🎁WHAT I GOT MY KIDS FOR CHRISTMAS 2023! | Affordable gift ideas for boys & girls +STOCKING STUFFERS
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Hey, friends! Today I'm sharing with you what I got my three kids for Christmas this year. I've got my own little method for picking out fun gifts for them that helps me keep it intentional and more on the minimal side! In this video, I'm not only sharing with you holiday gifts that go under the tree but also a few things for stocking stuffers as well as what we put into our "December Box."
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Something They Asked For: 2:10
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Something To Read: 9:11
Something For Their Mind: 11:39
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Stocking Stuffers: 13:21
December Box: 19:20
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I can’t even say how refreshing this haul was. Thank you. You took away so much anxiety from me.
Thank you for the kindest compliment!! I really appreciate it! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and that it added some peace to the process ♥️ God bless!
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@@NatalieBennett god bless you and your family. 🙏
My parents used to buy huge tubs of secondhand "Sio montage" construction toys parts, and then spend hours assembling them while my brother and I were asleep. One year my brother got a parking garage as big as himself, with a moving elevator and cars. My parents later said that they loved to spend those evenings building and figuring out what to make with all the parts. Secondhand toys can bring a lot of joy!
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I think this is so sweet and what a wonderful memory and tradition for your family!
My daughters "big gift" this year is a secondhand wooden dollhouse. I would set it up the night before even if it was new, so the difference would be hardly noticeable. I am very happy that an item like this gets to be re-used at an affordable pricing for me. 🙂 New doesnt come in a package for little ones. New is simply what they didnt own before.
New is what they didn’t own before. ❤ very nice
i love the surprise category because it really shows your kids that you actually listen and pay attention to the things they say.
I don't have kids (yet), but just watched this entire video. I'm also a 90s kids and I feel like our childhoods had a lot in common in terms of the books, movies, and traditions that were part of our family holidays. I love seeing how you share these special memories with your own kids: it is truly inspirational! Thank you for the great video. 💕
I had no idea kids get multiple gifts for Christmas. When I was a kid my parents were kind of forced to be minimalists, since they didn't have a lot of money. Each kid would get one gift and we appreciated the hell out of it. It's nice to see that they can get multiple things, and that you are very thoughtful to not be wasteful.
It’s so nice to give away “second hand” helping the environment and giving the toys a second chance at life!
Yes! About 8 years ago, I was in a season of my life that was very difficult. I shopped second hand for Christmas that year for the first time ever- it helped keep Christmas magical for my children back then when they were small and didn’t know the difference from new and gently used
Thank you for showing that our children don't need a ridiculous amount of gifts for them to know that they are loved. We operate under the "something you want, something you need, something you wear, something you read", guise. And I love it. So do my girls, they don't get overwhelmed and the enjoy each gift. Do you have any advice for trying to navigate extremely giving family members? or how to communicate with them that while we appreciate their generosity, it isn't necessary to gift so much.
I started a December box a couple years ago because of you! My kids LOVE it. I get them each an ornament each year and put them in there...and gingerbread houses (that I buy on clearance the year before also!), advent calendars, Christmas puzzles, mugs, and cocoa bombs.
Love this!!!!
Love this! One year I used an amazon gift bag because I didn't have a box. But this year I'll enjoy filling a box with advent calendars, their mugs, marshmallows for hot chocolate, Christmas story book, and more.
Love the vintage American Girl Doll. I had a few when I was a kid. My daughter has some of the old ones also. The movies and books are all wonderful also. Samantha’s Christmas movies is actually one of my favorite Christmas movies to watch every year. It’s so good
I always recommend people to take their kids to tattoo shops for piercings! They’re clean, professional, and often times more than happy to take it slow with kids. I would just call ahead to make sure the piercer pierces children. Several of my young cousins have had their first piercings at tattoo shops 😊
We took Hailey to a tattoo shop this weekend to get her ears done! It was a wonderful experience, and she loves her new sparklies✨
@@NatalieBennett yay! So happy for her, I’m sure she is so excited!
So glad you’re talking about buying gifts second hand. I’m having to stop working full time this week because of my health. I felt really guilty buying a friend a second hand Christmas plate that I’m hoping to give a homemade sourdough loaf or loaf cake on. I was worried about what they’d think so it was encouraging to see you purchasing used items for your kids.
