I live in a huge city (Colorado Springs Co) I grew up in Eastern NC. I miss my family (all passed now). You guys are the best family ever! Beautiful voices singing about our Lord, cookies made with love from generations on down. A cabin in the woods and the simple life. With tears in my eyes, and a longing for home in my heart, I am grateful for the blessings you and your family bring in video format. Love you to pieces. Glad you had a good Christmas. I wish you many many blessings for the new year. Thanks for sharing your life!!!💟

Katie is so cute when she's sneaking a bite

Tipper, you have instilled the best values in the girls and how much they love and appreciate you being their mom, emanates in everything they do! No one has it “easy” in life, but the simplest and most valuable parts of life are the love you all share as a family and how you show each other. I was tearing up! You are such a beautiful family! ~❤️from Missouri

This was the coldest Christmas in recent memory. I'm glad Granny was able to be there.

So sad we all don’t be together like you and your family show us. Our world was in a lot better place when this was the usual instead of the rarity. You guys should be a model for all of us!

I really appreciate you putting together a video for all of us to watch of your families Christmas. Watching your family and all your traditions made me very emotional in a good light! Your video format pulls folks into the feeling of family, the lord, a wonderful sense of place, and so much more. Thank you so much Tipper!

I'm not crying your crying 😂. Your girls gifts show how much they love you and their appreciation for their Appalachia heritage ❤️.

I was married to a power controller for many years. The linemen aren't out there on a pole shutting off and then turning back on. It's done by computer in a very large control room. If there is a breaker operation, then they would have to go out but not for this activity. Controllers work 24/7 no matter the holiday. Yes, we need to thank them for their work and for their families sacrifice so thank you for that.

I'm touched by the beautiful sentimental gifts you received, tipper. I cried as well. It was nice to see all the family together. Cheers, all.

There's that little rolling pin again. It makes me happy when I see it! I have the wood to make it's big brother when I get my hands back in shape.

Tipper, you have inspired me more than I can even express in a comment box. I’m 36 and have spent the majority of my life feeling “odd” for my interests. I grew up in the foothills of NC, and we share a lot of the same traditions but surprisingly it is hard to find people with common interests. Since finding your channel, I’ve re-embraced all the things I grew up loving and feel “at home” watching you and the family. I have a pumpkin roll cooling as I type this 😊. Thank you for sharing your world and inspiring mine!

Loved seeing those ornaments. It brought back memories of my childhood Sunday School teacher. Mrs. Faye took pictures or had school photos of every child she ever taught in Sunday School. Each picture was cut in a circle (or maybe an oval), was glued onto an ornament and was trimmed in lace. She put them on her Christmas tree every year. It made us feel so special!

May I just say ,thank you for taking the time to do these videos! They bring so much peace,relaxation and enjoyment when I’ve had a hard day:) May God bless you and your family ❤

Tipper, my whole family, and I mean whole family is sick with the 2020 stuff. We need your prayers!!!

I mean I don’t think I could love a family other than my own, more than I love yours. ❤️❤️❤️. In such a crazy world, your videos always remind me of what is most important in this life and brings such a sense of calm in all the chaos of our lives. God bless you and your beautiful family. PLEASE don’t ever stop making your videos. They are just the BEST!!!!!

Love the part of the video where Granny wishes us Merry Christmas! She is just precious! You all are! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I remember doing all of this stuff , teary eye , now all our older members gone not much left to have Christmas with , we call it short & sweet ❤️

Thank you Tipper for sharing your Christmas with us! I loved when granny got you saying, Christmas Gift! So sweet! What thoughtful gifts the girls got you for Christmas! You and Matt are wonderful parents and you both raised two very special daughters!

When the family gather and said grace, it reminded me of my family gatherings.

I’m a quilt fanatic so I love the quilt. I’m glad she had it done for you. How special! I’m so glad y’all had a wonderful Christmas! 🎄

I love divinity. When I get to heaven, I'm going to eat divinity every day LOL!

