We have a family tradition that each kid picks out a new ornament, and we get a family ornament each year. I keep each kid’s ornament’s packed in their own box when we put everything away, and when they move out, we’ll give them their own box for their Christmas tree. My parents did this for my siblings and I, and it’s always so special to see all of the old ornaments from my childhood with my kids picks.

@rae.3291

2 жыл бұрын

This was something my parents did for us too. Not only was it sentimental, but it was also practical because as a college student I didn't have money to be buying decorations so I already had some!

@saltrivercrafts

2 жыл бұрын

We do this as well. We all have fun picking them out and we will give our kids theirs when they have their own Christmas tree.

@cassystreet3082

2 жыл бұрын

My parents did this exact same thing for is and now I do it too. So glad to hear this is not just our tradition. I love this tradition. Still have my childhood ornaments and they go on.

@mogarcia29

2 жыл бұрын

I am pregnant with our first and I love this!! Thank you for sharing, I’m definitely going to make this a tradition!

@ItsMyLifeDaralynn

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea Elaina

One of my trees is food themed! I don't have children, I just find food ornaments hilarious and fun to have in a tree. Not only do I have a taco ornament, I have a taco food truck ornament (everyone thinks it's hilarious!). Still looking for a good burrito ornament and a tamale ornament to round out my Mexican food collection.

@katiekononov7235

2 жыл бұрын

I saw a burrito ornament in world market the other day They had a lot of fun food ornaments!

my favorite ornament is a crystal Hummingbird for my dad. It's become a symbol for him within my family since we lost him to cancer 3 years ago. Christmas is hard without the loved one's you've lost but its important to honor and remember them and my favorite way to do that is with an heirloom ornament

My husband and I started collecting Christmas ornaments on our honeymoon 25 years ago (Nov 9th). When we go on vacation we get an ornament. We now have a travel tree plus our traditional tree. One of my favorites is from Estes Park, Colorado from 2003. Clear glass ornament with cardinals and winter trees. It’s so beautiful.

@yvonnep.5194

2 жыл бұрын

Happy Anniversary! Nov 9th is my Birthday!

@jennifermorrow6895

2 жыл бұрын

@@yvonnep.5194 Happy belated birthday! I’m sorry I just saw your comment. 🎂🎉

@ItsMyLifeDaralynn

2 жыл бұрын

@Jennifer, that ornament description sounds amazing and I'm jealous right now. LOL

I am Danish and to me it is all about memory's. My ornaments are basically the same every year. From my childhood and up to now 50 years later. It tells my family's story. We all have ornaments that represents us. Our hobbies or personality. Ornaments that are old, a couple of new ones, homemade and we have a little picture of the family members who have died. That way they are still with us. And it is a real tree. Always! Merry christmas.

I love watching you and your family. I love Christmas so much. A few years ago, I stripped my tree of the red ribbon and balls and large snowflakes. I decided to do a Glory tree. (I am a Jesus Fanatic!) I did all the tree in gold and I have never taken it down. It has birds, crosses, all kinds of gold balls and ornaments, trumpets, musical instruments, etc. The tree has solid lights and twinkling lights as well. It is my night light in the living room. I am known for my decorating so I think you would love it as well.

We buy ornaments as souvenirs when we go on family vacations. Then we remember all of our trips when we decorate at Christmas.

We didn’t put our tree up until Xmas Eve and would sit and have a drink as the children decorated. The pictures we have of that few hours showing the tree decorated a third of the way up, then half, then entirely are my favorite ornaments. The activity completely exhausted our children and they not only went happily to bed, and always slept until 8 or 8:30 when their grandparents would wake them up because They couldn’t stand waiting. I miss miss doing that!

I’ve bought one decoration or set every year and added to my collection. After 40 years you can imagine that I don’t necessarily use them all each year now. For me our tree is about honoring the time and progress and increase of joy. I change it up with different ribbons or beads but the memories in each decoration are precious. Now my grandkids get to enjoy the planning, stories and place items thoughtfully on our tree. It’s delightful 🎄

I have never had a plastic tree. Here in Austria, we put up the tree in the evening on the 24th of December and it’s usually up until around mid January.

@janetteash8155

2 жыл бұрын

Love the look, feel and smell of real trees. We have fresh trees as well here in Canada.

@di4085

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad it couldn't be longer.

