I truly love your message and believe in it wholeheartedly. I am so sick of the commercialism and consumerism that has stolen our peace away from the holidays and from being present and loving. Thank you for these videos I am enjoying each and every one. Peace.
Re-watching all your video's that I have seen before...because I miss you so much since you aren't on youtube anymore :( I miss your soothing voice, great advice, beautiful landscapes, your homey way about you...all the interesting traditions you tell us about...You are to me seriously a breath of fresh air to these hard times we have these days with everything going on in everyone's lives. I hope you are well and worry about you...I feel like you are a friend to me just from all your conversations on youtube...Thanks so much for sharing your life for so long...Hope you come back someday. Sharon
Your videos are so visually beautiful, thank you. I have dropped out of Xmas for almost the last decade because of the commercialism and stress. Your list was the truth, it should be about love, sharing and caring about each other rather than being perfect and ruining our health. Your advent videos have inspired me to get in the Xmas spirit. I am going to put on some beautiful music and bake cookies for my husband, children and grandchildren. Blessings to you, Carla.
I love your Advent series and your channel so much. The content, the production values, your values 🥰 - everything is perfect. I hope you’re well. Greetings from the mountains of North Carolina, USA.
You are now my little ghost of Christmas present reminding me to work on letting go of my addiction of filling every second with something „to do“ and instead to just be. I must say that these ideas, which are not totally new to someone interested in and aware of the importance of mindfulness, get a whole new inspiring meaning presented the way you are presenting them. Switching your little video on becomes in itself a moment of mindfulness.
I’ve loved every one of your videos except this one! This is absolutely the very best one. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and open spirit. God jul I bow to your greatness! Love, light and blessings Pam from Texas (no snow here. 🙁)❤️🙏🏻🙌🏻🥰🤗✨😊🌟💫❄️
I love this so much! I’ve been watching your playlist to help me connect with my Swedish roots and find meaningful Christmas ideas and inspiration but instead I found a treasure of peace!! Tak!
Quite lovely especially the idea of exchanging Christmas memories! Thank You. Love the simplicity and the natural ornaments you shared in these Advent videos. Such a beautiful way to celebrate Christ's birth.
I am watching this on Dec. 5th 2019 with great enjoyment. I hope your beautiful channel grows, because your message needs to reach as many people as possible! I feel a sense of peace and beauty when I watch your videos. What is the Swedish word for hygge, I wonder? Merry Christmas!
I have such a disfunctional hateful family that watching other people enjoying Christmas time and their families is enough to make me happy. Happy Christmas
I am sorry, I don't know if I should laugh or become sad, but you wrote it which such a blunt honesty that it sort of becomes a little bit funny. No intentions of being disrespectful on my end. I hope you'll find "another family" someday, maybe from friendship or love, that will give you a warm, happy and loving atmosphere to celebrate Christmas in (If that is what you want of course). Until then I am happy if I can make you happier by sharing our Christmas. Much love!
all things green all things green Thanks! I do have love and friendship in my life, just not within my family (my parents, grandparents, etc). So because Christmas is so focused on the family that's a bit of an alien experience. I never though it as funny but I suppose it's like how a very nasty family in a Dickens novel seems like a caricature and in a cynnical way it could be amusing. My comment meant just to say that other people's happiness is contagious and that is amazing. Happy holidays!!
My 3 grown children and I don’t celebrate Christmas anymore. At least not on one day, there are no presents, no big meal, no obligations. We just get out in nature or get together for a few lunches or dinners. We do mostly what you do...thank you for you insights.
Thank you for all your great tips and inspiration. I've always disliked the cold winters but you are changing my thoughts on that. My daughter and I had a hot chocolate in the snow this week with our dog. This will now be a cherished memory in our family! Thanks for the tip! God Bless & God jul! -from Pennsylvania
I just discovered you today and just absolutely love you and your channel! You are precious - thank you for spreading your love and light to the world! xo from Canada!
I love your channel very much. It’s very unique and you keep remind us about positive mind. They way you presented it, it’s very soft and comfort, not like others nowadays.
Lovely video. So nice to see the same traditions that we Pagans celebrate instead of the either consumeristic frenzy or the Jewish dudes birthday in Christmas. We deck our halls, bring oak and holly inside, bring in a live tree, make wreaths and enjoy the harvest with family and pets. Have a wonderful Yule this year.
