Your Christmas style is simply gorgeous and completely timeless. Thank you for sharing !

@NorthernHeart

4 жыл бұрын

Aww thank you Kristie, that is so sweet of you! Warms my heart!!

So lovely. Would you show us how you make those bird treats? The square ones with seeds in them?

@tonyadams399

4 жыл бұрын

We would also like instructions for making the square feeders. Last year we filled cookie cutters with something similar but ours was too crumbly. The paper stars are beautiful. My children enjoy watching your channel with me.

@leannac2743

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikel4510 thank you so much!

@SilverXeno

4 жыл бұрын

It looks like they were set up in cartons - not cut in a baking pan.

Your village is like a magical land!! Out of a fairy tale story.

@sharmi9891

4 жыл бұрын

You took the words right out of my mouth!😊 The oats were kind of fashion in the 80's&90's. Love that particular star. We use it too in Netherland.

@JollyHolidaywithMary

4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree! Where i live in America is NOT magical, haha. But I started using these christmas star lamps to make my house feel more Swedish. It really helps! My neighborhood doesn't even do Christmas lights!! Grinches, all of them!! :(

@gingerhipszky228

4 жыл бұрын

Where can you get the star lamp you put in the window?

@saxorsaxofon88

3 жыл бұрын

@@gingerhipszky228 ikea if your not in scandinavia i guess :) Here you can buy them almost in every shop around chrismas time.

@gingerhipszky228

3 жыл бұрын

@@saxorsaxofon88 Thanks Sebastian!!

I really like the idea that some decorations are used to feed the local wildlife. 😀

I also love the "snacks" for the birds.

@margietucker1719

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@user-rx3ph3ox4i

4 жыл бұрын

And me. 😘

@seraeggobutterworth5247

4 жыл бұрын

Me, too. They remind me of something my grandmother taught me to make as a child. We would melt suet into molds and mix in seeds, or coat large pinecones with softened suet and roll them in seeds. The fat gets very firm but not rock-hard in the cold, and it’s extra calories/energy for the little animals.

@RayOvacRadio

4 жыл бұрын

Me three!

@sp8222

4 жыл бұрын

...and all winter, not just Christmas. So sweet.

In the Philippines we have something similar to your paper stars called "parol". It's our traditional Christmas star. The only difference is they are made of colorful paper instead ( red, blues, gold, etc...)

That is so beautiful, here in the states Christmas has become so commercialize we forget the beauty in simplicity!!! Food, family and the joy of watching children opening gifts and giving thanks🎄

@victoriaprince7598

3 жыл бұрын

So true

If you live in a place like this know that everything is already decorated by nature❣️

Thank you Maria. Best wishes to you and your husband. Have a lovely wintertime. Many greetings from Germany.

@NorthernHeart

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Annie, wish you the same, hope you're having the best wintertime! many greetings back to you!

We had paper stars in the Netherlands in the 70's when i was young, long before i had a Swedish connection (married to a Swede since 6 years)

Your home is so lovely! I love the Swedish/Scandinavian style. Here in the USA we can get a little gaudy with our decorations. You are so thoughtful to think of the birds and provide treats for them also. That is what the Christmas spirit is all about...showing love to all God's creatures. Thank you for this beautiful video. Hope to see more like this soon. Merry Christmas!

Sweden is SO beautiful in the winter .. I love how you use so many natural elements to decorate with . Your home is just so charming and pretty

My parents had a Christmas decoration that made angels spin when the candles were lit. They got it from a Swedish store. I loved it at a child.

@Melmin447

4 жыл бұрын

We too had one of those spinning angel cherub candle decorations growing up (wayyyy long ago!) - I used to love how it chimed and thought it was so cute. I am going to ask my mom if she still has it! :)

@RandomerFellow

4 жыл бұрын

Its called Änglaspel

@mvl6827

3 жыл бұрын

Now you can buy these from China. Without the soul or the quality. Stop importing pollutive christmas rubbish!

@mollyesther1

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@carolynworthington8996

3 жыл бұрын

I have two of those - one large, painted wood, and one small brass one.

