Ok, Anne, I was laughing out loud as I watched you tackle the fruit displays! Hahaha! So funny! That's exactly what would happen to me if I attempted that! It also makes me laugh how people the whole world over knows Tom as "Shirtless Tom!" He has certainly made a name for himself! Hahaha! But your house looks so lovely and cozy with all the candle light and wonderful decorations. I hope you and Tom have a wonderful Christmas, dear Anne. Thank you for all that you share with us.
LOL Thank you Amber! Yes, it's ALL true - I keep laughing when I watch it! At the time I really wasn't trying to be funny which makes it that much funnier. Anyway, yes Shirtless Tom is now a handle! Merry Christmas!!
Ohhh, my goodness!! Thank you soooooo much for this. I really have not felt the Christmas spirit this year. 😕 I don't know why. I've worked a lot. My grown children have worked a lot. We are all very healthy and happy. But the Christmas spirit has been lost to me this year. Until your video this morning. It's a cold, wet morning in Central NC at 5:30 AM...3 days before Christmas. And it finally hit me...the Christmas spirit....watching your video. The music, the organic decorations, the old village....brought back the spirit of Christmas for me. Thank you Anne.❤️
I am so very glad!!! Just in the St Nick of time!!! Sometimes we lose that spirit in all the business of life! Sometimes we lose it in the frantic pace that we lead just to get it… ironically! I’m so glad this video restored your spirit!!! Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas to you!🎄🎁🎄
Oh dearest Anne, have you done it again? Oh but yes you have. We are indeed fortunate to be a part of your utube family as you have welcomed us in this Christmas season. Anne, you have showed us the beauty of prim decorating and how in its simplicity it shows the heart of ones spirit. Then there was the hushed quiet beauty of a snowfall. You had me laughing so hard the tears were running down my face as you attempted Williamsburg fruit decor.(I can help you with that). In closing, you cut to the core of this season and what is really important. And of course that is Love and family together making traditions and memories. God Bless and Merry Christmas.
Hi Bonnie! You tracked this video wonderfully! Thank you for your beautiful description! I love that line that the simplicity of prim shows the heart of one’s spirit. That is beautiful! Thank you! Merry Christmas!
I was laughing at your attempts. I do Williamsburg fruit wreaths and cones. You just needed the wooden pieces with nails to allow tge fruit to adhere and form! Your cookie making remined me of me... I'm terrible at making cookies. Thank you for the joy you bring and allow us into your home and the homes of others. God bless
Sweet Anne, I had to watch this video twice! I would Love to see more of your cooking segments you crack me up! You and Tom share so much of your Life with us and all of the time you spend editing I send out a Loving THANK YOU..............
Anne I needed that laugh so bad 🤣🤣I was dying watching you fiddling with the fruit That would be something I would do . But thank you so much for sharing . Your house looks beautiful . Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄🎁🙏🏼
This video was the BEST!!! It brought laughter and kept decorating in perspective. You are my kind of person! You elevate merry-making to an art form! Sending you best wishes for a wonderful holiday season! Looking forward to more joy in 2023!
Oh Anne, your home is the Merriest of all! So rich in history, and texture and color...and laughter and Love! The part with you making the fruit displays was hilarious and adorable...Anne, you bring us so much joy and beauty and fun, we are all so grateful! I wish you and yours the Merriest Christmas and bountiful blessings all throughout the Season and into the New Year ...we Love you too, dear Anne, stay safe and well all! And to all a Good Night🎅🎄💕 Leeta 🥰
You never ever disappoint. Your beautiful home, videos and music sure puts me in the Christmas mood...but what I love the most is your humor. I had tears running down my face from laughing at your fruit sculpture especially when you compared it to the inspiration pictures. You are a hoot!!!
Oh Ann your home is so beautiful inside and out as you are! Love all the fruit you used to decorate with,so inviting come sit in the tavern,enjoy the fire while you eat a orange! I so remember my mother telling me that in her stocking was a orange ,they were so poor and that orange was truly a blessing! A happy but sad memory and it just makes me feel how blessed I am! Thank you for all your decorating videos,your funny ways that are so meaningful,shirtless Tom, and the dogs! May your Christmas be filled with all Blessings of Joy,Peace & Love! Oh okay oranges too! Merry,Merry!🌲🌲, hugs!
Thank you so much Jane! I’ve heard that in colonial days they gave the oranges but your poor mom. Must have been during the depression? It does make us thankful for all we have! We must look very rich to those back then if they could see us! Merry Christmas!
Hahaha that’s great! So glad you both had a good laugh!!! I showed my daughter last night and she giggled so loud! It’s always good to hear! Merry Christmas!