My parents have a musical nativity scene that recites the Christmas story from when Angel of the North appears to the shepherds. They bought it for their first Christmas as a married couple in 1987 and it’s been out every year since. It’s always been put at a level that we could play with it and play out the story ourselves with the figures. I absolutely adore it

My Father loved everything about Christmas, so each year we would go to the city to pick out a new set of german handmade glass ornaments for the tree. I have one or two of those ornaments in my collection now, and they are as precious to me now, as they were then. Every year I change my theme, and I am not past putting food ornaments in my tree, I feel doing something that is fun for the kids (or big kids) creates the best memory. This year, my husband has won me over, after decades of hiding ornaments in the back of the tree, we are doing a Star Wars theme... May the force be with me! 😏🙄

My favorite ornaments are the ones my kids, husband, and I paint each year as well as memorial ornaments for my baby and other loved ones that have passed.

Love your home and tree. I recommend getting a real tree at least once. We had a family tradition of going to the same tree farm each year with our 4 kids. It was so much fun walking around looking for the perfect tree. We had hot chocolate while we waited for our tree to be cut and bagged and viewed the farm's Christmas village with trains and lights. My kids are grown now and they still say that is one of their favorite childhood memories.

Your tree is so calming to me . Even though my life has changed dramatically and I miss parts of my old life with my ex husband,I know once I get my own place, I am going to do this style off tree . I love how it isn’t over loaded . It’s right up my alley. . My fave ornaments were shiny brite vintage ornaments . .we had a completely vintage tree. . The garland , tree topper , ornaments are all vintage. The only new things were the Christmas lights. And the pinecone ornaments that I painted the tips on were new . The hardest thing for my ex to pick out was the tree because he always picked out a tree that was too big .

My favorite ornament is floppy disk with little mice hanging on it. It has “Santa’s Secret Files - 1998” written on it with “The Nice List”, “The Naughty List” and “Mrs. Claus’ hot cocoa recipe”. My dad and I love tech so the floppy disk reminds me of him. Our tree used to be decorated really tacky and when I got into high school my mom started decorating our tree with more of a color scheme and sophistication. My sister and I loved it but still wanted to display some of our tackier ornaments from our childhood like the one I mentioned above. Now we have large garlands in our entryway and hallway leading to our bedrooms. We decorate them with our childhood ornaments framing the walk in view of our sophisticatedly decorated tree. We love it. A perfect blend of memories and design. Old and new.

@michelea2326

2 жыл бұрын

That floppy disk ornament sounds awesome!!!

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today

I just love the Balsam Hill trees! Bought one 2 yrs ago and think it’s the best tree ever! This year it will go to my sons new house and I will do a smaller one. Thank you Sharrah for the great tips!

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today

Did the same star last year from Hobby Lobby! It's a wall hanging, but with a square dowel that fits right into the tail of the star and some zip ties, you can create a great tree topper. I painted the dowel green and zip tied it to the trunk. Didn't move all season and if you do it, put it on before anything else. Super easy!

I collect old world ornaments. They are the old fashioned looking glittery ones and they make so many to choose from. My family picks a new one each every year and I love that they have small tags that talk about the object and the meaning it has.

@sharrah.stevens

2 жыл бұрын

They sound beautiful!!!

Sharrah, you are the CUTEST!!! Thank you for keeping Christ in Christmas 🤗

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today

@nope2075

2 жыл бұрын

God doesn't exist. Merry mythmas

@LDM805

2 жыл бұрын

@@nope2075 Well bah humbug to you too. May God bless you anyway!

Every year our kids picked out an ornament that they liked…so my tree is full of barbies, Arthur, Barney, Harry Potter, Batman…cartoons etc. I love it. But the best thing we do every year is the Christmas pickle. Santa hides the glass pickle on the tree…then Christmas morning…the kids have to find the pickle. In the beginning, whoever won got a sharing gift…the pickle gift used to be a family movie and treats etc. Now my kids are 27 and 28…since they’ve been teens…the pickle is a hilarious competition…and the pickle gift is usually cash. It’s the funniest thing…and the best part of Christmas morning. (When the kids were small, the pickle was placed in the easiest spot…it’s green obviously…so it blends in like Where’s Waldo. Once they hit their teens…that pickle is hidden in the hardest spots of the tree.)

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Christmas is coming very soon

We collect ornaments when we travel to places. So during tree decorating, we bring them out and reminisce the memories.

I’m loving the natural nativity theme this year!!

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today

I love a simple tree also!when my children were small, I always had a real tree but living in a condo, now it is faux and I love it!!!

Your “Christmas House” is stunning! I live in a 1920’s house and all the woodwork and doors were dark. Just as you did everything is painted in whites and I love it! It was so fun watching your family help decorate.

We have a tradition that every year we get one of those cheesy picture frame ornaments with the year on it, and we take a picture in front of the tree and put in in there :) those are my personal favorites. Also, my cat partakes in the pictures lol. I'm excited to see how our little family ornaments will evolve through the years.

