Dear Maria -- I spent the last two days watching your Advent Calendar series -- half the first day and the other half this morning. You must have put so much work into these episodes; they're so professionally done, yet done with your special touch -- from the heart. I'm 76 years old and I've never stopped loving to learn new things. This heartwarming series is so educational for a US citizen like myself who knew nothing about your beautiful country before. I can't thank you enough for all that you have shared with us. I look forward to all of your videos. And, by the way, you speak English so well. Did you learn it in school?
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Hej Maria, So nice to watch this video even in July of 2020. December 24th was my farfar's birthday. It's is fun to so many traditions I remember from my childhood even though I am American. My father came from Östergötland. Tusen tack!
Maria, I just wanted to tell you that even with all the craziness of 2020 your advent calendar still applied for me and I really enjoyed this series. It was really beautiful. Hope you're doing well ! God Jul !
OK I just watch all the episodes and felt like a Disney Channel Christmas special but for adults, soooo cozy and weirdly familiar (because I'm Brazilian and we have 0 of the Swedish things)and now I'm like, omg someone please just take me to Sweden this Christmas 💛💙
Thank you so much for sharing this series with all of us♥ You have brought me some of the traditions and warmth of my family homeland. I am the last of my generations family...all that is left are my children, and I have shared your episodes with them. God Jul♥
Dear Maria, thank you for sharing your beautiful Christmas Advent Calendar. I watched it in October 2019 and I feel that you have made something wonderful and timeless. Lots of love from Australia. xxx
Thank you so much for this series! This has really filled my heart with joy. I'm finding after watching your videos that my Polish Swedish great grandparents greatly effected our Christmas traditions, which also turns out to be my fondest Christmas memories. I know now they are rooted in my Scandinavian heritage. Happy Yule 2019!
You are a beautiful soul, sweet Maria. Thank you for making this world a better place. Praying that 2019 is wonderful for you and your husband and family. xo, Maria
I am tearing up this is beautiful and this advent was everything I didn't know I needed. It has been a hectic holiday year this year and I love just remembering it is all about love and peace and joy. And spreading those things as much as we can. Thank you Maria. You really have touched people and that is sincerly the best gift you can ever give.
I love your living Christmas tree! We have a spruce up near the gate at the road. I think I will get some bright red ornaments and decorate it to surprise my family and neighbors.
Thank you Maria for all these lovely vlogs on Advent! Here’s what’s the most important thing for our family at Christmas: we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 2000 years ago who came to save us from our sins and give us new life, if we believe in Him. As Swiss living in New Zealand we also celebrate on Christmas Eve. We have a nice dinner, then one of the men reads the Christmas Story from the Bible, we sing carols and the grandchildren do nativity plays or sing solos etc. After a time of prayer it’s time to open gifts and then we end with coffee, Christmas baking and dessert :)..
You are beautiful! Inside and out! Thank you so much for sharing! Create your own bliss...what great advice, not just today. But everyday! God Jul! A Savior has come, like the prophets foretold!!😘❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Oh you lovely girl:) God Jul to you too!! You have brought back to many happy memories for me from loved ones i have lost, and a culture which now seems rather distant but poignant to me. This Advent Calendar has been a joy and a delight and I cannot thank you enough for all your hard work and love to your youbube watchers. As I have watched your vlogs I have brought out all the embroidered table runners from my Swedish grandmother and they are decorating our living room. I have collected twigs and twisted white lights and white hearts around them and dusted them with a little artificial snow and they are my Christmas tree: everyone says how lovely it looks, and it is so simple and definitely influenced by your own attitude to the world around us. I hope you have magical Christmas and a very happy and healthy New Year. With much gratitude. xxx
Hello Maria, I "discovered " your channel a month ago and have really enjoyed your Advent Calendar from last year. My great-grandparents came from Norway and several of the Holiday traditions they passed down to us are, of course, very similar. Your warm heart and sincere message of hopefulness came through "loud and clear" and I thank you so much. With love from Montana!💖
You dear one were born for a reason. You are bringing unity back in hearts of people. People of the world are missing it and you're an important speck of light and energy to them. How wonderful you're as a pebble in the water, what wonderful waves you bring. Good day .
Hi Maria, the greatest gift anyone can share with another person is there time and friendship. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the videos you have posted and the time and effort put into doing your advent calendar. It's been a pleasure to watch them on a daily basis and Savor the knowledge and culture from Sweden. Many times I have posted to you via TH-cam and our Facebook and you have always posted back to me personalized messages and for that I am thankful for the Personal interaction. Tomorrow I spend Christmas day with a very good friend of mine and his granddaughter who was in second grade named Alice who had lost her mother. The tree is bursting with presents and gifts from many family and friends to show Alice is not alone. May you, Hobby and family and may all of you be blessed.
I just discovered your channel within the last couple of weeks. I have so enjoyed watching your videos, and they have touched me and made me remember the magic of this season. You are just lovely and this American from Tennessee has learned so much. Thank you.
You are a dear! It's been such a treat learning about your life, about Swedish customs, and being blessed with the beautiful photography of your videos. God bless you and your family, Maria!
