20 years married and after seeing this have decided on a new tradition of Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve from now on. The last couple of years we’ve had an easy Christmas Day lunch and traditional turkey dinner a few days later, takes the pressure off and lets me be in the room with all the gift opening and not stuck in the kitchen! I love the idea of having it on Christmas Eve from now on and just relaxing or doing other nice things like strolling on the Quantock Hills in my home county of Somerset on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Lovely video, thank you so much. x
What a lovely vlog, Claire! Happy New Year to you both! We love seeing Ben and having a tiny peek into your lives, especially now that you’re back in York. Please continue these, and all your book-related videos…you always inspire me to add new titles to my reading list.🎄🕯️🥂❄️📚❤️💚
There’s a BBC version of The lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe available on UA-cam which is a really lovely version. They used to show it every Sunday in winter of 1988. Happy New Year. 😊
I really like the idea of having Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve, then that allows for a more relaxed Christmas Day and being able to do all the things that you've done!
"I was left unattended in the cheese aisle" is my new mantra. Thank you for sharing your beautiful cozy Christmas with us. A back up Camembert never goes amiss, I think. Happy New Year!
🌲 aww amazing cosy festive vlog Claire 😊 I have succumbed to festive illness and this cheered me up! Shout out to Ben's Thomas Hardy ale...my fella absolutely loves that one and bought loads when they were released. Also took him to York last year for his 40th and it was nice to revisit areas of York in your vlog (we also went to both the Trembling Madness pub and shop 😊) agree also that Gavin & Stacy was epic 🥲
Oh my goodness, you two are *so* adorable. I've watched this whole video with a smile on my face. What a lovely Christmas you made for yourselves. I love the idea of Christmas just for two instead of chasing around visiting family. I think I'm going to pinch the idea of a walk around a local town with a flask of hot chocolate for next Christmas. Such a seasonal idea. Happy new year to you both - looking forward to more videos from you in 2025! 🎄
Wonderful Christmas video! I love how intentional you are about establishing traditions. Fantastic ideas to make the holidays memorable! Thank you, so fun to watch! Many blessings to you both!
A lovely video Claire and Ben! Glad you had a wonderful Christmas, even with Bramwell being a little bit naughty! Although he did look very dapper in his bow tie. Looking forward to what the new year brings. Best Wishes for 2025 💕🎉
Happy New Year Claire. I enjoyed this video, thank you. It was good to see Ben and I liked the content where you went out and about around York and to Fountains Abbey. I’ve not seen the Lego typewriter before - I’d like to know how to make it and how it works when it’s done so maybe Ben could appear in a future video to explain that?
thank you for sharing your first xmas in your new home in york. there are so many beautiful moments here - both funny and heartwarming. i love sharing the cycle of the seasons with your videos. they always make me feel comfort and joy and good cheer all year round. it's so good to see you making more videos lately. (you are my cosy and wholesome alternative to the kardashians!) wishing you and ben and the cats a very good year x 🎅
My first watch of your channel.Wishing you both s Happy and Prosperous New Year 2025.Lovely fun vlog.,thank you for your time withus strangers.I am a 76 years of age mum and gran who lives in central Scotland.We like you are trying to keep moving and warm as its very wintery minus + .😀🎆
Thank you so much for this lovely video! It was so cozy and relaxing to watch you and Ben during your York Christmas. Please make more like this one! It really makes me want to visit England and York.
I love this style of vlog. This was so cozy and Christmasy. We always watch tv while we eat dinner. I think it's a nice routine. We pick a series and watch an episode or two, or a movie on the weekends.
I've loved it all. Thank you for taking us through your holiday. I loved all the wardrobe choices for everyone (cats included). Claire, that cat hat and the final sweater are everything! All the food looked so yummy. And I loved hearing about all the traditions, esp the cards you gave each other--so dear. 🎄
Thank you so much for this nice video with the images of York and your Christmas. You are a nice and sweet couple with your beautiful cats! Happy good year and love from Italy!
