes outside of Toronto and we cut down a tree to bring home and decorate. This year I decided to pick up some of the apple cider they were selling which was super yummy! We also watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation EVERY year. It's super funny and I swear by now I know every single line to that movie. A newer tradition we have is a seafood dinner every Christmas eve. It's amazing, we have lobster, crab legs, and scallops wrapped in bacon! I hope you have a great Christmas, Elle!
This year our family is doing a Christmas brunch in our pjs! Nothing says comfort like traveling with our festive pjs and indulging in bloody Mary's, French toast bake and quiches! It's quite different for us since we usually have dinner but I like the idea of being home earlier to relax! Merry Christmas!
I'm a recent subscriber but your channel has quickly become my favorite! Every year my younger family members dress as Joseph, Mary, Jesus, wisemen, Angels, etc... and reenact the Christmas story. Then, we all gather and sing carols and share stories. Have a merry Christmas!
I've enjoyed watching all of your vlogmas videos this month! Some family traditions we like to do during the holidays is make a family dinner and eat/pray together! Love your clogs and style always look toward to your videos!!!!!
Which Buxom lip gloss are you wearing in the beginning? It looks gorgeous, and I didn't see it linked in the description box. Thanks! My family tradition is to gather at my parents' house and have a lazy Christmas day listening to classic Christmas music, playing board games, and of course eating all sorts of wonderful treats.
Hi Elle! I'm a university student so it's always amazing to go back home to spend the holidays with my family. We usually just have a bigger dinner party with all of our family friends on Christmas Eve. My sister also loves to wake up early on Christmas day to open presents. Thanks for doing Vlogmas; you're one of my favorite youtubers and I love your eloquence and grace. Happy holidays!
You're so sweet and generous! The necklace is a beautiful gift. Foods enjoyed at Christmastime are usually a fruited baked ham or prime rib, lasagna roll ups, fresh vegetables as sides and an assortment of Italian pasteries. Merry Christmas to you and yours and all the best in the New Year.
No real tradition since most of our family lives in another country, but this is my first year with my boyfriend and we are looking forward to starting new traditions!!! First tradition on the list is wearing pjs all day and doing some movie marathons while cooking and baking whatever we want throughout the day 😊
I grew up with my cousins and they are about my age and festivities start right after dinner. We play games and have actual prizes courtesy of our aunts and uncles and everyone gets soooo competitive. Games go on til about 11pm Christmas eve and we just chill and eat in between while we wait for the clock to strike 12. We usually have Christmas ham and mostly anything which can be eaten with rice like pork stew, steamed and fried fish, chicken, cold cuts and beef. Yeah, we have a hearty appetite :) I am currently in Singapore now for work and missing the Philippines so much especially during the holidays. Love your videos, Elle. You make everything interesting :)
I have watched every vlogmas video this year and well every video since i found your channel! My family has changed a lot over the years and several of my nieces and nephews have food allergies so our food in the last few years has changed a bit. yet every year we still make a 'candy-cane cake'. We bake a chocolate cake in the shape of a candy cane then frost/ice it with vanilla icing/frosting and top that with stripes of white and red coconut (we use natural food coloring for the red). This is a Christmas tradition we grew up making with my maternal grandmother who was grace personified!
Heading to Houston this Christmas! Looking forward to being with our son but wondering how Christmas away from home will be! Merry Christmas from Alabama.
Hi Elle! I too have been watching you since 2012, and just want to say that you have inspired me so much. I am so happy that with your busy schedule you are able to do vlogmas this year. It really is a treat. We have a holiday tradition to go shopping all day the day after Christmas. Yay for Boxing Day sales! Merry Christmas!
I just sat down next to my fur baby Greta with a cup of my favorite tea to watch this. I've been really appreciating your outfit of the days during vlogmas. I feel that I've got a lot of good ideas for how to wear some neglected pieces in my closet after watching how you pair things. I will put all my new fashion knowledge to good use this holiday!
I love that you sometimes show how to take more "edgy" pieces like Over the knee boots and leather and wear them to the office! A lot of people don't realize that those pieces can be work appropriate depending how you style them. Love it! :D
Since having 2 little ones of my own, I love our tradition of staying in our jammies Xmas morning baking cookies and watching old Xmas movies. Love your videos, keep them coming!
Every year for Christmas we always get a real tree, and follow tradition with decorating it too. Another one, the Saturday before Christmas we always get together and make tons of cookies! Then for Christmas Eve we spend time with my family and Christmas Day we usually spend with my boyfriends family. Hope you have a great trip! Hawaii sounds so nice right now! Merry Christmas Elle and Chris!
In New Mexico, my family always makes Posole on Christmas Eve. We also light luminarias ( candles inside a paper bag), which I think is a tradition unique to New Mexico. Luminarias are so pretty, btw, because the candlelight flickers if there's any air movement, and everyone lines their walkways with them. It's a beautiful accompaniment to Christmas lights.
We usually go to the midnight mass and have a big feast at #9 in Vancouver 😀 loving all the vlogmas! P.S you want to try and and poke a little hole on the lid and see if you can open the tea tin can. Merry Christmas!
I've seen many vlogmas videos. I think you are an inspiration because of your dedication and commitment in getting these up everyday. It must not be easy especially since you work full time. Dreams don't work unless you do. You are terrific.
Every Christmas we have tea at my grandparents' house. It's my favourite tradition of all our Christmas traditions. We used to go with all the family but now we are all older its mostly just me, my parents and my grandparents. Still love it just as much! My Grandma puts on an amazing spread and we just catch up, play board games and swap gifts.
