My favorite memory is actually this year. I was able to go a little crazy on Christmas for my son and family. It makes me so happy to see there face when they opened the gifts. Then having a huge dinner while we all stay in our Christmas pj's. It's perfect.
I know that this will sounds weird but my favorite Christmas memories are with my dad who is no longer here so I know exactly how you feel especially during the holiday season when you get together with your family and the fact that he passed away 6 days before Christmas makes me appreciate the memories with him even more. :) And btw I love the way your bedroom looks. :) Much love.
One of my favorite memories from Christmas' past was the Christmas after my grandmother had an aneurysm in her brain. She was not back to her normal self just yet, but it was great just for her to be home, and watch her get better around her family that loves her! I will remember it forever, it was very heartwarming.
I live in Denmark, but this Christmas me, my brother and parents, visited some really good friends in America. Just being there with all of them and having an amazing time is my favorite memory
When I was a kid, me and my sister used to wake up super early on christmas morning, and get up while everybody else were still sleeping. My parents had been decorating the house on the night before, and it was just so amazing to see all the beautiful things, and eat some newbaked cookies, and just get into the christmas spirit. That's my fave christmas memory.
If you cut the wick off of your candle before lighting it each time you will avoid that black smoke and that black residue that coats the candle container! My mom taught me that little trick :)
Your videos never fail to inspire me to be a better person :) I love how your dad would tell you that, because that's so sweet yet so true! & your home is so pretty (:
My favorite holiday memory is watching my brother open his gifts on christmas morning, he's still 6 years old and seeing him just makes christmas that much more special!
My best Christmas memories happen on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas day. I love listening to Christmas music with my family, opening 1 present on Christmas Eve (which is a family tradition), and then watching where Santa is on NORAD before running to bed before he gets close to us. It always feels like all of the happiness and anticipation from the entire year put into 1 day and is always better than Christmas day when everyone is more focused on their gifts than each other.
My favorite holiday memory is from a quite a few years ago. It was my family's Christmas Eve celebration after I had been away at college for the first time. I remember waking in my old bed and wandering downstairs for breakfast. I stopped at the landing and stared at the tree. Every year my mom decorates the tree by herself, she still does, and for a moment I was mesmerized. I paused to take in everything around me for a second. The tree in all it's tinseled glory, the presents she had wrapped, the smell of the heater turning on. And I realized, with great sadness, that all future Christmas celebrations would never be quite the same. I was a college student now. I was growing up. And while I would always have a home to come to I would eventually have to find my own home someday. What would celebrations in the future be like? The sudden and startling realization that growing up meant Christmas would be different and I had to remember everything about tonight's party because it would never be the same. That Christmas Eve was a great night filled with family and laughter and food and a wonderful memory.
I remember giving my best friend a present that took me a while to think about getting, and since I don't celebrate Christmas I'm not used to gift giving, so seeing the look on her face was amazing because she was so happy and excited! Just thinking about how happy she was makes me happy! For sure, that was my best holiday memory!
My favorite holiday day memory was started long before I was born but thank goodness it still continues.Every Christmas , my whole family gather to take a picture and it's so crazy to see how much we have grown since the last time we all have celebrated together!
My favorite holiday memory is having a small family gathering on Thanksgiving & Christmas Day at my Grandma's house every year. My husband is in the military so we've recently moved away from my family to another state & it's been really hard not spending the holiday season with them this year so holiday memories are all I have to comfort me this holiday season away from home.
My favourite Christmas memory is from last year, when my entire family (20 of us) got together at a big long table and enjoyed an amazing meal together. It was the first time in a very long time, and perhaps the last time so I savoured everything from the food to the fellowship and it was so wonderful.
ikr? i feel like she wanted to do vlogmas but didn't want to call the series vlogmas for obvious reasons...and decided to start DIYdecember yet half of the series isn't even diy lul.
My favorite memory is when my family, boyfriend and I went to church at midnight last year, in this historic town near my hometown. The church is beautiful and across from it is a park with lots of Christmas lights. We walked around before church by the river where there are little boutiques and restaurants. The town is beautiful and I wish I got to go this year again!
My favorite Christmas memory is this year, being the first Christmas I ever spent with my grandma in my 17 year old life:) It has definitely been an amazing memory I will never forget.
