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Beautiful Josh! I'm 64 and it's all so different. The innocence is gone. I hate artificial trees! I read the other day that only 15% are real now. My Pawpaw, who was a master carpenter, would cut the ugliest tree! Then he would cut branches from others, drill holes in the original, and literally build a beautiful one! I am a huge traditionalist and I cry a lot these days because of how quickly it's disappearing. Folks, please remember what it's really all about. If you remove Christ, there is no Christmas! Merry Christmas and God bless you Josh. I pray the new year bring's you great and continued success on this venture. You truly have a gift for it!

For some reason this year seems extra special. Maybe because with each passing year the World becomes a less hospitable reality. Spread the love and share what you have not only at Christmas but throughout each day the good Lord has given you.. GOD BLESS... ❤️🙏

I lived all my life in Southeastern Kentucky and if you’re in the mountains we tend to all do the same things. We’ve done or been a part of everything you said in your video. We’d go cut a cedar tree for our Christmas tree. Our church always puts a play on the Sunday before Christmas. We had our fruit baskets. We’ve had the carolers singing to us and we’ve also been the carolers. We’ve got strong family traditions that we’ve carried on from our elders that have gone on. We keep their memory alive. We have strong family ties. We all know the old Christmas in January. I am blessed to live in these mountains.

I have kept Old Christmas for all of my 72 years. That just what we did.

Thanks for keeping Christ in Christmas!

I didn't know about Old Christmas. That does explain a lot. I remember my grandma saying they would get an orange and a piece of chocolate for Christmas.

New subscriber here. I'll be binge watching these videos after writing this comment. Oh the sweet memories of Granny and Papaw and of past Christmases. Things were so simple back then, and people, families cared. Times are hard but remember, it costs nothing to care and be kind. Merry Christmas, love to all!

I do believe that this was better than a Charlie Brown Christmas. You are so good at what you do. You are able to transcend us as if we grew up in Appalachia. Thank you for making Christmas so special for me. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Love George Netroe Church View Va

Love the video with descriptions of Christmas in Appalachia. It brought back many memories of my childhood in WV.

Merry Christmas....this is what our family done for Christmas...so many from this generation will never know or understand the wonderment of an Old Fashioned Christmas...❤

On this CHRISTmas thinking back to my first Holiday away from family. The very fine mountain folk of Oak Grove Kentucky welcomed me , & my South Jersey accent into their home. Silent Night has never meant more to me.

that's how we were raised in Tennessee. Peace and Love, Sandra

🤗 " LOVELY " 🎉 💥MerryChristmas💥

Merry Christmas to you brother and God's blessing for you and your family!!!!

Merry Christmas. Originally from Huntington West Virginia. Best memories of my life. Thank you.

What a beautiful story! Thank you for sharing and remembering those who may be suffering from grief over the holidays. Merry Christmas!

Great video bud. God bless you and yours.

Those were the good ol days

Thank you Sharing the way it use to be when the Christmas season came around in the mountains and hollers

Thanks for helping add to the Christmas spirit through this video and wonderful memories gently massaged!

God bless you. I love this channel. Halifax Nova Scotia. Merry Christmas.

Have a Blessed and Glorious Merry Christmas 🎄🎄⛄⛄🙏🙏

Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thanks for the memories. Back in the day, we appreciated so much. I'm from Abbs Valley.

Such a beautiful narrative. God bless you.

This is absolutely one of if not the most beautiful Christmas video posted. Thank you for this.

Beautiful. Photo s. Brother. Amen. God. Bless. You. And. Your. Family. Merry. Chirstmas

Thanks for sharing a great video for this time of the year. This is a wonderful time of the year, as well as all year long, to focus on family, friends and the One who made it all possible, Jesus Christ. I loved the landscape, the crackling fire and the music which really set the atmosphere and mood for this video. This video warmed my heart and took me back to the memories of what I call the old fashioned Christmas when I was growing up. Thanks for another wonderful video. Keep them coming.