Oh my, your Shih Tzus look so much like our Beamer, who passed away last year at 14 1/2. Thank you for sharing your home, baking & decor. Merry Christmas.
Aw. I love our little Dewy… he’s just precious!!! I didn’t know how great they were as dogs! Our others have Pomeranian in them and they are more high strung. Merry Christmas!
Anne, I love the fruit, the berries, the greens in your Christmas decor...loved seeing the Williamsburg decor too...and you're baking episode, it cracked me up, not laughing at you, but with you, b/c no matter how easy it seems, baking, etc is always a trial for me...I've got a lot of oranges given to me by a friend,,,think I'll stick some cloves in them (wonder if I can do that, it looks easy, lol)...thanks Anne for the beauty, the joy and the laughter you created here.
Lol you can laugh at me… I don’t mind. I grew up in a family with a very healthy ability to laugh at their humanity! And it’s true!! I never expect to mess up when I start a video and yet I always do haha.
Oh Anne, you've outdone yourself! Everything looks just beautiful in your home! You've really achieved that primitive look and you have found some wonderful pieces to add to your decor. On the other hand, between the way you were mixing that cookie dough and then your attempts to make that fruit display, you had me laughing and laughing. But, at least, I think the end result of both was not bad at all. Wishing you and your family a blessed and Merry Christmas!
Lol at your fruit creative process.........And then the tape-hahahaha. Too funny. The cone works great. Trial and error just like the pioneers!! Merry Christmas! Love you!
Almond cookies are my favorite! I did oranges slices, apple slices and cranberries on my trees. Anne, our fruit decor and lights all looks just beautiful! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Hi Anne...love your vlogs! I did something new this year with making my oranges and cloves decorations. I USED A THIN MARKER TO CREATE MY DESIGNS ON ORANGES...THEN USED AN ICE PICK AND KNITTING NEEDLE TO POKE INTO THAT PERFECT DESIGN AND ADDED CLOVES INTO HOLES. MADE IT SO EASY TO CREATE INTRICATE DESIGNS!
That’s cool Mary! While I was poking those oranges I thot to myself… self… I should use a pointy object to poke the holes first! Good advice! I bet they turned out wonderfully!
Merry Christmas Anne and to your lovely family. Your Christmas present to all of us is your fun , informative videos. Thank you so much for all you do. We love watching them and love your channel. Happy new year to you Anne🎄
I haven't had such a good belly laugh in soooo long.... you trying to make that fruit tree had me rolling 🤣 😂 You never cease to entertain in one way or another! I love you! Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 Your home 🏡 is amazing.
Oh Anne, your home is so lovely. We get so many beautiful ideas from you! Have A Very Merry Christmas and looking forward to watching all your videos! 🎄❤️
Great video!. I cut fresh greens last week and they dry out making a mess. You show a beautiful home behind the scences, the imperfections of real life and how much work it takes to make our homes as beautiful as they can be! 💝
You are such a delight! I'll be smiling every time I think of you trying to make the Williamsburg centerpiece. Hey, have thought about making sugared fruit? It is easy and all you do is dip your fruit in egg whites and roll in fine sugar. Let is dry ona plate, then display in a compote. I've done it using white school glue rubbed on plastic fruit then rolled in sugar. Only difference is the real fruit smells wonderful, but it doesn't last like the fake!!
Hi Robin! I have a Christmas video that I did a few years ago where I did sugared fruit! It was beautiful! I’ll have to do that again. In fact, maybe I need to pull that video out from the archives and dust it off for everyone. It was a fun one!
Anne, I was cracking up with you baking maybe you and Cousin Mel would have done better together 😂🤣 and the fruit was wicked funny 🤣😭😂Be still my heart I can't believe how much change in the house!!I couldn't wait to see the red room it's just beautiful I absolutely love how you painted and placed all the furniture.Its wonderful Anne.I wish you and Tom and your daughter and Cousin Mel and furbabies a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year filled with Love and Faith and Hope.God Bless and thank you Anne for all your hard work on everything you do for our wonderful prim/ colonial community.🕊️💚🇺🇲🙏🎄
Thank you so much!!❤️❤️❤️ yes I was thinking about Mel and I baking together… that would be hysterical! It will never happen! We are let’s go to the bakery types. I’ll talk more about the red room in the new year! So many changes and so many more to be made! Merry Christmas!
You always make me smile and laugh Anne!! Love this video! Your home looks absolutely stunning. Love every single room. Thank you for all you do on your channel. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Cheers to the New Year and may it have many blessings.
