I hope you enjoyed today's video. Thank you to Typology for sponsoring. By purchasing the gift set with my link us.typology.com/products/minimalist-gift-set/? or spending a minimum of $40, you get a free 10-ingredient body cream (any purchases until December 17th will arrive in time for Christmas). Thank you for watching. I hope you're having a lovely holiday season. Love, Jennifer
Jennifer, I'm glad that you're not inhibited to be child-like and that you enjoy playing with dolls and bears. I love paper dolls and sticker books. It's nice to keep a little childhood in our hearts, isn't it? :)
What a beautiful video! This embodies everything I'm hoping to achieve (and in such simple steps too) this Christmas. Thank you, Jennifer, for being a light for me this year.
I'm 62 yo and i still love dressing barbie dolls with my granddaughters. The carmel apple cinnamon drink is my favorite. Every year i read "Shepherds abiding" by Jan Karon
Jennifer , my mother was a great Agatha Christie fan which she passed on to me ..yes you should follow your dream of mystery writing...alwsys enjoy and appreciate your channel
This video gave me all the Christmas “feels”. Thanks for sharing and reminding us all to enjoy a life well lived. Wrapping on Christmas Eve reminded me of Christmas 2000 when I was pregnant with my 3rd, entrenched in extreme morning (aka all day) sickness and sitting in the floor watching my husband wrap every gift while I instructed which was for whom. Oh, the memories! Merry Christmas! ❤️🎄
Agatha Christie is my go to comfort in Autumn and Winter, especially Poirot, both the books and TV adaptations. In the Spring and Summer I find myself gravitating towards Jane Austen - I don't know why. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas Jennifer.
It is sweet to see your kids a bit since it is such a big part of home life. I never mind seeing or hearing them in your videos. Merry Christmas from Montana.
Greetings from Japan! Thank you for letting me know the tradition of wrapping comes from Japan. I myself didn't know about that! How amazing! I'm a great fan of your books and videos. Although we don't have such custom of preparing for Christmas, I personally enjoy watching your Christmas videos so much.
Hi Jennifer! What a snuggly video!! :) Also, I love the filming techniques!! Gorgeous! Thank you for the cider recipe!! I wish you would bring back the retired Christmas mug!! :) Take care! With love, Kellie
Your holiday videos are all lovely. Thank you for sharing the joy. And congratulations on your being one of Victoria’s writers-in-residence for next year! I can imagine what a thrill that must be for you. Jennifer, have you read “Giovanni’s Light” by Phyllis Theroux? It is a delightful little Christmas-themed novel published in 2002. I picked it up secondhand a few years ago and read it every December. I believe Ms. Theroux was a writer-in-residence for Victoria Magazine some years ago. I think you would enjoy the book. Merry Christmas, and many blessings also to everyone reading this!
I received my January Victoria magazine in the mail yesterday. I very much enjoyed your article about journaling. Well done and congratulations! A favorite Christmas read for me is Jan Karon’s Shepherds Abiding. Thanks.
Dear Jennifer, reading tip: Silent Night by Sophie Hannah. Its a new Hercule Poirot. I was first apprehensive with a new author taking on my beloved Belgium detective, but I think Sophie Hannah did an excellent job. Love to hear your opinion as well.
Lovely Christmas video, Jennifer. I want that mug! It's so cute. Nice to see you having fun with your kids. They are adorable. Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!!
This was a very enjoyable and beautiful Christmas video start to finish....the historical notes on wrapping paper and fudge included. Thanks to you and your beautiful daughters...and the adorable teddies.
I adore the Christmas season so much that I start counting down in July. This video gives me so much joy watching you revel in the fun with your girls and creating sweet memories. I will be making a crockpot of apple cider for my company this weekend and I will add the caramel and whipped cream. What a treat! Okay, who else thought when she said, "Oh fudge" of the movie A Christmas Story?
Read alouds for your kids: Betsy Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace. The books are based on the author's girlhood in Minnesota at the turn of the century.
Jennifer and lovely daughters, thank you for sharing fun and creative Christmas inspiration! My youngest daughter viewed with me and exclaimed, "They are amazing!" Blessings to you!❤
Wonderful video! I need to try the burger and cider recipes. Both look so yummy! Of course you could write a mystery! You could write about a lady who finds a murdered body in her carefully curated wardrobe and all the outfits she wears finding the person who would dare to make such a mess of her closet 😄
I havent seen your daughters pictured in a while....beautiful girls! Those bears are cute Where did you get the nutcrackers? The ballet school my daughter attends puts on a free performance of the Nutcracker every year for the city we live in, so we're obsessed with nutcrackers around here lol
I also enjoy reading cozy mysteries during the Christmas season. A Christmas Party by Georgette Heyer is a favorite of mine. Have you read Christmas at Thomson Hall by Anthony Trollope? This collection of stories depicts the gentry of Victorian England. Last night I read an old favorite again. It’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas. This book is beautifully illustrated and makes delightful bedtime reading. Happy reading and Happy Christmas!! 🎄
I love using brown craft paper for wrapping gifts too. I use red and white twin or the off white color twin to wrap with. I have made taken red felt and cut to look like mittens for tags...Writing the name with fabric paint markers.