Dear Maria, I have loved watching every single episode, I have loved spending a few minutes “ at your home , enjoying a cup of tea with you” every day. I will miss your daily videos, thank you soo much for your kindness, for your love, and your time. God Jul !!! Maria
Thank you so much for sharing your love from your beautiful heart and soul may you have a lovely Christmas and a beautiful life. Your an angel from heaven thank you. God bless you and your family xx
Lovely, sweet caring and talented Maria! Your heart of gold shows for all to see in these lovely, uplifting videos you labor to make for us. God bless you, hubbby and furry ones!
I have been watching your Christmas Calendar in 2019... when I had a very tough December... and your videos gave me a lot of joy and peace and a lot of visual pleasure and inspiration. I feel I should share this feedback with you, especially under this particular video :) Thank you!
such a lovely video, you are a delight to watch and listen too. I thank you for the reminder, everyday I carry the meaning of Christmas with me. I sincerely hope you and your family have love,health and harmony in all the days to follow. god bless you for your gentle way and sharing with us.
Thank you, thank you very much, indeed, Maria. It's so true what you are speaking about. You gave people (including me) love and I wish you love and happy sparkles in your heart whatever happens in life. I wish Jesus Christ always guides and supports you. 💝
Well my lovely, it is November 2020 and I have been watching your Advent Calendar series. I can say in our troubled life you are still touching hearts. I thank you so much for this gift from your heart. Many blessings
Thank you for creating this very special Advent calendar. It has helped me think more intentionally about this time of the year. You have a beautiful heart and this is such a blessing!
Maria, you are such a lovely, positive person. I so much enjoy your videos and I have used your suggestions several times and they have made a difference in my life. Thank you for that. I know this is from 2018 however, going back just reminds me of the love you continue to spread.
Happy Christmas to you (I celebrate all year-long)! You are so right about Jesus Christ being about love. He is the Best. No one is truly ever alone if you call on Him to be with you. He will be your very closest Friend and will never leave or forsake you. Thanks very much for this lovely account of life in Sweden. My mom spent 10 years of her life there and we have some of the same family traditions.
Watching this the first Sunday in Advent 2020 - a tough year all around for everyone and, I know, for you, too, Maria. Thank you for the gift of these videos and your wonderful spirit of love and kindness. You have helped more than you know. God Jul to you from Colorado in the USA.
God jul! Thanks so much for your beautiful heart and sharing some peace and love this Christmas. Our expectations of Christmas can make it so hard. You are so right saying to make it your own...each year, no matter your situation. I will look forward to your future videos in 2019! Thank you fir a wonderful Christmas treat!
I’m going to miss your daily videos so much 😭 merry Christmas and thank you so much for these beautiful videos. Like I said before, your channel is a gem in the online world. Thanks for the inspiration and ideas , you’ve been a part of my family magic Christmas preparation🎄 I’m watching your last advent video , my baby is sleeping in my arms , my older son and his daddy ( my love ) are playing, life is beautiful and it’s amazing that we have ability to connect and be inspired by someone so far away 💕
Thank you. You have such a lovely spirit. I am watching this from the USA as the holiday approaches during Covid and your message has helped me feel more hopeful and grateful.
Thank you for sharing your advent calander with us. I loved it ❤️ I just started to follow you on youtube. You are a strong woman with a beautiful mindset. Wishing you a wonderful december.
I love how you guys live out in the country like this😊 I used to live in the country on my grandparents farm ,I miss those days. I live in the city now cause that’s where the jobs are. I think when I’m getting close to retirement I will go back to the country again. I think the one thing I miss the most is the nature and the smell and warmth of a wood burning stove. Your story sounds so nice and your place looks so beautiful 😊
Maria, you are truly a very special person. I am also trying to cope with an auto immune disease and with all the problems that come with it. I so enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work!
Oh Maria I just found ur channel. I also have subscribed. I love Sweden it's so beautiful. This is a very beautiful end to ur calendar. I'd love to live there. It's always been a dream of mine to go there. I live in North Carolina in the us. I can't wait to watch all ur videos and see what's to come in ur new ones. U are so beautiful.
god jul to you, Maria! I have just discovered your channel and these beautiful, heart-filled, fun, creative, inspiring advent calendar videos a year after you created them. What a gift you are to this world! You are a beautiful soul. Wishing you and yours the simple pleasures of the season, hearts full of gratitude and joy, days filled with love and laughter, and some moments alone to quietly savor and cherish and nourish your own thoughts and heart. Wishing you a new year of happiness, health, hope, and love. xoxo puss & kram!