We don't currently have any Christmas Day traditions. We do something different each year. I liked the idea of Christmas pajamas which you've had in previous videos. I told my husband we were going to start a tradition of wearing Christmas pajamas on Christmas Day going forward. I'm excited about this...festive and cute!
Great video! I'm Portuguese and Chinese but we mostly celebrate Christmas with Portuguese desserts such as Milk Pudding (similar to flan) and Rotten Cake (it's not really rotten, it's kind of like a fruited tea bread with figs, raisins, and walnuts, sometimes pine nuts). This year I am making turkey breast, spiral ham, mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, corn pudding, and in preparation, tonight I made my Spiked & Spiced Cranberry Orange Sauce (I used Cointreau). Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! :)
I always look forward to your Vlogmas videos every year. I hope you have a wonderful holiday with your loved ones! My family is Italian so we always have my Sicilian grandmothers homemade lasagna on Christmas! We all look forward to gathering around the table and enjoying our grandmas hard work ☺️
My husband and I enjoy taking a drive and seeing the beautiful light displays in our area. Our tradition is cooking an elaborate Christmas breakfast such as eggs, bacon, garlic home fries, chocolate chip pancakes, fruit, coffee & fresh juice!
I'm so jealous of your Hawaii trip! That will be amazing. I went once a few years ago and it was wonderful! Also I ALWAYS end up burning the ends of my yam fries, so annoying! Maybe I'll have to check out that contraption. One tradition we have is that my mom always makes this pastry Christmas morning called Kringa (or maybe Kringla). I think it's danish but we are totally not danish- it's just something she tried once and we all like, so now we only have it Christmas morning!
Merry Christmas! I just saw your videos for the first time a few months ago and have really enjoyed them. You are really classy and I love that about your style. For as long as I can remember, my extended family on my dad's side has gotten together for Christmas Eve at my parents' house. There used to be upwards of thirty people every year! Even though some have moved or passed on, it's still one of my very favorite times.
Yummy dinner! We have a traditional Christmas dinner. We did totally start shamelessly copying the Ruth's Chris Sweet Potato recipe years ago and they are now a must. Elle? Sometimes wearing rubber kitchen gloves works for me when opening stubborn or cross threaded jars. Merry Christmas!
Loving your vlogmas videos! They're the only ones I watch as I love how natural& genuine you are. Also one of very people I can relate to - professional, hard working and interested in fashion. We usually go to hubby's family on Xmas day, have a massive roast turkey lunch& pudding and spend the rest of day eating chocolate& watching the kids play with their new toys. Hope you have a fantastic Xmas& great holiday in Hawaii. xxx
In Jamaica it's a must to have a big ham. We also usually do a roast chicken, roast beef, rice and beans, some sort of pasta, tossed salad, stir fried vegetables and fruit cake. Food is a big part of our holiday! Merry Christmas Elle!
Thank you for creating these holiday season vlogs. I really do appreciate seeing how a young professional with a beauty channel carries out her day. In my family, roast lamp is always on the Christmas Day table. Happy Holidays!
i love your daily vlogs!! on christmas day, we have a tradition that each family member is responsible for making one dish. so usually we have dishes from all over the world :)
I just started watching your videos and I am already addicted to your channel. You are such a breath of fresh air on youtube, finally a young smart professional who has such a classy style and gives great inspiration for corporate and casual style. Please keep the videos coming!!!
Love your videos Elle!!! Family tradition is always opening a present Christmas Eve!! Always have to wear our Christmas sweaters on Christmas!! My favourite videos are the ones featuring your outfits for your work!!! ❤️ love you
In Barbados if you eat pork the thing to have is farmer's choice ham. People also bake sweet bread which is made with coconut and great cake which has rum and dried fruits.
Hi Elle, I watched all your vlogmas videos and has been a subscriber for a while. Been fascinated with the fashion choices you picked and just the random talks you made on your videos. Especially love your mom, she's always smiling and so jolly! Love to see more family vlogs in the future. On Christmas day, we keep it simple with pasta and chicken then some dessert. We go to church then open presents afterwards. Rent a movie and just hang out with the family like playing games or something.
Hi Elle, cant believe that vlogmas its almost over! I have been enjoying to watch your daily routine!! I am in Kelowna and lived in Vancouver 5 years ago so it is great to see you around Van! I am starting articling for my chartered accountant designation next fall and I really appreciate all your study tips! It's nice too see other young professional girls that have a soft spot for beauty and fashion as well!!
I've been enjoying your vlogs this month! I typically work from home, so I feel more "in the loop" with the outside world on vlogmas. Your vlogmas vidoes are my favorite because I think you try to show us a little bit of variety, and I appreciate watching people like you who are more well spoken and are busy with outside careers, family, friends and other commitments... I can relate! Sadly I don't have too many Christmas traditions anymore since I moved away from my family, but I do still make the cookies that my cousins and I always loved around the holidays. They are a traditional Dutch almond cookie. One of my best friends is Brazilian, and many years ago she taught me how to make traditional Brazilian candies & cakes, so I sometimes make those for New Years if my sweet tooth hasn't faded by then. :) Merry Christmas to you and your family and have a great trip to Hawaii!
Hope you have fun on your trip! This year for Christmas we are having a quiet one at home, we just got back from a busy two weeks in Vancouver so we are all looking forward to just having some quiet time as a family.
