I remember before they were together, wondering if they were a couple because they just seemed so cute together! So it's so sweet seeing them now as a couple!
It’s weird how culture strikes us hard, it doesn’t even make sense but we all from Southern Hemisphere decorate our houses with pine trees with the winter vibe EVEN THOUGH WE’RE IN SUMMER! Anyways, the tree ended up looking so cute ☺️ ❤️
we never really went with the winter vibe in my family until recently we would just bring a pot plant in from the garden to decorate, we only have a plastic tree now because my grandmother was getting rid of hers
We had one tree for my mom to make all pretty and “aesthetic” and another little one for the kids to have all our random ornaments on. It was fun to have both styles😄
i genuinely love the simpler tree decorations it looks so nice. our family tree is like the complete opposite haha. we have a bunch of like rlly traditional deco and tonns of little ornaments i made as a kid. plus my grandma was qn english teacher from the 70s to the 90s and we still have a bunch of ornaments her students made for her as christmas gifts. also my uncle somehow started started the tradition of hiding an easter egg ornament in the tree. it's rlly wholesome but god i crave some simplicity:))
I put my kids decorations on the tree proudly. It's our family tree and I love having things like that on it. I remember the first year we moved into our new house and didn't have much money to buy christmas decor I made all the ornaments with the kids from salt dough and some paper ones, we still have the dough ones and they go on the tree every year. Btw I love your decorations plus for anyone who would want a bit of color those look totally customizable, you can paint them which ever way you want, but they look great as is too. Also James is right you shouldn't care about anyone's opinions.
A great sustainable wrapping idea I’ve seen is using Christmas fabric! You buy a bunch one year, wrap your presents with it and tie it up with ribbon, then keep the fabric and ribbon to reuse the next year 😊
I LOVE how you're doing the holidays! Much more eco friendly and more sustainable! We keep almost all of our packaging to use for the holiday gift wrappings and it is such a better way to do it!
I'm loving this style of video! It's great to get a peak into what you've been up to as it sometimes feel like we're friends being that I've been watching for years now 😂 It's so nice to see your life evolving and to see that life has been kind to you and you're doing well. I'm so curious, what is the housing market like in Aus right now? I'm America It's really not good but I'm hoping to move out of the nest and into my first apartment soon. It feels like a good time as I'm less than a decade from 30 and soon to be a fully employed career woman lol. Anyway, wishing you Bowser and James the best as always!
craft/butcher paper is a very cost-effective and rustic/minimalistic-looking wrapping paper at half the cost. I do that with fabric scraps, twine, etc. and it always comes out super cute!!!
I love seeing how other people decorate their tree and how it absolutely represents their style/personality! The first Christmas my husband and I lived together we had all hand me down ornaments from other family members and we decided that year that every Christmas we would buy a special ornament so one day we will have a tree only full of our special ornaments representing each Christmas we have spent together! We have now been together for 12 years and have 3 wonderful boys so our tree is full of special memories and quite a few homemade ornaments that our oldest has made at school and I cherish each one!
From NZ and we always had croissants (cheese, tomato and ham to go in them) and pancakes for breakfast. Then we would have cold salads and cold meats for a late lunch. Then dessert was always cheesecake, fruits and ice cream. We would be outside most of the day and play backyard cricket or play in the sprinkler
I love your tree its simplistic yet meaningful. As far as asthetic my kids are my asthetic. In the office we have a whole wall of things our kids make and bring home and I do put things they make on the tree too. One of the ways I decorate my tree its just a mismatch of ornaments and that is an asthetic all its own. I call it the smorgesboard tree. Last few years I decorated the tree with a theme but my husband requested the traditional smorgesboard tree back so I did both. I have all the family ornaments on there but I also mixed in rose gold, champagne colored, and silver ornamets into it. It looks simple and pretty. I used to have Obsessive Compulsive Ornament Placement now I gently guide the children on decorating the tree themselves without too much fussing LOL.. Its amazing how you adapt when you become parents.
My favorite Christmas tree is one that is decorated with random ornaments. It reminds me of my Pappy's Christmas tree. That's what I think of when I think of Christmas. Also, Bowser is soooooo adorable! I love his well groomed fluff!
my Christmas tree growing up was never "aesthetic" it was always full of ornaments that we bought on vacation somewhere, full of memories and very ecclectic! My tree is the same now and it brings me so much joy!
Love your minimal tree. its nice. Complete opposite of my house which has exploded in red, green and gold. lol. And for your kids question, all my old ornaments from when i was a kid and my daughters are on the tree. Our tree has many meaningful ornaments that we've collected over the past probably 30 years. And as an American, our family tradition for food is Homemade Lasagna with a fresh salad and homemade garlic bread. Also James "cracks" me up 🤣
Maybe you guys could repaint the tree ones to be different colors? They all look sturdy enough for paint, and it would be another fun hands-on activity! (eta: but also I agree with James, all that matters is that you guys like it!)
