What is Christmas Like In a Victorian Mansion? TOUR TIME
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- If you find yourself in St Louis on December 3rd or 4th please make sure to visit the two jewels of historic preservation (The Campbell House & Magic Chef Mansion) for a holiday open house. See both homes in all their Christmas splendor. Check out this link for more info: bit.ly/3x2TJsu
You wont regret it!
Hello again everyone! This week we revisited 2 of my favorite homes in the city of St. Louis. The Campbell House Museum and The Magic Chef Mansion . Of course this time with a eye on Christmas decorations. At the end we even set up our very first Christmas tree in our home. So enjoy the Christmas Festivities! Tis the season after all!
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Since you have the Charles S. Brown house now, you'll need a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.
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Haha good one!
How did I never think of this?? 😂
If you find yourself in St Louis on December 3rd or 4th please make sure to visit the two jewels of historic preservation (The Campbell House & Magic Chef Mansion) for a holiday open house. See both homes in all their Christmas splendor. Check out this link for more info: bit.ly/3x2TJsu
Reindeer ARE Caribou. The only difference is whether or not they're domesticated. Reindeer are just domesticated Caribou.
I'd love to but I'll be freezing in a campervan in mystical Glen Coe in Scotland likely in the snow.
If I were to find myself in St Louis, I would want to come to your house, just as it is, knowing how spectacular it will one day be.
My husband are planning on attending.
I'm waiting to come to Saint Louis for your house! LOL 😆
Thank you for sharing the joy of restoring your house. You and Kim have given us a year of delightful progress. Have a joyous Thanksgiving, a Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year. Here’s to the next year, and continued work on your home.
I think it’s because Viktoria’s husband Albert came form Hannover and brought all the German Christmas traditions with him. ;)
Yep - that's what we were told as well.
Can you believe the magic chef house had a Merry Christmoose!
Hi Caleb and Kim!
Here's a fun fact my wife and I learned when we were doing research on how to furnish our Victorian home with period appropriate pieces. Victorians actually made furniture out of Paper Mache! They glued the paper over heavy wire frames to create furniture that was almost indestructible.
Probably highly flammable though! Yikes!
The wind up Christmas tree was beautiful! The great job they did decorating these amazing houses, really gets you into the Christmas mood! Thanks guys!
Yule and Winter Solstice traditions are why we have the “modern Christmas” the tree indoors, the red, & gold… all have symbolic meaning…
I was going to say that too.
Thank you for taking us on your tour and sharing it with us. Thank your Dad for taking the time to string the popcorn and cranberry garland, it brought such wonderful childhood memories.
Glad you enjoyed it
The first one is amazing, authenticity is outstanding!
What a wonderful Thanksgiving video surprise! The Campbell House is so beautiful all dressed up for Christmas! It’s swoon-worthy! 😂
I loved your garland on your stair railing and your tree was a true delight! Kaleb, your father is so supportive of your work and the channel - he’s the (mostly) unseen third set of hands and a strong voice in the comments. How lovely that he took the time and trouble to make the popcorn and cranberry garlands for the tree. That’s not an easy task and they look so sweet! They really help to make the tree complete! We appreciate all you do, too, John.
Hope you’re all having a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. 🍁🦃🍁
He truly is the unsung hero in all this and we appreciate him immensely.
I sure wish I could see these beautiful homes in person. You would have to drag me out. I have enjoyed your channel since the beginning watching you restore your own beauty. It touched my heart when you decorated your tree, love it. It a real pleasure coming along on your journey. You both deserve so much in life for being humble, hard working, kind, appreciative and such a dear couple. Happy holidays to you and your families. Wishing you the best to come in the New Year! 🦃 🎄 🥂 🥳
Hi Cathy, you have written exactly how I feel. Caleb and Kim have opened their home and hearts since Day One. They feel so familiar to me now and the comments from others express that too.