Love how light and cozy it is 🌲

I have had that tree topper for the last couple of years and just LOVE IT! I add picks around it and it is stunning!

Just found Kinwoven! Love your families’ passion for Christmas decorating! I usually do 4 trees. The past few years we have gotten a real tree for our living room. It’s so amazing!! The process and memories are wonderful! It is a little more challenging with lights, but worth it. We water ours every day and basically have no shedding! We designed a tree waterer and it works great! It is basically my Rustic tree then I have a kid/fun tree that’s red and green, a flocked with light blue, and a skinny tree in my dining room that’s traditional! Love the organic look also!!

This year my theme is what I call Nordic, lots of natural (almost white), touches of red...nothing shiny, plenty of felt ornaments...strings of distressed (rusty) metal and wood stars and beads...popcorn strings also fit...an old gold (not shiny!) folder paper star as a topper...and red/white wrapped (thanks Ikea 😁) gifts below...loving your and your mum's Christmas videos, tfs 💕

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today

When our son was little, we taught him not to touch the tree. He could only look. Our son is almost 38 today and decorates his own tree. We on the other hand, have a kitten. So we’re placing all unbreakable ornaments on the tree this year. The family ornaments will remain packed away. So much for tradition. Our theme this year is red and gold, which is all we could find at the store. Some ornaments are on the smaller side, so I will group maybe 3 of them together on one cord. I just know the kitten will climb to the very top of the tree. Crossing my fingers he doesn’t chew up the wires on our pre-lit tree. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

It is very nice to see a simple basic decoration, very eloquent and calming. Wonderful for the little ones as well. It gives hope and inspiration to those who cannot afford or want the over the top Christmas (it is fabulous, but unrealistic for many because of time and $$$) Thank you!

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing

I love our yearly family ornaments created custom at the local Christmas kiosk. Started with a ceramic snow-man family (with everyone’s name engraved and the year as well) for my twin daughters’ first Christmas and tradition has carried on! Love your theme! Simple, elegant, with just the right amount of fairy lights and the perfect golden star atop the tree!

We were married at Christmas. Needless to say we have a tree dedicated to all of the ornaments we got and get for anniversary gifts. We have a "toy" tree with all of the ornaments that were tied to gifts. My favorite is the vintage candy cane ornament from my great,great grandma.

Well, I don't remember all our ornaments, because last year they were all packed away in prep for a major move! So unpacking all the ornaments and decorations will be like another Christmas day! I am trying to decide where to put the tree, and maybe even get another one! So much fun! Love your home and your decorations!

Beautiful. Really gives off the Christmas spirit.

Nutcrackers are my favorite ornament and decor. Of course other than the ornaments that my husband and I get each other instead of buying gifts. (We can buy ourselves gifts anytime). These ornaments are really special and thought through. It’s really fun to try to outdo each other 🤪

Great tips....but too early for Christmas! Have never had an artificial tree. There's something so magical about picking it out and having the amazing smell all Christmas long.

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing

It's very interesting how you and your mum change over the years the percentage ball rules ;) I rewatched all of the design sessions xmas videos...First it was 80-20, then 70-30 and now 60-30-10 😁

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today

In my home we always put the tree topper on last. It was saved as a special moment and it was really special if you got to do it:)

Every year my kids each pick out a new ornament. One that represents something they loved or an accomplishment from that year. We have hello kitty, ballerinas, tractors, dinosaurs, pizza slices, animals to represent pets we've had and so many other things. It's an eclectic mix, but they are all my favorite because they represent so many sweet memories with my kids. ❤🎄

@lj-nq7ck

2 жыл бұрын

Aww I had hello kitty on my tree as a kid (still do but it’s hidden). My mom did the same thing when my sister and I were kids. Just telling you, it makes Christmas decorating special to them. My mom and I are so close and decorate together every year.

@michelea2326

2 жыл бұрын

I have a John Deere tractor ornament that's an inside joke between my dad and I. It makes me smile everytime I look at it!!

@peggyvick935

2 жыл бұрын

Same here! I thought they would want to take their ornaments when they moved out, but they wanted me to keep them on our tree. Each Christmas, we have each person talk about their ornaments, the memories etc being told & passed down to the 8 grandchildren. Traditions carried on.

You look soo much like your dear mom!! When u got to the top!!! I got teary!!!

My favorite ornament is a Waterford crystal ornament that my husband and I bought together at the Waterford factory in Ireland. We were on our honeymoon and it is inscribed with the year we were married. We have been married 28 years.

we have a family tree that has all our names on it. We have been doning that for 15 years and counting. Even when my kids moved out they still met up with us to get the ornament. I love that its a tradition that will keep going even after we are gone.