The first time I ever saw a video from James was because you mentioned him in a video and I immediately thought about how cute yall would be and I am just living for this. Your energies are made for each other and I can always feel the love you have for each other through the screen. Merry Christmas to you guys and Bowser💕
I live in the Southern US so have a warm Christmas. We just blend the traditional with the heat. Your taste will change as you grow and if you have children you will be proud to grow together. 💝
I LOVE the "sad wooden tree" you had last year!! So beautiful and simple and perfect! We have a cat who is terrible about messing with trees, plus we used to have to travel a lot around the holidays (obviously not now b/c of Covid), so we never put up a tree and I really miss it... But a wall-hanging tree that can still display our favorite ornaments would be kinda perfect! I can't believe I never thought of that!
I made my own decorations with pinecones. I hot glued twine to the tops and they turned out awesome! One year, I used pine tree branches that had fallen, made a wreath out of them and used twine to keep its shape. The middle had a star made of twigs. The wreath is still hanging on my wall, since 2019 and it's Scandinavian inspired. The sliced oranges on string, for the birds is also Scandinavian inspired. I had strung those up on branches over in the corner of the yard where nobody ever goes.
Hey Deli. I wanted to thank you for sharing so much of your journey with us. Your information on your IBS really helped me. I had an attack of IBS that was lasting into the 4 hour mark of excruciating spasms and I remembered you mentioned the rocking method and it helped SO MUCH that I think I was able to relax my body enough to get the spasms to quit. Kind of like hiccups for my poop shoot! 🧐😂 But your thoughts on anxiety and finding equilibrium with your inner self and harmony with your physical self really helps me feel like I'm not alone in this floppy thing called life. So thank you so much. From one stranger on the internet to another, I happen to think you're a pretty swell gal. 🖤
I feel the same about Canadian Christmas...though it is typically really cold here. We are heavily influenced by the Europeans who settled here and by American pop culture and have lost a lot of the indigenous traditions. Also, REALLY LOVE your tree! I've made a lot of our ornaments from clay this year and made a garland out of wood and lava beads. Very similar vibes!
Loooove the decorations! I also bought wooden and glass tree decorations, and i'm renting a living tree in a pot, so no tree has to die for my christmas this year. 🌲🌲💚♻
My Mum got a real tree again last year and instead of it dying off like expected (and getting to become fire for sitting outside in the summer when its actually still cold) it just kept growing more and more buds on it. It got moved outside to do its dying off stage after it was time to take the decorations down and it starting developing new root growth from the cut trunk. So she potted it up properly and now there's last year's tree in the garden and we have the new one for this year inside. If we're not careful, she'll turn the garden into a forest. She certainly did that with the 30 tomato plants she ended up with this year. You know the bit where you're only meant to take the strongest seedlings? She kept them all and just planted the smaller ones out later, then kinda regretted it because there wasn't much space in the garden.
I think I would miss a nice cold day with a covering of clean twinkling snow. With the lighted decorations reflecting off the white resting ground. (Between Christmas Eve and Jan 2nd - Then the warm weather can come back!) Kids decorations ALWAYS go on the tree! And put up year after year too. Adds to the meaning of the family Christmases! Happy Holidays from Cold Vermont US!
My ornaments are all handmade. Blue crochet lace snowflakes, little styrofoam balls covered in knit or crochet (mostly also blue) and a ribbon instead of tinsel garland. No wire hangers. I have cats and one of my former ones was a destroyer so nothing can be breakable or swallowable.
I still have an ornament that I made when I was in the 4th grade (I've been out of high school for 16 years) and it still goes on the tree every year. I have one tree that is nothing but Barbie ornaments (mainly the Holiday Barbie ornaments from Hallmark Keepsake that I've collected since I was little so I have every one of them from 1993 all the through to 2021), though I need to find a decent, relatively inexpensive white tree and then change out the lights to pink bulbs. Growing up the "aesthetic" of our Christmas tree was just a hodge podge of handmade ornaments and store bought ornaments. My mom has ornaments from around the world. When I went to Europe, the only thing she wanted was an ornament or something she could turn into an ornament from each country I went to. My parents retire soon and my mom has asked that we each make her a handmade ornament for their first Christmas after retirement. Christmas has always been super busy for my family because of my parents work (and now mine) but it is still one of my favorite times of the year.
Love your tree, tea towels are great for wrapping presents too. We have a very eclectic tree with decorations made by family and those collected on our travels, so our asthestic is things that make us smile and bling.
