Watching you and Miranda together, and trips with other TH-camrs (Dan, Justin, Tayson, etc.), were highlights of the year. The interaction between everyone, the different environments, and the different styles and opinions you shared on camera, made those videos sing and informed the rest of the videos I watched with all of you.
Unquestionably the most positive place on TH-cam and possibly the entire internet. I found your REI videos at a time when I really needed some sweetness and pleasantness in my life and I found absolute succor in your wholesome genuine nature, profound vulnerability and penchant for joy. The little kingdom of kindness you've built is so inspiring and empowering. Thank you for devoting yourself to this work and leaving the world a little better than you found it.
Hi! Just your local botanist here. Balsam firs (Abies balsamea) are native to Eastern U.S. What you came across is a Grand fir (Abies grandis)! They're very common across the Western U.S., especially where you are. When you identified the two white lines below (stomatal bands), the two prominent white lines below are an indicator of Grand firs. Along with a twist at the base of the needles, but you may need a hand lens to see that feature. :) Hopefully, you learned something new about our native conifer trees in the PNW!
What a lovely comment section. It might be one of the things that’s keeping my faith in humanity flickering. 😂 MGO has created such a lovely community and that’s a huge gift all year long. Merry Christmas and the best New Year!!!
Thank you so much for the smiles. And thank you for another great year. Heading in to the new year wishing you and the crew all the best!! Much Aloha!!!
Just want to shout out Abby! She kept the kids on track, provided good feedback and kept them safe-ish. "Don't run with saws, kids!" lol. Merry Christmas everybody!
I absolutely love Miranda's self confidence thinking a 12 ft tree is only 'a little bit taller' than her. She's the positive role model all young women deserve 10/10
I'm very proud to be a 2024 new member of this community. I love the warmth and the little bit of craziness of that video in particular, a lot of lonely people struggle with the holiday season, I'm one of them but you put a smile on my face once again 😘 Love from France
So glad I'm not the only one who doesn't exactly love Christmas. It brings up sad family memories, so celebrating with friends seems like the best thing to do. Rainer and Abby are wonderful. Rainer is a cutie too. 😊
Ah, this made me heart so happy it was so wholesome, warm, and real! I was so excited and then I read the comments section and it is just as lovely!! Thank y'all and the fur babies for sharing your Christmas decorating with us and thanks to the rest of the commenters for the funny and sweet comments. I'm feeling uplifted and more in the Christmas mood. ❤💚🍄🌲
for not liking christmas very much, boy did you put me in the christmas spirit miranda! it's not about doing it the way everyone thinks you should, but the way that is most fulfilling to you. also, my mom is allergic to trees so i have never experienced cutting down a real tree and taking it home, which has always sounded so magical to me, so THANK YOU for sharing your experience ❤️🌟🎄
What a fun video!! Loved the backpacking gear ornaments as well as all the ones special to you all 😊 yay cozy vibes! Here's to making fresh holiday memories 🥂🎄 So happy to be a part of the MGO community
Hurray for new traditions and fond memories!! Yeah we hung some pretty ridiculous stuff on the tree before we pulled it back and decided that the only backpacking gear we would allow would be a) shiny things, b) Rainer’s cup, and c) my Kula. It was a full on discussion among Christmas Professionals. Yay cozy vibes!!
Awe, this reminds me of when my sons were young and I could not tie a proper knot and the tree began to slip off the car so I made them put their hands out the windows in the snow and hold the branches until we got home. No gloves. No one got frost bite but it was close. Holiday memories. 😊
Great Christmas video. The tree and decorations are so ‘you”, which is what everyone’s tree should be. When my first grandchild was born I continued a tradition my mom started. Every year I get each (7) grandchild a Christmas decoration. That way when they get older and start their own adult life there first tree will have meaningful decorations.
How many are like me and cringing at the wrong placement on top of the car? The wind blows down on the branches this way while driving and can cause breakage/stress/sagging. C’est la vie. Still love this channel!
