Living in the Wild, Wild West, USA, we have a Mexican food Feast on Christmas Eve with all our extended family. We each cook something to share. Each year I write a quirky, silly treasure hunt and the children and grandchildren follow the clues. The treasure at the end is new PJ’s for each person to wear that night. I also make Mama Cindy’s Salsa, and home made fudge. Yum! Our neighbor is a professional Santa. He stops by each year. So fun. We are a musical family so we get out our ukuleles, guitars, etc and sing Christmas songs. We end with reading ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Grinch and lastly, the we read the scriptures of the birth of the baby Jesus.
Here are a couple of Christmas traditions from when our kids were little and teenagers. When they were little my husband built a manger/feed box. We placed it under/near the tree. We had a bag of hay in the closet. If they did something kind for someone else without telling anyone they could put a handful of hay in the manger. The idea being the manger had to be full of hay in order for baby Jesus to come. We used this to help decommercialize Christmas as well as encourage kindness as a way of life. Once they were older we switched gears to acts of service. We picked a Saturday between Thanksgiving and Christmas and opened our home for babysitting for friends with small children. We provided lunch, naps if needed and play and crafts for the day. When parents came to pick up their kids they could have a bowl of soup and homemade bread. Merry Christmas.
Hi Brady and Heather, am new to your channel but what an awesome find! Love the simplicity and wholesomeness of your family. To build a life afresh in a foreign country, let alone reconstructing a barn house into a family house is indeed a monumental task. You have done well. The alphine view of the Italian alp is breathtaking and that is the reward for all the hard work you have put into the barn house. Stella behavior is abit erratic and concerning. You must think of safety first and seek advise from experts as to how to deal with the situation. I wish you and your family well. May your stay in Italy brings you many fond memories and a more fulfiling life you both seek. God Bless.
As an old Dad speaking, Dad, you got it right. Just being with family is most important! Your wife and children will always remember all the love, attention and happiness you give to them. That's the best Christmas present ever! Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!
I love using a a vintage advent calendar that explains the Christmas story! Everything built up to Christ's arrival-the reason we celebrate Christmas in the first place. Love watching your family!
Further. Husband and I created multiple homes in Michigan, following our idea to renovate or better a property in some fashion. Husbands building skills were legion, and we spent our weekends and evenings at the latest building project! We even had dinner parties in a partly renovated place! Our friends thought it was great fun! One house construction, we invited all to help raise a couple of 40 ft walls. THAT was quite a feat! Then, we took all out for a burger in thanks! I must say, working in lumber was SO MUCH EASIER than your project! Enjoy following your dreams! Make it happen! Special times, for sure!
I have five goats 🐐 But that’s a lot more goats then I’ve got! 😁🤣😂 A bit of a challenging situation it seems ! Great to keep yer grass down though! Hope yer Christmas was the BEST! 🥰😘🙏 💜🌺💜🌺💜🌺💜🌺💜
Our big part of Christmas was Christmas Eve. Church, big dinner, extended family, presents. Christmas morning was just us , Santa presents, jammies all day, brunch , playing with new toys and leftovers.
Great Stuff. Remember that Befana is a big time for Italy (Epiphany 5th Jan Evening) so you may see lots of coal candy in the shops (For naughty kids). Merry Christmas.
The goat visitors were kind of funny! They move at their own pace and go when they want to go I guess! They have bells and belong to someone there, you may want to have a talk with them! What a sweet Christmas in the main room of your new house! The Christmas Markets all over Europe are so magical and beautiful to see🌟 I know you have family there, but during the many years I lived in Europe, mainly in Koln, Germany, I didn’t miss being in the US. at all. I prefer Europe, which is where all my relatives live. My family in the US are first generation there so it had always been just my Mom & Dad and me and 3 siblings, and we grew up not having any other relatives around, My parents grew up there during Ww2 so they never went back to Germany.
One of the Christmas traditions in our house, was that my mother would buy an ornament with the date on it. By the time my sister and I moved out of the house, we had a beautiful collection of sweet memories to take with us. I strongly suggest that if you choose to do this tradition with your family, is do a wide variety of ornaments. Most of mine when I left home were for little girls! Lol! I still love them.