Anne - I really needed a little comic relief….you made me chuckle with the fruit display….I could so relate. 😂 Blessings to you and your family this Christmas season
Thank you for sharing! I think your cookies looked really good! I am not a baker at heart, but I do a little of it! Happy holidays to you and your family!🙏🏻❤️
Anne, a terrific video! You had me laughing as you were trying to make the cookies and put together the fruit display. Your home is so beautiful, warm and cozy and decorated so lovely for Christmas. Thank you for all the wonderful and enjoyable videos you bring us and for your warm and friendly personality. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and may it be filled with an abundance of blessings! God bless!
Hi Gwen! Thank you so much!❤️❤️ so glad that you had a good laugh! You are very welcome! Thanks for being a part of the community and Merry Christmas!!!
Great video, best Christmas one by far, chuckling away and always heartwarming to see your beautiful home . Have a happy Christmas to you and your family .
Anne, I just finished the video, and I think I missed one… When did you do red in the tv room? It’s gorgeous, I love it. We had our fireplace painted red this past summer, and we love it. Your room looks like it woke up. This year we went to the bakery for everything… we just couldn’t do it all. So we’re wishing you a Blessed Christmas , stay healthy too!
Hi Cindy. I haven’t done a video on painting the room. I got so busy running around doing other tours that I didn’t have a chance to do that but I’ll address it in January!
Soo...much fun. I figured maybe they used tooth picks, sticks or shish kabob sticks to make those fruit trays. But A for effort! Maybe some of the museum people there can help you learn the way they are made. Very interesting cookies? Did they taste good? Love your house and your decor was just perfect!!! Just perfect!! 👍👍👍 Hope you have a Happy New Year as Christmas is past. I used some branches in my home this year but since I decorate so early I just redo them in two weeks so they get two more and then they are burnt. Stay well....🤗
They do use nails and forms - which of course I didn't know. And no = the cookies were not good - not like Patty's cookies - she gave me the recipe and some samples>I failed miserably on both counts haha. And for the greens - mine were dead and coming apart in a week so I think I won't do that again either. haha
Wonderful video. Really enjoyed your cooking section. Merry Christmas Anne and Tom. Stay warm and safe. Weather is a bit different here in the Rio Grande Valley.
Thank you so much Araceli!! I’m thinking I’ll make more cooking videos haha. Merry Christmas! Our temp is going to drop a lot tonight! Right now it’s raining like crazy. We’ve got the wood stoves fired up and the pellet stove going in the basement to keep the pipes from freezing!
Simple beauty is often hard to achieve, your fruit display was unique. 😳 Loved the video, your home looks amazing as usual. Thank you Anne, Merry Christmas to you and shirtless Tom. 🎄🎄
Thank you for the house tour, Anne. And I appreciate all the time and effort you put into making these wonderful videos. I thought the DIY segment on the CW apple cone tree was hilarious. Yours turned out just lovely in end. Have a Blessed Christmas!
Anne, everything looks so beautiful and festive! Did you get new video equipment, or do something different? The video seems so nice and crisp, crystal clear, gorgeous!!! Not that your other videos aren’t gorgeous, but something seems very different with the quality of this video! Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!❤Maddalena
Thank you Maddalena! You are so very observant. I’m using the same equipment but I did mess with some settings. The perfect irony is that I’ve been a pro photographer for 20 years and always “pump up the jam” on my pictures and never thot of doing it to my videos. So yes, I’m glad you noticed the difference! Merry Christmas!
@@AnneClay It’s really beautiful Anne, and I know nothing about photography and I take the worst video! How many times I videoed my floor thinking I was videoing the house!😆
You are a mess in the kitchen but so funny stick to decor you are great at that but for great laughs cook you and Tom are just so wonderful together much joy for the holidays season planing a trip next year to new England you have so Inspired me God willing. Much laughs and great decor Susan Hirsch.
I BUY A STYROFOAM CONE AND USE ELMERS GLUE TO ROLL IT IN LOOSE DRIED MOSS. I BUY REAL APPLES AND STICK SHORT CRAFT WOOD STICK INTO FRUIT IN THE BACKSIDE OF APPLES, ADD HOT GLUE TO STICK, THEN PUSH IT INTO CONE. AT TOP OF CONE, HOT GLUE MAGNOLIA OR HOLLY LEAVES IN A CIRCLE AIMING OUTWARD.. add a longer craft stick into base of small pineapple and use hot glue on stick and insert into top of styrofoam cone. You can hot glue small bits of holly, magnolia leaves etc. To fill in any gapes.
Ok, Anne, I was laughing out loud as I watched you tackle the fruit displays! Hahaha! So funny! That's exactly what would happen to me if I attempted that! It also makes me laugh how people the whole world over knows Tom as "Shirtless Tom!" He has certainly made a name for himself! Hahaha! But your house looks so lovely and cozy with all the candle light and wonderful decorations. I hope you and Tom have a wonderful Christmas, dear Anne. Thank you for all that you share with us.