Your channel has been such an inspiration to help get me back outside! As a suburbanite with asthma, it can sometimes be difficult to get myself to take the time to actually exist outside. Thanks for making videos that help remind me how fun and rewarding it can be :) You're always welcome to come try hiking in the southeast US!
Thanks for the vid - I understand the holidays can be difficult for many folks but I hope you can enjoy them particularly in Leavenworth and with your tree. Cheers.
I loved the matching pajamas. Thank you for explaining the tree process. I am Jewish. Always thought people just randomly cut trees down for Christmas or bought them. Did not realize there was an actual permit process.
The friends and family we chose are often the ones who make the holidays special. Otherwise, its just another day. Thank you for sharing this lovely moment ☺️🙏
I’ve always appreciated your videos because you are so upbeat and very informative! I look forward to a new year following you! Merry Christmas and happy new year to you and yours
When I was a teen, a long long time ago, i worked two summers for the Youth Conservation Corp. One of our jobs was Timber Stand Improvement, TSI ;). TSI is thinning out the forest by taking the smaller trees out to give the trees left behind a greater chance to grow.
Absolutely joyous and beautiful. There was a scary part though when you carried your tree back to the car and strapped it on backwards. As luck would have it, it appears that none of the beautiful branches snagged off. Very Merry Christmas to you all!
AWWWW Love you guys too!! As another non-Christmas person, this reminded me that we can always choose to find new ways to enjoy this time of year - Thanks y'all for all you do! 💞🎄💞
A most beautiful tree!! 😍🎄 The ornaments were the BEST. Everything together, represented you perfectly. I'm glad you were able to make this a special Christmas. ❤️💚
Merry Christmas to all of you. My wife and I love seeing your videos. All of you do a great job. We used to go out and cut a Christmas tree in the national forest. This video brought back a lot of great memories. That is a Grand Fir tree. They do make great Christmas Trees. Thank you for a great year of videos. I am looking forward to 2025 videos!
Miranda Goes Outside is ALWAYS special 😊 But I'm totally here for a Christmas special too. Omg. That intro was soooo damn wholesome! 😭 all of you in pyjamas ❤ Timber profile. Nailed it, Abby! 😂 sadly no one started singing "Oh Symmetry" after you mentioned symmeTREE 🎄 Happy holidays, everyone ❤ can't wait to cheer on all you accomplish in 2025 💚
1. Thank you Miranda for explaining why it is a good thing to be cutting down the trees within the national forest. It is healthy for the forrest to have the smaller trees to help forrest fire prevention. You're helping prevent forrest fires and getting a tree out of it. Win/win. 2. Can we talk about how awesome Gingerbread Faculty in Levenworth is? The cookies are amazing.
This was such a sweet video!! I highly recommend getting a Silky Zubat or Silky Sugowaza (full tang, fixed blade, curved hand saw). The Silky folding saws are also great, but the curved blades with the pistol grip handle feels like a natural extension of your arm and it truly makes cutting enjoyable!!
Had never heard of POTS before watching Miranda, but saw a mom wearing a POTS shirt at my grandson's wrestling tournament yesterday. It said "Stand Up SLOWLY for POTS"... made me think of Miranda. Thanks for your content! ❤
Some MGO videos, I watch primarily to learn, and the laughter is just a bonus. This one is unabashedly the opposite, and I love it so much. You have a great team!
Charlie Brown Tree or No Tree! :) I'm not into the holiday's much either and find it a tough time of year. My wife and daughter love it by comparison and are just finishing a 15 day trip through Europe, coming home Christmas day. I'll spend the day with close friends which will be wonderful for sure. I HATE gifts, giving and getting them......happy holidays everyone!
You guys did great at finding a tree and building some Christmas spirit, or festival of lights, if you prefer. All Northern Hemisphere cultures recognize and celebrate the solstice as an ending to the previous and the start of a period of rebuilding to an awakening renewal in Springtime. Balsam fir is a preferred species for Christmas trees, especially outside the PNW. I'd say cultured Douglas fir (on a farm where they are trimmed for fuller growth every year or so, or Noble fir (farm grown or National Forest wild) are the preferred trees. Merry Christmas to all!