That girl is so cheeky, bless her, sneaking some biscuit (you say cookie) dough. You have a wonderful family Tipper, just wonderful. Cheers Wendy

Katies psycho smile when you were talking about the sideburn cookie...HYSTERICAL. You guys are too much😂🤣

Granny getting you with Christmas Gift was the greatest. God bless you and the whole family.

Oh my goodness, when Katie was stealing the bite of the Christmas cookie dough! I thought she was probably a mischievous little girl! So fun. Thanks for once again sharing your amazing family with us. Granny looked adorable in her hat & sweater that I'm sure she crocheted. Blessings to you all & Happy New Year! Grammy from Texas

The quilt from you grandma Gazzie's. You cried, then Corie cried and now me on the 29th as you tell the story. I bet there's a bunch of us with at a least a tear. Please, don't a single one of you in that wonderful family ever change a single thing about you.

Your quilt is a true treasure. You are blessed to have it and have a daughter that knew how precious it was. What a beautiful gift!

Y'all are living the life I thought I would have before the Lord took me a different direction. Thank you for letting me be part of your days.

Well, now I’m crying, too! What a precious gift! It must feel like you are getting hugs from Grandma Gazzie. ❤️

Awww, y'all. Watching this was like a second Christmas, so warm and cozy. 🥰

The ending about the Quilt brought tears to my eye's. I have some very old quilts & quilt tops that were made & used by my Grandmother & Great Grandmother that are priceless to me. I'm afraid to wash them. What a wonderful gift. Happy New Year to all of you & thank you all the love and memories you have shared through your videos. ❤🙏

Now I’m crying over that quilt! Such lovely, precious family time with good food and laughter. Thank you so very much for sharing with us. ❤

I got through this whole video and didn't cry until the end. My girls also gave me some very thoughtful gifts this year. I would rather have one meaningful gift than a whole pile of just store bought stuff. Thank you for sharing these special moments with us. Happy New Year!!!

Enjoyed hearing your girls sing!

Hi Tipper, I thought this was Kate & Corie's you tube, I then realized it was yours. So now I am a new subscriber to yours also! This was so enjoyable! Thank you for sharing this very special holiday of the birth of our Savior Jesus. I live in Connecticut. I'm 67 years young, have 6 children (3 girls, 3 boys) & 11 grandchildren (5 granddaughters & 6 grandsons). Never a dull moment!😂 & I love it! I can definitely see where your daughters get their sweetness from!🤗💖

What a beautiful, heartwarming video from start to finish. Thank you so much for sharing. All the love and sweet fellowship was so touching.❤

Thank you All for sharing your special Family Christmas. It makes my heart smile 😊

Thank you for sharing your family Christmas Tipper.

Thank you. Spending Christmas alone is hard, you all sharing made me feel like I was with family. Blessings to you and yours and praying your new year brings many more wonderful blessings. ❤🕊🎄 Loved how you sing happy birthday to Jesus.

Mmm pralines!

I just barely discovered your channel. I just want to say that you are one of my favorite families now. Y'all work so close together and so united, and you don't see that very much nowadays in a lot of families. Your granny brings me so many memories of my grandparents... and certainly my grandma's cooking...mmmm! Oh, and by the way, I love your twins' sneaky humor ways...❤ May God always bless you and your family. Greetings from San Antonio, TX ❤xxxMaria

Tipper, I love your sweater! I use to crochet a lot and that sweater is lovely. Thank you for sharing your family Christmas. It’s been 40 years since our families got together; we are scattered all over the country.

The unexpected musical interlude was just absolutely heartmelting

try using an 8oz pkg. of cream cheese in your sausage balls. it's makes them so much moister.