A beautiful Christmas greeting of kindness and love to others that 7 people saw fit to give it a thumbs down. Really? ??Is this the reason the world is upside down I wonder ? Good tidings to all this Christmas. Be gentle to yourselves AND others. Hugs from New York . 🌲
Ordered some Swedish angel chimes, since the ones I had were no longer complete :). For us, it’s celebrating CHRISTmas, remembering the birth of Jesus Christ our Saviour. This is still at the centre of our celebrations down here in New Zealand. We immigrated from Switzerland, so we also celebrate on Christmas Eve like you! Such beautiful videos and good advice, Maria! Advent 2019 is not far away, so let’s all enjoy this season!
I arrange Christmas in November and enjoy a peaceful December to focus on enjoying everyday with the simple things of life. Never wait till the last second. That is my tip: do what is needed in November so you enjoy December.
Thank you so much! This is the most important to do list I've ever written! It has already made a difference in my thinking about the holidays and reminded me of what's important. YOU are making a beautiful difference in this world we live in...I think your amazing, thank you💞
Thank you for another nice video Maria, it was nice to also see hubby in one of your videos again. I wish both of you happiness in health and in love from Canandaigua New York
Thank you so much Andrew, I am so happy you liked it! And yes, I "forced" him to engage. NO, just kidding, he was happy to do it. And we wish you the same back!
I am swedish on my mother's side god jule to you I made the orange with cloves used to do that when my mom was alive trying to keep some swedish traditions alive how about rice pudding from scratch takes a long time but so good
Hello Maria! Such nice advice, loved that episode, I think you're right, we should all take some time for all these things, nothing to do about Xmas but I started yoga again, at home, with YT video, had tried 10 years ago but it was for me at that time, I started again 2 weeks ago and now I need my 30 min session every night before going to bed, just do nothing, think about not one of my so many problems right now and do good to my body and mind. Will copy your list for sure :)
Thanks Maeva, I am so glad you liked this episode! And yes to the Yoga! It is such a wonderful tool to create healthy habits and mindfulness for yourself. I am happy your found your way back to yoga!
This holiday was originally Yule and had nothing to do with Jesus...who was born in May per historians. But you are welcome to keep the holiday as you please as am I, as we all are.
It was a feast long long long before Christ. The celebration of the midwinter and the coming of the light. That is the feast my family ( we live in Holland) celebrates. You really think all the millions of people before Christ were doomed ??? The Romans forced their religion on the populations of Northern Europe. I personally keep a far distance of religions ( to me it is male arrogance and dominance , mass hysteria, anxiousness, self hypnosis and compulsive disorder) but ALL with Nature.
The mugs with the handles are made from wood and reindeer antler handles. I bought some when I was in Finland a few years ago. I love drinking from them, takes me back to my Nordic roots. Happy Christmas 😊
This is a lovely, inspiring video. You actually put into words how I would like Christmas time to be. Thank you so very much Maria. If you could post the recipe to that yummy looking SAFFRON ALMOND APPLE CAKE, my Christmas will be complete. :-)
Thank you, that is so sweet of you! It's originally a dress that I made to a skirt, and it's old so it's no where to be found at this moment. It's like 4-5 years old or somehing like that. xo
@@NorthernHeart Very well done! And great idea! Sorry, i did not watch the whole video and noticed later your comment on the beautiful skirt ;) Regards from Holland!
Christmas is so much more enjoyable since we stopped doing presents 5 years ago. Instead we focus on gathering and doing Christmas related activities as a family. We only buy presents for the little ones.
well, I will be again alone for Xmas, is not even possible to find some voluntary work to do... Xmas make you feel more alone and poor.... was not even good when I was a child...
Wish you well !! I have my little dogs as good company and for the hugs ;)) Most of the time around Christmas and New Years Eve I am alone too, but with some candles and pine branches you can make it cosy for yourself. .......... O, ik geloof dat je Nederlandse bent zoals ik, haha! Hoop dat je toch een fijne Kerst zult hebben!
Yes we must keep alive the true meaning of Christmas. Spread good will not silly consumerism. Merry Christmas to all and good health.
We sure need to shift or focus to the true meaning of Christmas, I totally agree :) God Jul and Merry Christmas!
I truly love your message and believe in it wholeheartedly. I am so sick of the commercialism and consumerism that has stolen our peace away from the holidays and from being present and loving. Thank you for these videos I am enjoying each and every one. Peace.
What an honest and true heartfelt message. Thank you! It brought tears to my eyes. 😭❤👍🎄
Re-watching all your video's that I have seen before...because I miss you so much since you aren't on youtube anymore :( I miss your soothing voice, great advice, beautiful landscapes, your homey way about you...all the interesting traditions you tell us about...You are to me seriously a breath of fresh air to these hard times we have these days with everything going on in everyone's lives. I hope you are well and worry about you...I feel like you are a friend to me just from all your conversations on youtube...Thanks so much for sharing your life for so long...Hope you come back someday. Sharon
Your videos are so visually beautiful, thank you. I have dropped out of Xmas for almost the last decade because of the commercialism and stress. Your list was the truth, it should be about love, sharing and caring about each other rather than being perfect and ruining our health. Your advent videos have inspired me to get in the Xmas spirit. I am going to put on some beautiful music and bake cookies for my husband, children and grandchildren. Blessings to you, Carla.