That sounds like a really lovely gift!
I would love a gift like that, the thought is all that matters❤
I do the same x
My kids are each getting 3 things and I got all of it second hand this year! (Most of it is retro to boot!)
I heard the 4 gift idea 1 something you want 2 something you need 3 something to wear and 4 something to read
You continue to amaze me by how much love you pour into your family. What amazing traditions and memories you have created for your family. You are so inspiring. You have such a deep heart and I am so thankful that you share it with me. You are amazing...blessings! 💟
I love that you got your daughter an American Girl Doll!! I too want to get my daughter the pleasant company dolls for the holidays when she is older. So special that you had her look in the old catalog, love the simple nostalgia and magic of that!🤍
I absolutely love the family Christmas traditions you have created. Sooooo very impressive. My kids are grown but we had our own traditions when they were young. They have carried these traditions into their own families.
Thanks so much for the kind words of affirmation!
My family started the December box last year after I saw yours. This year, my husband had a wooden box built and is painting it Christmas themed. Thank you for such a great tradition!
Great video! So enjoyed it, the kids are getting older but all these nostalgic gifts ( American girls, hardy boys…). Love how your parents gift you childcare for a date night, that is truly what parents want!
Great ideas!! We used to do “something they want, something they need; something to wear and something to read”. Same great concept, really.
For all the Canadians out there, we have Maplelea dolls that are amazing quality. Both my girls had them when they were young and loved the stories from the different provinces.
Our kids are grown but we also gave nice, secondhand gifts to our children. Make no apologies, it's just smart and allows the joy and life of the toys to continue! I really enjoyed this video!
I really love the christmas box idea! Here in Germany we only have the advent calender tradition where you open a little sachet every day. But my child is only 2,5 years old and with a box I will stay way more flexible. And I like the idea that everything is there over the whole christmas season, and not only a few days before, so there is much more time to enjoy the things, and of course I don't have to stop him from wanting to open everything at once. 🤗 Thanks for encouraging to buy second hand items, I've always done it. ❤
I read all the Nancy Drew books and then read my brother’s Hardy Boys. Loved both of them!
I found a wooden play kitchen at a thrift store that benefits shelter animals. It was already assembled and needed just a little clean up. My daughter loves it. Thriftmas is wonderful. For adults you need to give gifts, you might like the Icelandic tradition of books and chocolate. “The book flood” apparently happens this time of year because so much publishing happens in Iceland. It’s encouraged to stay up late reading and enjoying chocolate ❤ This has helped reduce stress for gift giving and you can individualize the chocolate for each person and then do a white elephant with the book, etc.
I just love the vibe you give which is what I finally realize what it was to me: a nostalgic vibe that I personally wish I had with a healthy upbringing as a child but now as an adult want to bring to my children. ❤️
Thank you for sharing your light with us viewers! The God who loves us all is so vibrant in your videos. To me😊 it’s evident as a girl that was raised in a opposite type of upbringing (I’m adopted and was abused and neglected) while now pursuing Christ everyday. Just wanted to share how much I truly appreciate your videos. ❤
Amen, amen, praise the Lord! Agree. Bless you and Natalie too. ❤🎄🙏✨
Had I known about eBay when my boys were growing up, I would have 💯% purchased lightly used toys, just for the sheer fact of how incredibly hard it was to take so many of their toys out of the plastic, they’re child proof and adult proof😂
I am now a full time reseller on eBay, and loving it.
Love your videos Natalie!
Teri from North Plains, OR
I love this! Yes the packaging is soooo frustrating! Ebay all the way x
This is how I found you, several years ago. This is my favorite video, every year!
Minecraft is awesome. My nephew is obsessed with it.
My son grew up with Lego, Nerf, and Minecraft. He's 18 now and still enjoys mibecraft on a much more mature creative and survival mode. My daughter also loved American girl dolls and all the books. She's 22 now. Kids grow up fast, so enjoy those precious moments.