God bless you for this wonderful video I wish you a very merry Christmas and I thank you for advice I hope plenty of people will get a lot of strength and comfort hope you have a most wonderful time celebrating 🤗 xx
Dear Maria, Yesterday, October 28, 2019, I came across your videos; quite by accident! I have, in my spare time been watching them, one by one! You have touched my heart, with all of your sharing, & love that just glows from your sweet face, the words, that you speak! I, too, am like you, very emotional, my whole life! It's who we are, & such! Your stories, & the way in which you, & your husband live your lives, in the country, in your precious home, with your 2 sweet puppies, & your sweet kitty, is so endearing! Please keep making your videos, I wish that I could live where you are, & be a friend & neighbor to all of you! xxoo God Bless all of you, & bring good health to you! 🎵🔔🎻🎷🐄🐫🎼Jeanine Faith Marie Fitzpatrick- Lewakowski🎶
Awe, honey may God Bless you n yours! Your heart is beautiful, and remember you are never alone...may your Christmas angel bring you peace. And just a little secret of mine: Happiness makes me cry n fills my heart with love. Peace to you ❤
I only got to watch this last episode today as I have been so busy with my whole family from Germany visiting us for Christmas - for the first time! I feel like a stalker saying this, but even though you have never met me, to me it feels like you have become a friend. I so so enjoyed your Advent Calendar. Thank you so much for creating it. It meant very much. I cannot wait to hear more from you and wish you and your hubby all the best for the year to come. Lot of love from Melanie
Greetings from Nebraska! So happy I found your channel! My maternal Grandfather Johnson, Great Grandparents and other relatives came to America from Sweden. They farmed in Swede Home, Nebraska and Osceola, Nebraska. I have my Grandfather’s Swedish Bible, his Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church confirmation document and my Grandmother’s Swedish cookbook and they give me great comfort. Looking forward to more of your videos 😊 Wishing you and your family many blessings in the New Year!
Maria tack för dessa fantastiska videos. Jag bor i USA just nu och pluggar. Jag har haft riktigt mycket hemlängtan och dina videos har dämpat den lite på ett sätt som jag inte trodde var möjligt. Jag har känt mig så nära Sverige och hemma när jag tittat på dina fina, kreativa och intressanta videos. Tack för din sårbarhet och ditt engagemang
This is my second year watching this series & its still amazes me! I have been forced to buy all new Christmas decorations this year and I've decorated in a Swedish/Maria style. My whole family is calling it our coziest Christmas ever! Thank you so much for this series! I hope this Christmas boosts your creativity too!
Thank you for this lovely Advent gift, Maria. I hope you enjoy your Christmas and I’m looking forward to lots more from your channel in the New Year! XOjennyinseattle
I am watching this in 2020 and all the things you spoke about are very relevant to a lot of people who are unable to meet with their families in this covid year, This has been a wonderful experience following you every day. Thank you so much for spending so much time putting it all together it has been appreciated.
So much work and love has gone into your advent Calendar, it's been so nice to watch and share so many of your Christmas traditions, wishing you a wonderful Christmas and New Year, all the best from Hayley's Dad, Jason.🎄
Wish you a lovely Christmas day today! Thank you for sharing this wonderful little series with us. As you said in one of your videos: being alone and being lonely aren't the Same. I hope everyone who will be alone today will have a magical, cozy day, too! It's a good day to snuggle up and have a slow moment alone because our world is so hectic, crowded and fast nowadays. Being mindful and loveling yourself to the fullest is important. So celebrate yourself a little bit and Remember that If you Count all people (alone) on Christmas here there will be a huuuuuge group to celebrate it with you. We are Just not in one room! 💕💕🙏🎅🎄
I recently discovered your channel and just finished watching all the Advent videos. Thank you so much for sharing your traditions with us. I feel inspired to consider what Advent means to me and to collect my family’s traditions and put them into practice. I may add a few Swedish traditions as well. It’s always fun and interesting to learn new things while deepening my understanding of this special season. ❤️
Dear Maria....it was such a pleasure to share the last 24 days with you and your advent calendar. I’ve enjoyed it so much! It put me in the right christmas mood and I am a big Sweden-Fan now 😊! God Jul to you too und „schöne Weihnachten“ 🎄from Switzerland! Nancy
Hej! Hope you are well? I've just watched all your advent videos from 2 years ago, and I just wanted to say how lovely they were to watch! :) I'm a lover of all things Swedish/Scandinavian so it was really interesting to hear about all the different elements to your christmases. You live in a magical place, i'd love to visit one day in the snow & nature! You really have the most beautiful aesthetic in your home & is something I would love to recreate for myself. God Jul :)
I really enjoyed seeing your whole advent series and just wanted to thank you for sharing your traditions. Hope you had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! xoxo Denise
Hej distant neighbour from behind the Baltic Sea 👋, I've discovered your channel recently which I find so stress-free and soothing that I have to admit you really put me into a XMAS spirit this year🎄. Looking forward to a new episode about Swedish customs and traditions 🇸🇪
Your message is so heart felt and warm, was in tears while watching this video, tears of happiness that Christmas brings to us. I just discovered your channel few Minutes ago and i am so happy that you tube pops this on my feed. Will surely watch all your videos to know more about you and see all this beautiful things you share.
Hi Maria. I've only recently found your channel....and I'm so glad I did! I'm loving your video's, Sweden is such a beautiful place and it's wonderful to see your love of nature ! Also really interested in your Swedish culture and traditions. Your Advent series is awesome! You are very hardworking and inspirational and your positive attitude reaches out to others! Looking forward to any video's you make in the future. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the UK!