I have always loved all of your videos of you and Rainer and your other friends Miranda, but I have to say. This one I loved even more for so many reasons. The fact that you went outside of your comfort zone and got to pick out the most beautiful tree with your friends and it gave you a very obvious happy, cozy Christmas feeling was just wonderful to see. 😊❤️🎄. Merry Christmas to you and Abby and Rainer and Tucker and your whole crew ! Thank you for being you. 😊❤️. P.S. some of my happiest memories are of my dad and my little sister and I walking our property every year and cutting it down and dragging it home. Thanks for reminding f me of that. ❤️
You living in a town called "Leavenworth", when my military brain associates it with the prison, really makes the sentence "My mom got this ornament for me when she came to visit me in Leavenworth" make my brain do a quick double take before I remember.
Yep. For many years I would go get the tree permit (got a permit in an area that had noble firs) Then up to the snowy mountain we'd go to find the perfect tree. Then we and the dogs would have a picnic in the snow and hot chocolate. A true PNW Christmas tradition. Thank you for sharing your new Christmas tradition.🥰
Merry Christmas to you, Rainer, and Abby! All of your videos are informative, but they have an element of fun that many backpacking youtubers tend to omit. This video makes me nostalgic for the live trees my dad used to bring home, with that marvelous evergreen scent! Blessings.
My family has the light fixer elf ornament as well. Its always been a favorite of mine. I hope to participate in permit christmas tree hunt in the next few years. it looks like so much fun. A very Happy Holidays to you all
My wife and I have been exchanging ornaments every Christmas since before we were married. One of ours is the light-repair gnome (21:27). We have colored lights, and the light-repair gnome is always working on a white light, trying to fix its color.
We took our three year old out to chop our own tree in the national forest for the first time this year. Our permit in CA was $10, but well worth the adventure!
Looking forward to those far-from-home adventures! You reminded me of the SE Seattle tradition of getting a $4.99 tree from Chubby and Tubby (RIP), positioning it to hide the bare spots, and watching my cat size it up for tree-climbing fun after we had all gone to bed.
I'm so glad you're able to make some nice Christmas memories. I know it's a complicated holiday for so many people but making it your own and making some of your own traditions can make it a fun thing :)
While I have always done the "fake tree from a box" with my family, I LOVE the idea of going into the woods and picking your own tree. It's awesome that the National Forest allows this, and it's a great way to learn about the life cycle of the forest and that logging, done right, is actually GOOD for the forest!
Happy Holidays to your whole team. The tree is beautiful. I love Christmas, but the older I get, it does come with more EMOTIONS. Since moving to WA, we've started celebrating yule/solstice as well. We eat preserved foods, light candles, celebrate the return of the light, etc. It brings us lots of joy. Highly recommend. Thank you all!
Omg what a great day! You should definitely make it a tradition plus love the PJ. Thanks for sharing this - it made my day. Hope you enjoy your holiday. Can’t wait to see you in February ❤
Ich wünsche dir und deinem Team wundervolle Weihnachten 🎄und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr🎇. Ich freue mich auf viele weitere Videos von dir. Sie versüßen mir immer wieder meinen Tag. Bleib wie du bist. 😘
🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 Thank you for bringing the Christmas Spirit! I've been sick since right after Thanksgiving and this really made me happy. Merry Christmas and happy new year! 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 🎄
Merry Christmas, Miranda, Rainer, and Abby, and Tucker & Oscar!!!! Miranda, I am so glad that you have Rainer and Abby there to help you get to know and love the Christmas Spirit! May it ever grow and blossom with you all! Thank you all, for all you do to bring Joy to our lives. You all are wonderful! May God bless and keep you all, and keep you safe and happy! Merry Christmas!!! With much love, Russ
happiest of holidays miranda rainer abbey and furry friends! thank you for another fun year of adventures. have the greatest break and see you next year!! *nervous burp
This was a fun episode. I love how, after all this time, Miranda suddenly became self-conscious dancing and being silly.😅 And "Timber Profile"? I laughed out loud. Merry Christmas to you all.