I am named Maria as well. I live in the US in Topeka, KS. I LOVE you and your vlogs so much. Swedish traditions are simple,, heartfelt and beautiful. I love the window decoration idea! Simply gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your life with us...especially those of us in the US. Our country is so focused on ourselves and our self importance, it is nice to see how other countries live such better lives, because their focus is on living a good life without all the “things” Americans feel are important. If it weren’t so cold there, I would love to live in Sweden. Perhaps it’s because my ancestors came from Switzerland and part of them lives in me. 😉

@Happybidr

4 жыл бұрын

When you’ve lived in different countries as I have, you’ll find that in each one, the citizens are all focused on themselves. That should not surprise you. Don’t get caught up any more in the whole Self hatred crap that some espouse. I was lucky enough to not just visit other countries but to also go to their schools in elementary school, so I got a greater sense of how people really, truly feel about themselves, their country and other countries. And guess what? They all think that their country is the greatest. And they’re not embarrassed about it, nor should they. I think every citizen of every country should think that way about themselves. Also, don’t buy into the notion that everyone hates America and Americans. They’re not fixated on us, but when asked, they might mimic some opinion but mostly they’re fine with us. And many Europeans rightly remember that were it not for huge amounts of money and many, many lives devoted and sometimes lost in both World War I and World War II, without us they might be speaking German now. Many want us to continue to prosper if not for any reason other than outside their own country and surrounding neighbors, American is one of if not their biggest single market for their products. And they are happy to enjoy many American inventions (like the Internet, and KZread, lol).

@tammieparrishmiller3669

3 жыл бұрын

@@Happybidr That's a refreshing and different point of view that I hadn't thought about until I read your comment. Our gov't is pitting us against one another at this point. When you typed your comment, the virus hadn't hit yet. Not that we knew of anyway. I will be so happy when this election is over. I have never in my life been so invested in an election as I am now but I continue to stay positive for the best outcome. I will be so grateful to have a sense of normalcy back and I will appreciate it like never before. Thank you for sharing your views on all of the topics you touched on.

My mother’s family came from Sweden. Every year she clipped a candle holder to outside branches of our tree. After the tree was decorated we would turn off all the lights and she would light the candles. One by one they would start to illuminate the ornaments. She had 15 or 20 candles and my father would hold his breath until she put them out. It was beautiful and we all waited for the night she did that. God jul

Germany in the northern part does the same, stars in almost every window. And very toned down. I put candles in the windows.

@roevardotter

4 жыл бұрын

in the south of germany as well :)

@dakotahlavender

4 жыл бұрын

I see candles in the windows often in the central USA where I am. ☺️

Beautiful, each and every frame looks like a painting done by a painter.

Oh my gosh, thanks for showing your golden carousel-candle-angel-merry-go-round-and-jingle thing at 3:39!!! We had the same one in my childhood in Germany, I did soooooo love listening to those little metal twix‘ hitting those two bells as a child. That was my sound of christmas.... And yes, we also have those paper stars in Germany! God yul!

In Germany there is also a star hanging on windows, for me this is new, I am Mexican and I have lived in Germany since 2016, but I love decorating at Christmas. But your decoration is really beautiful, wonderful !!! I found in Amazon your beautiful decoration of the angels and candles, simply Amazing !! Klingelpyramide mit Engelsgeläut - Original Swedish Design - 31cm - Stabilere Ausführung, and of course I bought it 😀, thanks for sharing so many wonderful details and ideas !❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Simply beautiful! I especially enjoy the paper stars...

An absolute winter dream :) :) So beautiful, just the right amount of elegant decorations...amazing, love it !

To everyone here in the comment section Wish U all a very happy and safe Holidays 🎅🧣🧤🦌🍭🍰🍪🍷🍾🎁🎀🎄🌟🌨❄⛄

My grandmother came to the United States from Sweden when she was 4 and lived her whole life in a tiny town in Northern Maine named Stockholm. The Swedish people were given land by the State of Maine, where they settled and farmed. Every year they have a Midsommer's Eve festival to celebrate the traditions of their Swedish customs, heritage and homeland. I am so pleased to have found your KZread videos!

Churches are decorated with those stars on Christmas in India as well...

So lovely. The lights in the dark are A true symbol of Christmas. The paper stars are growing in popularity here in the US. So pretty!

Maria, I love your twinkly candlelight. You must buy your candles in bulk! 🕯 By local standards my outdoor decorations are very simple but I like them. I use solar lights and they are a very soft light. I have a small tree, a little one piece nativity, a lantern, and a basket of pinecones on my front porch and a wreath above them. Our small town really decorates big for Christmas (which I love) but my simple decor looks a little subdued. I do have stars in my front windows as well.