you've captured some wonderful memories, especially love the the tree with your bookcases in the background. Loved the footage you shared / took us along with you on your Boxing Day outing. Happy New Year to you and Ben ( as well your clan of kitties! 🥰 ) ❤🎄🎁
Happy New Year Claire and Ben!! Thank you for sharing your Christmas with us, it was sooo enjoyable!! Can I just say the YOU NEED TO GET THE LEGO TITANIC!!!!! My brother bought and built it not long ago and I can attest that it is fucking EPIC 😍🚢
Happy New Year ! I really enjoyed this vlog and wanted to thank you for the perfect visit to Fountains Abbey, such beautiful light. I also follow Miranda Mills, and so have just read and thoroughly enjoyed the CS Lewis! 😊🎄🎄
Great video Claire! Loved it 🎄 I almost bought that beanie when I was visiting the UK in December .. I’m now regretting that I didn’t 🐑 😊 Happy & healthy 2025 to you and Ben .. and of course the adorable kitty cats 💖
🎄(It had to be the Christmas tree!) I love your videos! I didn’t know that the Spode Christmas tree pattern was American. I love that pattern. This American would love to experience your York Christmas! Bramwell in his bow tie is precious! Kitten energy is the best! Happy New Year!
Happy new year Claire. I watched the mirror and the light,it was very good but I did wonder how much was true to his life. Which is why I going to look up more information on him. I couldn’t read that book it’s too big.😂
Happy New Year ❤ l loved the Narnia 📚 I read them in my 20’s. ( the 70’s) Wish I had read more back then. But, it’s never too late. Thank goodness I joined a Bookclub in the mid 80’s & still in one.😊
I like the vlog style, Claire.😀I’m glad you didn’t put your shoulder out over that faux Christmas cracker.😆 I want to turn your sheep hat into a tea cosy.🐑🫖
Happy New Year. We are in York for New Year and heading to the Great Moustery at Fairfax House tomorrow on your recommendation. Have a wonderful 2025. Fx 💕
I was in the Chicago Airport stuck while they were filming Home Alone at the airport. I didn't know which movie it was until much later. Also. while waiting to pass through the airport a man standing and waiting next to me was taken away by two cops. He was dressed in a very high-end suit and carrying a briefcase. They quietly took him away in handcuffs. Weird how calm he was.
🎄 You talk as if you have never read Hogfather. Not to know about Mr. Teatime; that the Tooth Fairy is a franchise operation and if they don’t have the correct amount will pull additional teeth to make sure the accounts balance; and, of course, DEATH’s home made Hogfather’s card?
I mean I’m a socialist so I’m not crying over the politics! Thomas Cromwell is a controversial historical figure but Hilary Mantel has crafted the character so beautifully - it would be odd to read 2000 pages and feel nothing!
Happy New Year everyone ❤️
Same to the both of you 🎉❤
Such a lovely vlog ❤
20 years married and after seeing this have decided on a new tradition of Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve from now on. The last couple of years we’ve had an easy Christmas Day lunch and traditional turkey dinner a few days later, takes the pressure off and lets me be in the room with all the gift opening and not stuck in the kitchen! I love the idea of having it on Christmas Eve from now on and just relaxing or doing other nice things like strolling on the Quantock Hills in my home county of Somerset on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Lovely video, thank you so much. x
What a lovely vlog, Claire! Happy New Year to you both! We love seeing Ben and having a tiny peek into your lives, especially now that you’re back in York. Please continue these, and all your book-related videos…you always inspire me to add new titles to my reading list.🎄🕯️🥂❄️📚❤️💚
An utter delight! 💫
What a wonderful festive feel. Lots of love❤
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There’s a BBC version of The lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe available on UA-cam which is a really lovely version. They used to show it every Sunday in winter of 1988. Happy New Year. 😊
I really like the idea of having Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve, then that allows for a more relaxed Christmas Day and being able to do all the things that you've done!
Ben's reaction to the Lego is so good! That Lego set is very cool!!
"I was left unattended in the cheese aisle" is my new mantra. Thank you for sharing your beautiful cozy Christmas with us. A back up Camembert never goes amiss, I think. Happy New Year!
Melissa, that cheese aisle comment is hilarious.🤣
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It looks like you had such a wonderful Christmas!! ❤❤
Thank you for the lovely festive vlog ❤ Happy New Year to you both!