Merry Christmas to your family.❤❤❤❤❤
Great gifts! Love that you do not overflow your kids and also shop second hand. We have done that too and our kids never had a problem with it. This year our son will get a giant box of Lego bricks from my mom, all second hand. He loves Legos, has so many sets but doensn‘t want to take them apart to build new things. So he needs bricks 😅 you often can buy them in lots. Both of our kids will also get „an experience“ meaning they will get something fun they do with their godmother. It gives them one-on-one time and they love it! My daughter will go to a musical ond my son to a kids theater. I as a parent love, that means some beautiful memories and one toy less in the bedroom…
Loved this video. Family, love, connection, food, home. All the right ingredients
Aww everything is so fun! I'm sure your kids will be so excited! My boys will be getting Minecraft gifts this year too! I always enjoy seeing what you got for your kids and can definitely appreciate how intentional you are about each gift. Happy holidays!
Your kids will totally enjoy your choices. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! ❤️
Yes we are also doing December/Christmas box now too because of you! The kids love it!
Amazing! Thank you for sharing!
Love your videos! I have been watching you for years.💕 Happy Thanksgiving!
Great ideas!! How fun to play the Christmas Carol boardgame . The december box idea ❤
🎄❄️💕 Love all 4 categories of how you get presents for your kids. Also such sweet memories and connections to some of those items that you shared. The December Box-what a wonderful tradition for your kids over the years. 🎄❄️
This is one of my favorite videos every year! We love doing the December box and I love your stocking method! This year for gifts I think we are gonna follow: something they want, a surprise, a sibling gift, and experience.
This is one of my favorite videos you make in the year. I love the simplicity ❤.
My daughters pediatrician's office does medical grade ear piercings and that's the route we went for her ❤ She didn't even realize it happened, I couldn't recommend it more! Most people dont realize this is an option so I thought I'd mention it.
Love the stocking stuffer ideas and the thoughful gifts 🤗 Im so excited to set up Christmas for my kids this year! We just moved to Alaska and it actually feels like Christmas!
When I got my ears pierced Years ago (in the 1960s), my mom said I had to get them pierced at the doctor's office. After I got my ears pierced, my mom saw a jewelry place that used the same studs the doctor used and she went there.
I also got ear piercings as a child and it was a terrible decision my parents made for me. They never fully healed. After a pause I (still a child) even got them renewed and then I wore medical earrings for about 10 years. Still got inflammation regularly. Stopped trying wearing earrings a few years ago and hate the scars (although they are less visible now than a few years back). I was firstly pierced as a 5yo, later as a 8yo. I would never have asked for it myself, I think something that permanent should not be done to little kids. You won’t get a tattoo or a nose ring for a 8yo so why ear piercings? I know it is controversial but no damage done if you wait until they are teens and can at least somehow understand that it’ll be permanent.
That’s amazing, thank you for the tip about the pediatrician’s office option. :)
I felt all the nostalgia as you talked about the Elizabeth doll! I got one around 2005 for Christmas and loved to study the history around her era. Happy Thanksgiving!
I absolutely love the December box tradition! I took that from your video last year, but this will be my first year doing it. My girls are still very young, 3 and barely 1, so this felt like the right time to start. So excited to have sweet traditions like this! Love your videos, hope you have a blessed thanksgiving!
I remember one Christmas my sister and I both generously received Elizabeth! Last year had a little girl and I’m very excited for the Christmas I get to pass this special gift on to her!
Thank you for this! So encouraging and much needed for many of us.
My little boy is going to be 15 months this Christmas and I am getting so excited for him to participate in celebrating the reason for the season! Having children really gives so much more joy to an already beautiful time of the year.
Thank you for sharing your traditions and ways you help this season be so special for your children!
I love the Christmas pjs! Saving this for next year.
I always look forward to your Christmas videos each year! Last year I started doing December boxes and will continue again this year😊❤️
We put hygiene products for the year in stockings too (fun shampoo/conditioner/body wash, new loofahs, new toothbrushes and toothpaste, deoderants and hair product etc). My MIL used to do this in our stockings and I always loved that she gave us useful items we will use up.
We do do Elf on the Shelf but I got a discounted kit this year to make my life easier. I usually incorporate Xmas activities that the Elf brings like gingerbread house, make an ornament, lets watch a christmas movie and here is a pack of popcorn and m&m's to eat or it brings a fun chritmas cereal to eat that morning. It just moves around otherwise.
I try to incorporate the Want/Need/Read/Wear as well. This year our kids get echo dot speakers for their rooms to listen to audiobooks, harry potter pajamas, a new pair of snow sneakers, a new lego set each, a boxed book set each and their stockings. They are spoiled by our family so won't want for anything.