My favorite holiday memory would have to be Christmas of 2009. I was adopted from Vietnam when I was eight weeks old, and finally my family and I took a two week trip there and traveled from the north to south of the country. We ended our trip in Ho Chi Minh City, where we visited the orphanage I spent my first two months in. It was a really incredible way to spend Christmas, and was definitely the trip of a lifetime.
My fav memory is when my dad came back home on Christmas night while being away in USA for over 3 months. Me and my sisters missed him like crazy. He was our best Christmas present! :D
Your videos make me so happy! I don't know you personally, but you seem like such a wonderful person Ingrid. I just love your outlook on life. So positive. Thank you.
My favorite holiday memory is once when Santa came to my house and surprised me and my brother! We were so young and still believed in Santa, so it was a wonderful memory and I still cherish it to this day!
My favorite holiday memory is watching my brothers and family open their gifts. They are always super dramatic and just the happiest little dudes ever. 🎄
Every year since I was little until she passed away, my grandma would have me and my girl cousins sleep over her house around Christmas time. She would make us French toast in the morning and then we would go Christmas shopping for our families and wrap all of our presents. I really miss her a lot and I would definitely say that that is my favorite Christmas memory!
Fav holiday memory.... of waking up to the bubbly sounds and chatter of family members waking up and moving around the house.. tis rare for all to be around due to different work schedules.. holidays rock!
My favorite holiday memory is riding in the bed of my grampa's old pickup through the woods while sitting on bales of hay, It is a fond memory because it was a chance to spend time with my family, and my grandfather is no longer with us, so it will always hold a special place in my heart. :)
My favorite holiday memory is baking cookies with my mother. I'm 21 years old now and we have been baking every year since I was little. I love our family time as well!
My favorite Christmas memory is swallowing supper with my cousins when we were kids, just to get the time to open presents. Today, as adults, we open this after eating, and eating A LOT!
My favorite Christmas memory is when my family from Florida came to my house in maryland. It was a really good memory because after Christmas the next year, my aunt that lived in Florida died but I will always have that Christmas memory in my heart.
Okay so Ingrid just gave me a better mindset on how to look at things in life, but also her videos have taught me a lot like reccomended products and everything like that :)
My favorite holiday memory/experience was when I was able to travel to see my family in Brazil. It was really nice to see their faces and know what is going on. We arrived 2 days before Christmas so we left right before Christmas Eve, but they actually ended up coming home with me! :) On Christmas Day the got me a puppy and I was in L-O-V-E!!
My favorite Christmas memory is when I was a little girl, many many many moons ago. Every Christmas all of my cousins would go to Louisianna to visit our Grandparents. Their house was really little and there were lots of us. Every room of the house and someone either on a bed, cot or couch. We didn't mind, we loved it.
My favorite holiday memory is baking cookies with my mother! We make cookies every Christmas Eve and it's definitely a tradition I plan to pass on when I have children.
Getting up early in the morning and have my grandparents, aunts uncles, my whole family come and eat breakfast and then sit down and enjoy family moments opening presents and watching Christmas movies! Best memories ever
Staying up passed midnight on Christmas Eve with my brothers and sisters is my favorite memory! Now that we r all grown, we all seem to go our separate ways...
My favorite Holiday memory is watching Christmas movies and reflecting on the times I had with my father as a child growing up and having him with me in memory.
My favorite holiday memory has always been watching a commercial that plays around this time. It has kittens playing with the ornaments on a tree. It was a tradition to watch it with my grandmother who passed on her love of cats to me.
Favorite holiday memory was these past years and cant wait for this new year because honestly I love spending time with my whole family and holidays are the only days we all see each other
You just brought a new vision of the word DIY (actually that's not a word haha). But you are so right, and what you said about doing things ourselves instead of waiting for something we don't know to happend to us, is so inspiring! :) Thank you because my day is going to be so much different now
My favorite holiday memory would have to be when I was 5 yrs old and my dad had this guy dress up as Santa & came to the house at midnight to surprise me! I was a very excited kid at the time for sure! :)
My favorite memorie is from last year. We had the most amazing diner and my aunt told everyone that she was pregnant :) everyone was super happy and idk i just love that memorie. Xoxo
My favorite holiday memory is from about 6 years ago. All my younger family members and I went outside in my grandparents backyard and we had a huge snowball fight. It was so fun!
My favorite Christmas memory would be ornament exchanching with my family as we put up the tree and listening to christmas music and drinking hot chocolate .we do that every year is a good tradition.