LOL Thank you Amber! Yes, it's ALL true - I keep laughing when I watch it! At the time I really wasn't trying to be funny which makes it that much funnier. Anyway, yes Shirtless Tom is now a handle! Merry Christmas!!
So were we, it was hilarious and the music just added to it! Your home is so cosy Ann. Merry Christmas or Nadolig Llawen as we say in Wales x
@@cerridwencottagediary9194 ❤️❤️🎄🎉🎁 thank you!!! Merry Christmas to you in Wales!
She's hilarious!
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I love the simplicity of the mantel.
lové lové lovés 🎩🎄🎩🎄
Thank you!!
Ohhh, my goodness!! Thank you soooooo much for this.
I really have not felt the Christmas spirit this year. 😕 I don't know why. I've worked a lot. My grown children have worked a lot. We are all very healthy and happy.
But the Christmas spirit has been lost to me this year.
Until your video this morning. It's a cold, wet morning in Central NC at 5:30 AM...3 days before Christmas.
And it finally hit me...the Christmas spirit....watching your video. The music, the organic decorations, the old village....brought back the spirit of Christmas for me.
Thank you Anne.❤️
I am so very glad!!! Just in the St Nick of time!!! Sometimes we lose that spirit in all the business of life! Sometimes we lose it in the frantic pace that we lead just to get it… ironically! I’m so glad this video restored your spirit!!! Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas to you!🎄🎁🎄
Love, love, love your cozy, warm primitive home!
Thank you so much Gloria!
Oh dearest Anne, have you done it again? Oh but yes you have. We are indeed fortunate to be a part of your utube family as you have welcomed us in this Christmas season. Anne, you have showed us the beauty of prim decorating and how in its simplicity it shows the heart of ones spirit. Then there was the hushed quiet beauty of a snowfall. You had me laughing so hard the tears were running down my face as you attempted Williamsburg fruit decor.(I can help you with that). In closing, you cut to the core of this season and what is really important. And of course that is Love and family together making traditions and memories. God Bless and Merry Christmas.
Hi Bonnie! You tracked this video wonderfully! Thank you for your beautiful description! I love that line that the simplicity of prim shows the heart of one’s spirit. That is beautiful! Thank you! Merry Christmas!
I was laughing at your attempts. I do Williamsburg fruit wreaths and cones. You just needed the wooden pieces with nails to allow tge fruit to adhere and form!
Your cookie making remined me of me... I'm terrible at making cookies.
Thank you for the joy you bring and allow us into your home and the homes of others.
God bless
Lol thanks Gail. Next year I’ll do a real fruit tree.:) I sure like the way they look! You’re very welcome. Glad you enjoy the videos!
Sweet Anne, I had to watch this video twice! I would Love to see more of your cooking segments you crack me up! You and Tom share so much of your Life with us and all of the time you spend editing I send out a Loving THANK YOU..............
You’re welcome Sally. Thank you!! ❤️❤️
Anne I just love you. Thanks for making me laugh and smile with the fruit display.
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Anne I needed that laugh so bad 🤣🤣I was dying watching you fiddling with the fruit That would be something I would do . But thank you so much for sharing . Your house looks beautiful . Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄🎁🙏🏼
Thank you so much Dawn!! Merry Christmas!!!
I love the Primitive lifestyle. Everything is so beautiful in the video.
I do too! Thank you Debra!
This video was the BEST!!! It brought laughter and kept decorating in perspective. You are my kind of person! You elevate merry-making to an art form! Sending you best wishes for a wonderful holiday season! Looking forward to more joy in 2023!
Thank you Veronica!! I love it… merry making to an art form! Now that’s poetic! Happy Holidays to you!!
Oh Anne, your home is the Merriest of all! So rich in history, and texture and color...and laughter and Love! The part with you making the fruit displays was hilarious and adorable...Anne, you bring us so much joy and beauty and fun, we are all so grateful! I wish you and yours the Merriest Christmas and bountiful blessings all throughout the Season and into the New Year ...we Love you too, dear Anne, stay safe and well all! And to all a Good Night🎅🎄💕 Leeta 🥰
Thank you so much Leeta! Lol merry Christmas!
You never ever disappoint. Your beautiful home, videos and music sure puts me in the Christmas mood...but what I love the most is your humor. I had tears running down my face from laughing at your fruit sculpture especially when you compared it to the inspiration pictures. You are a hoot!!!
Hehe! A woman after my own heart! I was almost wetting my pants… I got hysterical when I was editing it. 🎉😂
Anne, you are us. This is what happens to us! Merry Christmas to you and shirtless Tom! 🎄
Lol thank you Rose!! 😅😅
Merry Christmas!
Lady Anne, you are the best!!! Thank you for so much fun, laughter and beauty! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!