Beautiful Tree Deli! 🎄 Totally agree with you on the consumerism of Christmas, I ended up hating this time of the year because of the stress of it all. But this year we've done secret santa with our families which has helped massively, and we've only been buying what people need and want 🤗 I've also been buying lots of handmade stuff for gifts this year 🎁 I hope you both have a wonderful Christmas and New Year ❤ xx
My grandparents tree decorations were always very curated and themed and traditional but on the minimal side - but that’s because they had a real tree and they didn’t want to lose anything when they took it down. Your decorations remind me of theirs a little, I like it. My tree is random - we buy a new ornament every year and write the year on it. I have a glass witch hat ornament next to a snowman next to a penguin next to a Batman car. I have decorations my husband made as a kid on our tree. I have a decoration my toddler made on the tree. The aesthetic is Christmas exploded everywhere.
The trick with kids is to get a 2nd tree 😅 my 3.5yo loves having his own tree! Mine does still have some decorations that don’t match my aesthetic though haha. Your tree looks lovely 😊
I use the comics section of the paper to wrap gifts. You can also use empty cereal boxes. I once wrapped a gift for my dad in the stock section of the paper.
I actually made all my ornaments on our tree. About 2 years ago I decided I want to. When I was a kid we had handmade ornaments on the tree. I still have those in a box somewhere lol.
i really love these vlogs! you’re so calming to watch and i’m loving seeing all of your fitness improvements and food!! it’s getting me really inspired ~
Your Christmas tree is gorgeous!!!! What's important is that you both love it!!! Something you could do that's like crafting is learning Crochet lots of beginner Crochet vids on YT! My Grandmother raised me I am 54 LOL She taught me to knit crochet sew cross stitch but my favorite is crocheting! She taught me how to Quilt make Quilts too LOLLL This Christmas won't be the same My oldest son 31 just lost his Father a bit over a week ago he is back home in Texas I live in Canada now for 21 years My youngest 25 is here with me and it's been so so hard and I am constantly in contact with my oldest trying to do whatever I can to support him and console him right now! My heart constantly breaks for my baby boy going through such a huge loss!
Your tree looks beautiful ! Also you could put a temporary Christmas curtain over the wall and centre the tree in front of the curtain. All the packaging can also be used to make more ornaments. (From the ornament boxes) Love you guys together. Merry Christmas
I grew up in Southern California and we have warm Christmas too! We also go to the beach and do a lot of grilling/outdoor entertaining on Christmas. But I totally understand craving hot beverages even when it’s hot outside
You change your aesthetic to kidcore and embrace it! Alternative, have a kids tree(s) and let them own it. 🌲 This year I have a snowy white tree with white poinsettias and kids ornaments everywhere they can reach. 😅 It’s so important to them. Love your tree and your little family with James and Bowser ♥️
I really enjoyed this vlog, bowser is the cutest, James is hilarious 😆 and is looking thinner, you guys are adorable together, love the Xmas tree 🌲 it’s perfect 👍🏼
Love your enjoyment of the holiday season! I don't care for gifts unless it's homemade or meaningful. It is a lot of pressure for people buying 'to buy' it feels so hollow. I give eggs from my chickens or make speeds to share. One of my Fav gifts was my grandma making a casserole in one's of her dishes and telling me to keep the dish too. So kind!! I am a big fan of biodegradable wrapping too. Also your tree is fabulous!! Happy holidays!!
Tip for the ripped-up wall from someone currently mid-construction and trying to decorate creatively around construction mess: Cover that wall section with decorative paper or gift wrap. You could even make your own with natural-colored paper and potato stamps to suit the tree's eco aesthetic. Then add a wide ribbon in an off-center cross and a big bow. Basically make that section look like a big gift. You could even add a little rectangular bit of paper attached to the bow that says something cute like "With love from James and Maddie!"
With kids your tree gets a lot more eclectic lol. But i love it because we pick up a couple new ornaments every year to add that fit our family plus ones she makes at school. It’s so homey and personal now!
I'm also Australian, and for Christmas, my family eat a lot of cold ham, like a big ham leg. We also have cold roast chicken and pork with apple sauce. Sometimes cold turkey as well. Potato salad, coleslaw, pasta salad, regular salad. Then we generally have a cheesecake for dessert.
If doing what makes you happy, does not hurt others, then keep it up. You are a nice person and are entitled to do what you want, being caring does not mean what you want is not valid. Not everyone has to agree with you, and there will always be haters, but your positivity and outlook on life is inspiring. Love seeing you and James decorating for for holidays. (Guess its the only way to see James recently, LOL) And I love your ornaments!!!