Hello this is Marianne from South Jersey what a wonderful Christmas thank you so much for sharing I enjoyed it Merry Christmas
It was always my dream, starting when I was 6, to restore the house we lived in 1968. My sisters too, I found out later. It had the same roof as your house. Even tho it was run down, we saw its beauty even at such a young age. Unfortunately it was torn down before we were old enough to save it. They're were several mansions on the road torn down and replaced with new. Craziness. I'm glad to live vicariously through your efforts to save this masterpiece.
Let's hear it for family pack rats!!🎄🎄🎄 Without them, we wouldn't be able to experience the beauty of the past😘
The love you both put into your home is amazing….
Hey guys! This post really lifted my spirit! I decorated for years for the enjoyment of my family. Sadly, but great for them, Jesus decided to call them home. I am fully confident I will see them again! Just a little sad and nostalgic to see this video, but I LOVED it! My Dad was the one who introduced me to a "Music Box Christmas". It was a large vinyl record of recordings of the giant, stand-on-the-floor, wind up, cut-metal discs(the music) music boxes (my favorite was from a brand named "Regina") the collection of a wife of one of the early auto barons of Detroit. Dodge, I think? The sound coming from that music box was beautiful! And , that strand of gorgeous multi-colored glass ball garland. I have one of those from my Mom-it must've been my great grandmother's! She lived during that time. The music, garland, and the way the Campbell house was decorated reminded me of the way I decorate. Absolutely loved this video. And thanks for lifting my spirit! Merry Christmas!🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄✝️
Felt so honored when you put those door handles under your tree...love you both.
❤️ the two of you and your channels! Thank you for all of your wonderful content as you work to restore the Brown’s home.
Those railings on the Campbell house though!! 😍😍
This little trip was so wonderful! Thank you for sharing it with all of us! I loved your popcorn and cranberry garland on your tree and the memory gifts under your tree! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families! 🦃🦃
Happy holidays!
Awww, I teared up when you said it now feels like home. Blessings.
Love the decorations thanks for taking us along
You are so welcome
I am basking in a holiday glow this Thanksgiving. Took a break from the feast prep to watch this and it enhanced my holiday feeling mightily. Thank you Caleb and Kim. It is an incredible blessing to see all you do to your house and whatever support you get is richly deserved. From the comparative analysis of ceramic floor cleaners, to the redoing of windows, to the stripping of woodwork, I have learned so much and for that I thank you. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU BOTH! And thank you so much for taking us on this tour. It was just gorgeous to see!
I haven't really been in much of a christmas spirit for a very long time but seeing the Campbell house was amazing. I would celebrate a Victorian Christmas there in a heartbeat, so beautiful. I can't wait to see what your house will look like once it's finished and I'm very much enjoying the journey. I wish you all a lot of luck and love and thank you for the videos
Happy holidays!
I'm sure your neighbors will appreciate your. doing Christmas decorations.
Caleb, you are an impossible romantic! Your affection for your house is palpable from the look on your very expressive face! This gentle aspect of your nature is allied to a strong work ethic which is bringing your faded Second Empire house to life again. I have no doubt you and Kim will achieve wonders with it, and I watch your videos with pleasure as you realize your passion. Have a lovely Christmas, both of you.
I would be a kid in a candy store in these houses. Growing up my parents would take us to every antique shop we passed by on holidays. At the time it was boring, but around age 10 I started to buy my own little antiques, especially old pop bottles and medicine bottles. Many years later, I am so happy for the memories i have of those trips and time with my family and it gave me the appreciation that I have today for the beautiful craftsmanship from the Victorian-1960s eras.
There's something old about putting an angel on top of the tree and somewhere in the room you could have an old tin jack-in-the-box. That little nook is perfect for the Christmas tree - lights show from the outside. Don't forget to hang some stockings on the fireplace and eat a gingerbread cookie.
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This is gorgeous. I love decorating our house like this with a little old time German antique Christmas decor thrown in. Takes me a few weeks to put everything up, but well worth it. Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you!
Wow! Thank you for sharing this with us! So beautiful! I look forward to when you can do a Christmas tour of your house 🙂
This is amazing. Thank you!! Kim👏👏👏🤣
I remember your very first video with a warm heart! Look at you now Kiddo!! 124k subscribers!! Way to go!!! Thank you for taking us along in your journey 🥰
Thank you so much!!
Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas to you Calab and Kim. I can't believe it has been almost a year since I subscribed. You thanked us, but I think I have to thank you and Kim for the hours of pleasure you two have added to my life. You both are the next thing to my family. It is such a pleasure to know the younger generation includes people like yourselves. I am 80 next year so I have a lot to compare. Thanks for MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT!
God Bless
Happy holidays!
Loved seeing the Campbell house and the Magic Chef house tour. I can tell it is so inspiring to you. Helps you see where you are headed and it must be so exciting and encouraging.
Immediately my eye went to the drapery toppers over sheers in the parlor! Thanks for treating us to this great video tour of the Campbell Christmas Mansion. And that table scape was divine. Can't wait to see how you will apply these beautiful bits and pieces to your Brown house.
Good morning you two (Kim and Kaleb) have a happy Thanksgiving, thanks for showing us this house/mansion. Thanks for sharing. 🦃👍 Nice tree it looks as tho you made a popcorn string ribbon to go around the tree. Nice. 🎄
Awesome! You put up a tree! I was in St Louis 2 weeks ago but only stayed for a few days. One day I'll get to the Campbell House.
omg, i'm under the christmas tree next to the 100+ year old books!!! ;)
we love you both, guys!! thank you for letting us be a part of the journey.
Thank you for sharing all this Advent fun with us!! It is great to see that you guys putting up decorations even if the house is not completely done.
Beautiful tour! Thank you! I have no idea how old you are Caleb, but I think that during this video you were a 10 year old wide eyed child. Full of amazement! Just another step in your amazing journey. Thanks for allowing all if us to be a part of it!
I was
this is LOVELY!!!!
At the Magic Chef house, that first picture of yesteryear, looks like the conservatory with it's plenty of rattan furniture (on the Titanic).
Hopefully, this Christmas, you two can take some time to set up a table with Christmas ware, lights some candles and have a Christmas dinner and a good bottle of wine and celebrate the holiday in your beautiful home. Wishing you a Christmas filled with peace and joy 🎄
Andy has such a great house ,he really knows how to preserve great work.And thanks for sharing kaleb and Kim ,I’m sure you’ll celebrate Christmas eventually in your beautiful Victorian house.Thanks for sharing kaleb buddy
It would be great to see you and Kim decked out in Victorian attire as you do your home tour.
We know Caleb, WE ROCK!!! and y'all are awesome thanks for the tours. Those homes are beautiful but there's something magical about them when they are decorated for Christmas. Absolutely stunning 😍
You're the best!
When you toured the Campbell house, I could imagine the sounds and the people during their Christmas celebration. Thanks for sharing the tours with us. Your Christmas tree is so cute. 🎄
Happy holidays!
Love your channel. Great job on house. Enjoy.
This video was such a special treat. Thank you.
Love ur show!! And thank you for letting us in, in this journey. Take it easy slowly but surely it will get done. ♡♡ Happy Holidays to both al the way from Utah.
Thank you for taking us along on your journey. It's been a pleasure to watch your progress and cheer with you on your accomplishment. Looking forward to seeing more.
🌲💓 oh how wonderful this has been. Thank you for sharing this beautiful tour including your house with the Christmas tree love it🌲💓 Merry Christmas to you both I've been with you from the beginning
This has really put me into the Christmas spirit, thank you!! My favourite esthetic for Christmas is a Victorian one, there's just something so cosy about it!
Happy holidays!
Although I love Victorian era and it's the foundation of our present day Xmas idea, I'd never change my 1950s-early1960s German and Polish handmade ornaments that I inherited from my grandparents. I just can't imagine Xmas without them 😆
But I'd definitely go for that unique winding Xmas tree!
Aww great video this week😍 thank you for saving the Brown home and taking us all with you and teaching us so much about architectural history and importance of preservation😊 Your tree is beautiful and I agree with you that is really is a special moment for your home to have a Christmas Tree once again🎄Merry Christmas to you both and all your lives ones
Glad you enjoyed it!
you will remember this christmas forever. always have fun.