My family used to celebrate Christmas when I was little, I got some presents and had a good memory(even though I can bearly remember it now), but I know I was so happy then. Miss those days!
My favorite christmas memory was one Christmas when I was a little kid and my brothers and sisters opened presents and played with them outside on a windy nice day . Most relaxed Christmas ever (:
My favorite Holiday memory was when I was... maybe between 7 and 9 years old and I wanted it to snow on Christmas but it wasn't cold enough and the weather forecast said there won't be snow. But when we left my grandma's house after dinner on Christmas eve, right when we walked to the car it started to snow and I was sooooo sooo happy :) I have to smile just thinking about it, it was so magical :)
My fave memory is when my mom and grandmother, prior to their passing, we would all get into baking and it was an all day thing. the recipies were in their head or written down in German, and we used a Gram scale, it was amazing! that oatmeal looked amazing!
My favorite holiday memory is when I was younger my grandparents used to do big christmas parties and all my family would come and it was amazing we would do hay rides and a big dinner. It amazing to be around all my family. I wish they still did it
my favourite holiday memory is making snowmen and snow angels with my brother when we were young, and all the snowball fights, theres nothing better. ''hold onto your memories and be greatful for what you have as you might not get the chance to relieve them again''
Seeing that your apt gets dirty like a real person's makes me feel so much better about myself. In videos it appears abnormally spotless and shining. I appreciated learning your cleaning techniques, too :).
My favourite holiday memory is going to see the lights and Christmas trees put up in town! It just seemed more amazing when I was a child?? Haha. It's still amazing and the decorations are what that put me in a festive mood every year. :)
My favourite memory was when my grandma and I went for a walk and we looked at the Christmas lights and plus every Christmas holiday has a memory so I have so many great memory for Christmas!!
My favourite holiday memory is flying overseas and travelling with my family, I love the feeling of waiting to get on a plane at the airport and when you know you're about to head to an awesome place! :)
I love the year my parents hid my gifts in weird boxes marked with gifts like an iron, microwave, etc, but I ended up getting beauty stuff inside of the decoy boxes. This year I saw that it has become a trend when I was shopping for gift wrap and presents.
I would recommend the Dyson dc26 vacuum. I have hardwood floors everywhere in my house and I used to sweep and then wash the floors daily but with the vacuum it's so much easier and faster and it actually picks up all the stuff in the corners that is missed. I am sure you could find it for cheap somewhere if you get a used one or an older model. It will make your life much easier. Plus, it's super small and easy to carry around and store :)
My favorite memory of Christmas time is how me and my little brother were secretly staying up really late and sitting by the window hopeful to see Santa flying by in his sleigh. :)
My favorite memory is actually this year. I was able to go a little crazy on Christmas for my son and family. It makes me so happy to see there face when they opened the gifts. Then having a huge dinner while we all stay in our Christmas pj's. It's perfect.
my favorite holiday memory is the time I spent with my parents and my family... my dad is no longer here and I miss the days spent with him
I know that this will sounds weird but my favorite Christmas memories are with my dad who is no longer here so I know exactly how you feel especially during the holiday season when you get together with your family and the fact that he passed away 6 days before Christmas makes me appreciate the memories with him even more. :) And btw I love the way your bedroom looks. :) Much love.
One of my favorite memories from Christmas' past was the Christmas after my grandmother had an aneurysm in her brain. She was not back to her normal self just yet, but it was great just for her to be home, and watch her get better around her family that loves her! I will remember it forever, it was very heartwarming.
I live in Denmark, but this Christmas me, my brother and parents, visited some really good friends in America. Just being there with all of them and having an amazing time is my favorite memory
You have such a wonderful outlook on life, Ingrid! So refreshing to see someone so optimistic during the holidays! :D
My favorite holiday memory is spending time with my pops #RIP
When I was a kid, me and my sister used to wake up super early on christmas morning, and get up while everybody else were still sleeping. My parents had been decorating the house on the night before, and it was just so amazing to see all the beautiful things, and eat some newbaked cookies, and just get into the christmas spirit. That's my fave christmas memory.
yes! i want to see a recipe of the chai tea!!
If you cut the wick off of your candle before lighting it each time you will avoid that black smoke and that black residue that coats the candle container! My mom taught me that little trick :)
Your videos never fail to inspire me to be a better person :) I love how your dad would tell you that, because that's so sweet yet so true! & your home is so pretty (:
My favorite holiday memory is watching my brother open his gifts on christmas morning, he's still 6 years old and seeing him just makes christmas that much more special!
