If this video doesn't put you in the Christmas mood, nothing will.

If history class was like this in high school, I would’ve paid more attention. This channel is awesome👏🏻

PLEASE READ BEFORE COMMENTING. The story 'Twas the Night Before Christmas was published in New York in 1823 and is the first mention of a Santa Clause with 8 reindeer. No, Queen Victoria was not the first royal to embrace Christmas trees. Queen Charlotte was. She famously threw a party for children in the year 1800 that included a massive indoor Christmas tree covered in toys and sweets. It is said that Christmas [starting in the early 1800s onwards] caught on faster in the United States than it did in England where it eventually became even more popularized by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. In the early 1800s who put up Christmas trees in the U.S. ? Christmas trees mainly existed in areas heavy with German, Dutch and French immigrants. In Pennsylvania especially some very unique Christmas traditions arose such as hanging trees upside-down from the ceiling to keep children and mice away from the sweets on the tree. I'm half German (from my dad's side) so that's my excuse! The history of Christmas is fascinating! Please do not just quickly google when the first Christmas tree came to the U.S. as it will say the 1830s. That is inaccurate and as you know true historical research goes much deeper than the first link. The 2nd link says a different date entirely so how can you know what is reliable? There are several mentions of indoor Christmas trees in Pennsylvania and New York that pre date 1825, some of which I have included at the end of this video. This includes an early image of a Christmas tree painted in Pennsylvania by a German immigrant family. While many did not put up Christmas trees at this time others did and it is them that we can thank for pushing the tradition forward into what we have today. Watch us talk about the history of Christmas in America here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d7NpnsVjkqysmp8.html

Absolutely beautiful! A perfect picture postcard. MishMish is adorable! Looks like she found her home and humans.

I work in retail in the 21st century so it's all very stressful and soul-draining at this time of year, and I've been struggling to maintain my Christmas spirit and not become a proper Humbug - this video certainly helped! Y'all just make me warm and fuzzy inside from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. And now a kitty cat, as if it couldn't be any more perfect!

No joke, that kitten is responding to Justine’s kindness and gentleness.

From Italy,auguri di Buon Natale ad una coppia tenerissima che ci fa vivere con questi video parte della storia americana.

When I was in Germany, we didn't have any decorations for our tree. So I got a Christmas coloring book, colored the pictures, cut them out and hung those on the tree. We also strung popcorn and the old pop tops into a chain and used both for garland. Turned out really nice.

I like to decorate with cranberries, gingerbread cookies, dried citrus slices, and popcorn. Makes my apartment smell yummy!

Merry Christmas to you both and to each and every one of you reading this. Let’s hope 2023 will be kinder to us all 🎅🏼☃️❄️🎄

Everything Justine does is very sweet, careful and and precise. Merry Christmas to all who visit here and especially to our hosts!

Your such a cute couple. I'm glad you found each other!❤️❤️

Merry Christmas to y'all and the river rats!

Aww I love that you all have a cat now! The perfect addition to ur lil family!!

I grew up in Maine in a small town. It was very common in New England to still keep up with some of these old ways. Decorating a Christmas tree with fruit garlands or even popcorn. Candles in every window. We even had a red twig star to put on top. It's cool to see that some traditions that started hundreds of years ago are still going strong. 🙂

I love the natural garland on the tree. It's simple but so pretty. Mish Mish is precious . I am glad she found a loving home. The video made me smile .

When i was little and used to have a family, i used to love to decorate our Christmas tree with both my parents, now that they are both gone... seeing your video Evoque the most beautiful memories in my heart about my childhood's Christmas, after so many years without them, now i feel like having a Christmas tree once again, I thank you so much for that. Also, you MishMish looks like her eyes lights up when she looks at you while hugging each other, that is so adorable! 😻🎄❤

I am half German on my mother’s side, so that’s my excuse, too. I bet your cabin smells so good with the tree and garlands and the ginger bread cookies. Love this! I voted for the tree so thanks for doing it today… 🎄🥰💕❤️👍👍👍

Can’t say it enough times….these videos with no dialogue are so therapeutic. ❤️

That was fantastic! Welcome Mishmash... Love the cookie ornaments.🎄 The cabin is looking so festive, Justine & Ron. Thanks for sharing! xoxo