Time AND money!! My very plain farm house was built in 1880. The money went into the farm, not the house. I wish I had something to work with but I don't. If I lived across the street I'd be delighted to see Christmas lights in the window. Having the house that cleaned up makes it seem like you've accomplished more than we thought.
Hapy Thanksgiving and a blessed Christmas to come. Think ahead of when the house is fully restored and all the cool things that are going to happen then as well. Brilliant.
The tour of the historic houses was very interesting, but your tree was the best one, just because it's not a part of a museum but a house that will soon be a real home. I'm so damn happy that I found your channel, and still amazed by everything that you two do. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!! I remember when you first started this channel, watching it come full circle from when you started is warming. You turned a channel that didn't know where it was going to a home for all to watch and I want to say thanks for that.
I went to work as a nurse in Saint Louis last summer and absolutely loved the historic areas of the city including Lafayette square which was close. The houses there and south of there are to die for. I found many wonderful finds in saint louis including at Jon Paul Designs in Richmond Heights. He carries and restores chandeliers from some of the oldest homes in Saint Louis. Your city is full of wonderful treasures homes and antiques.
Happy Thanksgiving you two and to all those following your channel.
I have a number of Christmas decorations from that period, including a paper angel used by my great-grandparents as a topper for their tree. Over the years friends have gifted me antique Christmas tree ornaments and I've done the same to my friends. I've not pulled out the Christmas decorations as yet but when I do I'm going to send you both one or two from your time period. If any others want to do the same (assuming Kaleb and Kim are comfortable with this) it would be neat to see their tree decorations again next year. I'm assuming the time period of 1890 - 1910 would be best for the ornaments. How long did the Brown family live there? I suppose those years would also work well. Again, Happy Thanksgiving.
Wow. We would be honored to place your gifted ornaments on our tree next year. The Browns moved into the home in June of 1890 and moved to another estate they built called "Brown Oaks" in 1915.
Great tour of the two houses! Your tree is perfect, I love it!!! Also, thank you for the videos every week!
Loving the tree music box. =)
Thank you for sharing this Tour, what a treat it was! I love your passion! I Love your tree you put up, very pretty! Things are coming along, and before you know it, your home will be decked out like those others. It will all be worth it! Happy Holidays to you guys!!!
Family, Feast, Festivities. Alot of wealth here.🎄
Late to jump on the train, I know, but- Those are The most ornate lead glass windows (breakfast room) I believe I've ever seen! It's really nice to see you all from the younger generation committed to restoration of antiquities.
How beautiful Victorian houses looked nicely decorated back in the days, so original not all commercial
Great Christmas tours of those beautiful homes. It's also great to see your little tree all set up. Thank you for even putting a representation of us viewers under your 🎄.
Happy holidays!
Great episode! Thanks
Lovely tree! Enjoyed the tours of the two homes. I'm happy to hear your house is becoming home, Thats a good feeling. We are all fond of the grand ole lady too.
Wow! Those houses done up for Christmas are fantastic, thank you for showing them to us. And I love your first Christmas tree in the new house.
Beautiful! Thanks for taking us along on your tours through the houses and your house journey, too. Happy Thanksgiving and early Christmas!
Happy holidays!
This is beautiful!!!! I love the old style holidays! The love the warmth and the family all together!
Happy holidays!
I took a moment remembering of Christmas past from my childhood in Canada. A time when families would place a Victorian tree as the centrepiece in the middle of the room, carefully decorating it with small bags containing everything from popcorn balls to chocolates and candy fruits, etc. On Christmas Eve, we would gather with family and friends, and during the festivities, you would wear a blindfold, circle the tree, and pick your treats. Along with some gag gifts, nothing too bad, but someone always got a bag of coal-a couple of BBQ briquettes wrapped up. Which usually means you had to do the dishes afterwards. These are fun times filled with laughter as a way of bringing people together before the celebrations of Christmas. Have a wonderful Merry Christmas and Happy New year everyone.
This video make me so happy!! Is been amazing to see the progress through this year!! Enjoy this season everyone 🎄❤️❤️
Musicbox Christmas tree rotating thing is one of my top favorite. Love it!