I did this same thing for my kids who are now grown. I tried to make the ornament something they were interested in that year or a movie they had seen.
Мне очень нравится эта семья.. как трудятся..как учат девочек.. как улыбка постоянно у всех.. радость во всем..они настоящие.. они радуются всякому времени года.. Рождеству.. козочкам... всякой погоде..любят свой город.. настоящая семья.. спасибо...
Christmas Eve Tea.. Trees up, presents wrapped, light the real fire, teas ready in front of the TV thats playing carols from Kings... We have to be ready to hear the first carol... always once in royal davids city. Tea is turkey, cheeses, bread, butter, etc, christmas cake, chocolate log, grapes, crisps, mulled spiced apple juice, chocolate log! Always gets the Christmas atmosphere going... Magic..
As a business traveler for decades I was also moving my family from here to there a couple of times. I need to say that I admire your courage. It looks to me like you are a beautifully innocent family moving around in a more and more hostile world as if this was the most normal thing to do. Congratulations and all the best, I know that it’s not always that easy as you make it look in your beautiful videos.
Blessing to u and ur family I think u made a,great choice quiet and simple life I think is the best u get to enjoy and appreciate each other with ur family to me that's important u can still be incontact with the other's but that scerny is so beatific clean and,crisp air I love to be able to live that kind off life anyways blessing abd always be greatful u have each other.
Hi there Terry again! Every Christmas i bake Fruit cocktail cakes ( not a fruit cake) and pumpkin, raisin, ginger cookies and white chocolate, Craisins (dried cranberries ) and Macadamia nuts cookies. I give these away to friends and relatives! They are so happy!
Merry Christmas!!! 🎄👼❤️ One of our family traditions before Christmas day is to gather round near the tree and my husband reads the Christmas story out of the Bible. Afterwards the kids take turns drawing one of the nativity figurines without seeing which one and then they place it in the stable. The kids always hope to get baby Jesus. It’s very special! My husband and I hope to carry the tradition on with our grandkids someday as well.
Your videos always bring a smile to my face and in my heart, love your adventures in life and how you really appreciate it all! Love the goats! 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 What a wonderful sight in your very own yard!💖
You four are the perfect example of a healthy, happy family. Wonderful Mom and Dad that are laughing with the girls and are not preoccupied with cell phones all day. Families in the U.S.A should take a few lessons from the way you two interact with your lovely girls.. Carry a stick with you pointing down and if the Donkey runs at you, raise the stick and say no. That should work without you ever having to hit her. I have had Horses for 52 years, I have not had one of mine charge me but all Equine I have seen will back away from a 4 or 5 ft. stick and a firm voice.
Wonderful news….can’t wait to see build eventuality having that beautiful Christmas Day in your house you working so hard on but living the life too…very best for 2023!,, xx
A happy Christmas and all the best next year to you all…..🎉 I live in Greece and although I’m British I incorporate both traditions….. The Greeks love the Christmas crackers which are placed on the dining table on Christmas Day plus the usual turkey roast potatoes pigs in blankets( little sausages wrapped In bacon) and sage and onion stuffing…. Cranberry sauce….Then plum pudding and brandy in the custard! The children sing a traditional carol on Christmas Eve and another one on New Year’s Eve….I also make the traditional cake for New Year….(a wrapped coin is placed in the cake and the lucky person wins the coin and has good luck throughout the year) By the way the cake is pre- cut according to the members of the family plus one for the house and one for Christ…. I have to say the the English way of opening the presents on Christmas morning +the lunch above has always been a highlight with the Greek side of my family…
It's the simple things in life that bring us the most amount of joy. Blessings to the four of you, and thank you for sharing your Christmas with us. Love from a very warm Australia. 💕 🙏🎄
Here in South Africa it is the heat of Summer. We have braai's, barbecue, outside entertainment, sharing with friends and family. Sending you and your family blessings.
Your girls are awesome! They’re not complaining, or pouting. They get in and help with the building. Mot that it matters, I think that’s great. I love Christmas too. I like the old style Christmas. That’s why I love your house and the buildings that are on your property. I started watching you when you had the Newbies visit. Keep doing what’s best for your family.