I think the sweetest Christmas decor is the simplest. A nice strand of white lights is the cherry on top

This reminds me a lot of traditional German decorations. A lot of people have the stars hanging and traditional wood carvings which are beautiful little pieces of art. In the last few year I also started to see the paper stars hanging in the windows in the USA. I’m almost certain people got them from IKEA because I saw them hanging in there. But you know this is a pleasant change because in here it is like brighter, more glitter, extra color, blinking and flickering extra decorations to the point you can’t even see anything anymore

I have never seen paper stars like that before! They're very beautiful, as is everything that you've shared with us this winter season. Lovely video, such peaceful music. Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you and yours! ❄️🎄✳️🕊️💙

I watched your Christmas tradition videos at the start of November. I fell in love with your paper stars. As we were visiting the UK at the end of November, I begged to go to IKEA to try to find one. It's now hanging in my large front window. The family kept trying to persuade me to buy the small star, but my heart was set on the big lacy one. It looks absolutely fantastic! On the fireplace, there's a family of tomtar. There's also candles burning, the fire is aglow, and despite the dark, it's so warm and cosy inside.

True beauty without materialism. It reflects the spirit of Christmas.

Simply PERFECT,,,, I WATCH CHRISTMAS VIDEOS ALL THE TIME I LOVE IT.. ❤️🎅🎄🤶THANKYOU 💋your little doggies are soooooo. Cute 🐶🤗🐶lovely music 🎶🎄🎶

Everything is overflowing with beauty, hygge& wholesomeness🧣🍎❄

This is the first video of yours I've seen and immediately fell in love with your channel 🎅 Much love from Finland! Also could you do a tutorial video of how you made the bird feeders? Just an idea 🐦

I have seen the paper stars here in the US but only very rarely. I also force the bulbs indoors almost every year. I love the narcissus paper whites.

Oh, how I LOVE your Christmas paper star!! Just beautiful!! Yes, other people also have the stars but I have not seen any as beautiful as yours! I love your Xmas decor. It is so natural and gorgeous and elegant. I also love birds and feed them all winter. I am so happy you will add different foods to feed other birds. I do the same thing.😊 Thank you very much for your beautiful video.

I love the spinning Angels with trumpets. We used to have one of those when I was a kid. Thank you for sharing your Christmas traditions. Lovely💕💕💕

Stunning, my maternal grandmother always place a paper Star in her Window at Christmas! Merry Christmas from North West Ireland. 🌟🎄🌟🎄☃️🤶🎅

I live in Vietnam, it's a tropical country and we don't have winter, so I really enjoy your vlog about living in winter. Your videos are beautifully shot! Could you please have a vlog about the interior design of your house? Interior decorating is my passion. Thank you!

I love your videos, Maria... thank you! We are seeing more of the big star lights in the USA because of the IKEA influence. I have a large star, now, myself & I love its glowing light. When I was a child, in the USA, many decades ago, families would just put up multi-color, warm glowing lights along the eaves/edges of their house roof & often display a multi-colored lit up Christmas tree in a big window at the front of their house. Back then, nobody used all white lights. The excesses of overdone Christmas decorations began in the 1980’s. I still prefer the simple displays. As you said in one of your Advent videos, it reminds me of my childhood traditions & means more to me, because of that.

Hey Maria, as much as I can enjoy really packed decorated houses like in the US, I also love your kind of minimalist decoration, it feels so much intimate. To be honest, it's been a few years since I'd like to find 3 scandinavian Xmas decoration I like : the straw goat (don't ask me why, I like it xD ), the star (I saw some at Ikea and I buy stuff from there but, I don't know, I don't want to buy this there as everybody) and the candle carousel (I also would like to find second hand or from a small shop but not some huge online store), that they could be a little more personal, so I continue my search :) P.S. So lovely the image with Doris and Magda on the armchair next to the fire place ^_^

your videos make me feel so at peace. especially in this exam time at university!