Tipper love your decorations and recipes. Side tattle - your helper needs to be on the naughty list! But you cant hold it against her. Shes so darn cute. 😁🎄💖⛄

Awwweeee! Such a wonderful Christmas! Lots of good food. All homemade. Know it was delicious! Your home is so lovely. All of your table cloth things were so pretty. The family pictures were so cute! Treasures ❤️. Was so nice to have Corie and Katie to be there to help you. And Granny was able to go! ❤️. Thank you for sharing your Christmas. God's greatest blessings in 2023. 💖💖

I enjoyed this video so much. Watching you all make all your favorite treats and singing together. It was nice to see you celebrate the birth of Jesus, you don't catch that to much in other videos. Your quilt is beautiful. It was a very thoughtful gift. I cannot believe how much our lives overlap in tradition. It was like standing in my kitchen on Christmas morning. I have two sons instead of two girls. I raised my boys to be able to take care of themselves in their future if need be, so they help me as much as your girls help you. lol Both are really great cooks. My husband sits in the recliner and waits for his instructions too Mat. lol Thank you for posting!

This was such a beautiful day to be able to get a glimpse into of your wonderful family it's so heartwarming to see all the people there celebrating Christmas and when you three sang Happy Birthday to Jesus that made me cry. anyone can see what a wonderful group of people you All are the love between you all shine through you love each other and God. Thank you for sharing your Christmas and fellowship 🕊️🙏⭐

That was a beautiful large postage stamp quilt that your daughter gave you. My mother used to make those back in the 50&60 along with my grandma. At 73 I have a long memory bank to draw from.

Hey Tipper. Great video, as always! I was going through a sad spell while I was watching this, just kinda feeling sorry for myself. But your calm voice and your family's warm and welcoming demeanor definitely kept me above water. So thank you for that ^_^

Eggnog mixed in with vanilla ice cream is AMAZING. Puts eggnog at a whole ‘nuther level. I enjoyed this video thank you!

What a blessing this video is to me. Love seeing Katie helping with the cooking. My warmest regards to all of you. Tipper and Katie and Corrie and Matt and Austin and excuse me but blessings to Corrie's dog, sorry but I forget the name. The feelings I am getting are heavenly. I sure do appreciate your contribution to those of us who are living separated from our families. And those beautiful people in your videos whose names I don't know, I wish them all my love. I feel like I am feeling home.

What a great video. Happy New Year.

Creating wonderful memories! Happy that you all enjoyed your Eve and Day!

Oh my goodness, your girls sing like angels! ❤❤

Tk u for sharing ur Christmas celebrations w/ us! Supposedly, there r 5 'love languages'. There should be a 6th: cooking w/ & for loved ones. Gifts from the heart r treasures for life!

You are are such a joy. Even my older college kids and teens stop and watch. I always have you folks on in the background when I mean prep or clean. Have a wonderful day!

Such a wonderful day. Thank you so much for inviting us to share it with y'all. I'd never seen the outside of your house before so it took me a minute to realize what I was seeing. It's just beautiful, very warm and welcoming. Your tears over that beautiful quilt reminded me of my Mother. She'd get emotional over gifts and every year all of us kids would see which gift would make her cry. This Christmas was our first one without her. Thank you again for sharing this special day with us. May you and yours have a blessed, safe, healthy and happy New Year.