Your apartment is to dieee for!
Recipe for the chai latte please!!
Please make a video for the chai recipe!
My best Christmas memories happen on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas day. I love listening to Christmas music with my family, opening 1 present on Christmas Eve (which is a family tradition), and then watching where Santa is on NORAD before running to bed before he gets close to us. It always feels like all of the happiness and anticipation from the entire year put into 1 day and is always better than Christmas day when everyone is more focused on their gifts than each other.
Yes to hazelnut chai latte! Please do video on it! :) x,Mima
you are so humble and wise ingrid!
I LOVE YOUR DRESSER OMG!
My favorite holiday memory is from a quite a few years ago. It was my family's Christmas Eve celebration after I had been away at college for the first time. I remember waking in my old bed and wandering downstairs for breakfast. I stopped at the landing and stared at the tree. Every year my mom decorates the tree by herself, she still does, and for a moment I was mesmerized. I paused to take in everything around me for a second. The tree in all it's tinseled glory, the presents she had wrapped, the smell of the heater turning on. And I realized, with great sadness, that all future Christmas celebrations would never be quite the same. I was a college student now. I was growing up. And while I would always have a home to come to I would eventually have to find my own home someday. What would celebrations in the future be like? The sudden and startling realization that growing up meant Christmas would be different and I had to remember everything about tonight's party because it would never be the same. That Christmas Eve was a great night filled with family and laughter and food and a wonderful memory.
my memory was when me, my cousins & my great grandpa played different instruments
Recipe for the chai please :)
I love these kind of videos !
I remember giving my best friend a present that took me a while to think about getting, and since I don't celebrate Christmas I'm not used to gift giving, so seeing the look on her face was amazing because she was so happy and excited! Just thinking about how happy she was makes me happy! For sure, that was my best holiday memory!
yes please give us the recipe for the chai latte!
My favorite Christmas memory was when my dad was alive and he would dress up like Santa and give us gifts and candy canes
Hey girlfriend, I'm so sorry to know that :/
its ok :/ Selina Summers
Yeah make a DIY for the chocolate hazelnut Chai latte please :)
My favorite holiday day memory was started long before I was born but thank goodness it still continues.Every Christmas , my whole family gather to take a picture and it's so crazy to see how much we have grown since the last time we all have celebrated together!
Latte recipe?
When I was 7 I asked for an American girl doll and I got if and I was crying because of how happy I was
Yes, recipe please!!!
My favorite holiday memory is having a small family gathering on Thanksgiving & Christmas Day at my Grandma's house every year. My husband is in the military so we've recently moved away from my family to another state & it's been really hard not spending the holiday season with them this year so holiday memories are all I have to comfort me this holiday season away from home.
latte recipe please!!!!!!!!!
Where's Nugget? :(
at her mom's
Recipie please!!!!!!!
My favourite Christmas memory is from last year, when my entire family (20 of us) got together at a big long table and enjoyed an amazing meal together. It was the first time in a very long time, and perhaps the last time so I savoured everything from the food to the fellowship and it was so wonderful.
Am I just really behind….but, where's Nugget? Lol.
He is staying at her moms until she is finished moving in. She said in her Christmas shopping video.
Natalie Zacek ***** thank you (:
This might accidentally come out as an insult since you're a makeup guru but I think you look best without makeup.
Not complaining but how is this related to diys???
ikr? i feel like she wanted to do vlogmas but didn't want to call the series vlogmas for obvious reasons...and decided to start DIYdecember yet half of the series isn't even diy lul.
due to popular demands, she is vlogging for the rest of december.
uh. people have been spamming her all year saying "I HOPE YOU DO VLOGMAS
cookiezdotcom stfu
lol, nothing to say? good. now gtfo mintypuff.
My favorite memory is when my family, boyfriend and I went to church at midnight last year, in this historic town near my hometown. The church is beautiful and across from it is a park with lots of Christmas lights. We walked around before church by the river where there are little boutiques and restaurants. The town is beautiful and I wish I got to go this year again!
Recipe pleasee:)))
Where is your cat?
Christmas isn't about being in the "holiday spirit". It's about the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
My favorite Christmas memory is this year, being the first Christmas I ever spent with my grandma in my 17 year old life:) It has definitely been an amazing memory I will never forget.