woodcutting permits are also fun, they're cheap, you're not required to take anything, and you can pick only the wood you want. Want a table? Pretty log downed over the service road? Take a chunk and clear the road while getting awesome wood! Contrary to popular belief a kiln is not needed to season wood, it helps speed up the sap crystallization process and add some effects of aging, but many at home crafters who don't have a lot of space or equipment simply just take the wood after it's slabbed (you can make small slabs, it's to expose the interior and help the wood sections all "cure" at the same rate to help avoid warping (which still might happen if you've cut them) but since you're a small operation it's pretty easy to find things to put on them while they're "green" to hold them flat while they "age" in your closet. Just open the door every now and then to refresh the air, maybe put a big humidity pack or dehumidifier in there to keep it at the right humidity for the type of wood you got (there are lots of online places that are basically wood characteristic and handling databases). You don't have to take all the wood at once and they give you several tags usually, here it's like 12 cords per 18 USD permit, and this is the plan when I get a little bandsaw mill rig and start with small pieces, working up to bigger stuff it if ends up supporting itself.
I'm like you, in houston, never been a fan of real trees, but this video makes me want to celebrate more and with friends. Have the happiest of holidays. Thanks
You’re a joy, Miranda! Found your channel at the end of this year and I found your videos to be so inspirational, educational, and entertaining! My little boys also like watching some of your backpacking trips and it has them interested too! Your tree was beautiful, loved the ornaments and my boys liked seeing your animals. Merry Christmas to you all!
I have fond family memories of doing this as a kid! I was telling my husband the other day about our trips into the mountains to pick out a tree with our permit.
When you take it down, you should cut a piece of the base and write the year on it, drill a hole and make it into a Christmas ornament.
Or make that piece a candle holder (use a wood auger to drill the hole wide enough for a candle).
That's a super cute idea.
Love this idea!
A genius idea!
That sounds like a great idea. Love it.
I'm proud of the two trips with you as well! Also I'm relieved that no high profile accidents or regrettable choices were made (well, mostly).
I really enjoyed those trips you guys had together! Would love to see one in BC in the future! Wishing you all happy holidays! 🎄☃
Watching you and Miranda together, and trips with other TH-camrs (Dan, Justin, Tayson, etc.), were highlights of the year. The interaction between everyone, the different environments, and the different styles and opinions you shared on camera, made those videos sing and informed the rest of the videos I watched with all of you.
Unquestionably the most positive place on TH-cam and possibly the entire internet. I found your REI videos at a time when I really needed some sweetness and pleasantness in my life and I found absolute succor in your wholesome genuine nature, profound vulnerability and penchant for joy. The little kingdom of kindness you've built is so inspiring and empowering. Thank you for devoting yourself to this work and leaving the world a little better than you found it.
In the end the perfect tree is always the one that has the most Profound Appeal to Your Heart (PAYH)
I want to roll my eyes at you so badly, but thanks for being the Cindy Lou Who to my Grinch.
@RainerGolden Miranda needs a bridge ornament for the tree!
Everyone loves a Christmas special
Merry Christmas!
Hi! Just your local botanist here. Balsam firs (Abies balsamea) are native to Eastern U.S. What you came across is a Grand fir (Abies grandis)! They're very common across the Western U.S., especially where you are. When you identified the two white lines below (stomatal bands), the two prominent white lines below are an indicator of Grand firs. Along with a twist at the base of the needles, but you may need a hand lens to see that feature. :) Hopefully, you learned something new about our native conifer trees in the PNW!
What a lovely comment section. It might be one of the things that’s keeping my faith in humanity flickering. 😂 MGO has created such a lovely community and that’s a huge gift all year long. Merry Christmas and the best New Year!!!
Merry Christmas gosh darn ! Love your show !
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!! Thanks for being here 😊
Thank you so much for the smiles. And thank you for another great year. Heading in to the new year wishing you and the crew all the best!! Much Aloha!!!