Thank you thank you thank you for creating this thoughtful & special advent series. I want these advent videos to be part of my tradition for the following years! Thank you for letting us into your home & heart ❤️
Hello Maria, thank you for all your advent calendars videos. I have enjoyed each one. May this Christmas season bring you much love and joy. With your family and friends. Looking forward to seeing more video's in the new year. 😁
I love your channel. Please keep adding more videos. We moved to Sweden from India a few years ago. Such videos help us understand Swedish culture and traditions better. Please add videos about fika for different seasons and occasions. Thanks a lot!! 😊
It’s been a year after this video, but just watching the playlist now. And it is really special, love all your videos Maria. This year will be a different Christmas, first time we’ll be away from family, just myself and husband. Your words really touched me, you remembered me the real Christmas reason. Just few weeks for the next Christmas, so God Jul for you and whole family. Take care. Mayara 🇬🇧
You Fill my heart with so much appreciation, and new knowledge of your Advent customs. So very wise! Loneliness is epidemic, all over the world. But, you words, that come straight from your Heart to us All, gives us so much needed love and sincere caring. I hope that you will film more Christmas blogs, take us to your kitchen and prepare a favorite treat. Or film in and around your home town! Please do return, your kind heart makes such a difference, and is so Needed. Any favorite songs of Christmas? Good Jul! All the best to you and yours in 2020, and always! Your friend in Kansas Tom 🎄⛄♥️🎄⛄♥️⛄🎄♥️⛄🎄
@@NorthernHeart Your Advent video, the last one, where you speak of being alone during Christmas. Can't believe that it was in 2018 when l first saw and subscribed! Last year in general was God-awful with the Pandemic. On Thanksgiving morning, MACY'S Thanksgiving Day Parade was the first thing l saw, and it brought back memories of my Mom and my Aunt. We would always watch as we got ready for the family to enjoy dinner. Well, it put me in such a bad state of mind, l became Inert. I didn't want to eat, get my cards out, set up my Nativity, Nothing! I didn't want to do simple things like laundry! Thank God l have more than 2 months of clean clothes! I write for a small local paper and in the 2nd week of December, there was an article on Silent Depression. 60% of people asked in Kansas said they had it! It saved me, l thought that I was dying. But, l wished l had seen your Wonderful video, you said what we all need to hear! Now, l will always Remember your Create Your Own Blueprint" message! Thank you so very much, l too am very emotional and am proud of my wearing my heart on my sleeve! This year is So Much Better! And l hope for You, as well! You are like an angel and bring such loveliness to us! I look forward to CHRISTMAS 2021 with new ideas and Recipes for traditional Christmas cookies and candy, another visit to your town, Anything that you put your Heart into, will be Wonderful! Sending you Love and Hugs! ♥️🎶🎉☺️🍀😃🌷🌻🍀♥️🎈🇺🇸 Your friend in Kansas City, Tom 😃🌷💲🌻🍀♥️⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I'm gonna miss this tune, good job Maria, I felt inspired and learned a lot about the Swedish Christmas traditions. Thank you so much and God Jul! Puss puss from Holland!
I am so glad that I stumbled upon your channel. My dear you are so kind💗Thank you for showing us what Christmas is about thank you for including Jesus. I am a Christian. Wishing you a happy new year maybe you can do a video on how your culture celebrates the new year! God bless.
I have so enjoyed your Advent Calendar Maria. Thank you for the time and thought you put into it. Have a lovely day with your family. I am very jealous of the snow 😊. God Jul xx
Merry Christmas everyone ❤️ here it is the 24th already and I watched your calendar videos every day since the 1st. And every day it brightened my day and gave me a really cozy feeling. Thank you 💖🎄🕯🕯🕯🕯
Loniless is when you are with not the amount of people you love to be with.
Solitude is being content on your own.
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Dear Maria -- I spent the last two days watching your Advent Calendar series -- half the first day and the other half this morning. You must have put so much work into these episodes; they're so professionally done, yet done with your special touch -- from the heart. I'm 76 years old and I've never stopped loving to learn new things. This heartwarming series is so educational for a US citizen like myself who knew nothing about your beautiful country before. I can't thank you enough for all that you have shared with us. I look forward to all of your videos. And, by the way, you speak English so well. Did you learn it in school?
In Sweden we start to study English when we are about 8 years old and then we study it althrough our school years 😊
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What a beautiful series this was! I feel as though I have been given a special gift from you in these lovely videos.
Thank you, Maria, for the gift of your time and the sharing of yourself with us all.
God bless you and yours abundantly in this upcoming Christmas Season and always!
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Hej Maria,
So nice to watch this video even in July of 2020. December 24th was my farfar's birthday. It's is fun to so many traditions I remember from my childhood even though I am American. My father came from Östergötland.
Tusen tack!
Maria, I just wanted to tell you that even with all the craziness of 2020 your advent calendar still applied for me and I really enjoyed this series. It was really beautiful.
Hope you're doing well ! God Jul !
OK I just watch all the episodes and felt like a Disney Channel Christmas special but for adults, soooo cozy and weirdly familiar (because I'm Brazilian and we have 0 of the Swedish things)and now I'm like, omg someone please just take me to Sweden this Christmas 💛💙
Thank you so much for sharing this series with all of us♥ You have brought me some of the traditions and warmth of my family homeland. I am the last of my generations family...all that is left are my children, and I have shared your episodes with them. God Jul♥
Dear Maria, thank you for sharing your beautiful Christmas Advent Calendar. I watched it in October 2019 and I feel that you have made something wonderful and timeless. Lots of love from Australia. xxx
Thank you so much for this series! This has really filled my heart with joy.