I LOVE these videos of yours! You give the most thoughtful gifts and seem to have similar budget and taste to mine. I have never heard of The Giving Manger, how neat!
Thank you for such a wonderful video, Natalie. 🙂🎄You explained your ideas, traditions, and sweet personal touches so beautifully. God bless you and your family. Merry Christmas and Happy 2024! 🎁❤
I love all of your ideas for Christmas gifts, will be putting them in my Christmas shopping for my kids, ❤
Omgoodness! Great ideas! I’m so thankful you did all of this with no technology. Very nice, thoughtful gifts.
Mickey's Christmas Carol is my favorite too! I love watching it on TV when it comes on for the holidays. I had a red View Master growing up. Such awesome presents!!
We started a Christmas box because of you! It’s been a great way to pick a few achievable Christmas activities and have it ready to go at the beginning of December. I found ninja gingerbread cookies at Aldi’s, and Mardel had a ton of Christmas activities for a few dollars to add to the box. And I always add an ornament for each kid for the year!
I started a Christmas box last year after seeing you do it! My kids love it
I will definitely be doing a December box at some point with my kids. I think I’ll probably wait till my oldest is older than 2, but I can also see him being super excited even now! Thanks for another cozy video ❤
You're always so good at choosing gifts that really fit your kids! So much thought and care taken. For books, one year I went to a second hand bookstore -- so many fantastic books, and in excellent condition. I bought my grandson a stack of books for the price of 1 or 2 if they'd been new!
Just a beautiful video thankyou Natalie. Loved all the sentimental touches ❤️
Another wonderful Christmas video
This video felt so warm. Thank you! Great ideas as well ☺️
I love the December box idea!
You are glowing Natalie! Happy holidays!
As someone who doesn't decorate in tiI
ll I see Santa in the Macy's parade, i think The December box is a fantastic idea!Thank you for sharing the items you put inside. It gives us some great ideas.
You put so much thought into your gifts. I love your videos.
I always love this video.
I loved the Hardy Boy's books! They are so fun to read and I still have all of them. I also have all of the Nancy Drew books. They are so fun.
A great video. I hope you and your family have a very special thanksgiving ❤❤❤
Loved your messaging in this video! I don’t have kids but still watched it all and gained so much value. Loved hearing you buying second hand gifts. I thrifted some gifts for three of my friends last weekend, I thought of each of them instantly when seeing the items so I know they will love it even if it’s second hand.
I recently heard a similar gifting method I plan to use with my fiancé. “Something they want, something they need, something to wear, something to read”.
I also always looked forward to the snacks in my stockings 😊
One of the first books I remember reading in full was the American Girl book Meet Samantha. I loved American Girl for so long. I can’t wait for my daughters to be old to enjoy those books too!
Second hand gifts can be some of the favorites. I found a vintage village with all the parts and people/cars and its been a hit for years between all my kids. Especially with Facebook marketplace it's so easy to find what you're looking for. I have lately been posting our good quality used toys on the buy nothing pages and I love being able to help out another family for Christmas.
I loved Felicity books when I was younger, she was my favorite. I even had a blue dress that I wore for Christmas one year that reminded me of Felicity's. I have saved all of my "vintage" lol original American Girl books and I can't wait until my daughter is old enough to enjoy them as well!
Love the PJ'S tfs as always look forward to ur videos Natalie.😘😍
Definitely putting together a December box for my 3 year old daughter and hubby this year!
We pick gifts for her by us each getting something for her that we'd like to give to her, then a gift she might need. Last year it was a fuzzy robe for after bath time, this year it will probably be a set of slippers 👍
I love these videos! I always need help with stockings.
Aww, I love the vintage stuff, and I have given my kids a lot of the same things leftover from my own childhood. I recently read the Felicity series with my daughter. They were my original Pleasant Company books. I also gave her my original Pleasant Company Kirsten doll I got when I was her age in 1993. ❤ I gave her all my original book series as well (Felicity, Addy, Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly).
Our extended family decided to get her all of the historical series over the last couple years for Christmases and birthdays, and she now has the complete historical set. We started with Kaya, and started working through the series in chronological historical order. I have loved this bonding time with her so much...and she's learning history at the same time!