Thank you!!❤️ merry Christmas and happy new year too!
Oh Ann your home is so beautiful inside and out as you are! Love all the fruit you used to decorate with,so inviting come sit in the tavern,enjoy the fire while you eat a orange! I so remember my mother telling me that in her stocking was a orange ,they were so poor and that orange was truly a blessing! A happy but sad memory and it just makes me feel how blessed I am!
Thank you for all your decorating videos,your funny ways that are so meaningful,shirtless Tom, and the dogs! May your Christmas be filled with all Blessings of Joy,Peace & Love! Oh okay oranges too!
Merry,Merry!🌲🌲, hugs!
Thank you so much Jane! I’ve heard that in colonial days they gave the oranges but your poor mom. Must have been during the depression? It does make us thankful for all we have! We must look very rich to those back then if they could see us! Merry Christmas!
Anne, you crack me up! Thanks for the fun!
Lol you are so welcome Maria! We all need a bunch of laughter in our hearts! 😅
I am new to your channel. I love that you are real....,mistakes, laughter,
and all. Loved every min of watching. Merry Christmas
Welcome to the channel Sharol and thank you so much! Yep I’m real. I’ve never been able to pull off anything but! Hehe Merry Christmas!
Thanks again for the lovely places you visit and bring back to us!! Wishing you and your family the very best Christmas ever!! Blessings
Thank you Jan. Merry Christmas to you too!
Thank you for a good laugh, I laughed so hard my husband had to come see what was so funny. Then we both had a good laugh. Merry Christmas
Hahaha that’s great! So glad you both had a good laugh!!! I showed my daughter last night and she giggled so loud! It’s always good to hear! Merry Christmas!
Oh my, your Shih Tzus look so much like our Beamer, who passed away last year at 14 1/2. Thank you for sharing your home, baking & decor. Merry Christmas.
Aw. I love our little Dewy… he’s just precious!!! I didn’t know how great they were as dogs! Our others have Pomeranian in them and they are more high strung. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Thank you for a year of wonderful videos.
Merry Christmas Rosemary. You're very welcome!!
Anne, I love the fruit, the berries, the greens in your Christmas decor...loved seeing the Williamsburg decor too...and you're baking episode, it cracked me up, not laughing at you, but with you, b/c no matter how easy it seems, baking, etc is always a trial for me...I've got a lot of oranges given to me by a friend,,,think I'll stick some cloves in them (wonder if I can do that, it looks easy, lol)...thanks Anne for the beauty, the joy and the laughter you created here.
Lol you can laugh at me… I don’t mind. I grew up in a family with a very healthy ability to laugh at their humanity! And it’s true!! I never expect to mess up when I start a video and yet I always do haha.
You always find a way to mix the fun in all the beautiful! Have a great holiday!
Thank you Susan! You too!
Amazing, as always. Your home is like taking a step back in time. Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
That was the funniest video you did with the fruit display I ever saw!👍🏻🍍🍎🍎🍊🤣😂😅
Hahaha thank you Charlene!!! 😂😂😂🎄
Oh Anne, you've outdone yourself! Everything looks just beautiful in your home! You've really achieved that primitive look and you have found some wonderful pieces to add to your decor. On the other hand, between the way you were mixing that cookie dough and then your attempts to make that fruit display, you had me laughing and laughing. But, at least, I think the end result of both was not bad at all. Wishing you and your family a blessed and Merry Christmas!
Haha Thanks a lot! Hahaha this certainly was a fun video to make!
Muchas felicidades Anne para ti y toda tu familia que pasen una feliz Navidad
Gracias Alma! Felix Navidad!
Ann, hahaha that's why we love you so much! You're adorable! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Thank you so much Carla! Merry Christmas!!
Lol at your fruit creative process.........And then the tape-hahahaha. Too funny. The cone works great. Trial and error just like the pioneers!! Merry Christmas! Love you!
Haha my daughter just watched it and said “mom there’s a cone!” Haha maybe I should take up fruit juggling next! Merry Christmas! ❤️
Your home loos amazing. Thank you for sharing all the hard work you did getting your home ready for Christmas.
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it Melanie!!! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you & shirtless Tom & Family. 🎄🐾☃️
Beautiful display loved your sense of humor. Enjoy your Family ❤
Thank you Cheryl! Merry Christmas!
Thanks for the laugh and merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄
Merry Christmas!!🎄🎁 😀
I love this video especially the diy segment! Merry Christmas to you and yours!! 🎄
Thank you! Merry Christmas Sue!
Almond cookies are my favorite!
I did oranges slices, apple slices and cranberries on my trees.
Anne, our fruit decor and lights all looks just beautiful!
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Hope they turn out better than mine!