Beautiful. I’m planning on using brown craft paper, as well as black paper for gifts this year and letting the ribbon and accessories be the highlight….hopefully not all on Christmas Eve. Been there, done that. 😂
Always so inspiring! I started the plain brown paper wrapping a couple of years ago and your suggestion. I then put beautiful ribbon, greens, bells, and tags to finish them off. My Christmas read is "A Cotswold Christmas Mystery" by Rebecca Tope. Hope you and your family have a blessed Christmas season!
I loved this video so much! The fudge recipe you included looks delightfully easy so I think I'll try it over thr holidays. This year, our church is performing the cantata "The Richest Family in Town" by the Garlocks and the Hamiltons. And one of the major players in it is Grandma's Famous Fudge. 🥰 As I watched your videos this morning, I have my orange slices baking in the oven ready to be turned into christmas ornaments! My husband is enjoying the citrusy scents coming from the kitchen. How long should I let them set to dry when they're done in the oven? Thanks so much, Jennifer! PS. My KitchenAid finally came this week, and I'm looking forward to watching your past christmas videos while I get some baking done later today. 🥰
Hi Cathy, You’ve reminded me of my 29 year old in a Hamilton cantata 26 years ago; the fudge is a great idea to compliment it and it’s my very favorite recipe from my childhood. Merry Christmas, Julie
Hi Jennifer, Thank you for this beautiful, inspirational video; the ideas are fabulous and the music uplifting. Did you get new framed matted pictures for your bathroom? They look great! Maybe I noticed them because I found a similar picture at the resale for our bathroom recently. Julie 🌷
Agatha Christie and Laura Child is one of my favorites.. the burgers look delicious, we call that an aussie burger 🇦🇺, we also add a slice of beetroot 😊😋😋😋❤
Thank you for your videos, Jennifer-- prayers for your family on this particular holiday season. Another Golden Age Christmas mystery you might enjoy-- Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon! I read it last year and it was so enjoyable. May your Christmas be uncomplicated by murder!
Delicious video with jassy soft music ... hitting all of the senses!! tried ordering Victoria magazine (because you are in it for 2024) but it seems they don't mail to Canada :(
Does Starbucks still have this drink?! I want to try! Btw,can someone tell me if Apple cider that comes from the grocery store is not spiced? I always see everyone adding more to it.
Hi Jennifer, you should check out Miranda Mills for reading inspiration! She has an encyclopedic knowledge of books and loves Agatha Christie. She bases her recommendations on the season and it’s all very cozy. She’s English. I think you would love her!
I hope you enjoyed today's video. Thank you to Typology for sponsoring. By purchasing the gift set with my link
us.typology.com/products/minimalist-gift-set/? or spending a minimum of $40, you get a free 10-ingredient body cream (any purchases until December 17th will arrive in time for Christmas). Thank you for watching. I hope you're having a lovely holiday season. Love, Jennifer
Jennifer, I'm glad that you're not inhibited to be child-like and that you enjoy playing with dolls and bears. I love paper dolls and sticker books. It's nice to keep a little childhood in our hearts, isn't it? :)
This video makes me miss Christmas already. It was just beautiful in every way! ❤
What a beautiful video! This embodies everything I'm hoping to achieve (and in such simple steps too) this Christmas. Thank you, Jennifer, for being a light for me this year.
Lovely video Jennifer! Your daughter in the middle with the bears is exactly your copy!
I recall discovering Tasha Tudor's wonderful garden and dolls through Victoria magazine in the early 90's.
I also love the elegant atmosphere in thr novels of AC. I bought one today at a found riser sale today
I'm 62 yo and i still love dressing barbie dolls with my granddaughters. The carmel apple cinnamon drink is my favorite. Every year i read "Shepherds abiding" by Jan Karon
Jennifer , my mother was a great Agatha Christie fan which she passed on to me ..yes you should follow your dream of mystery writing...alwsys enjoy and appreciate your channel
Jennifer, you never cease to amaze me with how you make e everything beautiful. It is also good to know I am not the only one who re-reads books.