I like how this video had a lot of Rainer in it. Both of your goofy personalities compliment to each other.
😁 I couldn’t agree more.
Just want to shout out Abby! She kept the kids on track, provided good feedback and kept them safe-ish. "Don't run with saws, kids!" lol. Merry Christmas everybody!
I absolutely love Miranda's self confidence thinking a 12 ft tree is only 'a little bit taller' than her. She's the positive role model all young women deserve 10/10
An out-of-control level of confidence is definitely my defining trait 😆
I'm very proud to be a 2024 new member of this community. I love the warmth and the little bit of craziness of that video in particular, a lot of lonely people struggle with the holiday season, I'm one of them but you put a smile on my face once again 😘 Love from France
So glad I'm not the only one who doesn't exactly love Christmas. It brings up sad family memories, so celebrating with friends seems like the best thing to do. Rainer and Abby are wonderful. Rainer is a cutie too. 😊
2:46 I loved the “timber” joke. Comedy genius.
Ah, this made me heart so happy it was so wholesome, warm, and real! I was so excited and then I read the comments section and it is just as lovely!! Thank y'all and the fur babies for sharing your Christmas decorating with us and thanks to the rest of the commenters for the funny and sweet comments. I'm feeling uplifted and more in the Christmas mood. ❤💚🍄🌲
for not liking christmas very much, boy did you put me in the christmas spirit miranda! it's not about doing it the way everyone thinks you should, but the way that is most fulfilling to you. also, my mom is allergic to trees so i have never experienced cutting down a real tree and taking it home, which has always sounded so magical to me, so THANK YOU for sharing your experience ❤️🌟🎄
Consecutive Miranda Goes Outside!! videos without a burp: 0
Definitely thought about you when we reset that counter. No way we were going for FIVE
😂 You are truly a man who believes in miracles. Merry Christmas!
Wow $5 for a permit? Seems like a lot of work but so much cheaper than getting it from a farm or store. Plus such a unique experience!
It’s so worth it! It was really fun, and we made (as you saw) a whole day of it.
And it helps thin some of the smaller trees and makes the forest healthier
What a fun video!! Loved the backpacking gear ornaments as well as all the ones special to you all 😊 yay cozy vibes! Here's to making fresh holiday memories 🥂🎄
So happy to be a part of the MGO community
Hurray for new traditions and fond memories!! Yeah we hung some pretty ridiculous stuff on the tree before we pulled it back and decided that the only backpacking gear we would allow would be a) shiny things, b) Rainer’s cup, and c) my Kula. It was a full on discussion among Christmas Professionals. Yay cozy vibes!!
Thank you for this gift, Merry 🎄
Awe, this reminds me of when my sons were young and I could not tie a proper knot and the tree began to slip off the car so I made them put their hands out the windows in the snow and hold the branches until we got home. No gloves. No one got frost bite but it was close. Holiday memories. 😊
Great Christmas video. The tree and decorations are so ‘you”, which is what everyone’s tree should be. When my first grandchild was born I continued a tradition my mom started. Every year I get each (7) grandchild a Christmas decoration. That way when they get older and start their own adult life there first tree will have meaningful decorations.
How many are like me and cringing at the wrong placement on top of the car? The wind blows down on the branches this way while driving and can cause breakage/stress/sagging. C’est la vie. Still love this channel!
Yes! The wind will blow the boughs apart, not down.
Your channel has been such an inspiration to help get me back outside! As a suburbanite with asthma, it can sometimes be difficult to get myself to take the time to actually exist outside. Thanks for making videos that help remind me how fun and rewarding it can be :) You're always welcome to come try hiking in the southeast US!
Thanks for the vid - I understand the holidays can be difficult for many folks but I hope you can enjoy them particularly in Leavenworth and with your tree. Cheers.
You guys really rocked the dad flannel. Well done. Can't wait for another year of snark, good cheer, and great editing.
I loved the matching pajamas. Thank you for explaining the tree process. I am Jewish. Always thought people just randomly cut trees down for Christmas or bought them. Did not realize there was an actual permit process.