A bit late (or early?), but I liked your question about Christmas traditions. ☺ I'm from Sweden in Scandinavia so our traditions is probably quite different, so maybe they'd interest you! It gets very dark in the winter half of the year here - around Christmas the sun goes down around three in the afternoon and the days get very short, so something we tend to do is have string lights - just plain white LEDs like on your tree - in the garden around the hedges and fencing. Sometimes people put out a tree with just lights in it in the garden as well. For my family, we have a very low key, cosy Christmas that is nearly all about food and making the house as cosy as possible with little lights everywhere instead of using the ceiling lamps much. We drink mulled wine, have rice porridge for breakfast and then we have something called 'julbord' (lit. Christmas table) which is a feast with a lot of small dishes, most of them cold like cured salmon and smoked sausages, with a few traditional hot dishes like Swedish meatballs with Christmas spices and a special potato gratin. And of course there are massive amounts of gingerbread cookes - thin ones with lots of spice with a nice snap to them when you crack them. And I think most families make a gingerbread house, too, with a roof covered in colourful chocolate buttons with lots of icing. 😁
I stumbled across your channel just over a week ago. I’m loving it and what you have done. My children have now left home and I would love to do what you have done before we get to old. I don’t think I would have the strength to sell up everything we have worked so hard for it would be so scary. So I take my hat off to you for having the guts to take that giant leap especially with your two beautiful little girls. Your little Italian cottage is so gorgeous and can’t wait to see it finished. 💜 from Australia 🇦🇺
Love the introduction with the goats. You might want to consider getting a few 😅. This is one of your best videos. I love the simplicity and authenticity of it. I really enjoy the peace of Christ that you are enjoying this Christmas 🎄 time. Your girls are so sweet and generous. My favorite Christmas tradition growing up was the avant wreath. Lightly up the 4 candles 🕯️ that lead up to Christmas Eve always brought so much joy. And of course reading 📖 the account of Christ coming and the true meaning behind Christmas. May you have a very blessed year. Best wishes with your up coming adventures. 🙏🎄✝️💝🙏
First of all may I wish you, and you little family in Italy a prosperous, happy, healthy, blessed New Year 2023. My Christmases used to be very stressful sometimes I would have a total of 14 people in our house over Christmas and I would be the one doing all the work and every one else enjoying themselves and now we do it with just our family of 5. Also what this had taught me is to bake my Christmas cake a months time in advance and my Christmas plum pudding in a week or two in advance and put it in the freezer to keep. Then the week running up to Christmas I bake my Christmas mince pies a week in advance. As for the dinner like this year, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday in the mornings I baked my mince pies. On Thursday I took my Christmas cake and put the marzipan on it then on Friday I iced it. On Friday I roasted my roast beef, which was stuffed with garlic and bacon and rosemary and made my gravy which I stored all in the fridge when cooled till Sunday. On Saturday I roasted my Chicken which was stuffed with bread, onion and herbed stuffing. On Saturday I peeled and cut my carrots ready for Sunday to cook and made Brandy butter for the Christmas pudding. All I had left to do on Sunday was put the rice on, roast the potatoes and cook the carrots and brussel sprouts, I put the plum pudding on to steam (I took it out the night before to defrost) carve how much beef and chicken I needed put them on separate trays lined with tin foil and covered them with foil and heated them slowly in the oven till heated through. Then all I had to do was plate up and serve. By doing a little bit each day and having planned it, I was so relaxed and not hot and bothered by roasting and cooking all on one day. Our tradition is going to midnight mass, then coming home and having some mince pies dusted with icing sugar (they are not meat pies, they are made from raisins etc etc) an English tradition. I am glad you had such a lovely time with your family. Till the next video.