I remember when Bowsy was a little baby and tried to sneak into the presents under the tree, that had a gate around it bc he wanted to grab them xD btw love the Xmas tree this year 🎄
i have 3-4 trees this year, one silver tree is like my kids tree which they can add w/e they want, then my black tree is MINE with my Nightmare Before Christmas Decor & a small white tree with minimal decorations in my room in the background for videos
I love woooooooooooooooo...den decorations 😅🤣😁😆 no but seriously, I love these, I'm planning to get a few wooden ornaments this year to go with our traditional red gold white decorations! So...good job on the tree guys! 😍😍😍😍
Awweee I LOVE your sustainable wooden ornaments! You have inspired me to be even more sustainable. But I can't do much right now since I'm a college student! 😅
Christmas here in Argentina is also pretty hot (sometimes it gets to 38° 🔥), but it doesn't stop us from lighting up a fire and cook asado (a traditional food here: basically cow meat on a grill 🍖). We also eat pan dulce (sweet bread), Mantecol (is like a nougat made from peanut butter) and garrapiñadas (sugar coated peanuts)... Love this season!! 💕 (but hate the summer) Happy holidays to everyone however you celebrate it! 🎉
We do put our kids ornaments on the tree too, along with our nice ornaments. We almost have another spot we could use for a second tree, so one stays fancy and the other is kid friendly. Our new tree came with little baby pine cones and red foam (berries). So a pine cone tree topper my hubs found was perfect to top it with.
Growing up mum did the Christmas tree how she liked it, we were never allowed to do it, had our own small tree. My kids are doing the tree this year. We may end up getting them a little tree for their bedroom to decorate. But I love having the kids help out. We’re even going to have lego decorations. :)
I'm from the southern emisphere too and we celebrate christmas eve here. Cold salads, especially potato salad, are a must and very popular. We tend to eat chicken or something called vitel tonne (actually name is vitello tonnato) since Argentina has a huge italian immigrant descent population (myself included).
Love the decs. Like James said it's what you like so don't worry what others think. You should listen to White Wine In The Sun by Tim MInchin. One of my fav songs and is about Christmas in Australia and talks about commercialisation etc. Has such a beautiful sentiment how the importance of Christmas is spending time with loved ones :)
Hearing Deli call James "honey" is an early Christmas present for those who've been rooting for them since day 1 🥺💖💖💖
Yes the day they said they were dating I was like "YESS I knew it" all is all we now
I know right, when they released that they were dating I happy cried
@@jannettenunez4090 I couldnt stop crying that day cause I was so happy for them🥺❤️
I remember before they were together, wondering if they were a couple because they just seemed so cute together! So it's so sweet seeing them now as a couple!
"Once you have kids, there's no aesthetic." I felt that in my soul!! LOL
Kids IS the aesthetic.
her face when he said that.
Unless you are rich and can afford the non plastic bright colored stuff
Literally our house is 4 aesthetics smashed together because of our kids. Hahahaha
It’s true, I can vouch LOL
It’s weird how culture strikes us hard, it doesn’t even make sense but we all from Southern Hemisphere decorate our houses with pine trees with the winter vibe EVEN THOUGH WE’RE IN SUMMER! Anyways, the tree ended up looking so cute ☺️ ❤️
we never really went with the winter vibe in my family until recently we would just bring a pot plant in from the garden to decorate, we only have a plastic tree now because my grandmother was getting rid of hers
James' butt smacking got me laughing so hard! Deli being like "Honeyyy" 🤣 You two are hilarious and cute! Couple goals 💖
I laughed so hard at the **** beads joke because I had the same thought at the exact same time 🤣
I laughed at those decorations cause they do look like butt beads 🤣🤣
same
Same, I said it right before James did lol
I totally laughed out loud!!! *SNICKER* 😀
James' chaotic energy makes me laugh in each vlog. As someone else said, he's very "cheeky" lol~
He really *cracks* me up 😂
@@gothempress He doesn't seem to mind being the butt of the joke!
We had one tree for my mom to make all pretty and “aesthetic” and another little one for the kids to have all our random ornaments on. It was fun to have both styles😄
great idea
That’s my plan when I have kids but probably have 2 full size or have a 4ft tree in the kids rooms
James is a whole vibe with the whole woooooooooooooooooooo...
i genuinely love the simpler tree decorations it looks so nice. our family tree is like the complete opposite haha. we have a bunch of like rlly traditional deco and tonns of little ornaments i made as a kid. plus my grandma was qn english teacher from the 70s to the 90s and we still have a bunch of ornaments her students made for her as christmas gifts. also my uncle somehow started started the tradition of hiding an easter egg ornament in the tree. it's rlly wholesome but god i crave some simplicity:))
Being a teachers daughter myself I relate to this on a very deep level🙈
Oh you two are adorable. James made me laugh out loud with the butt smacking.