Hi Elle, I have watched your blogs and find it fascinating that you and I have almost the same work life and shopping style and taste in bags and clothes. I'm actually vacationing in Vancouver and Whistler next week so I have been taking notes on all the places you mentioned (and weather comments you made). Keep up the great work!!
One of my family's traditions growing up in Florida was to go for a walk on the beach! I just moved to Pennsylvania and my fiancé and I having been trying to think of new traditions to start but we haven't really thought of anything yet! I've been loving your vlogs!
We have a tradition that on christmas morning, my children's grandparents come over for breakfast. A good ole' Texas breakfast, then we go to my moms for bbq chicken and all the sides. It's a nice time where the kids can show off their presents and we can just be together..
Hello Elle, I discovered your channel about a month ago and have been watching your videos whenever I get a chance. You are so inspiring and your positivity always gets me motivated. I am originally from South Africa, but have been living in the UK for 15 years now. We celebrate Christmas by eating far too much! I cook a gammon, lamb, brussel sprouts, roast potatoes and this year my mom in law is making a mint chocolate coated cheese cake! Thank you so much for doing vlogmas, I so look forward them every day. Wishing you, Chris, Fufu, your mom and stepdad a wonderful Christmas! Helen x
When you mentioned vlogmas it hit me that it will be ending soon! I have so enjoyed seeing you everyday in your vlogmas videos! My Christmases used to be very traditional but since losing my father (lost my mother 9 years ago and for years I tried to recreate Christmas the way she used to do) it doesn't seem as important anymore. I am having tacos for Christmas dinner and festive margaritas.
Really enjoyed today's vlog! Thank you! You asked about Christmas traditions... My kiddo and I will cut out snowflakes from paper (lots of them) and string them up in the doorways. We'll also tape them on the wall. She's 6 and enjoys seeing all of creative work displayed through the month. Merry Christmas Elle. Thank you!
Hi Elle! I've loved watching your vlogmas videos this year, I have looked forward to coming home and watching them everyday. One of my family's Christmas traditions is to open our gifts on Christmas eve since I have some family that has to work on Christmas day and just all hang out and be together. Good food and Christmas movies are usually involved as well! Merry Christmas! :)
I am currently studying in Edinburgh, Scotland, but I travel home to Reading, England for Christmas. I have a very small family as well, so Christmas is very calm. We open presents, eat turkey, have drinks and my sister and I watch lots of Christmas themed movies. Hope you have a lovely Christmas, and New Year!
I have loved watching your vlogmas and look forward to it everyday. I am a busy mom of three with my own organic skincare business and love love love tuning it at the end of the day and escape to the beauty world and have loved watching a snippet of your lovely world! Thanks so much for sharing!
oops for Christmas traditions we have started with having Christmas crackers for everyone after the Christmas meal: pops open with a crown, a joke, and a trinket. Great for all ages. We also dress up for the meal as well as attend Christmas Eve program.
I've been watching your videos since your first apartment! I've been looking toward to your vlogs everyday since vlogmas began! Usually my family does a formal dinner on Christmas Eve with prime rib, potatoes, etc and then Christmas Day we stay in our pajamas and have a movie day!
I love your work outfits! So inspiring. I only work part time and find myself wearing similar outfits day after day. In winter, even more so, Zara leggings, long sweater and weatherproof Aquatalia boots.
I never comment on videos, but I just wanted to tell you how much I've loved your vlogmas this year. Thanks for keeping it up despite being so busy with everything in your life! My family's Christmas tradition is buying one special Christmas ornament for each family member in their stocking. They make lovely memories and make our tree look more interesting :).
Loving your vlogmas and also your OTK boots. I got inspired by how you wear them to work and incorporated that to my style. Loving it!! Happy holidays and happy new year!!!!
Love watching Ellemas! your voice is so soothing! As it is summer here in Australia during Christmas (forcast is set for 37°c on Christmas day) we tend to have a cold lunch with cold meats, prawns and crayfish! Our tradition is all gathering at one of my siblings/parents house on Christmas morning to open presents just like when we were kids, wouldn't have it any other way :)
Really enjoy watching your vlogs! Every Christmas morning my whole family open their stockings sitting on my parents' bed in our pyjamas - such a lovely way to start a day spent with family X
I remember the first video I watched of yours was your first week of work outfits!! Your videos helped me through a tough time with my career so thank you for that. Beautiful necklace!
Our big Christmas celebration and dinner is on Christmas Eve and we open our pressies at midnight. also as we are situated in Australia, we spend most of the holiday period on the beach or with the air conditioning on, which is one of the reasons I love watching Vlogmas, to see what the holiday period is like in a cold climate! x
I have been loving your vlogs! I'm from Portland, OR and The Grotto Festival of Lights has always been a tradition for my family, whether it be singing or just enjoying the beautiful scenery.
I love the Tiffany keys, they're such a nice little addition to an outfit! My family celebrates on Christmas Eve, we do gourmet together and on Christmas we go to my grandparents and have lunch there (that is still ongoing at dinner time!)
The dinner at christmas eve is with my father's part of the family and the lunch on christmas day is at my grandmother's house, just spending time in family.