🌲 aww amazing cosy festive vlog Claire 😊 I have succumbed to festive illness and this cheered me up! Shout out to Ben's Thomas Hardy ale...my fella absolutely loves that one and bought loads when they were released. Also took him to York last year for his 40th and it was nice to revisit areas of York in your vlog (we also went to both the Trembling Madness pub and shop 😊) agree also that Gavin & Stacy was epic 🥲
Oh my goodness, you two are *so* adorable. I've watched this whole video with a smile on my face. What a lovely Christmas you made for yourselves. I love the idea of Christmas just for two instead of chasing around visiting family. I think I'm going to pinch the idea of a walk around a local town with a flask of hot chocolate for next Christmas. Such a seasonal idea. Happy new year to you both - looking forward to more videos from you in 2025! 🎄
Thank you for sharing your cozy and beautiful Christmas with us! It was so lovely to watch 💖
Wonderful Christmas video! I love how intentional you are about establishing traditions. Fantastic ideas to make the holidays memorable! Thank you, so fun to watch! Many blessings to you both!
Thank you for taking us along on your lovely, cozy Christmas!
Merry Christmas 🎄
This was just delightful to watch and the joy that Ben felt he got the typewriter Lego. He looked quite overcome.
I love this video!
A lovely video Claire and Ben! Glad you had a wonderful Christmas, even with Bramwell being a little bit naughty! Although he did look very dapper in his bow tie. Looking forward to what the new year brings. Best Wishes for 2025 💕🎉
Happy New Year Claire. I enjoyed this video, thank you. It was good to see Ben and I liked the content where you went out and about around York and to Fountains Abbey. I’ve not seen the Lego typewriter before - I’d like to know how to make it and how it works when it’s done so maybe Ben could appear in a future video to explain that?
Happy New Year 😺 🎄
thank you for sharing your first xmas in your new home in york. there are so many beautiful moments here - both funny and heartwarming. i love sharing the cycle of the seasons with your videos. they always make me feel comfort and joy and good cheer all year round. it's so good to see you making more videos lately. (you are my cosy and wholesome alternative to the kardashians!) wishing you and ben and the cats a very good year x
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My first watch of your channel.Wishing you both s Happy and Prosperous New Year 2025.Lovely fun vlog.,thank you for your time withus strangers.I am a 76 years of age mum and gran who lives in central Scotland.We like you are trying to keep moving and warm as its very wintery minus + .😀🎆
Thank you for a lovely Christmas vlog! I, too, thought the G&S finale show was perfect!
Such a lovely video
Happy New Year !
Thank you so much for this lovely video! It was so cozy and relaxing to watch you and Ben during your York Christmas. Please make more like this one! It really makes me want to visit England and York.
I love this style of vlog. This was so cozy and Christmasy.
We always watch tv while we eat dinner. I think it's a nice routine. We pick a series and watch an episode or two, or a movie on the weekends.
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I've loved it all. Thank you for taking us through your holiday. I loved all the wardrobe choices for everyone (cats included). Claire, that cat hat and the final sweater are everything! All the food looked so yummy. And I loved hearing about all the traditions, esp the cards you gave each other--so dear. 🎄
Thank you so much for this nice video with the images of York and your Christmas. You are a nice and sweet couple with your beautiful cats! Happy good year and love from Italy!
This is such a lovely video Claire! 🎄Happy new year
Happy New Year Claire and Ben. What a wonderful vlog !!
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I loved this style of vlog! Thank you for sharing your lovely Christmas with us! 🎄Happy new year 🎉
you've captured some wonderful memories, especially love the the tree with your bookcases in the background. Loved the footage you shared / took us along with you on your Boxing Day outing. Happy New Year to you and Ben ( as well your clan of kitties! 🥰 ) ❤🎄🎁
Claire & Ben vlogs are always a delight! All the best to you in the New Year! 🎁
Love, the hat ❤ And, I really enjoyed the different days & activities in this video. Thank you for sharing your cozy Christmas 🎄🎁🎅❤️
Happy New Year and thanks for another beautiful video ✨❤️
Your make up is exquisite! Hope you have a lovely New Year! York is so picturesque, I really want to go there!
Thanks for the video, Clare. Happy new year 🎉
A lovely cosy Xmas vlog❤love the sheep beanie. Wishing you both a wonderful 2025🎉
Isn’t Ripon somewhere near Miranda Mills? I’d love to see a Claire-Miranda meetup or a tour of York.