The tree looks gorgeous
i never know that there are minimalistic looking christmas tree ornaments, and now i want them
Deli is me and James is my best friend
"I never cared for what people think about me" and I'm like H O W 🤣
I put my kids decorations on the tree proudly. It's our family tree and I love having things like that on it. I remember the first year we moved into our new house and didn't have much money to buy christmas decor I made all the ornaments with the kids from salt dough and some paper ones, we still have the dough ones and they go on the tree every year. Btw I love your decorations plus for anyone who would want a bit of color those look totally customizable, you can paint them which ever way you want, but they look great as is too. Also James is right you shouldn't care about anyone's opinions.
Deli, you can wrap a thick ribbon round the tree like a garland, that way you can easily add some colour, loving the sustainable decorations!
James is 100% on the naughty list this year 😂😂 glad to see you two are well!
A great sustainable wrapping idea I’ve seen is using Christmas fabric! You buy a bunch one year, wrap your presents with it and tie it up with ribbon, then keep the fabric and ribbon to reuse the next year 😊
I LOVE how you're doing the holidays! Much more eco friendly and more sustainable!
We keep almost all of our packaging to use for the holiday gift wrappings and it is such a better way to do it!
I'm loving this style of video! It's great to get a peak into what you've been up to as it sometimes feel like we're friends being that I've been watching for years now 😂 It's so nice to see your life evolving and to see that life has been kind to you and you're doing well. I'm so curious, what is the housing market like in Aus right now? I'm America It's really not good but I'm hoping to move out of the nest and into my first apartment soon. It feels like a good time as I'm less than a decade from 30 and soon to be a fully employed career woman lol. Anyway, wishing you Bowser and James the best as always!
Thank you! Housing Market is very tough here. It’s challenging to get a first home. I hope you find yours soon, how exciting!
craft/butcher paper is a very cost-effective and rustic/minimalistic-looking wrapping paper at half the cost. I do that with fabric scraps, twine, etc. and it always comes out super cute!!!
I love seeing how other people decorate their tree and how it absolutely represents their style/personality! The first Christmas my husband and I lived together we had all hand me down ornaments from other family members and we decided that year that every Christmas we would buy a special ornament so one day we will have a tree only full of our special ornaments representing each Christmas we have spent together! We have now been together for 12 years and have 3 wonderful boys so our tree is full of special memories and quite a few homemade ornaments that our oldest has made at school and I cherish each one!
From NZ and we always had croissants (cheese, tomato and ham to go in them) and pancakes for breakfast. Then we would have cold salads and cold meats for a late lunch. Then dessert was always cheesecake, fruits and ice cream. We would be outside most of the day and play backyard cricket or play in the sprinkler
I love your tree its simplistic yet meaningful. As far as asthetic my kids are my asthetic. In the office we have a whole wall of things our kids make and bring home and I do put things they make on the tree too. One of the ways I decorate my tree its just a mismatch of ornaments and that is an asthetic all its own. I call it the smorgesboard tree. Last few years I decorated the tree with a theme but my husband requested the traditional smorgesboard tree back so I did both. I have all the family ornaments on there but I also mixed in rose gold, champagne colored, and silver ornamets into it. It looks simple and pretty. I used to have Obsessive Compulsive Ornament Placement now I gently guide the children on decorating the tree themselves without too much fussing LOL.. Its amazing how you adapt when you become parents.
Deli, you're glowing✨🙏 always enjoy watching your vlogs! ❤
The butt smack! I can't! I laughed so hard. You two (three counting Bowsie) are just the sweetest people. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas! 🎄
My favorite Christmas tree is one that is decorated with random ornaments. It reminds me of my Pappy's Christmas tree. That's what I think of when I think of Christmas. Also, Bowser is soooooo adorable! I love his well groomed fluff!
my Christmas tree growing up was never "aesthetic" it was always full of ornaments that we bought on vacation somewhere, full of memories and very ecclectic! My tree is the same now and it brings me so much joy!
Deli you wrap so beautifully!!
You’re so lucky that you started your sustainable journey before moving house - great way to begin in a new space ❤️
Love your minimal tree. its nice. Complete opposite of my house which has exploded in red, green and gold. lol. And for your kids question, all my old ornaments from when i was a kid and my daughters are on the tree. Our tree has many meaningful ornaments that we've collected over the past probably 30 years. And as an American, our family tradition for food is Homemade Lasagna with a fresh salad and homemade garlic bread. Also James "cracks" me up 🤣
Maybe you guys could repaint the tree ones to be different colors? They all look sturdy enough for paint, and it would be another fun hands-on activity! (eta: but also I agree with James, all that matters is that you guys like it!)