LOL, I'm SO GLAD u could see how much trouble goats can be! They are funny, but UNRULY animals! Ur Christmas sounds like it was absolutely lovely & I hope u got to travel to the Lake Como light show!? Look for it online - it looks like magic! Keep up the great attitudes, u are aclimating and minimizing the culture shock so well! Many blessings sent to u from blizzardy Michigan - wonder how much snow u will get at the house? 🎄🎁🥰💝
Merry Christmas to you and your family. What a beautiful Christmas tree and I love the unique ornaments from different countries that you have been too. That’s a great tradition right there getting a couple of new ornaments each year. In Ohio we have a store called Hobby Lobby and each year I love to go there and get a couple of new ornaments each year. 🎄💖😀❄️💕🎄
💥💥💥💥Merry Christmas to you all🥂🌲🥂. I believe everything happens with a reason. So this is a good time for you all to finnish a lot of work. Thanks for sharing you're video. Greetings Melinda from South-Africa 🙋🏻♀️🥂🌲🥂
Happy New Year! I bought those same headlamp hats for 3 of my kids (grown kids) this Christmas. Bought them in Portland, Maine. They were excited to have them. Looking forward to following your progress!! Best of luck to you!
Merry Christmas🎄The last few years we have spent our Christmases the same as you have. Love your videos and can't wait for the next one! Greetings and love, Sara from South Africa.🙏🏻💕
love the Christmas tree and all the ornaments.... the goats are just a bonus, that means you are all in the neighbourhood now.. :) have a blessed Christmas and all the best for the New Year. God bless your family
Merry Christmas! I really enjoy Christmas too! When my boys were younger we did 12 days of Christmas, where we did little and big things for 12 days (included were Christmas Eve and Day). That way Christmas was not over too quickly. Love watching your vlogs! You are doing a fabulous job with your girls!
Merry Christmas to everyone! We hope you enjoyed the time spent with family!
Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄!!
Living in the Wild, Wild West, USA, we have a Mexican food Feast on Christmas Eve with all our extended family. We each cook something to share. Each year I write a quirky, silly treasure hunt and the children and grandchildren follow the clues. The treasure at the end is new PJ’s for each person to wear that night. I also make Mama Cindy’s Salsa, and home made fudge. Yum! Our neighbor is a professional Santa. He stops by each year. So fun. We are a musical family so we get out our ukuleles, guitars, etc and sing Christmas songs. We end with reading ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Grinch and lastly, the we read the scriptures of the birth of the baby Jesus.
Maybe the goats heard how you were treating Stella? Full of love.
I’m sorry I just got a little chuckle when I read that the goats “heard” 😂😂😂 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Here are a couple of Christmas traditions from when our kids were little and teenagers. When they were little my husband built a manger/feed box. We placed it under/near the tree. We had a bag of hay in the closet. If they did something kind for someone else without telling anyone they could put a handful of hay in the manger. The idea being the manger had to be full of hay in order for baby Jesus to come. We used this to help decommercialize Christmas as well as encourage kindness as a way of life. Once they were older we switched gears to acts of service. We picked a Saturday between Thanksgiving and Christmas and opened our home for babysitting for friends with small children. We provided lunch, naps if needed and play and crafts for the day. When parents came to pick up their kids they could have a bowl of soup and homemade bread. Merry Christmas.
What a wonderful tradition!
Lovely idea. Teaching children to be kind and generous can take many paths, but also brings enormous joy to their lives (and yours, too.)
Благословений вам..ОБИЛЬНО. ... БОЖЬИХ... В ВЕРЕ. РАДОСТИ И ДОБРЕ... как хорошо вы служили ИИСУСУ.. помогая и другим и кому бы то ни было. Слава БОГУ
Hi Brady and Heather, am new to your channel but what an awesome find! Love the simplicity and wholesomeness of your family. To build a life afresh in a foreign country, let alone reconstructing a barn house into a family house is indeed a monumental task. You have done well. The alphine view of the Italian alp is breathtaking and that is the reward for all the hard work you have put into the barn house.
Stella behavior is abit erratic and concerning. You must think of safety first and seek advise from experts as to how to deal with the situation. I wish you and your family well. May your stay in Italy brings you many fond memories and a more fulfiling life you both seek. God Bless.
Bedankt
For a little fireworks For the kids. With old and new.
As an old Dad speaking, Dad, you got it right. Just being with family is most important! Your wife and children will always remember all the love, attention and happiness you give to them. That's the best Christmas present ever! Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!
10 months in Italy without leaving is such a blessing!!! Molto bene! È divertente!🎉
I loved the goats and the small tree. What special memories you are making.
I'm glad that you're spending high-quality time with your family. Merry Christmas guys!!