Hi Elle! I love starting my mornings getting ready and watching vlogmas, hopefully you will continue to film more vlog style videos in the new year! My fiancé and have a tradition of going to the Vancouver Christmas market and picking out and ornament. We have been doing so for the last 4 years! 🙂
Hi Elle, December has always been exciting time in our household. This is the time when we all siblings finish taking finals, schools were closed, winter is around. I lived in south east Asia where winter is the season to look forward to. We don't celebrate Christmas but certainly enjoy the festivities and the food. Our winter tradition is to make 'Bhapa Pittha'(steamed rice cakes with molasses inside) and to have them for breakfast. Since molasses are available only in winter thus it is a winter delicacy. We look forward to them every winter. After moving here in the US I have fallen in love with the festivities in this season. Perhaps I am creating a new tradition by watching your vlogs every Christmas. Have a wonderful day Elle! Your videos are my Bhapa Pitha. :)
The Christmas tradition in my family is that we really celebrate on Christmas Eve. I'm Mexican, and we call it "noche buena." All of the kids are sent to bed and the adults stay up until midnight cooking tamales, menudo, and enjoying plenty of alcohol. I love your channel, it's nice to see that as a lawyer it's possible to have a life out of work!
I'm so sad your vlogmas videos will be coming to an end! Been looking forward to them every day this month! Will you be vlogging during your trip to Hawaii? My family traditions are to go to midnight mass and open presents the night of.
We're heading to Vancouver next Monday and I can not wait to go to the Nordstroms there even though I'm from Seattle. But after seeing you shopping there throughout vlogmas, I get so excited to shop there too!
Hello! My family never really celebrated Christmas even before moving to Vancouver, but over the past few years, my tradition is to make some diy holiday decorations and watch Vlogmas on UA-cam. So, watching your Vlogmas is now part of my Christmas tradition! Thank you for taking your time to film and edit Vlogmas for us, hope you have a great vacation! Hopefully I get to meet you in Vancouver in the future
Hi Elle! Our tradition started when my husband and I were first married. We were young and poor and had very little money. So our first Christmas together we "splurged" on a Hickory Farms sausage/cheese box. Because we didn't yet have a dining room table, we spread out a blanket on the living room floor and had a carpet picnic. Fast forward 25 years later, we've upgraded to Brie, artisan sausage, spreads and crackers. Our 2 children ( 20 yrs and 16 yrs) look forward to this traditional/untraditional meal and we still eat on a blanket to keep it authentic.
I've enjoyed your vlogmas very much!
Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!
I've mentioned this before but it is truly inspiring to see you as a fashionable and professional woman. I strive to become an attorney in the future and it is motivating to see you, a lover of makeup, fashion, and tea (yay tea!) in that field!
I just discovered your channel about a month ago and I'm completely hooked. Even though we live completely different lifestyles, you are so relatable and a great source of information. I've become especially accustomed to watching vlogmas everyday. It's going to be a bummer when is over.
This is the first year I'm watching your vlogs and thanks for the effort in showing us your life leading up to Christmas! Christmas for me is usually just a simple family meal, potluck style with each person bringing different foods to share and exchanging gifts! Merry Christmas to you and enjoy your well deserved holiday!
Elle you are by far one of the most genuine people that I have found here on UA-cam and it is so refreshing. Good luck to everyone!
I've just began watching you before Vlogmas began, but I've fallen in love with your channel. I love how you are relatable and have a career outside of UA-cam. Can't wait to continue following your channel!
I live in England and my family's Christmas tradition has been the same for as long as I can remember, on Christmas Eve we always deliver the last few presents, go to the cinema to watch a christmassy film, and then we go out for a meal! Christmas Day is much more relaxed, we have a big Christmas dinner with turkey, Christmas pudding for desert, and then we go on a long walk before snuggling up with Christmassy TV on BBC1 and nibbles in the evening :) I've loved vlogmas Elle, you've done an amazing job! You inspire me to keep working hard to get my law degree by proving how much you can do in a day with your amazing time management!
I just found your videos recently, maybe three months ago. I have to say I love them so much, not only because they're great videos but because I'm from Vancouver Island too. I went to school in Burnaby before going to school in Nova Scotia and your videos are a nice way to feel like I'm close to home again. Also, a family tradition is to spend all day on the 24th cleaning the house, eat spaghetti dinner and then open a pair of pajamas to wear that night for Christmas. I can't wait to see the rest of your vlogs! Merry Christmas X
I've been watching you for over a year now! I really admire your career success and love your business themed videos!
Since having my son I have really loved getting into the Christmas traditions. My son is loving the chocolate advent calendar - as a 4 year old having the numbers is a lot of fun and actually quite educational. We just spent the evening driving to one of the best streets on the coast for Christmas lights. So many people walking around spreading cheer. On Christmas Day it will be various meats for the rest of the family, while I focus on the salads (being the black sheep vegetarian). Then a swim in the pool in the afternoon. As I live in Queensland, Australia, it can be quite a scorcher! Loving the videos - I really look forward to the evening when I can watch the latest one. Cheers, Mel
I can't believe I watch your video for years now since I have to start to dress up for work. Wish you have a wonderful Christmas and new year!
I just want to say that you are truly an inspiration! I stubbled upon your OOTW videos few mos ago and watched it like crazy and now vlogmas makes me look forward to EVERYDAY. Thank you!
So great to see a young professional doing so many things and not just wasting time! It must have been crazy tiring to work Mon-Frid and then preparing your online lessons, plus vlogging for almost the past month plus cooking and being conscious about your diet!!! As for traditions, Christmas is a very "sweet" period of time in Greece as we bake a lot. Honey biscuits with walnuts are my favourites! Also, at the New Year's we slice different kinds of cakes (at work, at home etc.), everyone gets one piece and the person who finds in theirs slice the 'hidden' coin is meant to be super lucky for the rest of the year!! I wish you luck and happiness!! :))
I really love the way you style your office outfits. I've been watching your videos for about a year now. Hope you have a lovely time in Hawaii! My sister and I have this tradition of giving each other an inexpensive gift, mostly things we wanted when we were kids. It works like a lucky charm for the new year.