What a lovely mom you are :)
This video gave me all the Christmas “feels”. Thanks for sharing and reminding us all to enjoy a life well lived. Wrapping on Christmas Eve reminded me of Christmas 2000 when I was pregnant with my 3rd, entrenched in extreme morning (aka all day) sickness and sitting in the floor watching my husband wrap every gift while I instructed which was for whom. Oh, the memories! Merry Christmas! ❤️🎄
Just recieved my Victoria magazine...wonder of wonders my you tube favorite has become the resident author for 2024!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤
Thank you!! ♥
Agatha Christie is my go to comfort in Autumn and Winter, especially Poirot, both the books and TV adaptations. In the Spring and Summer I find myself gravitating towards Jane Austen - I don't know why. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas Jennifer.
It is sweet to see your kids a bit since it is such a big part of home life. I never mind seeing or hearing them in your videos. Merry Christmas from Montana.
Greetings from Japan! Thank you for letting me know the tradition of wrapping comes from Japan. I myself didn't know about that! How amazing! I'm a great fan of your books and videos. Although we don't have such custom of preparing for Christmas, I personally enjoy watching your Christmas videos so much.
Hi Jennifer! What a snuggly video!! :) Also, I love the filming techniques!! Gorgeous! Thank you for the cider recipe!! I wish you would bring back the retired Christmas mug!! :) Take care! With love, Kellie
Your holiday videos are all lovely. Thank you for sharing the joy. And congratulations on your being one of Victoria’s writers-in-residence for next year! I can imagine what a thrill that must be for you. Jennifer, have you read “Giovanni’s Light” by Phyllis Theroux? It is a delightful little Christmas-themed novel published in 2002. I picked it up secondhand a few years ago and read it every December. I believe Ms. Theroux was a writer-in-residence for Victoria Magazine some years ago. I think you would enjoy the book. Merry Christmas, and many blessings also to everyone reading this!
I received my January Victoria magazine in the mail yesterday. I very much enjoyed your article about journaling. Well done and congratulations! A favorite Christmas read for me is Jan Karon’s Shepherds Abiding. Thanks.
Congratulations on Victoria magazine - How wonderful! Happy Christmas from England! xx
Dear Jennifer, reading tip: Silent Night by Sophie Hannah. Its a new Hercule Poirot. I was first apprehensive with a new author taking on my beloved Belgium detective, but I think Sophie Hannah did an excellent job. Love to hear your opinion as well.
Thank you, that sounds very interesting!
Lovely Christmas video, Jennifer. I want that mug! It's so cute. Nice to see you having fun with your kids. They are adorable. Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!!
Island burgers are inventive! Creative! Sound delicious!
This was a very enjoyable and beautiful Christmas video start to finish....the historical notes on wrapping paper and fudge included. Thanks to you and your beautiful daughters...and the adorable teddies.
Oh, I feel the exact same way about "cosy murder mysteries!"
Always enjoy spending time and playing with your children❤
I definitely do!
I adore the Christmas season so much that I start counting down in July. This video gives me so much joy watching you revel in the fun with your girls and creating sweet memories. I will be making a crockpot of apple cider for my company this weekend and I will add the caramel and whipped cream. What a treat!
Okay, who else thought when she said, "Oh fudge" of the movie A Christmas Story?
Yes! I laughed out loud as I pictured Ralphie's "Oh, Fudge!" in slow motion!
That’s what I thought too 😂
What a wonderful pre-Christmas atmoshere! ❤❤
Read alouds for your kids: Betsy Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace. The books are based on the author's girlhood in Minnesota at the turn of the century.
I always loved the Carmel apple cider too! That was my favorite drink at Starbucks.
Do they still have this drink!? I can only drink so much hot chocolate lol 🤣
Cheers to us all having a Christmas uncomplicated by murder!🥂🥂🤣
It’s the little things! 😆
@@TheDailyConnoisseur😂
Hello Jennifer! Thanks so much for sharing such a lovely video. I enjoyed it so much!❤❤❤
Those bears are too cute!! Lima Bean (my childhood bear) and I say hello!!😊
I love the name Lima Bean!
@@TheDailyConnoisseur His nose is shaped just like one. I was a literal child. We also had a pet Budgie that I named “Budgie” .😭🤣
My much-loved stuffed koala bear was named "Koala." Great minds! @@elizabethanne8729
Oh！Thank you so much
Jennifer and lovely daughters, thank you for sharing fun and creative Christmas inspiration! My youngest daughter viewed with me and exclaimed, "They are amazing!" Blessings to you!❤
LOVE your atmospheric Christmas videos!!