Nice enjoying the day with your two girl
I’m loving your home already. Enjoyed seeing the fun goats, too. Happy New Year💜
I love using a a vintage advent calendar that explains the Christmas story! Everything built up to Christ's arrival-the reason we celebrate Christmas in the first place. Love watching your family!
Awe!!! Lol they were just being neighborly and wanted to meet their new American neighbors 🤔🫣😊😘
Further. Husband and I created multiple homes in Michigan, following our idea to renovate or better a property in some fashion. Husbands building skills were legion, and we spent our weekends and evenings at the latest building project! We even had dinner parties in a partly renovated place! Our friends thought it was great fun! One house construction, we invited all to help raise a couple of 40 ft walls. THAT was quite a feat! Then, we took all out for a burger in thanks! I must say, working in lumber was SO MUCH EASIER than your project!
Enjoy following your dreams! Make it happen! Special times, for sure!
I have five goats 🐐
But that’s a lot more goats then I’ve got! 😁🤣😂
A bit of a challenging situation it seems !
Great to keep yer grass down though! Hope yer Christmas was the BEST! 🥰😘🙏
💜🌺💜🌺💜🌺💜🌺💜
Our big part of Christmas was Christmas Eve. Church, big dinner, extended family, presents. Christmas morning was just us , Santa presents, jammies all day, brunch , playing with new toys and leftovers.
Great Stuff. Remember that Befana is a big time for Italy (Epiphany 5th Jan Evening) so you may see lots of coal candy in the shops (For naughty kids). Merry Christmas.
Aww thank you so much for sharing this beautiful journey with us
Wow! 8-10 months! But you must be thankful to stay in Italy to work on your beautiful home! Merry Christmas!
I had guessed 3 years actually! I think 8-10 Mos is probably optimistic.
Your family videos bring a little touch of joy to my life. It’s a pleasure to support your adventures!
The goat visitors were kind of funny! They move at their own pace and go when they want to go I guess! They have bells and belong to someone there, you may want to have a talk with them! What a sweet Christmas in the main room of your new house! The Christmas Markets all over Europe are so magical and beautiful to see🌟 I know you have family there, but during the many years I lived in Europe, mainly in Koln, Germany, I didn’t miss being in the US. at all. I prefer Europe, which is where all my relatives live. My family in the US are first generation there so it had always been just my Mom & Dad and me and 3 siblings, and we grew up not having any other relatives around, My parents grew up there during Ww2 so they never went back to Germany.
You guys are such a joyous Family to watch-thanks for all you Share with Us! Have a Beautiful Happy Happy New Year ❤
One of the Christmas traditions in our house, was that my mother would buy an ornament with the date on it. By the time my sister and I moved out of the house, we had a beautiful collection of sweet memories to take with us. I strongly suggest that if you choose to do this tradition with your family, is do a wide variety of ornaments. Most of mine when I left home were for little girls! Lol! I still love them.
I did this same thing for my kids who are now grown. I tried to make the ornament something they were interested in that year or a movie they had seen.
Homemade garlands with popcorn and cranberries. I love your family!!! 🎅🎄🙏❤️🎶🔔⛄️💨❄️🥶❤️❤️❤️🤗🇨🇦
I love goats so much! They are adorable.
Мне очень нравится эта семья.. как трудятся..как учат девочек.. как улыбка постоянно у всех.. радость во всем..они настоящие.. они радуются всякому времени года.. Рождеству.. козочкам... всякой погоде..любят свой город.. настоящая семья.. спасибо...
Christmas Eve Tea.. Trees up, presents wrapped, light the real fire, teas ready in front of the TV thats playing carols from Kings... We have to be ready to hear the first carol... always once in royal davids city. Tea is turkey, cheeses, bread, butter, etc, christmas cake, chocolate log, grapes, crisps, mulled spiced apple juice, chocolate log! Always gets the Christmas atmosphere going... Magic..
I like this man, hes very hands on and practical.
As a business traveler for decades I was also moving my family from here to there a couple of times. I need to say that I admire your courage. It looks to me like you are a beautifully innocent family moving around in a more and more hostile world as if this was the most normal thing to do. Congratulations and all the best, I know that it’s not always that easy as you make it look in your beautiful videos.