Your trees are beautiful,they look so real. My favorite ornaments are my vintage ones. 🎄

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing

Must admit I did love the beauty of your house before…so charming and enchanting! Now it’s a typical home but so glad you’re happy with your design!

Nice trees, the animal ornaments are cute.🤩 We invite our grandchildren over to decorate our family tree. They have so much fun. We tell stories about the ornaments. Some are heirlooms and some are handmade by them or us. We have a lot of Hallmark ones that were our Mom's...some are quite unique. We put the breakable ones at the top of the tree. This is an enjoyable tradition. (They also help us undecorate and put them away as well.)😃🌲

My favorite ornaments are the family ornaments it a mini fireplace with stockings and our names we get a new one when a new member is added ❤️ love watching our family grow

I have two favorite ornaments.. one of my sons first Santa photo. The second is this hand on a plastic ornament for his first Christmas 🎄

I love the felt ornaments on your tree. My theme for my tree is nostalgia. I had it last year but I bought another set of old-style glass ornaments. My parents were given a couple of this style when they got married. I remember them as a child and of course I liked to stick my finger in the middle of them and I broke a couple. But I still love them and my parents even bought me some hand-blown glass ornaments for my tree.

My favourite decoration for my tree is a home made santa and glass baubel my grandmother left me when she sadly passed away I believe they are both over a 100 years old maybe more if the baubel ever broke on me I would actually cry it is so precious to me that is why i always hang it on the lowest branch of the tree and turn up the end of the branch like a hook so it wont fall off❤

LOL We have a tree in our kitchen with foods and kitchen appliances on it. I’ve spent years collecting ornaments. My daughter is now a chef, and she’ll be taking that tree to her first apartment.❤

My husband is a chef and we both have worked in restaurants for years. We have a tree that is food and beverage themed.

This year I am going for a classic Santa Claus theme. I have collected vintage ornaments and can not wait to see it all come together. Lots of red (both shimmery and matte) and clear ornaments. I never thought of adding fairy lights to the tree. I may end up testing that out. Thanks for all the tips!

Love your tree! simple and beautiful! I have been using a Cricut for years! I have made so many different things. One of things I make the most, using iron on vinyl, is personalized t-shirts and hats. I also create stencils for signs and for etching glass!

Watching this gave me the same cozy feeling of watching a Hallmark Christmas movie! Love this series and your trips are sooo good!

SO beautiful Sharrah! I agree about the fairy lights. Used those last year. I have a very unusual tree, a very sparse -very few pine needles on branches. LOTS of room to show off ornaments. Many are vintage, and the theme is birds, bird nests, pinecones, berries. (no children so many of the ornaments are glass and even from the 1920's and 30's). Can't wait to get it out this year. When putting it away the branches just fold up and I slide it into a closet. Easy to get it out and put the ornaments on. No assembly.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful home! Love your tips, especially the one for wrapping and storing lights. My favorite ornaments are the ones my son made in school year after year. Two of my favorites are a reindeer made with pipe cleaners/construction paper and the other is a round ornament with his little handprint. I use a lot of the nature/Scandinavian inspired Christmas decor in my home too and my sons little ornaments go so well with the whole look.

Absolutely love your nativity theme this year! I have 5 grandchildren and give them donuts, tacos, hamburgers, ice cream cones for their own bedroom Christmas trees! Such fun🍩🌮🍔🍦

Breathtakingly beautiful!Your home looks elegant and has a perfect mix of old world charm and contemporary flare. I am anticipating what you do next!

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today

LOVE everything about this!!

Beautiful! Just stunning. And it’s always so great to have loved ones help you. Makes it more fun and less time. I wish your family a very blessed Christmas.

Sharrah, I think your decision to go more natural is lovely! When my children were toddlers and we had little to spend, I sewed calico fabric ornaments to decorate our small green artificial second hand tree. For garland I popped popcorn and strung it on red threads with button ends. I made a star out of card board and tin foil shiny side up. The ornaments were washable and tiny hands were always exploring for them. It was a safe child tree and my mother in law loved it. Now my kids are grown, the grandkids are grown up middle school through college. I have a few of their old ornaments and they make it on the trees once and a while. But my favorite Christmas decorations stay out all year, they are the kindergarten handprints on burlap in red and green framed in Black frames. One for each child, three all together. Time flies. And these are the best of times for me, raising my children and my favorite time of the year is Christmas. Merry Christmas!

Love the new house colors. It’s beautiful.