I'm finding after watching your videos that my Polish Swedish great grandparents greatly effected our Christmas traditions, which also turns out to be my fondest Christmas memories. I know now they are rooted in my Scandinavian heritage.
Happy Yule 2019!
Merry Christmas everyone! It's been an honor to watch these all, and read all these beautiful comments:)
It has meant so much to me this Christmas season to sit with a cup of tea and my knitting and travel to your beautiful space
You are a beautiful soul, sweet Maria. Thank you for making this world a better place. Praying that 2019 is wonderful for you and your husband and family. xo, Maria
I am tearing up this is beautiful and this advent was everything I didn't know I needed. It has been a hectic holiday year this year and I love just remembering it is all about love and peace and joy. And spreading those things as much as we can. Thank you Maria. You really have touched people and that is sincerly the best gift you can ever give.
I love your living Christmas tree! We have a spruce up near the gate at the road. I think I will get some bright red ornaments and decorate it to surprise my family and neighbors.
Thank you Maria for all these lovely vlogs on Advent! Here’s what’s the most important thing for our family at Christmas: we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 2000 years ago who came to save us from our sins and give us new life, if we believe in Him. As Swiss living in New Zealand we also celebrate on Christmas Eve. We have a nice dinner, then one of the men reads the Christmas Story from the Bible, we sing carols and the grandchildren do nativity plays or sing solos etc. After a time of prayer it’s time to open gifts and then we end with coffee, Christmas baking and dessert :)..
Your Beautiful. Kind. LOVE that you LOVE nature. LOVE your videos. So we say from the United States of America...
" MERRY CHRISTMAS ". M
You are beautiful! Inside and out! Thank you so much for sharing! Create your own bliss...what great advice, not just today. But everyday! God Jul! A Savior has come, like the prophets foretold!!😘❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Oh you lovely girl:) God Jul to you too!! You have brought back to many happy memories for me from loved ones i have lost, and a culture which now seems rather distant but poignant to me. This Advent Calendar has been a joy and a delight and I cannot thank you enough for all your hard work and love to your youbube watchers. As I have watched your vlogs I have brought out all the embroidered table runners from my Swedish grandmother and they are decorating our living room. I have collected twigs and twisted white lights and white hearts around them and dusted them with a little artificial snow and they are my Christmas tree: everyone says how lovely it looks, and it is so simple and definitely influenced by your own attitude to the world around us. I hope you have magical Christmas and a very happy and healthy New Year. With much gratitude. xxx
Hello Maria,
I "discovered " your channel a month ago and have really enjoyed your Advent Calendar from last year. My great-grandparents came from Norway and several of the Holiday traditions they passed down to us are, of course, very similar. Your warm heart and sincere message of hopefulness came through "loud and clear" and I thank you so much. With love from Montana!💖
You dear one were born for a reason. You are bringing unity back in hearts of people. People of the world are missing it and you're an important speck of light and energy to them. How wonderful you're as a pebble in the water, what wonderful waves you bring. Good day .
Hi Maria, the greatest gift anyone can share with another person is there time and friendship. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the videos you have posted and the time and effort put into doing your advent calendar. It's been a pleasure to watch them on a daily basis and Savor the knowledge and culture from Sweden. Many times I have posted to you via TH-cam and our Facebook and you have always posted back to me personalized messages and for that I am thankful for the Personal interaction. Tomorrow I spend Christmas day with a very good friend of mine and his granddaughter who was in second grade named Alice who had lost her mother. The tree is bursting with presents and gifts from many family and friends to show Alice is not alone. May you, Hobby and family and may all of you be blessed.
I just discovered your channel within the last couple of weeks. I have so enjoyed watching your videos, and they have touched me and made me remember the magic of this season. You are just lovely and this American from Tennessee has learned so much. Thank you.
You are a dear! It's been such a treat learning about your life, about Swedish customs, and being blessed with the beautiful photography of your videos. God bless you and your family, Maria!
Dear Maria, I have loved watching every single episode, I have loved spending a few minutes “ at your home , enjoying a cup of tea with you” every day. I will miss your daily videos, thank you soo much for your kindness, for your love, and your time. God Jul !!!
Maria
Watching this in 2020 and your message is heard even more this year as I prepare for a Christmas in isolation. Thank you and Merry Christmas 🎄
Thank you so much for sharing your love from your beautiful heart and soul may you have a lovely Christmas and a beautiful life. Your an angel from heaven thank you.
God bless you and your family xx
You are truly so inspiring to so many people...thank you! God Jul & Puss & kram!
Lovely, sweet caring and talented Maria! Your heart of gold shows for all to see in these lovely, uplifting videos you labor to make for us. God bless you, hubbby and furry ones!
I have been watching your Christmas Calendar in 2019... when I had a very tough December... and your videos gave me a lot of joy and peace and a lot of visual pleasure and inspiration. I feel I should share this feedback with you, especially under this particular video :) Thank you!