Blessing to u and ur family I think u made a,great choice quiet and simple life I think is the best u get to enjoy and appreciate each other with ur family to me that's important u can still be incontact with the other's but that scerny is so beatific clean and,crisp air I love to be able to live that kind off life anyways blessing abd always be greatful u have each other.
This is your first Christmas in your new home… so much fun shopping and ice skating . Beautiful and it will be a magical house ❤❤❤❤🎄🎄🍭☃️
Merry Xmas and awesone New Year I wasnt expecting you be back on here so soon after Xmas Cheers to you and awesome programmes
What a lovely, heartfelt video. I’m watching from PA, USA and wish you much success in your journey.
U really are a gorgeous family,I enjoy watching your VIDEOS BUON NATALE 🎄🎄🇮🇹🇮🇹🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️
Hi there Terry again! Every Christmas i bake Fruit cocktail cakes ( not a fruit cake) and pumpkin, raisin, ginger cookies and white chocolate, Craisins (dried cranberries ) and Macadamia nuts cookies. I give these away to friends and relatives! They are so happy!
Merry Christmas!!! 🎄👼❤️
One of our family traditions before Christmas day is to gather round near the tree and my husband reads the Christmas story out of the Bible. Afterwards the kids take turns drawing one of the nativity figurines without seeing which one and then they place it in the stable. The kids always hope to get baby Jesus. It’s very special! My husband and I hope to carry the tradition on with our grandkids someday as well.
Your videos always bring a smile to my face and in my heart, love your adventures in life and how you really appreciate it all! Love the goats! 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 What a wonderful sight in your very own yard!💖
Happy holidays from Milano!
Merry Christmas to your sweet family!
😊 to amando assistir voces .... Um abraço bem brasileiro 🇧🇷 pra todos , fiquem com Deus
You four are the perfect example of a healthy, happy family. Wonderful Mom and Dad that are laughing with the girls and are not preoccupied with cell phones all day. Families in the U.S.A should take a few lessons from the way you two interact with your lovely girls.. Carry a stick with you pointing down and if the Donkey runs at you, raise the stick and say no. That should work without you ever having to hit her. I have had Horses for 52 years, I have not had one of mine charge me but all Equine I have seen will back away from a 4 or 5 ft. stick and a firm voice.
Wonderful news….can’t wait to see build eventuality having that beautiful Christmas Day in your house you working so hard on but living the life too…very best for 2023!,, xx
A happy Christmas and all the best next year to you all…..🎉
I live in Greece and although I’m British I incorporate both traditions….. The Greeks love the Christmas crackers which are placed on the dining table on Christmas Day plus the usual turkey roast potatoes pigs in blankets( little sausages wrapped In bacon) and sage and onion stuffing…. Cranberry sauce….Then plum pudding and brandy in the custard! The children sing a traditional carol on Christmas Eve and another one on New Year’s Eve….I also make the traditional cake for New Year….(a wrapped coin is placed in the cake and the lucky person wins the coin and has good luck throughout the year)
By the way the cake is pre- cut according to the members of the family plus one for the house and one for Christ….
I have to say the the English way of opening the presents on Christmas morning +the lunch above has always been a highlight with the Greek side of my family…
It's the simple things in life that bring us the most amount of joy. Blessings to the four of you, and thank you for sharing your Christmas with us. Love from a very warm Australia. 💕 🙏🎄
Here in South Africa it is the heat of Summer. We have braai's, barbecue, outside entertainment, sharing with friends and family. Sending you and your family blessings.
Merry Christmas and have a great and happy 2023. To you and your lovely children from Steve and Shelley in Australia.
Your girls are awesome! They’re not complaining, or pouting. They get in and help with the building. Mot that it matters, I think that’s great. I love Christmas too. I like the old style Christmas. That’s why I love your house and the buildings that are on your property. I started watching you when you had the Newbies visit. Keep doing what’s best for your family.