I want Ingrid to adopt me and then cook me delicious meals all the time
When I hit my brother with a candy cane . also ps u rock
if your posting a volg, please don't lable it with DIY. like srsly
My favorite holiday memory would have to be Christmas of 2009. I was adopted from Vietnam when I was eight weeks old, and finally my family and I took a two week trip there and traveled from the north to south of the country. We ended our trip in Ho Chi Minh City, where we visited the orphanage I spent my first two months in. It was a really incredible way to spend Christmas, and was definitely the trip of a lifetime.
When I got my cat
This year was my sons first Christmas and although he was sick, the amount of joy he had was beyond amazing and I will never forget it! :)
My fav memory is when my dad came back home on Christmas night while being away in USA for over 3 months. Me and my sisters missed him like crazy. He was our best Christmas present! :D
Your videos make me so happy! I don't know you personally, but you seem like such a wonderful person Ingrid. I just love your outlook on life. So positive. Thank you.
My favorite holiday memory is once when Santa came to my house and surprised me and my brother! We were so young and still believed in Santa, so it was a wonderful memory and I still cherish it to this day!
My favorite holiday memory is watching my brothers and family open their gifts. They are always super dramatic and just the happiest little dudes ever. 🎄
Every year since I was little until she passed away, my grandma would have me and my girl cousins sleep over her house around Christmas time. She would make us French toast in the morning and then we would go Christmas shopping for our families and wrap all of our presents. I really miss her a lot and I would definitely say that that is my favorite Christmas memory!
Fav holiday memory.... of waking up to the bubbly sounds and chatter of family members waking up and moving around the house.. tis rare for all to be around due to different work schedules.. holidays rock!
My dad passed away when I 18 my favorite memory for this season was waking up Christmas morning to him playing music and getting breakfast around!
My favourite holiday memory is seeing everyone in my family being so happy and laughing. Its heart warming to me. I love it.
My favorite holiday memory is riding in the bed of my grampa's old pickup through the woods while sitting on bales of hay, It is a fond memory because it was a chance to spend time with my family, and my grandfather is no longer with us, so it will always hold a special place in my heart. :)
My favorite holiday memory is baking cookies with my mother. I'm 21 years old now and we have been baking every year since I was little. I love our family time as well!
My favorite Christmas memory is swallowing supper with my cousins when we were kids, just to get the time to open presents. Today, as adults, we open this after eating, and eating A LOT!
My favorite holiday memory was when I went to the soup kitchen and worked there. Seeing how happy everyone there was, just brought warmth to my heart
My favorite Christmas memory is when my family from Florida came to my house in maryland. It was a really good memory because after Christmas the next year, my aunt that lived in Florida died but I will always have that Christmas memory in my heart.
I love watching my niece and nephew open their gifts :) their little eyes light up and sparkle. So sweet!
My favorite holiday memory is my daughters first one , sharing a magical time of year with your child for the first time ever is incredible!!!
Okay so Ingrid just gave me a better mindset on how to look at things in life, but also her videos have taught me a lot like reccomended products and everything like that :)
My favorite holiday memory is singing and playing the guitar with my relatives... Some years ago! :) Happy New Year Miss! 💖
Omg the dresser in your room is AHHMAZING 😍 Love it
My favorite holiday memory it was during a family dinner. When all the family is together, it's just perfect.
My favorite holiday memory/experience was when I was able to travel to see my family in Brazil. It was really nice to see their faces and know what is going on. We arrived 2 days before Christmas so we left right before Christmas Eve, but they actually ended up coming home with me! :) On Christmas Day the got me a puppy and I was in L-O-V-E!!
My favorite Christmas memory is when I was a little girl, many many many moons ago. Every Christmas all of my cousins would go to Louisianna to visit our Grandparents. Their house was really little and there were lots of us. Every room of the house and someone either on a bed, cot or couch. We didn't mind, we loved it.
I loved having lunch with my WHOLE family and all this inspirational spirit of Christmas... :)
My favorite holiday memory is baking cookies with my mother! We make cookies every Christmas Eve and it's definitely a tradition I plan to pass on when I have children.
Getting up early in the morning and have my grandparents, aunts uncles, my whole family come and eat breakfast and then sit down and enjoy family moments opening presents and watching Christmas movies! Best memories ever
Staying up passed midnight on Christmas Eve with my brothers and sisters is my favorite memory! Now that we r all grown, we all seem to go our separate ways...