I love fruit decor!!!
Fantastic video! Laughed so much during the fruit display segment! Thank you for your videos!
You’re very welcome Jody! Lol
Your home feels like taking a step back in time! I love it all! Merry Christmas, Anne and Tom! 🎄🎅 Side note: I’m laughing with you not at you! 🤭☺️
haha - thank you!!! I have a healthy ability to laugh at myself - it's a family trait! Merry Christmas Rose!!
One of my favorite videos of yours, I really enjoyed the making of the fruit centerpiece LOL! You are a hoot.
Thank you Angela!!
Hi Anne...love your vlogs! I did something new this year with making my oranges and cloves decorations. I USED A THIN MARKER TO CREATE MY DESIGNS ON ORANGES...THEN USED AN ICE PICK AND KNITTING NEEDLE TO POKE INTO THAT PERFECT DESIGN AND ADDED CLOVES INTO HOLES. MADE IT SO EASY TO CREATE INTRICATE DESIGNS!
That’s cool Mary! While I was poking those oranges I thot to myself… self… I should use a pointy object to poke the holes first! Good advice! I bet they turned out wonderfully!
Your DIY segments were absolutely hilarious!! I about died laughing when I saw the Scotch tape. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Hehehehe I love it!! Thank you! Merry Christmas!
Thank you for the Christmas home tour video. Beautifully decorated. Merry Christmas!
You’re very welcome! Merry Christmas!
Love the pigs head,that was fun.
Thank goodness it wasn't real!
Merry Christmas Anne and to your lovely family. Your Christmas present to all of us is your fun , informative videos. Thank you so much for all you do. We love watching them and love your channel. Happy new year to you Anne🎄
Thank you so much Marlene! I really appreciate the kind words!!! Happy New Year!!
By the end of that fruit display I would have been sipping straight from that bottle lol I had a good laugh !
Haha I thought about it!!
Thank you. Your house is beautiful. Merry Christmas
Thank you Nancy! Merry Christmas!
I haven't had such a good belly laugh in soooo long.... you trying to make that fruit tree had me rolling 🤣 😂
You never cease to entertain in one way or another! I love you! Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄
Your home 🏡 is amazing.
Lol thanks so much Jill!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Merry Christmas!!!
😂❤Merry Christmas! Love your home! I totally get the Williamsburg fruit tree!
Lol thank you Charlene! Merry Christmas!
Thanks for sharing your “perfect” New England Christmas! Assembling your fruit tower was hilarious! Loved the Scotch tape solution! 😅
Glad you enjoyed it! 😂😂😂
I never noticed your fireplace and trim dark red it looks really pretty for the holidays. 🌲🌲☃️
Thank you! Just painted it.
Anne you made me laugh! Merry Christmas! Your home is beautiful!
Thank you so much MaryJane! Merry Christmas!!
Anne ,Thank you so much for these videos . I love this video just like all the others !! Your the best !! Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much Annie! I appreciate it so much! Merry Christmas!
LOL. Loved it. Soooo Funny. Merry Christmas to Your Family. God’s Blessing.
Thank you Sue - Merry Christmas!
Thank you Anne, merry Christmas to you and your family and a blessed 2023
Thank you Sheila!!! Same to you!!
Oh Anne, your home is so lovely. We get so many beautiful ideas from you! Have A Very Merry Christmas and looking forward to watching all your videos! 🎄❤️
Thank you! You too!
Great video!. I cut fresh greens last week and they dry out making a mess. You show a beautiful home behind the scences, the imperfections of real life and how much work it takes to make our homes as beautiful as they can be! 💝
Thank you!! Yes! It looks so effortless and yet it takes lots of work. Those pine needles dry out faster than I remember each year.
@@AnneClay , I concur! Thanks again for another great vid with some much needed humor, what a hoot! Merry Christmas to you and yours.
@@deniselewis770 You're very welcome!! Glad to help. hehe
You are such a delight! I'll be smiling every time I think of you trying to make the Williamsburg centerpiece. Hey, have thought about making sugared fruit? It is easy and all you do is dip your fruit in egg whites and roll in fine sugar. Let is dry ona plate, then display in a compote. I've done it using white school glue rubbed on plastic fruit then rolled in sugar. Only difference is the real fruit smells wonderful, but it doesn't last like the fake!!
Hi Robin! I have a Christmas video that I did a few years ago where I did sugared fruit! It was beautiful! I’ll have to do that again. In fact, maybe I need to pull that video out from the archives and dust it off for everyone. It was a fun one!
How lovely! Love everything. I’m sure you know there is wooden forms with nails in it to make the fruit tower. Have a Very Merry Christmas!
I do now!!! Haha
Merry Christmas!