Merry Christmas awesome family!! 🤗
A bit late (or early?), but I liked your question about Christmas traditions. ☺ I'm from Sweden in Scandinavia so our traditions is probably quite different, so maybe they'd interest you! It gets very dark in the winter half of the year here - around Christmas the sun goes down around three in the afternoon and the days get very short, so something we tend to do is have string lights - just plain white LEDs like on your tree - in the garden around the hedges and fencing. Sometimes people put out a tree with just lights in it in the garden as well. For my family, we have a very low key, cosy Christmas that is nearly all about food and making the house as cosy as possible with little lights everywhere instead of using the ceiling lamps much. We drink mulled wine, have rice porridge for breakfast and then we have something called 'julbord' (lit. Christmas table) which is a feast with a lot of small dishes, most of them cold like cured salmon and smoked sausages, with a few traditional hot dishes like Swedish meatballs with Christmas spices and a special potato gratin. And of course there are massive amounts of gingerbread cookes - thin ones with lots of spice with a nice snap to them when you crack them. And I think most families make a gingerbread house, too, with a roof covered in colourful chocolate buttons with lots of icing. 😁
Thanks for sharing your family and Italy. So fun and interesting ☺️ Merry Christmas 🎄⛄🎄 and Happy New Year 🎉
I stumbled across your channel just over a week ago. I’m loving it and what you have done. My children have now left home and I would love to do what you have done before we get to old. I don’t think I would have the strength to sell up everything we have worked so hard for it would be so scary. So I take my hat off to you for having the guts to take that giant leap especially with your two beautiful little girls. Your little Italian cottage is so gorgeous and can’t wait to see it finished. 💜 from Australia 🇦🇺
Alhamdullilah beautiful princess 👸 having you it's in Islamic world knows as prophets child all the best
Merry Christmas beautiful family. God Bless You all.
Merry Christmas! I love watching your family work together on your property❤️ Looking forward to watching you progress in the new year!
Merry Christmas! Thanks for sharing your adventures!
I love the way you spend Christmas with your family !! Best wishes for a great year in your new (old) home ! 💕🌷
Merry Chrismus and a healthy 2023. Greetings from Spakenburg, Netherlands.
Merry Christmas..bless your beautiful family…excited to see how the house turns out …❤
You WILL get there! Merry Christmas!
Thanks!
its the day after xmas im a 60 year old bachelor i wanted a lump of coal but you guys got it going on i like the goats happy new year !
Happy New Year from PrinceEdwardIsland Canada!Love your videos!
Merry Christmas to you all. From North Augusta, SC
Merry Christmas and happy New year to you all
too and thank you
I did like all the goats
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Stringing popcorn and cranberries for the Christmas tree. 🎄
🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄Happy Christmas form Betty. London UK
Love the introduction with the goats. You might want to consider getting a few 😅. This is one of your best videos. I love the simplicity and authenticity of it. I really enjoy the peace of Christ that you are enjoying this Christmas 🎄 time. Your girls are so sweet and generous. My favorite Christmas tradition growing up was the avant wreath. Lightly up the 4 candles 🕯️ that lead up to Christmas Eve always brought so much joy. And of course reading 📖 the account of Christ coming and the true meaning behind Christmas. May you have a very blessed year. Best wishes with your up coming adventures. 🙏🎄✝️💝🙏
First of all may I wish you, and you little family in Italy a prosperous, happy, healthy, blessed New Year 2023. My Christmases used to be very stressful sometimes I would have a total of 14 people in our house over Christmas and I would be the one doing all the work and every one else enjoying themselves and now we do it with just our family of 5. Also what this had taught me is to bake my Christmas cake a months time in advance and my Christmas plum pudding in a week or two in advance and put it in the freezer to keep. Then the week running up to Christmas I bake my Christmas mince pies a week in advance. As for the dinner like this year, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday in the mornings I baked my mince pies. On Thursday I took my Christmas cake and put the marzipan on it then on Friday I iced it. On Friday I roasted my roast beef, which was stuffed with garlic and bacon and rosemary and made my gravy which I stored all in the fridge when cooled till Sunday. On Saturday I roasted my Chicken which was stuffed with bread, onion and herbed stuffing. On Saturday I peeled and cut my carrots ready for Sunday to cook and made Brandy butter for the Christmas pudding. All I had left to do on Sunday was put the rice on, roast the potatoes and cook the carrots and brussel sprouts, I put the plum pudding on to steam (I took it out the night before to defrost) carve how much beef and chicken I needed put them on separate trays lined with tin foil and covered them with foil and heated them slowly in the oven till heated through. Then all I had to do was plate up and serve. By doing a little bit each day and having planned it, I was so relaxed and not hot and bothered by roasting and cooking all on one day. Our tradition is going to midnight mass, then coming home and having some mince pies dusted with icing sugar (they are not meat pies, they are made from raisins etc etc) an English tradition. I am glad you had such a lovely time with your family. Till the next video.