My favorite Holiday memory is watching Christmas movies and reflecting on the times I had with my father as a child growing up and having him with me in memory.
My favorite holiday memory has always been watching a commercial that plays around this time. It has kittens playing with the ornaments on a tree. It was a tradition to watch it with my grandmother who passed on her love of cats to me.
Favorite holiday memory was these past years and cant wait for this new year because honestly I love spending time with my whole family and holidays are the only days we all see each other
My favorite memory is seeing my boys unwrapping christmas gifts and see the joy on the faces.
You just brought a new vision of the word DIY (actually that's not a word haha). But you are so right, and what you said about doing things ourselves instead of waiting for something we don't know to happend to us, is so inspiring! :)
Thank you because my day is going to be so much different now
My favorite christmas memory is just listening to the holiday music, driving around with my dad seeing christmas lights.
My favorite Holiday memory is the year my husband got back from deployment on the night before Christmas. Best Christmas ever :D
My favorite holiday memory would have to be when I was 5 yrs old and my dad had this guy dress up as Santa & came to the house at midnight to surprise me! I was a very excited kid at the time for sure! :)
My favorite memorie is from last year. We had the most amazing diner and my aunt told everyone that she was pregnant :) everyone was super happy and idk i just love that memorie. Xoxo
My favorite holiday memory is from about 6 years ago. All my younger family members and I went outside in my grandparents backyard and we had a huge snowball fight. It was so fun!
My favorite Christmas memory would be ornament exchanching with my family as we put up the tree and listening to christmas music and drinking hot chocolate .we do that every year is a good tradition.
My family used to celebrate Christmas when I was little, I got some presents and had a good memory(even though I can bearly remember it now), but I know I was so happy then. Miss those days!
My favorite christmas memory was one Christmas when I was a little kid and my brothers and sisters opened presents and played with them outside on a windy nice day . Most relaxed Christmas ever (:
My favorite Holiday memory was when I was... maybe between 7 and 9 years old and I wanted it to snow on Christmas but it wasn't cold enough and the weather forecast said there won't be snow. But when we left my grandma's house after dinner on Christmas eve, right when we walked to the car it started to snow and I was sooooo sooo happy :) I have to smile just thinking about it, it was so magical :)
My fave memory is when my mom and grandmother, prior to their passing, we would all get into baking and it was an all day thing. the recipies were in their head or written down in German, and we used a Gram scale, it was amazing! that oatmeal looked amazing!
My favorite holiday memory is when I was younger my grandparents used to do big christmas parties and all my family would come and it was amazing we would do hay rides and a big dinner. It amazing to be around all my family. I wish they still did it
my favourite holiday memory is making snowmen and snow angels with my brother when we were young, and all the snowball fights, theres nothing better. ''hold onto your memories and be greatful for what you have as you might not get the chance to relieve them again''
Seeing that your apt gets dirty like a real person's makes me feel so much better about myself. In videos it appears abnormally spotless and shining. I appreciated learning your cleaning techniques, too :).
My favourite holiday memory is going to see the lights and Christmas trees put up in town! It just seemed more amazing when I was a child?? Haha. It's still amazing and the decorations are what that put me in a festive mood every year. :)
My favorite holiday memory is seeing my children open their gifts on Christmas Day. Makes me very happy that they are so has happy :)
My favourite memory was when my grandma and I went for a walk and we looked at the Christmas lights and plus every Christmas holiday has a memory so I have so many great memory for Christmas!!
My favourite holiday memory is flying overseas and travelling with my family, I love the feeling of waiting to get on a plane at the airport and when you know you're about to head to an awesome place! :)
I love the year my parents hid my gifts in weird boxes marked with gifts like an iron, microwave, etc, but I ended up getting beauty stuff inside of the decoy boxes. This year I saw that it has become a trend when I was shopping for gift wrap and presents.
I would recommend the Dyson dc26 vacuum. I have hardwood floors everywhere in my house and I used to sweep and then wash the floors daily but with the vacuum it's so much easier and faster and it actually picks up all the stuff in the corners that is missed. I am sure you could find it for cheap somewhere if you get a used one or an older model. It will make your life much easier. Plus, it's super small and easy to carry around and store :)
My favorite memory of Christmas time is how me and my little brother were secretly staying up really late and sitting by the window hopeful to see Santa flying by in his sleigh. :)