The friends and family we chose are often the ones who make the holidays special. Otherwise, its just another day. Thank you for sharing this lovely moment ☺️🙏
I’ve always appreciated your videos because you are so upbeat and very informative! I look forward to a new year following you! Merry Christmas and happy new year to you and yours
We need some Miranda thru hikes the PCT. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
As someone who struggles with Christmas 🎄 this was wonderful! I'll try and find joy this year!!
When I was a teen, a long long time ago, i worked two summers for the Youth Conservation Corp. One of our jobs was Timber Stand Improvement, TSI ;). TSI is thinning out the forest by taking the smaller trees out to give the trees left behind a greater chance to grow.
I love videos with you and Rainer - you two are fun to watch together
Absolutely joyous and beautiful. There was a scary part though when you carried your tree back to the car and strapped it on backwards. As luck would have it, it appears that none of the beautiful branches snagged off. Very Merry Christmas to you all!
AWWWW Love you guys too!! As another non-Christmas person, this reminded me that we can always choose to find new ways to enjoy this time of year - Thanks y'all for all you do! 💞🎄💞
A most beautiful tree!! 😍🎄 The ornaments were the BEST. Everything together, represented you perfectly. I'm glad you were able to make this a special Christmas. ❤️💚
Merry Christmas to all of you. My wife and I love seeing your videos. All of you do a great job. We used to go out and cut a Christmas tree in the national forest. This video brought back a lot of great memories. That is a Grand Fir tree. They do make great Christmas Trees. Thank you for a great year of videos. I am looking forward to 2025 videos!
Merry Christmas to you all! You should make a pamplet of the rules to finding the right tree 😉
Miranda Goes Outside is ALWAYS special 😊 But I'm totally here for a Christmas special too.
Omg. That intro was soooo damn wholesome! 😭 all of you in pyjamas ❤
Timber profile. Nailed it, Abby! 😂 sadly no one started singing "Oh Symmetry" after you mentioned symmeTREE 🎄
Happy holidays, everyone ❤ can't wait to cheer on all you accomplish in 2025 💚
🥰🥰🥰 so much love for you all!!! And ACK what a missed opportunity for a pun song!! Thank you for all your support and for commenting on our videos 💜
1. Thank you Miranda for explaining why it is a good thing to be cutting down the trees within the national forest. It is healthy for the forrest to have the smaller trees to help forrest fire prevention. You're helping prevent forrest fires and getting a tree out of it. Win/win. 2. Can we talk about how awesome Gingerbread Faculty in Levenworth is? The cookies are amazing.
This was such a sweet video!! I highly recommend getting a Silky Zubat or Silky Sugowaza (full tang, fixed blade, curved hand saw). The Silky folding saws are also great, but the curved blades with the pistol grip handle feels like a natural extension of your arm and it truly makes cutting enjoyable!!
Had never heard of POTS before watching Miranda, but saw a mom wearing a POTS shirt at my grandson's wrestling tournament yesterday. It said "Stand Up SLOWLY for POTS"... made me think of Miranda. Thanks for your content! ❤
Some MGO videos, I watch primarily to learn, and the laughter is just a bonus. This one is unabashedly the opposite, and I love it so much. You have a great team!
Charlie Brown Tree or No Tree! :) I'm not into the holiday's much either and find it a tough time of year. My wife and daughter love it by comparison and are just finishing a 15 day trip through Europe, coming home Christmas day. I'll spend the day with close friends which will be wonderful for sure. I HATE gifts, giving and getting them......happy holidays everyone!
Merry Christmas guys! Thanks for all the great videos.
You guys did great at finding a tree and building some Christmas spirit, or festival of lights, if you prefer. All Northern Hemisphere cultures recognize and celebrate the solstice as an ending to the previous and the start of a period of rebuilding to an awakening renewal in Springtime. Balsam fir is a preferred species for Christmas trees, especially outside the PNW. I'd say cultured Douglas fir (on a farm where they are trimmed for fuller growth every year or so, or Noble fir (farm grown or National Forest wild) are the preferred trees. Merry Christmas to all!