I just finished Hercule’s Christmas! I know just what you mean about a mystery bringing joy ha ha. And I will be trying your fudge recipe. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing the special time with your daughters ❤
Absolutely magnificent 🎄❤️🎁
Wonderful video! I need to try the burger and cider recipes. Both look so yummy! Of course you could write a mystery! You could write about a lady who finds a murdered body in her carefully curated wardrobe and all the outfits she wears finding the person who would dare to make such a mess of her closet 😄
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I havent seen your daughters pictured in a while....beautiful girls!
Those bears are cute
Where did you get the nutcrackers? The ballet school my daughter attends puts on a free performance of the Nutcracker every year for the city we live in, so we're obsessed with nutcrackers around here lol
Thank you! The large nutcrackers were from Michael's.
Thank you for the inspiration✨
I also enjoy reading cozy mysteries during the Christmas season.
A Christmas Party by Georgette Heyer is a favorite of mine. Have you read Christmas at Thomson Hall by Anthony Trollope? This collection of stories depicts the gentry of Victorian England. Last night I read an old favorite again. It’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas. This book is beautifully illustrated and makes delightful bedtime reading. Happy reading and Happy Christmas!! 🎄
I love using brown craft paper for wrapping gifts too. I use red and white twin or the off white color twin to wrap with. I have made taken red felt and cut to look like mittens for tags...Writing the name with fabric paint markers.
Beautiful. I’m planning on using brown craft paper, as well as black paper for gifts this year and letting the ribbon and accessories be the highlight….hopefully not all on Christmas Eve. Been there, done that. 😂
Have you read Dorothy Sayers' detective books? I love them so much!
Lovely, thank you Jennifer
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Fun and informative video, thanks❣️🎄
Always so inspiring! I started the plain brown paper wrapping a couple of years ago and your suggestion. I then put beautiful ribbon, greens, bells, and tags to finish them off. My Christmas read is "A Cotswold Christmas Mystery" by Rebecca Tope. Hope you and your family have a blessed Christmas season!
I loved this video so much!
The fudge recipe you included looks delightfully easy so I think I'll try it over thr holidays. This year, our church is performing the cantata "The Richest Family in Town" by the Garlocks and the Hamiltons. And one of the major players in it is Grandma's Famous Fudge. 🥰
As I watched your videos this morning, I have my orange slices baking in the oven ready to be turned into christmas ornaments! My husband is enjoying the citrusy scents coming from the kitchen. How long should I let them set to dry when they're done in the oven?
Thanks so much, Jennifer!
PS. My KitchenAid finally came this week, and I'm looking forward to watching your past christmas videos while I get some baking done later today. 🥰
Hi Cathy, You’ve reminded me of my 29 year old in a Hamilton cantata 26 years ago; the fudge is a great idea to compliment it and it’s my very favorite recipe from my childhood. Merry Christmas, Julie
Wonderful. Enjoy!
I LOVE the Poirot quote and wish the sentiment for all.
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Hi Jennifer, Thank you for this beautiful, inspirational video; the ideas are fabulous and the music uplifting.
Did you get new framed matted pictures for your bathroom? They look great! Maybe I noticed them because I found a similar picture at the resale for our bathroom recently.
Julie 🌷
Those images are from my merch shop.They were designed for us. Of Paris!
Beautiful video! Wish it were longer! Thank you for sharing your girls with us 🥰
Yes. No Christmas complicated by murder would be nice! lol 🎄
Agatha Christie and Laura Child is one of my favorites.. the burgers look delicious, we call that an aussie burger 🇦🇺, we also add a slice of beetroot 😊😋😋😋❤
Thank you for your videos, Jennifer-- prayers for your family on this particular holiday season.
Another Golden Age Christmas mystery you might enjoy-- Mystery in White by J. Jefferson Farjeon! I read it last year and it was so enjoyable.
May your Christmas be uncomplicated by murder!
Delicious video with jassy soft music ... hitting all of the senses!! tried ordering Victoria magazine (because you are in it for 2024) but it seems they don't mail to Canada :(
The library in Peachland BC carries it, lucky me, I still buy the occasional one though
They have an app where you can download a digital version. Maybe you could try that?
Where can I purchase the red Christmas mug? It is very cute!
LOL on the Christmas quote :D and no, it's not too late for you to write a mystery.
Does Starbucks still have this drink?! I want to try!
Btw,can someone tell me if Apple cider that comes from the grocery store is not spiced? I always see everyone adding more to it.
If youve seen the japanese style wrapping with fabric, youd call that art too! Not just the victorian version
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Hi Jennifer, you should check out Miranda Mills for reading inspiration! She has an encyclopedic knowledge of books and loves Agatha Christie. She bases her recommendations on the season and it’s all very cozy. She’s English. I think you would love her!
I agree and also some great recommendations for children.
@@MtHa-yu2sfdefinitely - of all ages!
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