What a fun and beautiful video. I get so many ideas from it. May you and your family have a very Merry Christmas :)
Thank you! Same to you! Merry Christmas!🎁🎄
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🌲You always make heart a little happier🥰
Thank you Diana!! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Merry Christmas to you and your family Anne! You are truly a special Friend!
Merry Christmas Lynn!
Anne, I was cracking up with you baking maybe you and Cousin Mel would have done better together 😂🤣 and the fruit was wicked funny 🤣😭😂Be still my heart I can't believe how much change in the house!!I couldn't wait to see the red room it's just beautiful I absolutely love how you painted and placed all the furniture.Its wonderful Anne.I wish you and Tom and your daughter and Cousin Mel and furbabies a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year filled with Love and Faith and Hope.God Bless and thank you Anne for all your hard work on everything you do for our wonderful prim/ colonial community.🕊️💚🇺🇲🙏🎄
Thank you so much!!❤️❤️❤️ yes I was thinking about Mel and I baking together… that would be hysterical! It will never happen! We are let’s go to the bakery types. I’ll talk more about the red room in the new year! So many changes and so many more to be made! Merry Christmas!
@@AnneClay Hey you have great bakeries to go too! Looking forward to hearing about your adventures in the new year!🕊️💚
Anne you are so funny! I was getting Martha Stewart vibes when you started decorating. The scotch tape was very inventive! 😂
Hehehehe I was getting desperate!
You always make me smile and laugh Anne!! Love this video! Your home looks absolutely stunning. Love every single room. Thank you for all you do on your channel. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Cheers to the New Year and may it have many blessings.
Merry Christmas Dawn! Hope you have a wonderful holiday season! And thank you!!!
Anne - I really needed a little comic relief….you made me chuckle with the fruit display….I could so relate. 😂 Blessings to you and your family this Christmas season
Thank you! Blessings to you too Deanna!
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Really enjoyed this video .
Glad you enjoyed it Yarlette! Merry Christmas!
Thank you for this! Merry Christmas to you and your family and friends that entertain me and make me feel happy.
Thank you so much Margaret!! Merry Christmas!🎄🎁 ❤️
Thank you for sharing! I think your cookies looked really good! I am not a baker at heart, but I do a little of it! Happy holidays to you and your family!🙏🏻❤️
Thank you Charlene! I honestly threw them away in the end… they tasted nothing like Patty’s! Lol Happy Holidays!!!
Such a fun and refreshing video! Your home looks perfect but so fun to show the tries and fails to get there! Merry Christmas!
Thanks Pamela! Keeping it real. 😀merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Anne and family. ❤️
Merry Christmas Linda!
Lol you crack me up ! It’s all beautiful!
Thank you Danita!!
Anne, a terrific video! You had me laughing as you were trying to make the cookies and put together the fruit display. Your home is so beautiful, warm and cozy and decorated so lovely for Christmas. Thank you for all the wonderful and enjoyable videos you bring us and for your warm and friendly personality. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and may it be filled with an abundance of blessings! God bless!
Hi Gwen! Thank you so much!❤️❤️ so glad that you had a good laugh! You are very welcome! Thanks for being a part of the community and Merry Christmas!!!
Great video, best Christmas one by far, chuckling away and always heartwarming to see your beautiful home .
Have a happy Christmas to you and your family .
Thank you so much Theresa!!! Happy Christmas!!
I think this one has got to be my favorite so far!! Had a couple good laughs, loved it!
Merry Christmas to you and yours
Thank you so much!! It may be my favorite too. When I can laugh when I’m editing, I’m happy.:) Merry Christmas!
Anne, I just finished the video, and I think I missed one… When did you do red in the tv room? It’s gorgeous, I love it. We had our fireplace painted red this past summer, and we love it. Your room looks like it woke up. This year we went to the bakery for everything… we just couldn’t do it all. So we’re wishing you a Blessed Christmas , stay healthy too!
Hi Cindy. I haven’t done a video on painting the room. I got so busy running around doing other tours that I didn’t have a chance to do that but I’ll address it in January!
Soo...much fun. I figured maybe they used tooth picks, sticks or shish kabob sticks to make those fruit trays. But A for effort! Maybe some of the museum people there can help you learn the way they are made. Very interesting cookies? Did they taste good? Love your house and your decor was just perfect!!! Just perfect!! 👍👍👍 Hope you have a Happy New Year as Christmas is past. I used some branches in my home this year but since I decorate so early I just redo them in two weeks so they get two more and then they are burnt. Stay well....🤗
They do use nails and forms - which of course I didn't know. And no = the cookies were not good - not like Patty's cookies - she gave me the recipe and some samples>I failed miserably on both counts haha. And for the greens - mine were dead and coming apart in a week so I think I won't do that again either. haha
Thank you for the home tour!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Merry Christmas Debra!