Candle shine;
World recline;
Love divine;
December rhyme.
I love your Advent series and your channel so much. The content, the production values, your values 🥰 - everything is perfect. I hope you’re well. Greetings from the mountains of North Carolina, USA.
The very best Christmas memories for me are the quiet and peaceful times being with my loved ones just enjoying being close.
You are now my little ghost of Christmas present reminding me to work on letting go of my addiction of filling every second with something „to do“ and instead to just be. I must say that these ideas, which are not totally new to someone interested in and aware of the importance of mindfulness, get a whole new inspiring meaning presented the way you are presenting them. Switching your little video on becomes in itself a moment of mindfulness.
Oh wow, that makes me so so happy Enid! Thank you for sharing your kind words with me!
What a lovely lady. Kind, calming, and natural ❤
I’ve loved every one of your videos except this one! This is absolutely the very best one. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and open spirit. God jul I bow to your greatness! Love, light and blessings Pam from Texas (no snow here. 🙁)❤️🙏🏻🙌🏻🥰🤗✨😊🌟💫❄️
I love this so much! I’ve been watching your playlist to help me connect with my Swedish roots and find meaningful Christmas ideas and inspiration but instead I found a treasure of peace!! Tak!
Quite lovely especially the idea of exchanging Christmas memories! Thank You. Love the simplicity and the natural ornaments you shared in these Advent videos. Such a beautiful way to celebrate Christ's birth.
You have brought peace to my heart and mind
Thank you for bringing
me to the reason for our celebration
Please continue what you’re doing
Lovely.....lovely.....lovely. Wise words to live by, thank you !!
I couldn’t wait until December to watch this series of truly heart warming videos. Thank you so very much.
Aww, that is so lovely, makes me really happy! Although not really prepared for Christmas just yet myself, but soon ;)
20 seconds? That's a Panamanian hug! Wow!
Even your handwriting is adorable!!!
A very wise young woman!!!!!!! Wishing you a very Blessed Christmas
Even your props are absolutely gorgeous!
I am watching this on Dec. 5th 2019 with great enjoyment. I hope your beautiful channel grows, because your message needs to reach as many people as possible! I feel a sense of peace and beauty when I watch your videos. What is the Swedish word for hygge, I wonder? Merry Christmas!
I’m watching this in October and your advice still applies. Thank you!
These are amazing to watch,and definitely makes you think,Love them.😀
Love the star on your wall behind you!!
I have such a disfunctional hateful family that watching other people enjoying Christmas time and their families is enough to make me happy. Happy Christmas
I am sorry, I don't know if I should laugh or become sad, but you wrote it which such a blunt honesty that it sort of becomes a little bit funny. No intentions of being disrespectful on my end. I hope you'll find "another family" someday, maybe from friendship or love, that will give you a warm, happy and loving atmosphere to celebrate Christmas in (If that is what you want of course). Until then I am happy if I can make you happier by sharing our Christmas. Much love!
all things green all things green Thanks! I do have love and friendship in my life, just not within my family (my parents, grandparents, etc). So because Christmas is so focused on the family that's a bit of an alien experience. I never though it as funny but I suppose it's like how a very nasty family in a Dickens novel seems like a caricature and in a cynnical way it could be amusing. My comment meant just to say that other people's happiness is contagious and that is amazing. Happy holidays!!
My 3 grown children and I don’t celebrate Christmas anymore. At least not on one day, there are no presents, no big meal, no obligations. We just get out in nature or get together for a few lunches or dinners. We do mostly what you do...thank you for you insights.
I want to think I heard your cat purr near the microphone around the 1:22 mark, lol. Thank you for bringing some Zen to the season.
1.32 most def...!
I enjoy this channel so much! Merry Christmas 2019!
Thank you for reminding us to take a moment for our selves
Thank you for all your great tips and inspiration. I've always disliked the cold winters but you are changing my thoughts on that. My daughter and I had a hot chocolate in the snow this week with our dog. This will now be a cherished memory in our family! Thanks for the tip! God Bless & God jul! -from Pennsylvania
This made me glow inside, thank you Maria!