Watched all of your vlogmas videos so far. Love connecting with you this way and is a fun yearly thing to look forward to. As for traditions, I also have a small family and we keep it pretty simple. It is always nice to see family during the holidays.
Merry Christmas Elle, I am loving your vlogmas videos! A Christmas tradition for my family is for each person to open up their presents one by one so that everyone can see them, rather than everyone opening them at the same time.
Love your videos. Family tradition is going to the Christmas market and enjoying a glass of hot wine in the cold, and enjoying family dinner on Christmas Eve. Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Have been loving your vlogmas and have also been following your channel for a year now. Absolutely love the fact that you're super personal with your subscribers and thanks for giving us a peek into your daily life. Our Christmas tradition will be a family gathering with a lovely dinner on Christmas Eve and it ends with gift exchange and counting down for Christmas itself. Turkey is a definite must for my family :) Have a blessed Christmas Elle.
My family does a big Christmas Eve dinner, then we go to church and when we get back we all change into our festival pjs and sit around the Christmas tree and start making our piles of presents, then we all take turns opening our presents. We stay up really late on Christmas Eve so on Christmas Day it's a lot more relaxed, we watch Christmas movies and just hang out as a family.
I love your videos and vlogmas, it's so cool how you're doing all these things and make it seem effortless. I hope you enjoy your vacation!!!
Hi Elle!! Thank you for sharing in every aspect!! In Mexico we drink "ponche", a great hot tea with lots of fruit on it.
I come from a huge Italian family and we always have a ridiculously gargantuan homemade Italian spread on the table for Christmas dinner. We also pass a cookie plate around each year. If you are gifted the plate you have to bring it back the following year with homemade cookies on it. Great video, thanks Elle!
My family is from Bulgaria, though we live in the US now, and we eat baklava on Christmas!
Also, pro-tip: When you can't open a container, wrap a rubber band around the lid and if the jar is slippery, another one around the jar, and then try to open it like normal. The rubberband makes more friction and you don't have to use so much strength.
You are one of my biggest fashion inspirations! I have really enjoyed watching you vlogmas this year! A family tradition I have is going to my grandmas house on christmas eve with my moms side of the family!
Love how genuine your channel is! Tradition is to get together with family, bake up a storm and lounge in pjs.
I'm sure it's tough getting videos up every day with your busy schedule but I really appreciate it :) They definitely brighten up my day.
Thank you for sharing and close up of your nails. Our family have a hot roast turkey with all the trimmings even if it is 40C here in Sydney. Not everyone here is having salad on Bondi beach. Merry Christmas
I can't believe vlogmas is almost over! I've had such a good time watching your videos - usually with a cup of tea. Here in Norway we celebrate Christmas on the 24th - I and my family have a fairly lazy day before we go to church late afternoon/early evening, then we have dinner (''pinnekjøtt'' - lamb), open presents, and generally just have a good time together. The next day we sleep in, have a huge brunch, and do nothing of great importance. Merry Christmas!!!
My family has so many Christmas traditions. Every year we go to a Christmas tree farm about 40 minutes outside of Toronto and we cut down a tree to bring home and decorate. This year I decided to pick up some of the apple cider they were selling which was super yummy! We also watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation EVERY year. It's super funny and I swear by now I know every single line to that movie. A newer tradition we have is a seafood dinner every Christmas eve. It's amazing, we have lobster, crab legs, and scallops wrapped in bacon! I hope you have a great Christmas, Elle!
This year our family is doing a Christmas brunch in our pjs! Nothing says comfort like traveling with our festive pjs and indulging in bloody Mary's, French toast bake and quiches! It's quite different for us since we usually have dinner but I like the idea of being home earlier to relax! Merry Christmas!
I'm a recent subscriber but your channel has quickly become my favorite! Every year my younger family members dress as Joseph, Mary, Jesus, wisemen, Angels, etc... and reenact the Christmas story. Then, we all gather and sing carols and share stories. Have a merry Christmas!
I've enjoyed watching all of your vlogmas videos this month! Some family traditions we like to do during the holidays is make a family dinner and eat/pray together! Love your clogs and style always look toward to your videos!!!!!
Which Buxom lip gloss are you wearing in the beginning? It looks gorgeous, and I didn't see it linked in the description box. Thanks! My family tradition is to gather at my parents' house and have a lazy Christmas day listening to classic Christmas music, playing board games, and of course eating all sorts of wonderful treats.
Hi Elle! I'm a university student so it's always amazing to go back home to spend the holidays with my family. We usually just have a bigger dinner party with all of our family friends on Christmas Eve. My sister also loves to wake up early on Christmas day to open presents. Thanks for doing Vlogmas; you're one of my favorite youtubers and I love your eloquence and grace. Happy holidays!
You're so sweet and generous! The necklace is a beautiful gift. Foods enjoyed at Christmastime are usually a fruited baked ham or prime rib, lasagna roll ups, fresh vegetables as sides and an assortment of Italian pasteries. Merry Christmas to you and yours and all the best in the New Year.
I'm sure it's tough to get the blogs up every day but I love watching them!!!