Last Christmas, I also gave her my old View Master which was super nostalgic and fun. It's amazing what we've been able to find at my parents' house! Love that you guys are doing the same thing! ❤
Oh, and for ear piercing, a lot of tattoo places do piercing with a needle, the non-gun way. We found a great little shop that works with kids all the time and we were so pleased! We live generally in your area. Let me know if you are interested, and I can send you an Instagram DM with the name of the place. 😊
I love your christmas gift videos each year!
Happy early thanksgiving Natalie and Weston and your sweet kids
I buy a little here and there all year, I have 6 plus a son in law and daughter in law and a Grandbaby. My kids are 26 to 6..we always do a new ornament and I usually buy those after Christmas. Same with Christmas books and crafts for our Homeschool
I really love all your gift ideas and holiday traditions ❤🎉❤
I thank you! I bought lots of books on ebay for the kiddos, and kiwico boxes! Thanks so much for the tips we have 4 kids and this helped so much
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. 🦃
My OG doll was Addie. Looking back the story was a bit rough for a kid but I loved her so much!
Thank you for this video. So many great ideas! Love your traditions!
Glad you like them!
Nice gifts for your kids. And happy thanksgiving to you and your family from me and my cat in Oslo, Norway
Very inspiring! 🌟 Thank you 🙏
Hardy Boys book are fantastic. When they get a little bit older (and possibly interested in flying) check out the Biggles books.
Natalie, I look forward to this video. I found you through Christmas gift idea video 6 years ago! ❤😮 Love the second hand ideas. I’ve been thrifting cool and unique gifts for my kids and nieces and nephews.
I do a similar ryme with gifts for my grandkids, Something you want, Something you need, Something to wear, and Something to read. It makes things so easy. And they are delighted. They know each gift is special, and something they want. I also give each one a gift card around $10 to something the can get or use on their own. Now, i only have 3 grandchildren,they are all over the age of 13. But, I use a similar theme for my grown children ( I have 2) but, it limits spending, and they get useful gifts.
I hope you have a peaceful and blessed holliday. Happy Thanksgiving.
I just had to comment! I love your 4 categories for gifts! Makes so much sense and it's easy to wrap my mom brain around while keeping it magical for them.
And I had to say I loved Tyr Felicity books growing up and my 1 year old is named Felicity. I've been reading all the books to my 3 older daughters and they have been loving them!
Love this video you do ❤❤❤
I always love these videos! Our girls are similar ages and I've watched for a few years now so I always find it so motivating to see someone not by a whole playroom worth every year!
Sooo excited to watch this ! I have been waiting😊 i started using your methods last year and love it❤ its still a struggle with my 2yo😂. Thank you . This is one of my fav videos each year!☆
I needed this video so bad 😊. I’m in the process of Christmas shopping and you give me so many good ideas. Your kind/genuine energy is what I’m looking forward every time you post a video. Thank you for sharing your thoughts ( I love your chatty videos 🥰) with us. ❤
She is kind and genuine!
My thoughts every time i watch also!!
I told my sister about your Christmas box for her to start her own tradition with her new family. She loved the idea and will be adapting it into how their lives work.
You have such a calming voice. My favorite video of your is always what do you get your kids for Christmas. I love your traditions. I use the December truck box for my son. TFS your ideas. Enjoy your holiday
Thank you so much for the kind comment! I'm glad you enjoyed!
We had ~50/60 Hardy Boys Books growing up and I read them through in like a day! Loooved them that made me so happy to see. My sister and I loved American Girls and we had a few dolls and also my little girls love calico critters and KiwiCo! 😂
My dad has first editions of the first 20 Hardy boy books, I loved them as a kid! I was a Kirsten American girl kid, she was my absolute favorite and I’ve slowly been collecting for my 6 year old twin girls
I always look forward to this video! We’re starting my daughter’s December box this year! You are the only person I know who is still shopping on eBay but you always find such good stuff!!
I got a few of my kids' Christmas gifts from ebay this year 😊
❤️ the pleasant company dolls! I got Samantha for Christmas when I was 9 when the company was new. And had Nellie when from when they retired her but gave her to my daughter when she was young. Best Christmas's ever!
such nice gifts!
Thank you for being a major help
I love this! Would also love to hear what's on your list, and what you got Weston! My husband is hard to buy for 😅 so I could always use ideas 🎄