Thank you so much for that wonderful comment, I am so happy I could somehow "give that" to you through my little video
You are speaking straight to my heart ♥️
I feel better after watching this video.
I like your videos! They make my heart smile! Happy Holidays!
I just discovered you today and just absolutely love you and your channel! You are precious - thank you for spreading your love and light to the world! xo from Canada!
Love this, feeling so calm when I have watched. Thank you !
That makes me so happy, thank you for sharing!
I would love it if you would share your ginger bread cookie recipe.
I love your channel very much. It’s very unique and you keep remind us about positive mind. They way you presented it, it’s very soft and comfort, not like others nowadays.
Lovely video. So nice to see the same traditions that we Pagans celebrate instead of the either consumeristic frenzy or the Jewish dudes birthday in Christmas. We deck our halls, bring oak and holly inside, bring in a live tree, make wreaths and enjoy the harvest with family and pets. Have a wonderful Yule this year.
Maravilloso.....!!!!! Wow lo he vivenciado con mucha consciencia plena....!!!! mil gracias y a seguir disfrutando de la magia de la Navidad.....!!
I am not really sure what you re saying since I do not understand Spanish, but I think you say something about a magical Christmas. Thank you :)
A beautiful Christmas greeting of kindness and love to others that 7 people saw fit to give it a thumbs down. Really? ??Is this the reason the world is upside down I wonder ? Good tidings to all this Christmas. Be gentle to yourselves AND others. Hugs from New York . 🌲
Yes, thank you for your beautiful videos! .... and that the spirit of Christmas flood your holidays with many blessings .... Thanks!
Thanks hun, I am so happy you liked it!
Wonderful reminders of how to enjoy Christmas. Thank you!
Thanks you, that makes me so happy!
The mug is so so gorgeous ❤️
Let go of perfection !! So difficult but you are so right !
Bless, I so appreciate your wise advice. Have a wonderful Christmas. ♥️🙏🏽🕯
Ordered some Swedish angel chimes, since the ones I had were no longer complete :). For us, it’s celebrating CHRISTmas, remembering the birth of Jesus Christ our Saviour. This is still at the centre of our celebrations down here in New Zealand. We immigrated from Switzerland, so we also celebrate on Christmas Eve like you! Such beautiful videos and good advice, Maria! Advent 2019 is not far away, so let’s all enjoy this season!
Your Swedish calendar is simply divine.Thank you for sharing it with us.x
I arrange Christmas in November and enjoy a peaceful December to focus on enjoying everyday with the simple things of life. Never wait till the last second. That is my tip: do what is needed in November so you enjoy December.
How much I love your videos. It's my wish to meet you in person whenever i come to sweden. Lots of love and smiles.
Thank you so much! This is the most important to do list I've ever written! It has already made a difference in my thinking about the holidays and reminded me of what's important. YOU are making a beautiful difference in this world we live in...I think your amazing, thank you💞
Thank you so much Nora, this makes me so happy you have no idea. Thank you for sharing with me, it really warms my heart!
Thank you for this beautiful, centering message. God jul to you and your family!
Merry Christmas from CANADA.
I like your Christmas traditions series, especially the SANTA history. 🎄🎄🎄☃️☃️☃️♥️♥️♥️
Just scribed to your channel . Very enjoyable and peaceful, alone with good common sense. Thank you !
Thank you for another nice video Maria, it was nice to also see hubby in one of your videos again. I wish both of you happiness in health and in love from Canandaigua New York
Thank you so much Andrew, I am so happy you liked it! And yes, I "forced" him to engage. NO, just kidding, he was happy to do it. And we wish you the same back!
no idea now you film these vlogs, magical, the lens flares, angles, i ador
Love this! Thank you so much for your inspiration. Do you have a recipe to share for the saffron almond apple cake?
Great ideas! We've been working on those for years, but can always do more
Thank you for sharing your video.
When we see a red house , we get a feeling of peace .
I am swedish on my mother's side god jule to you I made the orange with cloves used to do that when my mom was alive trying to keep some swedish traditions alive how about rice pudding from scratch takes a long time but so good
Such lovely content 🎄
Beautiful philosophy and aesthetic.... thank you x
Thank you so much, Maria! You're creating an amazing atmosphere! I'm waiting for snow! And then I'll just jump right into it:))
Thank you Irene, it really warms my heart to heart that!
Thank you for spreading this wonderfully mindful Christmas cheer. Your videos kind of feel like a long warm hug :)
Thank you for those kind words, they mean so much to me!
I thoroughly appreciate and enjoy this channel. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 🎅🏼 ☃️ 🌟❄️ 🛷 🎿 ☕️
Trevlig inblick..tack.
Tack snälla!