I wonder if being Swedish makes you emotional, I’m very emotional too. I think it’s a great quality to have. I love your sweet messages. 😘
such a lovely video, you are a delight to watch and listen too. I thank you for the reminder, everyday I carry the meaning of Christmas with me. I sincerely hope you and your family have love,health and harmony in all the days to follow. god bless you for your gentle way and sharing with us.
watching your 2018 Advent Calendar series a year late, and hoping you do one in 2019 as well. thank you for sharing and spreading joy from you home!
Thank you, thank you very much, indeed, Maria. It's so true what you are speaking about. You gave people (including me) love and I wish you love and happy sparkles in your heart whatever happens in life. I wish Jesus Christ always guides and supports you. 💝
Well my lovely, it is November 2020 and I have been watching your Advent Calendar series. I can say in our troubled life you are still touching hearts. I thank you so much for this gift from your heart. Many blessings
Thank you for creating this very special Advent calendar. It has helped me think more intentionally about this time of the year. You have a beautiful heart and this is such a blessing!
Maria, you are such a lovely, positive person. I so much enjoy your videos and I have used your suggestions several times and they have made a difference in my life. Thank you for that. I know this is from 2018 however, going back just reminds me of the love you continue to spread.
God Jul and merry Christmas! Thank you for sharing all your beautiful traditions.
Happy Christmas to you (I celebrate all year-long)! You are so right about Jesus Christ being about love. He is the Best. No one is truly ever alone if you call on Him to be with you. He will be your very closest Friend and will never leave or forsake you. Thanks very much for this lovely account of life in Sweden. My mom spent 10 years of her life there and we have some of the same family traditions.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Maria. Love and best wishes from our home to yours!!
God Jul my dear friend. Thank you for this lovely Advent calendar.
Watching this the first Sunday in Advent 2020 - a tough year all around for everyone and, I know, for you, too, Maria. Thank you for the gift of these videos and your wonderful spirit of love and kindness. You have helped more than you know. God Jul to you from Colorado in the USA.
God jul! Thanks so much for your beautiful heart and sharing some peace and love this Christmas. Our expectations of Christmas can make it so hard. You are so right saying to make it your own...each year, no matter your situation. I will look forward to your future videos in 2019! Thank you fir a wonderful Christmas treat!
I have loved watching each of your Advent videos. I'm so glad I found you! God Jul!!!
I’m going to miss your daily videos so much 😭 merry Christmas and thank you so much for these beautiful videos. Like I said before, your channel is a gem in the online world. Thanks for the inspiration and ideas , you’ve been a part of my family magic Christmas preparation🎄 I’m watching your last advent video , my baby is sleeping in my arms , my older son and his daddy ( my love ) are playing, life is beautiful and it’s amazing that we have ability to connect and be inspired by someone so far away 💕
Thank you. You have such a lovely spirit. I am watching this from the USA as the holiday approaches during Covid and your message has helped me feel more hopeful and grateful.
Thank you for sharing your advent calander with us. I loved it ❤️ I just started to follow you on youtube. You are a strong woman with a beautiful mindset. Wishing you a wonderful december.
I love how you guys live out in the country like this😊 I used to live in the country on my grandparents farm ,I miss those days. I live in the city now cause that’s where the jobs are. I think when I’m getting close to retirement I will go back to the country again. I think the one thing I miss the most is the nature and the smell and warmth of a wood burning stove.
Your story sounds so nice and your place looks so beautiful 😊
Maria, you are truly a very special person. I am also trying to cope with an auto immune disease and with all the problems that come with it. I so enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work!
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Maria! 💕🎄 This was an amazing journey, full of kindness and joy! I love it so much! Thank you! 😌
Oh Maria I just found ur channel. I also have subscribed. I love Sweden it's so beautiful. This is a very beautiful end to ur calendar. I'd love to live there. It's always been a dream of mine to go there. I live in North Carolina in the us. I can't wait to watch all ur videos and see what's to come in ur new ones. U are so beautiful.
Maria, beautiful series and beautiful message🤗
god jul to you, Maria! I have just discovered your channel and these beautiful, heart-filled, fun, creative, inspiring advent calendar videos a year after you created them. What a gift you are to this world! You are a beautiful soul. Wishing you and yours the simple pleasures of the season, hearts full of gratitude and joy, days filled with love and laughter, and some moments alone to quietly savor and cherish and nourish your own thoughts and heart. Wishing you a new year of happiness, health, hope, and love. xoxo puss & kram!
God bless you for this wonderful video I wish you a very merry Christmas and I thank you for advice I hope plenty of people will get a lot of strength and comfort hope you have a most wonderful time celebrating 🤗 xx
Dear Maria,
Yesterday, October
28, 2019, I came
across your videos;
quite by accident!
I have, in my spare
time been watching
them, one by one!
You have touched
my heart, with all
of your sharing, &
love that just
glows from your
sweet face, the
words, that you
speak!
I, too, am like you,
very emotional,
my whole life!
It's who we are,
& such!
Your stories, & the
way in which you, & your husband
live your lives,
in the country,
in your precious
home, with your 2
sweet puppies, &
your sweet kitty,
is so endearing!
Please keep making
your videos,
I wish that I could
live where you are,
& be a friend &
neighbor to all of
you!
xxoo
God Bless all of
you, & bring good
health to you!