The first time I ever saw a video from James was because you mentioned him in a video and I immediately thought about how cute yall would be and I am just living for this. Your energies are made for each other and I can always feel the love you have for each other through the screen. Merry Christmas to you guys and Bowser💕
I live in the Southern US so have a warm Christmas. We just blend the traditional with the heat. Your taste will change as you grow and if you have children you will be proud to grow together. 💝
I LOVE the "sad wooden tree" you had last year!! So beautiful and simple and perfect! We have a cat who is terrible about messing with trees, plus we used to have to travel a lot around the holidays (obviously not now b/c of Covid), so we never put up a tree and I really miss it... But a wall-hanging tree that can still display our favorite ornaments would be kinda perfect! I can't believe I never thought of that!
I bought it from Etsy! But easy to make :)
I made my own decorations with pinecones. I hot glued twine to the tops and they turned out awesome! One year, I used pine tree branches that had fallen, made a wreath out of them and used twine to keep its shape. The middle had a star made of twigs. The wreath is still hanging on my wall, since 2019 and it's Scandinavian inspired. The sliced oranges on string, for the birds is also Scandinavian inspired. I had strung those up on branches over in the corner of the yard where nobody ever goes.
James is especially cheeky in this VLOG, LOL. But loving the VLOGS lately!!!
Quite literally lol~
This vlog is so cozy, loving the vibes Deli!
Hey Deli. I wanted to thank you for sharing so much of your journey with us. Your information on your IBS really helped me. I had an attack of IBS that was lasting into the 4 hour mark of excruciating spasms and I remembered you mentioned the rocking method and it helped SO MUCH that I think I was able to relax my body enough to get the spasms to quit. Kind of like hiccups for my poop shoot! 🧐😂 But your thoughts on anxiety and finding equilibrium with your inner self and harmony with your physical self really helps me feel like I'm not alone in this floppy thing called life. So thank you so much. From one stranger on the internet to another, I happen to think you're a pretty swell gal. 🖤
I feel the same about Canadian Christmas...though it is typically really cold here. We are heavily influenced by the Europeans who settled here and by American pop culture and have lost a lot of the indigenous traditions.
Also, REALLY LOVE your tree! I've made a lot of our ornaments from clay this year and made a garland out of wood and lava beads. Very similar vibes!
The little Bowzi ornaments are everything 😍
Loooove the decorations! I also bought wooden and glass tree decorations, and i'm renting a living tree in a pot, so no tree has to die for my christmas this year. 🌲🌲💚♻
Such a great idea!
My Mum got a real tree again last year and instead of it dying off like expected (and getting to become fire for sitting outside in the summer when its actually still cold) it just kept growing more and more buds on it. It got moved outside to do its dying off stage after it was time to take the decorations down and it starting developing new root growth from the cut trunk. So she potted it up properly and now there's last year's tree in the garden and we have the new one for this year inside. If we're not careful, she'll turn the garden into a forest. She certainly did that with the 30 tomato plants she ended up with this year. You know the bit where you're only meant to take the strongest seedlings? She kept them all and just planted the smaller ones out later, then kinda regretted it because there wasn't much space in the garden.
"You have to give up a lot for kids. You have to give up your aesthetic!"
🤣🤣🤣
I think I would miss a nice cold day with a covering of clean twinkling snow. With the lighted decorations reflecting off the white resting ground. (Between Christmas Eve and Jan 2nd - Then the warm weather can come back!) Kids decorations ALWAYS go on the tree! And put up year after year too. Adds to the meaning of the family Christmases! Happy Holidays from Cold Vermont US!
Very cute tree, it reminds me of a beach like theme with beige and mutual colors since your Christmas is around summertime. 😊
The tree looks beautiful! Love the modern look! Nice job. 👍
omg im never bored seeing baby bowserr honestly the cutesttt🥺🥺
My ornaments are all handmade. Blue crochet lace snowflakes, little styrofoam balls covered in knit or crochet (mostly also blue) and a ribbon instead of tinsel garland. No wire hangers. I have cats and one of my former ones was a destroyer so nothing can be breakable or swallowable.
The tree is beautiful! Thanks for the wrapping tips too. I've not even thought about just using a decorative piece to go around the plain wrapping.
I still have an ornament that I made when I was in the 4th grade (I've been out of high school for 16 years) and it still goes on the tree every year. I have one tree that is nothing but Barbie ornaments (mainly the Holiday Barbie ornaments from Hallmark Keepsake that I've collected since I was little so I have every one of them from 1993 all the through to 2021), though I need to find a decent, relatively inexpensive white tree and then change out the lights to pink bulbs. Growing up the "aesthetic" of our Christmas tree was just a hodge podge of handmade ornaments and store bought ornaments. My mom has ornaments from around the world. When I went to Europe, the only thing she wanted was an ornament or something she could turn into an ornament from each country I went to. My parents retire soon and my mom has asked that we each make her a handmade ornament for their first Christmas after retirement. Christmas has always been super busy for my family because of my parents work (and now mine) but it is still one of my favorite times of the year.