Merry Christmas and thanks for sharing! Real tree and the icicles I loved. Mom would make fudge and put in black walnuts from our picking. Dad would have fireworks and we have a blast outside while it was snowing. Dad would drive us around and see other decorations. My brother and I got sleighs for Christmas, and we had the perfect snow that year! I had the old treetop for years until the year 2000 when it started to crumble apart. I have a window light decoration that I am using today that is 64 years old. Miss the old Christmas, but memories are great!

We were poor gorwing up. I remember our Christmas celebration was just an upgrade of our daily meals. I remember we have had loaf bread, butter, coke, a 3rd rate cake, and that was so festive to me at that time. I felt like we were rich becaues we had bread. We had no gifts because i know my parents coudln't afford to give us one, But to me our Christmases had been festive always, year after year.

Merry Christmas, sir. Thank you for the memories. God bless you and your family.

Is that in Paint Bank, Va my family is from there ♥️♥️♥️

Thank you for these videos. Your narration, both of this episode and all the many others, is one of the strongest parts of these presentations and I very much appreciate them. I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and holiday season and pray for many blessings for you and your loved ones in the coming year.

Amen Brother. Merry Christmas.

🎄🕊 A blessed Merry Christmas and New Year to you and your family Josh!! And to all the viewers also!! 🥰

Merry Christmas Josh and may God Bless you and your family, more abundantly through the coming year! Awesome work! (Glen).

Absolutely loved this video!!! Brought back many of my favorite memories and feelings🥰 Such a beautiful story and I loved the visuals you captured🤎

I was born in west virginia.we live in calif.wr had a christmas tree farm up the road. My daughter was 4 years old we had ponies.we saddle them for our daughter put bellson them it would snow.we chop down our christmas tree our daughter was riding the pony smokeyds

Merry Christmas 🎅 for you and your family!

Merry Christmas to you and your family Josh. May your Christmas be blessed with many blessed and wonderful memories. 🙏🏻🎄 Thank you for sharing this with us!

This was beautiful josh. Just found your channel and this really captures the magic of Christmas in such a beautiful, pristine, culturally rich place. I’ve always been mistified by West Virginia since I was a kid (24 Arkansas) I really have to visit but I’m just beginning to travel. Imagine my excitement when I find your channel, it’s like going there! Not many channels like this so you’re a real treasure, I love docs so much so I’m very excited to be on this journey. Look forward to be joining as a channel member and Patreon in a week or so, I love assisting with projects and helping people who bring special things to the table. Thank you so much man you’ve got the gift of film making and storytelling🎊

Wonderful storytelling. Thank you. Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Ya'll!!!🎄🎅❤️

Merry Christmas to you and your family. Beautiful/heartwarming pictures and story. We so enjoy all you have produced this year and look forward to seeing big things in the upcoming year. Thank you. God bless you and your family 🙏 ❤️

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄

Merry Christmas Wonderful Video.

Merry Christmas, hoping all the best for you and your family!

❤ What a beautiful presentation! Thank you! 🥰

This was such a beautiful video!! The imagery and the way you narrated the video was excellent!! I felt like I was watching the beginning to a Christmas movie.

Thank you for such a heart touching story..Merry Christmas to you and all your loved one's

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from CT! The town of Keystone WV would be a great subject for a future video.

Merry Christmas!!!

Thank you for this. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

That was great ❤

A magical time of year! Merry Christmas 🤶 🎄

Wonderful.

Merry Christmas!

Beautiful video my friend, yes I miss my Grandma and Grandpa so much, you have sparked a flood of precious memories of Christmas's past !! Well Y'all have a Merry Christmas !!

Merry Christmas to you, masterfully edited

I believe Cathoics (and possible some other christian faiths) celebrate the feast of Epiphany (Jan 6) commemorate both the visit of the wise men and Jesus's Baptism. I remember leaving our decorations out until that date when I was a child

Mary Christmas have you ever thought about the whole thing Merry Christmas Mary gave birth to Christ so Mary Christmas

God's country..... Manassas was my home, weekends I hit the road UpTo Appalachia.. I planned the Bin Laden Raid and I want " some " to know where I loved and called home