No real tradition since most of our family lives in another country, but this is my first year with my boyfriend and we are looking forward to starting new traditions!!! First tradition on the list is wearing pjs all day and doing some movie marathons while cooking and baking whatever we want throughout the day 😊
I grew up with my cousins and they are about my age and festivities start right after dinner. We play games and have actual prizes courtesy of our aunts and uncles and everyone gets soooo competitive. Games go on til about 11pm Christmas eve and we just chill and eat in between while we wait for the clock to strike 12. We usually have Christmas ham and mostly anything which can be eaten with rice like pork stew, steamed and fried fish, chicken, cold cuts and beef. Yeah, we have a hearty appetite :) I am currently in Singapore now for work and missing the Philippines so much especially during the holidays. Love your videos, Elle. You make everything interesting :)
I love that your nails are natural. will be looking for a local salon offering this.
I have watched every vlogmas video this year and well every video since i found your channel! My family has changed a lot over the years and several of my nieces and nephews have food allergies so our food in the last few years has changed a bit. yet every year we still make a 'candy-cane cake'. We bake a chocolate cake in the shape of a candy cane then frost/ice it with vanilla icing/frosting and top that with stripes of white and red coconut (we use natural food coloring for the red). This is a Christmas tradition we grew up making with my maternal grandmother who was grace personified!
It's been great spending the month with you! You're so well spoken and fun to watch! Happy holidays!
Heading to Houston this Christmas! Looking forward to being with our son but wondering how Christmas away from home will be! Merry Christmas from Alabama.
Hi Elle! I too have been watching you since 2012, and just want to say that you have inspired me so much. I am so happy that with your busy schedule you are able to do vlogmas this year. It really is a treat. We have a holiday tradition to go shopping all day the day after Christmas. Yay for Boxing Day sales! Merry Christmas!
Just found your videos a few months ago and have been loving them!!
I just sat down next to my fur baby Greta with a cup of my favorite tea to watch this. I've been really appreciating your outfit of the days during vlogmas. I feel that I've got a lot of good ideas for how to wear some neglected pieces in my closet after watching how you pair things. I will put all my new fashion knowledge to good use this holiday!
I love that you sometimes show how to take more "edgy" pieces like Over the knee boots and leather and wear them to the office! A lot of people don't realize that those pieces can be work appropriate depending how you style them. Love it! :D
Since having 2 little ones of my own, I love our tradition of staying in our jammies Xmas morning baking cookies and watching old Xmas movies. Love your videos, keep them coming!
Every year for Christmas we always get a real tree, and follow tradition with decorating it too. Another one, the Saturday before Christmas we always get together and make tons of cookies! Then for Christmas Eve we spend time with my family and Christmas Day we usually spend with my boyfriends family. Hope you have a great trip! Hawaii sounds so nice right now! Merry Christmas Elle and Chris!
In New Mexico, my family always makes Posole on Christmas Eve. We also light luminarias ( candles inside a paper bag), which I think is a tradition unique to New Mexico. Luminarias are so pretty, btw, because the candlelight flickers if there's any air movement, and everyone lines their walkways with them. It's a beautiful accompaniment to Christmas lights.
We usually go to the midnight mass and have a big feast at #9 in Vancouver 😀 loving all the vlogmas! P.S you want to try and and poke a little hole on the lid and see if you can open the tea tin can. Merry Christmas!
I've seen many vlogmas videos. I think you are an inspiration because of your dedication and commitment in getting these up everyday. It must not be easy especially since you work full time. Dreams don't work unless you do. You are terrific.
Every Christmas we have tea at my grandparents' house. It's my favourite tradition of all our Christmas traditions. We used to go with all the family but now we are all older its mostly just me, my parents and my grandparents. Still love it just as much! My Grandma puts on an amazing spread and we just catch up, play board games and swap gifts.
We don't currently have any Christmas Day traditions. We do something different each year. I liked the idea of Christmas pajamas which you've had in previous videos. I told my husband we were going to start a tradition of wearing Christmas pajamas on Christmas Day going forward. I'm excited about this...festive and cute!
Great video! I'm Portuguese and Chinese but we mostly celebrate Christmas with Portuguese desserts such as Milk Pudding (similar to flan) and Rotten Cake (it's not really rotten, it's kind of like a fruited tea bread with figs, raisins, and walnuts, sometimes pine nuts). This year I am making turkey breast, spiral ham, mashed potatoes, scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole, corn pudding, and in preparation, tonight I made my Spiked & Spiced Cranberry Orange Sauce (I used Cointreau). Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! :)
I always look forward to your Vlogmas videos every year. I hope you have a wonderful holiday with your loved ones! My family is Italian so we always have my Sicilian grandmothers homemade lasagna on Christmas! We all look forward to gathering around the table and enjoying our grandmas hard work ☺️
My husband and I enjoy taking a drive and seeing the beautiful light displays in our area. Our tradition is cooking an elaborate Christmas breakfast such as eggs, bacon, garlic home fries, chocolate chip pancakes, fruit, coffee & fresh juice!
I'm so jealous of your Hawaii trip! That will be amazing. I went once a few years ago and it was wonderful! Also I ALWAYS end up burning the ends of my yam fries, so annoying! Maybe I'll have to check out that contraption. One tradition we have is that my mom always makes this pastry Christmas morning called Kringa (or maybe Kringla). I think it's danish but we are totally not danish- it's just something she tried once and we all like, so now we only have it Christmas morning!
Merry Christmas! I just saw your videos for the first time a few months ago and have really enjoyed them. You are really classy and I love that about your style. For as long as I can remember, my extended family on my dad's side has gotten together for Christmas Eve at my parents' house. There used to be upwards of thirty people every year! Even though some have moved or passed on, it's still one of my very favorite times.