Anne thank you so much for another wonderful video. You are my favorite. Happy Holidays to you and your family
Happy holidays!
Wonderful video. Really enjoyed your cooking section. Merry Christmas Anne and Tom. Stay warm and safe. Weather is a bit different here in the Rio Grande Valley.
Thank you so much Araceli!! I’m thinking I’ll make more cooking videos haha. Merry Christmas! Our temp is going to drop a lot tonight! Right now it’s raining like crazy. We’ve got the wood stoves fired up and the pellet stove going in the basement to keep the pipes from freezing!
Simple beauty is often hard to achieve, your fruit display was unique. 😳 Loved the video, your home looks amazing as usual. Thank you Anne, Merry Christmas to you and shirtless Tom. 🎄🎄
Thanks you Julie… haha. Merry Christmas!
Loved your video Anne so fun watching , you have more patience than me with the fruit ! Happy Holidays to you and your family 🎄
Thanks Deborah! It was HOURS that I was messing with that fruit!
Strawberry Banke? Who’s dog sitting the Dewster? Tom definitely looks like he’s under a magic spell. The homes and decor were stunning!
Someone get Anne an egg separator for Christmas!
No please don't. haha Dewster was with his mommy. We're the grandparents!
Thank you for the house tour, Anne. And I appreciate all the time and effort you put into making these wonderful videos. I thought the DIY segment on the CW apple cone tree was hilarious. Yours turned out just lovely in end. Have a Blessed Christmas!
Thank you so much! You have a great Christmas too!
Merry Christmas to you and your family ❤
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you as well!
merry Christmas
to you and all your family
Thank you Debra! Merry Christmas!
Such a fun video! Your cookie baking was very similar to mine!
Lol glad we’re not alone!
Anne…the Williamsburg fruits are nailed onto a form. But this is more entertaining!
Love you too!❤❤❤️❤️❤️
Hahaha would have been nice to know first!
Anne, everything looks so beautiful and festive! Did you get new video equipment, or do something different? The video seems so nice and crisp, crystal clear, gorgeous!!! Not that your other videos aren’t gorgeous, but something seems very different with the quality of this video! Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!❤Maddalena
Thank you Maddalena! You are so very observant. I’m using the same equipment but I did mess with some settings. The perfect irony is that I’ve been a pro photographer for 20 years and always “pump up the jam” on my pictures and never thot of doing it to my videos. So yes, I’m glad you noticed the difference! Merry Christmas!
@@AnneClay It’s really beautiful Anne, and I know nothing about photography and I take the worst video! How many times I videoed my floor thinking I was videoing the house!😆
@@hmc3142 Thank you! I just keep messing with all my software to improve things. I'm glad you noticed!
Anne, when stacking your fruit, use wooden skewers to hold them together…
I know Cindy haha
You are a mess in the kitchen but so funny stick to decor you are great at that but for great laughs cook you and Tom are just so wonderful together much joy for the holidays season planing a trip next year to new England you have so Inspired me God willing. Much laughs and great decor Susan Hirsch.
😊 thank you Susan. hahahaha Oh, I do hope you make it here - it's such a fun place to be!
You need a wooden cone with nails spikes sticking out to attach fruit. That is how they are made.
Hehe yep I know that now:) but this was more fun anyway!
Almond cookies are pricey and don't make much so I didn't make them this year, but I may have to make some now! LOL
Haha I hope you have better success than I did!!
funniest ever. Ann try turning the apples the right way with the stem up.
LOL
P.S......Merry Christmas 🎄
Thank you! Same to you!
Fabulous! Who are the musicians playing guitar and violin?
Musicians hired by the Tavern
I BUY A STYROFOAM CONE AND USE ELMERS GLUE TO ROLL IT IN LOOSE DRIED MOSS. I BUY REAL APPLES AND STICK SHORT CRAFT WOOD STICK INTO FRUIT IN THE BACKSIDE OF APPLES, ADD HOT GLUE TO STICK, THEN PUSH IT INTO CONE. AT TOP OF CONE, HOT GLUE MAGNOLIA OR HOLLY LEAVES IN A CIRCLE AIMING OUTWARD.. add a longer craft stick into base of small pineapple and use hot glue on stick and insert into top of styrofoam cone. You can hot glue small bits of holly, magnolia leaves etc. To fill in any gapes.
Thank you Mary! Sounds good!! You always have the best craft advice!
@@AnneClay You always have the most creative, inspiring ideas...and AMAZING HOME! I also love your can-do attitude and your sense of fun and laughter!
Thanks Mary! Never hurts to try!!
You did a much better job making fruit baskets! :)
Hahaha