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing

I have ornaments that my parents had when I was a child, and things that my children did in their first years at school plus angels (LOTS OF) plus other ornaments which we buy when we are on holiday. In the end we gave collected drums, ballerinas, vintage birds ,santas, beautiful fabric and velvet doves, cross, baby Jesus, and lots and lots of angels.

Great video for those with very small children! Especially mobile babies and toddlers.

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing

When our first granddaughter was born, I started the tradition of giving her a Christmas tree ornament each year. I have continued as we were blessed with subsequent grandchildren all 15 of them! 😀 My thought was that then when they leave home and begin having their own homes they will have a great start on their collection.

So beautiful! I would also love to see how you and your Mom decorate your kitchens at Christmas.

My favourite Christmas tradition is our family party at my nannies house on xmas eve, we have drinks, snacks, and do a secret santa exchange (used to be a ton of gifts but now that us kids are all adults we don’t need so many gifts and toys). We weren’t able to have it last year with covid and I was DEVASTATED. This year now that everyone is vaccinated we should be able to have it and Im more excited than ever!

Helpful tips, Sharrah! The only misery that I do is how I store my lighting strings (in small circles), that's why every time I feel overwhelmed when detangling them. But I'll give your method a shot this year, and hopefully putting up the lighting becomes more fun and thrilling than a pain.🎄😄 Thanks for sharing us your lovely ideas.

I was genuinely thrilled when this popped up!

LOVE the colors and Nativity Theme! Blessings to you and your family!

@sharrah.stevens

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stacy!

Thank you for the fairy lights tip, I can’t wait to try it!👍🏽

I love the color scheme its so refreshing

I collect hand made ornaments that someone else created, vintage preferably, so my favorite is a hand made hot air balloon made from an egg 😁

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing today

BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS!

Thank you! I love your trees. I like all the natural ornaments, and the garland . I never thought to put fairly lights on.? Wow how did I miss that one. I have been watching your Mom for a long time. It will be fun to see what she does different. Your family is adorable. Babies make Christmas so much fun. Your home is you. I didn't think i would like the stripped wood, but it is gorgeous. See you next time. Joyce

Your home looks beautiful Sharrah! I grew up having potted Christmas trees every year. My father planted the trees later in our yard, lots of memories. We have a fake tree for Christmas in my home but we try to buy real every other year. You can't beat the pine smell of a fresh Christmas tree, Love it! All of my ornaments unique favorites I have collected over the years. My mother every year gave us a box for Christmas of ornaments she would find through out the year. I do the same for my son and they are hung on the tree as well. Our tree is very eclectic. If I had to choose one it would be the vintage German "Partridge in a Pear Tree" Resl Lenz glass ornament I found years ago. I'm looking forward to more Christmas videos! Thank you for all your tips, I'm excited to decorate!!

Thank you.. so excited the Christmas videos are here!

So loved this video. The star is perfect.

Absolutely love your decor 😍 I got the star today because I loved it on your tree! Love the nativity inspired Christmas decor so much!

So pretty! Simple can be so beautiful.

You’ve inspired me to investigate buying twinkle lights! I’ve never seen them in stores where I live so I’ll have to try online options. My favourite ornaments are blown glass balls that belonged to my grandmother (they’re probably 80+ years old) and the clear glass angels I gave my mother one year, purchased with babysitting money.

So happy excited to be here I love Christmas

Fairy lights is a genius idea, except I’m a big fan of amber lights. Love the glow! You are so cute, love the shoe tip. Thanks!

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing

I have the Maker 3. I love it! I made designs for baby onesies for new babies in my family.

always love your Christmas decors.

Love this design! It’s so warm and relatable!

@bobbybroussard785

2 жыл бұрын

Hello how are you doing

Absolutely love your tree, so beautiful!

Absolutely loved this video. Thank you!!!

Your tree looks beautiful. I have ornaments I've collected through the years from places I traveled and got as gifts and just ones that I liked, such as lenox. I love traditional colors. Red, silver and I tuck in creams and gold. It looks beautiful. The ornaments have sentimental meaning for me.

I'm a papercrafter - love my cricut!

It’s all so beautiful!

We do Disney trees! We go to Disneyland annually and have been collecting ornaments for 12 years now! We out grew the one tree, so we have one in a front window and one in our living area

Love it!!!!

Sharrah I don't know how you do it but you seem to become more beautiful each year. Blessings to you and your family!

Tip for storing lights: If you have plastic coffee cans you can cut a slit in the lid for the plug and wrap the lights around the can and then use the inside of the can to store spare bulbs extra hooks etc.

Love yours and your mums crimbo dec videos. I do a mini tree with food themed in my kitchen

Really beautiful and timeless decorations ❤️

Absolutely fabulous thank you