Yummy dinner! We have a traditional Christmas dinner. We did totally start shamelessly copying the Ruth's Chris Sweet Potato recipe years ago and they are now a must. Elle? Sometimes wearing rubber kitchen gloves works for me when opening stubborn or cross threaded jars. Merry Christmas!
Loving your vlogmas videos! They're the only ones I watch as I love how natural& genuine you are. Also one of very people I can relate to - professional, hard working and interested in fashion. We usually go to hubby's family on Xmas day, have a massive roast turkey lunch& pudding and spend the rest of day eating chocolate& watching the kids play with their new toys. Hope you have a fantastic Xmas& great holiday in Hawaii. xxx
In Jamaica it's a must to have a big ham. We also usually do a roast chicken, roast beef, rice and beans, some sort of pasta, tossed salad, stir fried vegetables and fruit cake. Food is a big part of our holiday! Merry Christmas Elle!
Thank you for creating these holiday season vlogs. I really do appreciate seeing how a young professional with a beauty channel carries out her day. In my family, roast lamp is always on the Christmas Day table. Happy Holidays!
i love your daily vlogs!! on christmas day, we have a tradition that each family member is responsible for making one dish. so usually we have dishes from all over the world :)
I just started watching your videos and I am already addicted to your channel. You are such a breath of fresh air on youtube, finally a young smart professional who has such a classy style and gives great inspiration for corporate and casual style. Please keep the videos coming!!!
Love your videos Elle!!! Family tradition is always opening a present Christmas Eve!! Always have to wear our Christmas sweaters on Christmas!! My favourite videos are the ones featuring your outfits for your work!!! ❤️ love you
In Barbados if you eat pork the thing to have is farmer's choice ham. People also bake sweet bread which is made with coconut and great cake which has rum and dried fruits.
Hi Elle, I watched all your vlogmas videos and has been a subscriber for a while. Been fascinated with the fashion choices you picked and just the random talks you made on your videos. Especially love your mom, she's always smiling and so jolly! Love to see more family vlogs in the future. On Christmas day, we keep it simple with pasta and chicken then some dessert. We go to church then open presents afterwards. Rent a movie and just hang out with the family like playing games or something.
Hi Elle, cant believe that vlogmas its almost over! I have been enjoying to watch your daily routine!! I am in Kelowna and lived in Vancouver 5 years ago so it is great to see you around Van! I am starting articling for my chartered accountant designation next fall and I really appreciate all your study tips! It's nice too see other young professional girls that have a soft spot for beauty and fashion as well!!
I've been enjoying your vlogs this month! I typically work from home, so I feel more "in the loop" with the outside world on vlogmas. Your vlogmas vidoes are my favorite because I think you try to show us a little bit of variety, and I appreciate watching people like you who are more well spoken and are busy with outside careers, family, friends and other commitments... I can relate! Sadly I don't have too many Christmas traditions anymore since I moved away from my family, but I do still make the cookies that my cousins and I always loved around the holidays. They are a traditional Dutch almond cookie. One of my best friends is Brazilian, and many years ago she taught me how to make traditional Brazilian candies & cakes, so I sometimes make those for New Years if my sweet tooth hasn't faded by then. :) Merry Christmas to you and your family and have a great trip to Hawaii!
Hope you have fun on your trip! This year for Christmas we are having a quiet one at home, we just got back from a busy two weeks in Vancouver so we are all looking forward to just having some quiet time as a family.
Hi Elle, I have watched your blogs and find it fascinating that you and I have almost the same work life and shopping style and taste in bags and clothes. I'm actually vacationing in Vancouver and Whistler next week so I have been taking notes on all the places you mentioned (and weather comments you made). Keep up the great work!!
One of my family's traditions growing up in Florida was to go for a walk on the beach! I just moved to Pennsylvania and my fiancé and I having been trying to think of new traditions to start but we haven't really thought of anything yet! I've been loving your vlogs!
We have a tradition that on christmas morning, my children's grandparents come over for breakfast. A good ole' Texas breakfast, then we go to my moms for bbq chicken and all the sides. It's a nice time where the kids can show off their presents and we can just be together..
Hello Elle, I discovered your channel about a month ago and have been watching your videos whenever I get a chance. You are so inspiring and your positivity always gets me motivated. I am originally from South Africa, but have been living in the UK for 15 years now. We celebrate Christmas by eating far too much! I cook a gammon, lamb, brussel sprouts, roast potatoes and this year my mom in law is making a mint chocolate coated cheese cake! Thank you so much for doing vlogmas, I so look forward them every day. Wishing you, Chris, Fufu, your mom and stepdad a wonderful Christmas! Helen x
When you mentioned vlogmas it hit me that it will be ending soon! I have so enjoyed seeing you everyday in your vlogmas videos! My Christmases used to be very traditional but since losing my father (lost my mother 9 years ago and for years I tried to recreate Christmas the way she used to do) it doesn't seem as important anymore. I am having tacos for Christmas dinner and festive margaritas.
oh my gosh. traditionally I got to my parents for Christmas morning and we always have french toast casserole! it's beyond amazing.
Really enjoyed today's vlog! Thank you! You asked about Christmas traditions... My kiddo and I will cut out snowflakes from paper (lots of them) and string them up in the doorways. We'll also tape them on the wall. She's 6 and enjoys seeing all of creative work displayed through the month. Merry Christmas Elle. Thank you!
So sad that vlogmas is almost coming to an end!! I look forward to watching your vlogs every night!