Your girls have a beautiful voice, they sung that song perfect....can't say I've heard it sung any better....by professionals..... they sure have a lot of them beat.....keep it up girls, you could be a Great Country Singer....do you sing Country love songs too..? Haven't really heard you guys sing much....closing each show, should be one of your songs....a way to get them out there.....and one day the right person will hear them and you could be big stars like Dolly, Tammy, Tanya, Barbara Mandrell.,etc........love to listen to her & her sisters sing and loved their weekly show they used to do on tv.....they had a great show....wish someone would bring back all those younger country singers like we grew up with..... I don't even know any of the young Country singers....lol.... Also wish someone would do a video of your town....like a trip to town from our house & things you did while you were there....like shop, grocery shop ....show us all the stores in the town, etc.....I love things like this....like how far is it to town from where you live....do you live on hill, mt. or holler.... kind of hard to tell.... Your house looks like it is on a hill, but could still be on a holler.... right ? And the Daughter married , is it Corey ? still can't get their names straight.....lol....sorry....her house looks like it could be on a hill too and maybe in a holler.....love both your houses..... kinda off to itself, and looks like a lot of peace & quiet..... All your goodies you are making , makes me want some of all.....have you thought about selling them ? I would buy them if you made & mailed them.....bet you could even sell them in town..... nothing like homemade goodies..... all this store bought junk is killing all of us.....we never know what's in them.....certain foods we eat are banned in some other Countries . why is it ok for us to eat, but not them ??? Doesn't anyone care ? Have you noticed lately when shopping at the Grocery stores , what's been added to out canned & pkg. foods ???I like to keep a few cans of soup on hand for days I may not feel like cooking....other day went to have a bowl of Campbells beef veg. soup....it contains Bioengineered Food Ingredients .....some Dr.'s on tv are asking us why are we eating all that processed pkg. & canned food??? This is why there are so many sick people .....they don't cook like they used too....I did not eat it....I may take it back to the store.....!!! almost everything we buy at the store has additives in them !!! Something to think about & start cooking more at home.........just saying..... !!!!

Making the food people were known for is a way to remember them. Even if I never make it quite as well.

@CelebratingAppalachia this is an insane time and day to be watching this but it rolled on and well here I am. I so miss Christmas Gift. My husband was from Hendersonville. I was very young when he died ages ago but we had shared "Christmas Gift" with my youngest brother so I still got to enjoy our tradition. Well, Barry died unexpectedly 2 years ago and since then, no "Christmas Gift". It was wonderful to hear you play it with your Mom.

Absolutely love your channel, really touching how you sang Happy Birthday to our Lord! Merry Christmas Happy New Year!

I read the Girl of the Limberlost many years ago. I really enjoyed it. I lost it and have never been able to find again. Thank you for all of the wonderful videos you post.

The girls are a total blend of their parents. ❤️Merry Christmas

Your tables turned out just beautiful Tipper! Make me anxious for the holidays already! I enjoyed seeing you ladies cooking together and watching a new generation of woman joining the long line of strong women before them in the kitchen!

I cried too., I just love ya all. Christmas used to be a favorite of mine because I used to do the hosting at my house. Me and hubby and kids would do just like ya all did start before Christmas to get everything ready. Now Christmas is quiet because everyone is gone and in Heaven. So thank you very much for sharing.

It was sweet of you to video your family Christmas. I can remember years ago when I was part of family gatherings. Don't have family to celebrate with anymore, so it was nice to see yours.

Just now seeing Christmas 2022. Love the table cloths. I have the lantern light with the birds it is a gift from a dear friend.

U are such a sweet wholesome genuine lady. aren't many folks like that nowadays.

It was very cold here too in Va. and my Christmas menu changed from pork lion and sauerkraut with mashed potatoes to canned spaghetti sauce and sausage meatballs. I wanted something with easy heat up on the wood stove and cleanup. I'll make the pork loin for New Year's instead. 🎉 Love the pictures strung on the doorway. Perfect! 🎄

For a moment I felt like your family, it would be wonderful to live with you. A warm, lovely movie Much love to you from Chicago.

God bless all the Pressley family . We enjoy watching these wonderful events in your life .

Scrappy 9 patch quilt. I love it.

Your videos always lift my spirits! I'm so glad you were able to get together with your loved ones in spite of the frigid weather Ms Tipper!! I loved hearing Katie and Corie singing and playing violin and guitar! It warmed my heart! All your recipes looked scrumptious! Your quilt is amazing! So much work went into making it! I'm so glad Corie was able to have it restored! And the beautiful elephant that found his way home! Such thoughtful gifts!! I hunkered down this Christmas. So much cold bothers my arthritis. I felt like I was turning into a popsicle! 😄 I didn't go outside for several days. Thank goodness it's warming up now! Hoping you all have a happy, healthy, prosperous New Year!! God bless! Much love!