I have always loved all of your videos of you and Rainer and your other friends Miranda, but I have to say. This one I loved even more for so many reasons. The fact that you went outside of your comfort zone and got to pick out the most beautiful tree with your friends and it gave you a very obvious happy, cozy Christmas feeling was just wonderful to see. 😊❤️🎄. Merry Christmas to you and Abby and Rainer and Tucker and your whole crew ! Thank you for being you. 😊❤️. P.S. some of my happiest memories are of my dad and my little sister and I walking our property every year and cutting it down and dragging it home. Thanks for reminding f me of that. ❤️
You living in a town called "Leavenworth", when my military brain associates it with the prison, really makes the sentence "My mom got this ornament for me when she came to visit me in Leavenworth" make my brain do a quick double take before I remember.
HAHAHA oh my gosh, I didn’t even think about that but that’s hilarious.
That was my first thought when she announced it, too!
Merry Christmas Miranda, Abby, Rainer, Tucker & Oscar! You spread so much joy! ❤🎄🎅
I did wonder about cutting down trees. Thanks for explaining!
You guys are hysterical!! Loved this.
Love this! We cut down our first national forest tree (with a permit) this year too. Has so much fun!
Even though you guys secured the tree on top of your rig backwards, it still survived the trip home in good condition. 🌲👍
Fun outing!
Thanks!
I'm so excited for you to come to Canada this summer!
Me too!! I can’t wait!!
Yep. For many years I would go get the tree permit (got a permit in an area that had noble firs)
Then up to the snowy mountain we'd go to find the perfect tree. Then we and the dogs would have a picnic in the snow and hot chocolate. A true PNW Christmas tradition.
Thank you for sharing your new Christmas tradition.🥰
Merry Christmas to you, Rainer, and Abby! All of your videos are informative, but they have an element of fun that many backpacking youtubers tend to omit. This video makes me nostalgic for the live trees my dad used to bring home, with that marvelous evergreen scent! Blessings.
My family has the light fixer elf ornament as well. Its always been a favorite of mine. I hope to participate in permit christmas tree hunt in the next few years. it looks like so much fun. A very Happy Holidays to you all
My wife and I have been exchanging ornaments every Christmas since before we were married. One of ours is the light-repair gnome (21:27). We have colored lights, and the light-repair gnome is always working on a white light, trying to fix its color.
We took our three year old out to chop our own tree in the national forest for the first time this year. Our permit in CA was $10, but well worth the adventure!
Looking forward to those far-from-home adventures! You reminded me of the SE Seattle tradition of getting a $4.99 tree from Chubby and Tubby (RIP), positioning it to hide the bare spots, and watching my cat size it up for tree-climbing fun after we had all gone to bed.
That gnome ornament is amazing!!!
I'm so glad you're able to make some nice Christmas memories. I know it's a complicated holiday for so many people but making it your own and making some of your own traditions can make it a fun thing :)
Love all of you so much! Merry Christmas!
It was great!!!
While I have always done the "fake tree from a box" with my family, I LOVE the idea of going into the woods and picking your own tree. It's awesome that the National Forest allows this, and it's a great way to learn about the life cycle of the forest and that logging, done right, is actually GOOD for the forest!
and finally, MERRY CHRISTMAS MIRANDA, RAINER, ABBY, AND CREW AND PETS!!!!!!!
“Sufficiently aesthetic conical shape!”…”Yeah! Symmetry!” 🤣🥰🌲
Symme-TREE!
Happy Holidays to your whole team. The tree is beautiful. I love Christmas, but the older I get, it does come with more EMOTIONS. Since moving to WA, we've started celebrating yule/solstice as well. We eat preserved foods, light candles, celebrate the return of the light, etc. It brings us lots of joy. Highly recommend. Thank you all!