Hi Elle! I've loved watching your vlogmas videos this year, I have looked forward to coming home and watching them everyday. One of my family's Christmas traditions is to open our gifts on Christmas eve since I have some family that has to work on Christmas day and just all hang out and be together. Good food and Christmas movies are usually involved as well! Merry Christmas! :)
I am currently studying in Edinburgh, Scotland, but I travel home to Reading, England for Christmas. I have a very small family as well, so Christmas is very calm. We open presents, eat turkey, have drinks and my sister and I watch lots of Christmas themed movies. Hope you have a lovely Christmas, and New Year!
I have loved watching your vlogmas and look forward to it everyday. I am a busy mom of three with my own organic skincare business and love love love tuning it at the end of the day and escape to the beauty world and have loved watching a snippet of your lovely world! Thanks so much for sharing!
oops for Christmas traditions we have started with having Christmas crackers for everyone after the Christmas meal: pops open with a crown, a joke, and a trinket. Great for all ages. We also dress up for the meal as well as attend Christmas Eve program.
I've been watching your videos since your first apartment! I've been looking toward to your vlogs everyday since vlogmas began! Usually my family does a formal dinner on Christmas Eve with prime rib, potatoes, etc and then Christmas Day we stay in our pajamas and have a movie day!
I love your work outfits! So inspiring. I only work part time and find myself wearing similar outfits day after day. In winter, even more so, Zara leggings, long sweater and weatherproof Aquatalia boots.
I never comment on videos, but I just wanted to tell you how much I've loved your vlogmas this year. Thanks for keeping it up despite being so busy with everything in your life!
My family's Christmas tradition is buying one special Christmas ornament for each family member in their stocking. They make lovely memories and make our tree look more interesting :).
Loving your vlogmas and also your OTK boots. I got inspired by how you wear them to work and incorporated that to my style. Loving it!! Happy holidays and happy new year!!!!
Love watching Ellemas! your voice is so soothing! As it is summer here in Australia during Christmas (forcast is set for 37°c on Christmas day) we tend to have a cold lunch with cold meats, prawns and crayfish! Our tradition is all gathering at one of my siblings/parents house on Christmas morning to open presents just like when we were kids, wouldn't have it any other way :)
Really enjoy watching your vlogs! Every Christmas morning my whole family open their stockings sitting on my parents' bed in our pyjamas - such a lovely way to start a day spent with family X
I remember the first video I watched of yours was your first week of work outfits!! Your videos helped me through a tough time with my career so thank you for that. Beautiful necklace!
Our big Christmas celebration and dinner is on Christmas Eve and we open our pressies at midnight. also as we are situated in Australia, we spend most of the holiday period on the beach or with the air conditioning on, which is one of the reasons I love watching Vlogmas, to see what the holiday period is like in a cold climate! x
I love how watching your videos makes me feel like I'm hanging out with a close friend. Thank you for choosing to do vlogmas!
I have been loving your vlogs! I'm from Portland, OR and The Grotto Festival of Lights has always been a tradition for my family, whether it be singing or just enjoying the beautiful scenery.
Love your work style tips! it's so great to finally find a blogger with practical advice not just advice on whats currently in!
I love the Tiffany keys, they're such a nice little addition to an outfit! My family celebrates on Christmas Eve, we do gourmet together and on Christmas we go to my grandparents and have lunch there (that is still ongoing at dinner time!)
The dinner at christmas eve is with my father's part of the family and the lunch on christmas day is at my grandmother's house, just spending time in family.
Hi Elle! I love starting my mornings getting ready and watching vlogmas, hopefully you will continue to film more vlog style videos in the new year! My fiancé and have a tradition of going to the Vancouver Christmas market and picking out and ornament. We have been doing so for the last 4 years! 🙂
Hi Elle, December has always been exciting time in our household. This is the time when we all siblings finish taking finals, schools were closed, winter is around. I lived in south east Asia where winter is the season to look forward to. We don't celebrate Christmas but certainly enjoy the festivities and the food. Our winter tradition is to make 'Bhapa Pittha'(steamed rice cakes with molasses inside) and to have them for breakfast. Since molasses are available only in winter thus it is a winter delicacy. We look forward to them every winter. After moving here in the US I have fallen in love with the festivities in this season. Perhaps I am creating a new tradition by watching your vlogs every Christmas.
Have a wonderful day Elle! Your videos are my Bhapa Pitha. :)
The Christmas tradition in my family is that we really celebrate on Christmas Eve. I'm Mexican, and we call it "noche buena." All of the kids are sent to bed and the adults stay up until midnight cooking tamales, menudo, and enjoying plenty of alcohol. I love your channel, it's nice to see that as a lawyer it's possible to have a life out of work!
Vlogmas has become a part of my holiday tradition. Coming home from work to a glass of champagne and UA-cam is the best!
I'm so sad your vlogmas videos will be coming to an end! Been looking forward to them every day this month! Will you be vlogging during your trip to Hawaii? My family traditions are to go to midnight mass and open presents the night of.
We're heading to Vancouver next Monday and I can not wait to go to the Nordstroms there even though I'm from Seattle. But after seeing you shopping there throughout vlogmas, I get so excited to shop there too!
Hello! My family never really celebrated Christmas even before moving to Vancouver, but over the past few years, my tradition is to make some diy holiday decorations and watch Vlogmas on UA-cam. So, watching your Vlogmas is now part of my Christmas tradition! Thank you for taking your time to film and edit Vlogmas for us, hope you have a great vacation! Hopefully I get to meet you in Vancouver in the future