Love your tree, tea towels are great for wrapping presents too. We have a very eclectic tree with decorations made by family and those collected on our travels, so our asthestic is things that make us smile and bling.
I loved hearing about your Christmas traditions and seeing the eco friendly decorations. ❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful Tree Deli! 🎄 Totally agree with you on the consumerism of Christmas, I ended up hating this time of the year because of the stress of it all. But this year we've done secret santa with our families which has helped massively, and we've only been buying what people need and want 🤗 I've also been buying lots of handmade stuff for gifts this year 🎁 I hope you both have a wonderful Christmas and New Year ❤ xx
We Iove you guys!! Love seeing James. Merry Christmas to you guys and the bowzer🐕
My grandparents tree decorations were always very curated and themed and traditional but on the minimal side - but that’s because they had a real tree and they didn’t want to lose anything when they took it down. Your decorations remind me of theirs a little, I like it. My tree is random - we buy a new ornament every year and write the year on it. I have a glass witch hat ornament next to a snowman next to a penguin next to a Batman car. I have decorations my husband made as a kid on our tree. I have a decoration my toddler made on the tree. The aesthetic is Christmas exploded everywhere.
Thanks for the info on how you celebrate Christmas in Australia. Happy holidays.
The trick with kids is to get a 2nd tree 😅 my 3.5yo loves having his own tree! Mine does still have some decorations that don’t match my aesthetic though haha.
Your tree looks lovely 😊
I use the comics section of the paper to wrap gifts. You can also use empty cereal boxes. I once wrapped a gift for my dad in the stock section of the paper.
I actually made all my ornaments on our tree. About 2 years ago I decided I want to. When I was a kid we had handmade ornaments on the tree. I still have those in a box somewhere lol.
Gift giving is one of my top love languages, so I like the presents, lol.
very beautiful tree and cute Christmas wrapping! thank you for sharing with us!
i really love these vlogs! you’re so calming to watch and i’m loving seeing all of your fitness improvements and food!! it’s getting me really inspired ~
James: once u have kids there’s no aesthetic, just toys
Me with a 2yo and 7mo old right now: yup
Your Christmas tree is gorgeous!!!! What's important is that you both love it!!! Something you could do that's like crafting is learning Crochet lots of beginner Crochet vids on YT! My Grandmother raised me I am 54 LOL She taught me to knit crochet sew cross stitch but my favorite is crocheting! She taught me how to Quilt make Quilts too LOLLL This Christmas won't be the same My oldest son 31 just lost his Father a bit over a week ago he is back home in Texas I live in Canada now for 21 years My youngest 25 is here with me and it's been so so hard and I am constantly in contact with my oldest trying to do whatever I can to support him and console him right now! My heart constantly breaks for my baby boy going through such a huge loss!
Your tree looks beautiful ! Also you could put a temporary Christmas curtain over the wall and centre the tree in front of the curtain. All the packaging can also be used to make more ornaments. (From the ornament boxes) Love you guys together. Merry Christmas
It’s absolutely beautiful. It’s a wonderful reflection of both of you. ❤️
I grew up in Southern California and we have warm Christmas too! We also go to the beach and do a lot of grilling/outdoor entertaining on Christmas. But I totally understand craving hot beverages even when it’s hot outside
You change your aesthetic to kidcore and embrace it! Alternative, have a kids tree(s) and let them own it. 🌲
This year I have a snowy white tree with white poinsettias and kids ornaments everywhere they can reach. 😅 It’s so important to them. Love your tree and your little family with James and Bowser ♥️
If i had a chow chow I would definitely name them bear they really look like mini bears it’s the cutest thing
I really enjoyed this vlog, bowser is the cutest, James is hilarious 😆 and is looking thinner, you guys are adorable together, love the Xmas tree 🌲 it’s perfect 👍🏼
Came out so nice. Personally I like multicolored lights. But the tree is charming just the way y'all have done it.
Love your enjoyment of the holiday season! I don't care for gifts unless it's homemade or meaningful. It is a lot of pressure for people buying 'to buy' it feels so hollow. I give eggs from my chickens or make speeds to share. One of my Fav gifts was my grandma making a casserole in one's of her dishes and telling me to keep the dish too. So kind!! I am a big fan of biodegradable wrapping too. Also your tree is fabulous!! Happy holidays!!
Tip for the ripped-up wall from someone currently mid-construction and trying to decorate creatively around construction mess: Cover that wall section with decorative paper or gift wrap. You could even make your own with natural-colored paper and potato stamps to suit the tree's eco aesthetic. Then add a wide ribbon in an off-center cross and a big bow. Basically make that section look like a big gift. You could even add a little rectangular bit of paper attached to the bow that says something cute like "With love from James and Maddie!"