@NorthernHeart

4 жыл бұрын

Aww, so sweet of you! I wish you the best of luck with your exams

I so enjoyed watching this! It was relaxing and the music was lovely! I love the sparkle in your eyes. And the stars!!! What a beautiful reminder of the star that was shining thousands of years ago... lighting the way to the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ! Thank you for sharing. Many Blessings and Merry Christmas!!🎄🌟

That last thing you said was sooooooo funny! Yes, they are 'over the top' - but yours is 10,0000X more elegant and beautiful. Yours are all REAL! Oceans of Love.

god jul, maria! i adore your decorations. they are all timeless and tasteful. i tend to be drawn toward the same style of decorating- natural greenery, candles, simple red, white and green elements. here in america everyone's version of "going all out" tends to be gauty and so distasteful 😅yours is so refreshing! also, when i used to be a nanny, one of the families i worked for had the same exact star in their window! they were italian though, haha. but it was so beautiful! wishing you a warm and joyful holiday season :)

Hi Maria💫 You're a good soul that put lovely effort to document the cinematic fairytale style memorable celebration.. And those tone down 3D type paper ornament/stars looking fabulous carry so much aesthetic appeal.. Greetings from Karachi Faheem.

I lived in sweden for 4 yrs in ealry 90s ( kristinehamn ) and i love swedish way of putting lights in windows not just at christmas but throughout the year with lamps in windows. I used to take a walk through my neigborhood and just enjoy all the lights in windows in the evenings :) I am now in canada and i always try to put lights in my window too :) especially at christmas. I loved sweden. I learned swedish but when i moved to canada i lost it cause i worked so hard on learning english. But i can still read most of it and when someone says something i remember the words. God jul :)

It is a kind of magic. So simple but at the same time, it is so beautiful. Your videos are much better than Christmas films. They put me in a festive mood.

The paper stars are gorgeous! And the little bird feeders are so sweet. I love all of the candles. You did a great job putting up your outside lights! ❤️🎄❄️🎍

They have a similar star here in Eastern Pennsylvania USA...It is called a Moravian Star and it is hung outside on the house

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE FROM BAYTOWN,TEXAS =I AM SWEDISH LOVE YOUR DECORATIONS 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

orhhh this video made me cry.... after i got sick ive been so emotional... so grateful for the little things and moment. i wish i one day can live in a place like that. it makes me feel like home.

Merry Christmas from afar and from your Swedish sister in Christ. Your home looks lovely angel. You have tradition very similar to mine. I love your white star. Thanks for sharing.

Such lovely Christmas decorations. In the USA IKEA sells the Christmas stars.

@marcrapanault3129

4 жыл бұрын

PoppyCat Yes my wife and I got a beautiful star at IKEA last year. It goes up this week.

@Mistydazzle

4 жыл бұрын

IKEA really did introduce the USA to big star lights. We now see them more often in the USA.

God Jul, Maria. I love all the wonder you have shared here. It brings me so much pleasure to see the snow and cosy light as well as the very lovely paper stars and beautiful homemade wreath. Am also loving the kind tradition of feeding the birds over Winter. This has really lifted my spirits. Thank you so much x

I grew up with my parents using artificial and metallic decorations, lots of colored lights. I do the opposite, decorating with natural and simple arrangements with white lights. I am so inspired by your videos. Thank you for sharing your beautiful home and traditions with us.

I love those paper stars - so decorative! God Jul to you, too

Absolutely lovely! Warm & cozy.

Here in the US...we have small paper ornaments....but nothing like Sweden! I LOVE the beautiful cut paper decorations! Gorgeous! Love the bird decor/seed items.....wow! I guess i may be Swedish at heart!

Oh, I love your suet block with the decoration on top! Bird muesli. :) Beautiful background song for the video. Gorgeous lights in the dark. The simple candles and white twinkle lights are my favorite. I chuckled to see the string of lights down the driveway as your husband fitted them onto the fence. Yes, my next door neighbor puts all white twinkle lights around his porch pillars and porch railing. Then he has (electric) candles in each window. It looks so lovely at night and peaceful. The neighbor across the street has a virtual Disneyland going with every light, color and inflatable figure massed in the yard. It's extravagant (can't imagine his electric bill!), exuberant and fun. Definitely not peaceful. :D

I love the wholesomeness and beauty of your Christmas decorations. You've given me so much to think about. Thank you for sharing this true spirit of Christmas with us. May you both have the most beautiful Christmas and your families too. Happy Christmas to all of you who find as much inspiration as I do, following this channel.

Puss & kram from India 💝 This is my dream life. So peaceful.

Love the simplicity of your home decor. Minimalistic mean more wise than spending fortune.