🎵🔔🎻🎷🐄🐫🎼Jeanine Faith
Marie Fitzpatrick-
Lewakowski🎶
Thank you so much for sharing your life with us. God bless .
You are truly a wonderful person and are so appreciated. 💕
Such a beautiful video, Lots of Love and God Jul from Dublin! xx
Awe, honey may God Bless you n yours! Your heart is beautiful, and remember you are never alone...may your Christmas angel bring you peace. And just a little secret of mine: Happiness makes me cry n fills my heart with love. Peace to you ❤
Merry Christmas. So beautifully spoken, what a kind heart you have. Have a lovely day with family. 🎄❤️🎄❤️
I only got to watch this last episode today as I have been so busy with my whole family from Germany visiting us for Christmas - for the first time! I feel like a stalker saying this, but even though you have never met me, to me it feels like you have become a friend. I so so enjoyed your Advent Calendar. Thank you so much for creating it. It meant very much. I cannot wait to hear more from you and wish you and your hubby all the best for the year to come. Lot of love from Melanie
Love and blessings to you ,merry Christmas 🎄
Greetings from Nebraska! So happy I found your channel! My maternal Grandfather Johnson, Great Grandparents and other relatives came to America from Sweden. They farmed in Swede Home, Nebraska and Osceola, Nebraska. I have my Grandfather’s Swedish Bible, his Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church confirmation document and my Grandmother’s Swedish cookbook and they give me great comfort. Looking forward to more of your videos 😊 Wishing you and your family many blessings in the New Year!
I've really enjoyed your advent series. Thank you for making it. You are wonderful. I look forward to the videos you make in the future.
Merry Christmas ...this was beautiful .....wishing you All the best in the new year ....love and health.....tracy ❤️
Maria tack för dessa fantastiska videos. Jag bor i USA just nu och pluggar. Jag har haft riktigt mycket hemlängtan och dina videos har dämpat den lite på ett sätt som jag inte trodde var möjligt. Jag har känt mig så nära Sverige och hemma när jag tittat på dina fina, kreativa och intressanta videos. Tack för din sårbarhet och ditt engagemang
Maria, thank you so much for making this Advent Calendar. Merry Christmas!
❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️
This is my second year watching this series & its still amazes me! I have been forced to buy all new Christmas decorations this year and I've decorated in a Swedish/Maria style. My whole family is calling it our coziest Christmas ever! Thank you so much for this series! I hope this Christmas boosts your creativity too!
Thank you for this lovely Advent gift, Maria. I hope you enjoy your Christmas and I’m looking forward to lots more from your channel in the New Year! XOjennyinseattle
I am watching this in 2020 and all the things you spoke about are very relevant to a lot of people who are unable to meet with their families in this covid year,
This has been a wonderful experience following you every day. Thank you so much for spending so much time putting it all together it has been appreciated.
So much work and love has gone into your advent Calendar, it's been so nice to watch and share so many of your Christmas traditions, wishing you a wonderful Christmas and New Year, all the best from Hayley's Dad, Jason.🎄
Wish you a lovely Christmas day today! Thank you for sharing this wonderful little series with us. As you said in one of your videos: being alone and being lonely aren't the Same.
I hope everyone who will be alone today will have a magical, cozy day, too! It's a good day to snuggle up and have a slow moment alone because our world is so hectic, crowded and fast nowadays. Being mindful and loveling yourself to the fullest is important. So celebrate yourself a little bit and Remember that If you Count all people (alone) on Christmas here there will be a huuuuuge group to celebrate it with you. We are Just not in one room! 💕💕🙏🎅🎄
I recently discovered your channel and just finished watching all the Advent videos. Thank you so much for sharing your traditions with us. I feel inspired to consider what Advent means to me and to collect my family’s traditions and put them into practice. I may add a few Swedish traditions as well. It’s always fun and interesting to learn new things while deepening my understanding of this special season. ❤️
Dear Maria....it was such a pleasure to share the last 24 days with you and your advent calendar. I’ve enjoyed it so much! It put me in the right christmas mood and I am a big Sweden-Fan now 😊! God Jul to you too und „schöne Weihnachten“ 🎄from Switzerland!
Nancy
Hej! Hope you are well? I've just watched all your advent videos from 2 years ago, and I just wanted to say how lovely they were to watch! :) I'm a lover of all things Swedish/Scandinavian so it was really interesting to hear about all the different elements to your christmases. You live in a magical place, i'd love to visit one day in the snow & nature! You really have the most beautiful aesthetic in your home & is something I would love to recreate for myself. God Jul :)
I really enjoyed seeing your whole advent series and just wanted to thank you for sharing your traditions. Hope you had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! xoxo Denise
amazing....I absolutely Love your youTube Chanel!!!!!!
Hej distant neighbour from behind the Baltic Sea 👋, I've discovered your channel recently which I find so stress-free and soothing that I have to admit you really put me into a XMAS spirit this year🎄. Looking forward to a new episode about Swedish customs and traditions 🇸🇪
I realy love this series. Thank you very much!
Your message is so heart felt and warm, was in tears while watching this video, tears of happiness that Christmas brings to us. I just discovered your channel few
Minutes ago and i am so happy that you tube pops this on my feed. Will surely watch all your videos to know more about you and see all this beautiful things you share.