Such wonderful memories🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Your Christmas was perfect, goat visitors and all!! lol
Love Your Family's Adventures and Your 'Goat' 🐐 visitors. Happy Holidays !
LOL, I'm SO GLAD u could see how much trouble goats can be! They are funny, but UNRULY animals! Ur Christmas sounds like it was absolutely lovely & I hope u got to travel to the Lake Como light show!? Look for it online - it looks like magic! Keep up the great attitudes, u are aclimating and minimizing the culture shock so well! Many blessings sent to u from blizzardy Michigan - wonder how much snow u will get at the house? 🎄🎁🥰💝
Merry Christmas with much blessings!
Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to seeing the progress on your home in Italy.
Merry Christmas to all of you and Happy New Year to you on your fabulous LIFE JOURNEY ❤👍🙏Cindy
Merry Christmas from Florida
Many blessings in 2023
You are giving your children a true education.they will be so openminded.
Feliz Navidad 🎄🎁 i love the simplicity of your family Christmas! It’s really sweet and heart warming ❤🫶🙋🏽♀️
Merry Christmas to you and your family. What a beautiful Christmas tree and I love the unique ornaments from different countries that you have been too. That’s a great tradition right there getting a couple of new ornaments each year. In Ohio we have a store called Hobby Lobby and each year I love to go there and get a couple of new ornaments each year. 🎄💖😀❄️💕🎄
💥💥💥💥Merry Christmas to you all🥂🌲🥂. I believe everything happens with a reason. So this is a good time for you all to finnish a lot of work. Thanks for sharing you're video. Greetings Melinda from South-Africa 🙋🏻♀️🥂🌲🥂
Fabulous time exciting for family Christmas Spirit blessings 😊🤗🎄❤️
Excellent Merry Christmas vlog! Very enjoyable content. Such sweet family! I love ❤️ your channel. Thanks ☺️
Happy new year to everyone 💗🌟🌞🇨🇴
Merry Christmas happy New year. Look forward to the next video.
Happy New Year! I bought those same headlamp hats for 3 of my kids (grown kids) this Christmas. Bought them in Portland, Maine. They were excited to have them. Looking forward to following your progress!! Best of luck to you!
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 I love watching…goats are truly adorable if you get them as babies… you would love them
What a great way to live ,😊
Merry Christmas to everyone 🌲🌲🌲🌷🌷🌷🌷!Best wishes for a great year in the new home 💐💐💐
Merry Christmas to all of you.....from Nova Scotia, Canada!! 🎄🎄🎄
perfect family so nice with nature life
Happy Holidays and to an amazing 2023 STRESS FREE!
Merry Christmas! Loved the goats.
Merry Christmas and happy new year..what a amazing house..and oh the fire[lace!!! thankyou for sharing !!you guys rock!
Merry Christmas🎄The last few years we have spent our Christmases the same as you have. Love your videos and can't wait for the next one! Greetings and love, Sara from South Africa.🙏🏻💕
I am kind of glad you have to stay for 10 months. Now, you can totally focus on your dream
Merry Christmas to you all. Am always excited for the vlog.
Parabéns Excelente trabalho e força para arranjarem a casa, beijos às Meninas e à Mãe Abraços ao Pai aqui de Portugal
I hope you all had a beautiful Christmas, and I wish you a very happy new year.
Merry Christmas, may God bless and protect your family.
love the Christmas tree and all the ornaments.... the goats are just a bonus, that means you are all in the neighbourhood now.. :) have a blessed Christmas and all the best for the New Year. God bless your family
Merry Christmas! I really enjoy Christmas too! When my boys were younger we did 12 days of Christmas, where we did little and big things for 12 days (included were Christmas Eve and Day). That way Christmas was not over too quickly. Love watching your vlogs! You are doing a fabulous job with your girls!