I've wondered if they knew each other IRL. If not, I think that they should get acquainted and let us in on the encounter.
I always think Claire is like a slightly younger version of Miranda
Happy New Year Claire and Ben!! Thank you for sharing your Christmas with us, it was sooo enjoyable!!
Can I just say the YOU NEED TO GET THE LEGO TITANIC!!!!! My brother bought and built it not long ago and I can attest that it is fucking EPIC 😍🚢
Happy New Year ! I really enjoyed this vlog and wanted to thank you for the perfect visit to Fountains Abbey, such beautiful light. I also follow Miranda Mills, and so have just read and thoroughly enjoyed the CS Lewis! 😊🎄🎄
Lovely vlog Claire. Good to see more of Ben.
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Great video Claire! Loved it 🎄 I almost bought that beanie when I was visiting the UK in December .. I’m now regretting that I didn’t 🐑 😊 Happy & healthy 2025 to you and Ben .. and of course the adorable kitty cats 💖
You are both so adorable! Thank you for sharing your Christmas with us 🎄🎄 Happy new year!
🎄(It had to be the Christmas tree!) I love your videos! I didn’t know that the Spode Christmas tree pattern was American. I love that pattern. This American would love to experience your York Christmas! Bramwell in his bow tie is precious! Kitten energy is the best! Happy New Year!
Happy new year to you, your cats, and loved ones.
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Merry Christmas🎉and a Happy New Year from Auckland, New Zealand.
Happy new year Claire. I watched the mirror and the light,it was very good but I did wonder how much was true to his life. Which is why I going to look up more information on him. I couldn’t read that book it’s too big.😂
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Merry chirstmas and happy new year !!🎁🎄thank you I enjoy this Claire and Ben .
Happy New Year, Claire and Ben! This vlog made my day! ( on my lap top so insert Star emoji here) Thank you kindly.
Been feeling a lil glum this afternoon. The vlog really cheered me up. Thank you! 🎄🎆
Happy New Year to you, Ben and your sweet cats ♥🎄⭐
This was such a lovely, cozy vlog! I enjoyed every minute. Happy New Year to you both!
Happy New Year ❤ l loved the Narnia 📚 I read them in my 20’s. ( the 70’s) Wish I had read more back then. But, it’s never too late. Thank goodness I joined a Bookclub in the mid 80’s & still in one.😊
I love this format! What a cosy video 🩷 Happy New Year to you both!
I loved this video! Thank you.
🎄 Happy New Year, Claire and Ben!💫
I like the vlog style, Claire.😀I’m glad you didn’t put your shoulder out over that faux Christmas cracker.😆 I want to turn your sheep hat into a tea cosy.🐑🫖
Hi Claire! I think you would absolutely love The Horse and His Boy from the Chronicles if Narnia! Merry Christmas 💕
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I have adored this vlog, happy new year 🎉🎄
🎄Happy new year!
What a lovely video! ❤🎄
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Happy New Year. We are in York for New Year and heading to the Great Moustery at Fairfax House tomorrow on your recommendation. Have a wonderful 2025. Fx 💕
Hi Claire, happy new year! What is the pearly eyeshadow you wear in this video? It's lovely😊
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I was in the Chicago Airport stuck while they were filming Home Alone at the airport. I didn't know which movie it was until much later.
Also. while waiting to pass through the airport a man standing and waiting next to me was taken away by two cops. He was dressed in a very high-end suit and carrying a briefcase. They quietly took him away in handcuffs. Weird how calm he was.
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You talk as if you have never read Hogfather. Not to know about Mr. Teatime; that the Tooth Fairy is a franchise operation and if they don’t have the correct amount will pull additional teeth to make sure the accounts balance; and, of course, DEATH’s home made Hogfather’s card?
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No expert here but Thomas Cromwell was a monster to Ireland, to Anne. Not sure your lamentation of his demise...anyway, happy holidays!
I mean I’m a socialist so I’m not crying over the politics! Thomas Cromwell is a controversial historical figure but Hilary Mantel has crafted the character so beautifully - it would be odd to read 2000 pages and feel nothing!
I loved this style of vlog! Thank you for sharing your lovely Christmas with us! 🎄Happy new year 🎉
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