Happy Christmas Maria!!^^ So beautiful and cozy house you made! Christmas decorations are always make me feel happy and warm Thanks and love you from Korea Seoul

So beautiful! Love the use of nature's gifts to decorate your lovely home.

So lovely Maria! I need to come to Sweden and buy some of those lovely decorations. Wishing you and your husband a GOD JUL from Victoria, British Columbia Canada!

I spent much of my childhood in Europe. At Christmas I get the most homesick. This has made me feel a little more like at home.

As other people have already commented: Yes, we have paper stars in Germany too. It seems to me they are becoming more and more popular. 😄 I wish you and your hubby and family a wonderful and peaceful Christmas season! 🙂

In the Philippines, we have a star-shaped decor and Christmas symbol called a Parol which we also hang by the windows and entryways. It looks quite similar to yours except that most of the parols are decorated with various embellishments. There are even contests about it and prizes would go to whoever's Parol looks outrageous and over the top.

so beautiful and simple.. perfectly cozy..

The lights on the fence make me so happy. So nurturing and all that darkness.

Hello From India ! Minimalist is great . these paper stars are here too at times of DIWALI festival. your home is cozy ! music is so soothing ! happy Christmas

Every single decorations is beautiful. The house looks Cousy

That ending shot was just wonderful with the forest outlining the sky at dusk and your home in the forefront all lit up👍🏼 God Yul to you from Massachusetts USA.

God jul! Beautiful decorations.🎄

Ah. Pure bliss!

We have them stars for the windows here in Germany as well and I love them!! Love the treads you made for the birds ❤️ we feed them here all winter too 🤗

This was absolute PERFECTION! Who needs therapy when one can watch something as beautiful as this? Pure lovliness!

I love love the Christmas decorations 😍🎄😊

Perfect! Simple and clean..this is how I live. It’s just beautiful. I wish we could get those paper snow flakes here in Florida. I put out wooden lighted homes and a beautiful long wooden handmade window light that was made for my father by a German MAN that he and my step mother had exchange hosting there and in our country the USA. I love the dogs... so CUTE!

Warm hugs from Vermont in the states! I've just found you and will come back over and over

Oh my 🤗 your dogs are so so cute

My grandmother born 1905 first job in NYC around 1920 was making such paper cut outs. You don’t see such paper cutouts anymore in USA, but plastic things manufactured in China instead. 💕 yours as bio friendly so many ways. Beautiful too.

So simple yet so enchanting! ❤️

Finland has many of the same things of course. You have a lovely home!

Gorgeous! So elegant.... Merry Christmas to you and yours.

So, so beautiful. Like a Christmas card!

So absolutely beautiful!! Thank you for sharing!

I discovered your channel this morning (Japan time) and I felt so inspired by your lifestyle. Thank you for sharing your beautiful home and landscapes 💕

What a beautiful, inspiring video. 💕

@NorthernHeart

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that is most kind of you!

Absolutely beautiful! So warm and cozy! ❤️

Love it! Beautiful, classy and cosy ♡

I love how minimalistic you decorate the house for christmas!❤️ In the Netherlands we also have the paper stars for the windows. Merry christmas!

@cathelijnedj

4 жыл бұрын

I love the paper ornaments! And I have one big star in the window as well over here in the Netherlands :)

@leonievw2466

4 жыл бұрын

And a third Dutch person here who has a paper star in the window :)

@zahidiqbal1453

4 жыл бұрын

I like it travel

I've never seen those paper stars here in Italy. They're very pretty! We have a different yet deeply ingrained tradition, which is to recreate the scene of Betlehem when Jesus was born. We usually try to recreate a nice village, with many small figures of bakers, farmers, fishmongers etc, and even some electronic stuff like functioning springs of water etc. (Usually it is not very historically accurate, since we even put a lot of fake snow which I don't think really was in Betlehem... but it's christmassy!). God Jul Maria

So beautiful! Love the stars in the windows

These stars are a big thing for christmas in Kerala, India. Merry X'mass all.

Oh, my goodness! I LOOOOVE it! ♥️♥️♥️

@NorthernHeart

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you lovely!!

@antje1076

4 жыл бұрын

@@NorthernHeart Have a wonderful christmas, my dear!

Absolutely enchanting.

So cozy,I can feel the atmosphere in your house ❤️💞

Love the decorations! Puss Oc Krum!

@NorthernHeart

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Puss & Kram & God Jul!