Thanks for all you do, for all of the extra effort put in on top of your everyday lives AND working on the house to then bring us wonderful videos full of heart and joy such as these
It's been a pleasure and in some cases an absolute saviour to see your new videos up every week, hear your progress and your kind voices
Thank you friends, lets see what 2022 brings for the house! Excited to see
hey guys, thank you for a year of great content! watching you decorate your tree reminded me of decorating trees with my mom back in the day! Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Happy New Year!❤️
Happy holidays!
I’m with Kim, that food looks good! During the Victorian, food security was available to more people, but back when our European ancestors had that mid-winter meal (waaaaaay before Christianity was a thing), winter started the new year around mid October, and when the winter solstice came around there was a feast/celebration since that was the point at which spring was closer and closer each day. It was also kind of an FU to winter, etc. As Christianity came into play, dates shifted, and pagan celebrations were renamed and absorbed into Christianity (including just about every aspect of modern Christmas such as the tree, the greens used, present giving, etc), so here we are. It’s awesome to me that these ancient traditions still live on.
Thank you Andy for your expertise and was good to see Sneaky Kim (giggle). Just love this vlog, it has put me into the Christmas spirit.
Oh my gosh! I had a tiny iron cook stove! I have not thought about it in years, until I saw this one. Thanks for the memory. I wonder what in the world happen to it? Love yall's tree!!! Merry Christmas from the Ms Delta.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all and your families!
I remember your first video ☺️ Look at you now kiddo!! 124 k subscribers!!! Thank you for taking us along in your adventure and your journey! 🥰
Christmas trees started way before victorian era, but not in the US
It is totally wonderful what you two are doing! Very nice little tree! Thank you two for months of entertainment and learning! *smiles*
Thanks for sharing the tours of both houses with us..Just stunning! This has really put me in the Christmas mood. Your first Christmas tree is just perfect and will be a beautiful memory..
Happy holidays!
What?! No Chippy under the tree? Love watching the progress. It's going to to be awesome.
When I ran a Victorian house museum, fully 30% of our annual visitors came for the Christmas display. Crazy busy and pretty!
So beautiful, Caleb. I would have loved to have spent a Christmas during the Victorian Age.
Here's to hoping that next Christmas your house will be near completion, if not sooner, so you and Kim can spend a real Victorian Christmas in your home.
My husband and I are loving your channel. Thank you for sharing your journey with us all.
OMG…..the Christmas tree spinning music box was incredible! Never knew such a thing ever existed! Beautiful!!! ❤️
Happy holidays!
Love both style homes. That wind up tree was awesome, I want one. Victorian and Edwardian era homes are the most beautiful imo.
Just a little late to the party (only by a couple months 😆), it was great to see the Campbell House and Magic Chef Mansion all done up for Christmas. The wind up music box that spun the tree was so awesome! And it was great to see a tree at your house Caleb and Kim. All that you put under the tree was a great reminder of all that has happened in 2021. As the years go by, you will find more ornaments to put on the tree. Best to both of you in 2022 and thank you for the house tours!
No thank you Caleb for going through this process and documenting it. I literally knew almost nothing about St. Louis. If it wasn’t for you, I would not have realized that there was such thing as the magic house mansion. Keep up the good work
This was such an enjoyable video. I could have lived and died in the 1890’s-1900’s. The houses and tours were so beautiful! ♥️🎄
Thanks for giving us the present of sharing all this amazing restoration work you are doing with us.
Thanks, lovely tours. I know how inspiring those houses can be for you -- you are in the midst of this renovation and ONE DAY your house will look similar. I hope you find an animal head or two, a Grecian lady bust or two, and some Victorian animals to one day display. That music box with the slowing turning tree was absolutely gorgeous. So evocative of a bygone era. I saw a few little stick leg sheep on the table, something my Mom had one or two of from her own childhood.
I just love the old Victorian homes all the wood throughout the home such good quality homes man I wish I was of that era.. Beautiful everything in the home is so grand!!
Couldn't agree more!