Your tree is adorable and I LOVE how you wrapped your presents! Too cute!
With kids your tree gets a lot more eclectic lol. But i love it because we pick up a couple new ornaments every year to add that fit our family plus ones she makes at school. It’s so homey and personal now!
Eating green grapes and raspberries together is 😙🤌 so sweet and tangy.
James is 100 percent right. There is no aesthetic anymore, just toys. Haha, he's gonna make a great dad one day. 🤍✌
I'm also Australian, and for Christmas, my family eat a lot of cold ham, like a big ham leg. We also have cold roast chicken and pork with apple sauce. Sometimes cold turkey as well. Potato salad, coleslaw, pasta salad, regular salad. Then we generally have a cheesecake for dessert.
Thought I just had! Use some Christmas wrapping paper to decorate/cover the wall that needs patching to add a festive touch for the holidays
If doing what makes you happy, does not hurt others, then keep it up. You are a nice person and are entitled to do what you want, being caring does not mean what you want is not valid. Not everyone has to agree with you, and there will always be haters, but your positivity and outlook on life is inspiring. Love seeing you and James decorating for for holidays. (Guess its the only way to see James recently, LOL) And I love your ornaments!!!
I remember when Bowsy was a little baby and tried to sneak into the presents under the tree, that had a gate around it bc he wanted to grab them xD
btw love the Xmas tree this year 🎄
The wooden decorations you could paint them with glitter paint too would bring a bit of sparkle to them
You could also put the green Christmas trees up on the windows instead
Loving these vlogs so much! I live in Canada so I like learning more about how Australians celebrate Christmas. -15 C today 🥶
You are so calming to watch. I could watch your vlogs all day!! Sending love from Tennessee , USA 🖤🖤
I love this look so much. I've never been one for decorating trees in the past but I can definitely get on board with this 🥰
i have 3-4 trees this year, one silver tree is like my kids tree which they can add w/e they want, then my black tree is MINE with my Nightmare Before Christmas Decor & a small white tree with minimal decorations in my room in the background for videos
Love!!! Thanks for showing us your Australiana Christmas Decorating!
I love woooooooooooooooo...den decorations 😅🤣😁😆 no but seriously, I love these, I'm planning to get a few wooden ornaments this year to go with our traditional red gold white decorations! So...good job on the tree guys! 😍😍😍😍
Awweee I LOVE your sustainable wooden ornaments! You have inspired me to be even more sustainable. But I can't do much right now since I'm a college student! 😅
Christmas here in Argentina is also pretty hot (sometimes it gets to 38° 🔥), but it doesn't stop us from lighting up a fire and cook asado (a traditional food here: basically cow meat on a grill 🍖). We also eat pan dulce (sweet bread), Mantecol (is like a nougat made from peanut butter) and garrapiñadas (sugar coated peanuts)... Love this season!! 💕 (but hate the summer)
Happy holidays to everyone however you celebrate it! 🎉
i love the autrailiana gift wrap that u used! it's beautiful and very unique!
The tree looks so great! What a wholesome video. Also super interesting to hear how things go in Australia for Christmas.
Omg that wrapping paper is sooooo cute. I think I know how I wanna wrap my gifts from now on!
We do put our kids ornaments on the tree too, along with our nice ornaments. We almost have another spot we could use for a second tree, so one stays fancy and the other is kid friendly.
Our new tree came with little baby pine cones and red foam (berries). So a pine cone tree topper my hubs found was perfect to top it with.
Growing up mum did the Christmas tree how she liked it, we were never allowed to do it, had our own small tree.
My kids are doing the tree this year. We may end up getting them a little tree for their bedroom to decorate. But I love having the kids help out. We’re even going to have lego decorations. :)
Yes I like the decoration and it nice see jame and you steel together and keep it going both you love each other
I loved learning about Christmas in Australia. I’m so interested in hearing about your country!
It's a beautiful tree , so fun to watch you guys, next how about baking videos for the holidays :)
Clearly the James community is having James withdrawals.
I still send paper Christmas cards too. I am putting 43 in the mail today!
I'm from the southern emisphere too and we celebrate christmas eve here. Cold salads, especially potato salad, are a must and very popular. We tend to eat chicken or something called vitel tonne (actually name is vitello tonnato) since Argentina has a huge italian immigrant descent population (myself included).
This year all my kids+ my nieces and nephews are getting handmade jammie from me! Much more useful and they get cool prints they love
Love the decs. Like James said it's what you like so don't worry what others think. You should listen to White Wine In The Sun by Tim MInchin. One of my fav songs and is about Christmas in Australia and talks about commercialisation etc. Has such a beautiful sentiment how the importance of Christmas is spending time with loved ones :)