Just absolutely lovely! Thank you for this series!
Maria, thank you so much for sharing Advent with us. It has been a wonderful journey and has given Yule a special shine this year. God Jul! 🎄
You have a special spirit. God Jul!
This is lovely visually and such an important message. Thank you.
I"m so glad I met you here.
Hi Maria. I've only recently found your channel....and I'm so glad I did! I'm loving your video's, Sweden is such a beautiful place and it's wonderful to see your love of nature ! Also really interested in your Swedish culture and traditions. Your Advent series is awesome! You are very hardworking and inspirational and your positive attitude reaches out to others! Looking forward to any video's you make in the future. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the UK!
Thank you thank you thank you for creating this thoughtful & special advent series. I want these advent videos to be part of my tradition for the following years! Thank you for letting us into your home & heart ❤️
Hello Maria,
thank you for all your advent calendars videos. I have enjoyed each one. May this Christmas season bring you much love and joy. With your family and friends. Looking forward to seeing more video's in the new year. 😁
I love your channel. Please keep adding more videos. We moved to Sweden from India a few years ago. Such videos help us understand Swedish culture and traditions better. Please add videos about fika for different seasons and occasions. Thanks a lot!! 😊
Your videography is stunning! Original and fantastic! 🙇🏻♂️ -j
Have an amazing Christmas with your family, Maria. Your series has been an emotional blessing. 🙌🏼❤️🎄
Maria, you have wisdom.
It’s been a year after this video, but just watching the playlist now. And it is really special, love all your videos Maria. This year will be a different Christmas, first time we’ll be away from family, just myself and husband. Your words really touched me, you remembered me the real Christmas reason. Just few weeks for the next Christmas, so God Jul for you and whole family. Take care.
Mayara 🇬🇧
You Fill my heart with so much appreciation, and new knowledge of your Advent customs. So very wise! Loneliness is epidemic, all over the world. But, you words, that come straight from your Heart to us All, gives us so much needed
love and sincere caring.
I hope that you will film more
Christmas blogs, take us to your kitchen and prepare a favorite treat. Or film in and around your home town!
Please do return, your kind heart makes such a difference, and is so
Needed.
Any favorite songs of Christmas?
Good Jul!
All the best to you and yours in
2020, and always!
Your friend in Kansas
Tom 🎄⛄♥️🎄⛄♥️⛄🎄♥️⛄🎄
Thank you so much for your kind words Tom, I fee very blessed having so very kind viewers/subscribers
@@NorthernHeart
Your Advent video, the last one, where you speak of being alone during Christmas.
Can't believe that it was in 2018 when l first saw and subscribed!
Last year in general was God-awful with the Pandemic. On Thanksgiving morning, MACY'S Thanksgiving Day
Parade was the first thing l saw, and it brought back memories of my Mom and my Aunt. We would always watch as we got ready for the family to enjoy dinner.
Well, it put me in such a bad state of mind, l became Inert. I didn't want to eat, get my cards out, set up my
Nativity, Nothing! I didn't want to do simple things like laundry! Thank God l have more than 2 months of clean clothes!
I write for a small local paper and in the 2nd week of December, there was an article on Silent Depression.
60% of people asked in Kansas said they had it! It saved me, l thought that I was dying. But, l wished l had seen your Wonderful video, you said what we all need to hear! Now, l will always Remember your Create Your
Own Blueprint" message! Thank you so very much, l too am very emotional and am proud of my wearing my heart on my sleeve!
This year is So Much Better! And l hope for You, as well!
You are like an angel and bring such loveliness to us! I look forward to
CHRISTMAS 2021 with new ideas and Recipes for traditional Christmas cookies and candy, another visit to your town, Anything that you put your Heart into, will be
Wonderful!
Sending you Love and Hugs! ♥️🎶🎉☺️🍀😃🌷🌻🍀♥️🎈🇺🇸
Your friend in Kansas City, Tom 😃🌷💲🌻🍀♥️⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@@tomvalveede6808 Thank you for your kind words Tom, it warms my heart so much. Glad you found you light again
God Jul! And thank you so much for this lovely series. Yes, you go straight to out hearts, dear Maria x
I'm gonna miss this tune, good job Maria, I felt inspired and learned a lot about the Swedish Christmas traditions. Thank you so much and God Jul! Puss puss from Holland!
Such a beautiful loving message I send blessings & the Universe's favor to you.
I am so glad that I stumbled upon your channel. My dear you are so kind💗Thank you for showing us what Christmas is about thank you for including Jesus. I am a Christian. Wishing you a happy new year maybe you can do a video on how your culture celebrates the new year! God bless.
I have so enjoyed your Advent Calendar Maria. Thank you for the time and thought you put into it. Have a lovely day with your family. I am very jealous of the snow 😊. God Jul xx
Merry Christmas everyone ❤️ here it is the 24th already and I watched your calendar videos every day since the 1st. And every day it brightened my day and gave me a really cozy feeling. Thank you 💖🎄🕯🕯🕯🕯
Thank you so much for sharing, it warms my heart!
Lovely words. Thank you