Merry Christmas, Miranda and team ❤🎄
Omg what a great day! You should definitely make it a tradition plus love the PJ. Thanks for sharing this - it made my day. Hope you enjoy your holiday. Can’t wait to see you in February ❤
Aw yay!! So happy we got to be a part of your day!! See you in February 🥳
Merry Christmas! Thank you all for being a special part of my year.
We love you, too!
Best Christmas special ever. Merry Christmas, Miranda and crew. Enjoy your holiday.
Merry Christmas, Miranda, Rainer, and Abby.
Ich wünsche dir und deinem Team wundervolle Weihnachten 🎄und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr🎇. Ich freue mich auf viele weitere Videos von dir. Sie versüßen mir immer wieder meinen Tag. Bleib wie du bist. 😘
🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 Thank you for bringing the Christmas Spirit! I've been sick since right after Thanksgiving and this really made me happy. Merry Christmas and happy new year! 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 🎄
Hope you feel better soon!
@lskazalski Thank you!
Thank you for taking us along for your Christmas tree hunt!
Really looking forward to your zany antics next year😃Stay well & safe and have a delightful holliday season❤❤
Merry Christmas Miranda, Rainer, Abby, and Tucker!! Thank you for all your videos!! ❤❤❤
Merry Christmas! Great show, fun and informative.
Merry Christmas!! Thank you for bringing joy and the outdoors to us every week!!
Merry Christmas, Miranda, Rainer, and Abby, and Tucker & Oscar!!!!
Miranda, I am so glad that you have Rainer and Abby there to help you get to know and love the Christmas Spirit! May it ever grow and blossom with you all!
Thank you all, for all you do to bring Joy to our lives. You all are wonderful! May God bless and keep you all, and keep you safe and happy! Merry Christmas!!!
With much love,
Russ
Thanks!
happiest of holidays miranda rainer abbey and furry friends! thank you for another fun year of adventures. have the greatest break and see you next year!! *nervous burp
This was a fun episode. I love how, after all this time, Miranda suddenly became self-conscious dancing and being silly.😅
And "Timber Profile"? I laughed out loud.
Merry Christmas to you all.
Merry Christmas Miranda and the team 🎅
Merry Christmas, Miranda. 🎄 🎁
woodcutting permits are also fun, they're cheap, you're not required to take anything, and you can pick only the wood you want.
Want a table? Pretty log downed over the service road? Take a chunk and clear the road while getting awesome wood!
Contrary to popular belief a kiln is not needed to season wood, it helps speed up the sap crystallization process and add some effects of aging, but many at home crafters who don't have a lot of space or equipment simply just take the wood after it's slabbed (you can make small slabs, it's to expose the interior and help the wood sections all "cure" at the same rate to help avoid warping (which still might happen if you've cut them) but since you're a small operation it's pretty easy to find things to put on them while they're "green" to hold them flat while they "age" in your closet. Just open the door every now and then to refresh the air, maybe put a big humidity pack or dehumidifier in there to keep it at the right humidity for the type of wood you got (there are lots of online places that are basically wood characteristic and handling databases).
You don't have to take all the wood at once and they give you several tags usually, here it's like 12 cords per 18 USD permit, and this is the plan when I get a little bandsaw mill rig and start with small pieces, working up to bigger stuff it if ends up supporting itself.
Beautiful! Merry Christmas to you all!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas all, thanks for all the great videos!
Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄
I'm like you, in houston, never been a fan of real trees, but this video makes me want to celebrate more and with friends. Have the happiest of holidays. Thanks
I live in the Okanagan Valley in Canada and it was crazy to hear you say that word!
You’re a joy, Miranda! Found your channel at the end of this year and I found your videos to be so inspirational, educational, and entertaining! My little boys also like watching some of your backpacking trips and it has them interested too! Your tree was beautiful, loved the ornaments and my boys liked seeing your animals. Merry Christmas to you all!
Happy Holidays!
I have fond family memories of doing this as a kid! I was telling my husband the other day about our trips into the mountains to pick out a tree with our permit.
Merry Christmas
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Have wonderfilled New Year.
Enjoy your time off 😎✌️
Merry Christmas yall!! ❤