I have been watching your channel for some time now. I really have enjoyed how close and resourceful your family is. I’m a little older than you and Matt. I never had the closeness or the beauty of where you live it truly is beautiful.. I’m very fortunate and blessed in my life. My child hood was not very nurturing. Never learned anything good from my father but had a wonderful Mother. So I turned out to be a good man and a hard worker. Love all the videos but tell Matt he is a very good man he makes me laugh.

Tipper, I had to share that I made your mom's sugar cookie recipe this morning. I swapped out the orange zest for lemon zest, and I added lemon extract (along with some fresh lemon juice) instead of vanilla. I rolled them into balls, dipped the tops in raw sugar, and then flattened them a bit on a baking sheet using the bottom of a heavy glass. From there, I baked them according to the directions. They are so delicious! This is the best sugar cookie recipe I've ever tasted! Thank you for sharing it.

HEY MOM! Katie is eating the cookie dough. You'll get worms. Haha Thanks for sharing

Thank You and Blessing You All, with Love and Respect ~ You all Have the most Wonderful Year a Coming

That was a blessing watching this video and sharing a Christmas tradition with you and your family.God bless yall always 💜🤗🙏🏻

Beautiful quilt. I love all of Gene Stratton Porters books.

I love the family’s Merry Christmas greetings at the end! Warm, wonderful video. Thank you all! Happy New Year!

Omg! I loved the pictures at the beginning of the outside of ur house! The stream running…down…ur piece of land looks so peaceful…u have a beautiful family!!

Tipper, it is so wonderful to watch your enthusiasm and pride for your family! It makes me smile, so much! Happy New Year to everyone!😊🇨🇦❤️

Watching this in August. Love it

What wonderful gifts you received!! Both were washed in loved from your girls. You are so blessed.

I'm looking forward to seeing the bedroom with that colorful quilt in it 😍

V Love watching all of you cook, you are a close and loving family. Thank you for sharing. God bless all of you!

What a beautiful quilt. Enjoyed watching you celebrate with your family.

It’s lovely hearing the lous crickets and or chickadees in the background of your video. Thank you Fr sharing about your blessed marriage and your faith in God.

Watched this again. Neaded a little Christmas on this hot Florida day.

That is so sweet of Mat to help!!

Love hearing the girls sing

Omg, I can't believe that you just mentioned 'The girl from the Limberlost' !!! I'm from the South of England in the UK, and I was given by my Aunt that very book! I am so drawn to your channel, kind souls, kindred spirits, perhaps previous lives, I don't know what, but I know it is about love, and God and thats perfect for me xxx

Wow love the girls singing and playing beautiful music.

Thank Yo so much for making your videos.I work a job that I am allowed to swatch youtube videos for 8 hrs,and I thoroughly enjoy watching your family's videos here at work in Chapel Hill NC.I told my brother about your videos,and plan on sending him some too.May the Lord continue to bless you all!

Matt had me in stitches. I had to pause the video to literally laugh. My daughter asked what was so funny and I needed to repeat. Matt's not as impressed with doing household duties, "three more days and its hunting season, and I'm loose of all this." Still laughing as I reminisce to type it. Oh, that was a zinger. That man needs him a kitchen apron, too. "I'd rather be hunting"

I think the Presley family is my favorite. Often yall bring tears to my eyes, good tears. I pray yall have a Blessed New Year.

A True family Christmas, beautiful.

The girls' rendition of 'Away in a Manger,' is really beautiful. Thank you for giving us a great family time. Greetings from North Carolina.

God bless. My heart goes out to you. Love and hugs.😔🙏❤️