Love you channel! You are so good for the soul. ♥️🙏
Absolutely wonderful!!! Thank you so very much for these few minutes of calm and wisdom:)
Thank you so much for your kind words, they mean so much to me
Thanks for doing this. I look forward to it at the end of the day.
Thank you lovely, that makes me so happy!
Hello Maria!
Such nice advice, loved that episode, I think you're right, we should all take some time for all these things, nothing to do about Xmas but I started yoga again, at home, with YT video, had tried 10 years ago but it was for me at that time, I started again 2 weeks ago and now I need my 30 min session every night before going to bed, just do nothing, think about not one of my so many problems right now and do good to my body and mind.
Will copy your list for sure :)
Thanks Maeva, I am so glad you liked this episode! And yes to the Yoga! It is such a wonderful tool to create healthy habits and mindfulness for yourself. I am happy your found your way back to yoga!
Absolutely!!!!Love this!!!!!
I love all of these!
Beautiful
The center of Christmas is Jesus!
Yes people seem to forget about Jesus
He is the reason for the season
This holiday was originally Yule and had nothing to do with Jesus...who was born in May per historians. But you are welcome to keep the holiday as you please as am I, as we all are.
It was a feast long long long before Christ. The celebration of the midwinter and the coming of the light.
That is the feast my family ( we live in Holland) celebrates.
You really think all the millions of people before Christ were doomed ???
The Romans forced their religion on the populations of Northern Europe.
I personally keep a far distance of religions ( to me it is male arrogance and dominance , mass hysteria, anxiousness, self hypnosis and compulsive disorder) but ALL with Nature.
Your saffron apple cake looked delicious! I love your videos!
You and I are kindred spirits. ♥️♥️
You just made my day. Thank you. 💕
I LOVE this!!
Stuck in traffic right and I am dreaming of being in your lovely town.
Hi! I love that mug with the cocoa ---- could you please tell me where to find it? Thank you :)
I love your channel!
The mugs with the handles are made from wood and reindeer antler handles. I bought some when I was in Finland a few years ago. I love drinking from them, takes me back to my Nordic roots. Happy Christmas 😊
@@madhattersoriginal6258 Thank you. I will look at the video once more --- the mugs I am referring to look like they are made from clay?
Apologies, I got the wrong mug. The one I refer to is in the forest. Yes indeed, clay mug later in video 😊
@@madhattersoriginal6258 no worries! Merry Christmas!
Ahhhh!!! Beautiful as always!!!
Diosssss!!!! Lo que hablassss!!!!
You are only showing perfection.....congrats with that! .....but it is rather frustrating for average persons like me.
Thamks darling
Words to live your. I know my spelling is probably wrong but, take scuda hale.
That cake looks yummy M.
You're a wonderful creature
This is a lovely, inspiring video. You actually put into words how I would like Christmas time to be. Thank you so very much Maria. If you could post the recipe to that yummy looking SAFFRON ALMOND APPLE CAKE, my Christmas will be complete. :-)
You have a sweet heart. I bet you are one too :)
Where did you buy the mug with the White edge???!! Please i look for that for 4 years no joke!
Please WHERE did you buy that lovely skirt????? ;)) It fits you so well and combined with the burgundy top.
Thank you, that is so sweet of you! It's originally a dress that I made to a skirt, and it's old so it's no where to be found at this moment. It's like 4-5 years old or somehing like that. xo
@@NorthernHeart Very well done! And great idea! Sorry, i did not watch the whole video and noticed later your comment on the beautiful skirt ;) Regards from Holland!
Christmas is so much more enjoyable since we stopped doing presents 5 years ago. Instead we focus on gathering and doing Christmas related activities as a family. We only buy presents for the little ones.
I was the 2000th like!
Hej! Jättemysig julkalender (som jag uppenbarligen tittar på i september..) Jag undrar var dina superfina jul"kulor" (djuren) kommer ifrån? Kramar!
🌺😊💕
What kind of cake was it that you were cutting ?
dare to be childish : )
yes, I often press: play all, and listen to all videos like to music playlist
well, I will be again alone for Xmas, is not even possible to find some voluntary work to do... Xmas make you feel more alone and poor.... was not even good when I was a child...
Wish you well !! I have my little dogs as good company and for the hugs ;)) Most of the time around Christmas and New Years Eve I am alone too, but with some candles and pine branches you can make it cosy for yourself.
.......... O, ik geloof dat je Nederlandse bent zoals ik, haha! Hoop dat je toch een fijne Kerst zult hebben!
@@prrr446 ik ben Italiaanse maar ik woon in NL. Tja... fijne Kerstaden
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