I rarely get emotional and teary you both got me there with this video~ lots of good memories came to me and Ken and I have a black cat Coal! 🐈‍⬛ Welcome Mish Mish! 🐈‍⬛ Happy Holidays, Happy magical Winter solstice and Yule! Love your videos! 🎄💚❤️

The tree looks great and Mish Mish is a sweety! This has put in the Christmas spirit!

loved this, watching from the smoky mountains where we all celebrate Christmas for months

I am Pennsylvania Dutch and French Canadian. I love make homemade things for the Christmas tree. Love this with you make the cookies too. Can’t wait to see the tree all done

Siete una famiglia meravigliosa, che con tanta semplicità, fate tante cose buone da mangiare. Vivere come si viveva tanti anni fa, non è molto facile ci vuole tanto amore e bontà. Avete avuto un dono da Dio, quello di aiutarvi insieme e di volersi bene. Tutto questo proviene dal vostro cuore e dall'anima che c'è in voi. BUONE FESTE. Grazie mille ciao.

So sweet, warm and wonderful ❤️. I can almost smell the word smoke, the cabin, the spicy cookies, the apples and the tree. Thank you for sharing...

This is wonderful! I ❤ MishMish so much! She is so cuddly & cute. And the tree looks gorgeous! This video makes my heart happy. 🙏🏽

Love this video much simpler times !Very peaceful also! Happy Holidays to all who read this !🥰

"MishMish" translates into Apricot in Arabic, and that's what we call the ginger cats. Any way your black MishMish is sooooooo sweet.♥🖤❤

Awww, what an adorable void baby! MishMish is a sweetie! One thing I love about fresh trees is their scent, nothing beats it.

And when my heart needed some more historical Christmas, here this is! I especially love the incorporation of the piece “Drive the Cold Winter Away”!

Me encantan vuestros videos, como se vivía en aquellos años ,se deben de conservar esas tradiciones un saludo desde España!!!

Love the gingerbread cookies and apples on the tree. Simple yet wonderful

How sweet! I love it! It’s nice to have a cat on the warm hearth. So cozy. The cabin looks festive!🎄❤️

I remember! I'm old enough, and came from a family poor enough, that i remember threading cranberries and popcorn for garland just like Justine in this video!

That cat is absolutely gorgeous. Love this cabin; it's so beautiful

MishMish is so cute! She found a perfect home right in time for the holidays.The tree is beautiful!

The tree turned out really pretty..Thanks Justin and Ron...love the Kitty⛄⛄

Watching you trim your tree reminds me of the sweetness and innocence of my childhood Christmases. Thank you for that! Merry Christmas you two. And your sweet new kitty! 🐈‍⬛ ❤🎄🎅💚

I absolutely loved the beginning with you and the cat giving yourself affection.

We just recently inherited a cat as well, they are nice company. Merry Christmas and thank you for the refreshing content.

I just love that Christmas tree! I feel like I've lost my Christmas mojo these last few years. Watching this video makes me realize this is what Christmas should be. Warm and cozy with traditions. I think the Christmas trees back in the day were so pretty! Thanks for this lovely video!

My grandma was born in 1921. I remember she used to have us string popcorn on the Christmas tree ❤

My grandparents on both sides were born around 1930’s I remember apples on them tree when I was a little girl .

That kitty loves you Justine ❤. Love your tree and decorations. Happy Holidays!

Less than two minutes in and I'm hooked! New subscriber from the UK. The tree's bark is so blue! Love the content, so informative.

To Drive the Cold Winter Away-you surely did that with your welcoming fire, sweet cat, beautiful tree, delicious gingerbread, colorful cranberry garland, and shiny apples. And, lest I forget, the warm and wonderful hug and kiss between you and Ron at the end of this lovely video.

I love this video! Reminds me of being a little girl and going out with my uncles to the woods on my grandparents' land to cut down a Christmas tree. And the song is one of my favorites, "Drive the Cold Winter Away!" And I have a black cat named Nigel. So of course I am going to love this video! My great grandparents immigrated from Germany back in the late 1800s.

What a simple but beautiful way to trim a tree. I love your videos. I worked for 3 years at an open air museum. The settlers cabin was my favorite. I loved being in there, especially during storms. It was so cozy.

Love this music! Very medieval. Mish Mish is absolutely adorable. Beautiful and calming video. Thank you, Justine and Ron, for sharing your world with us. ❤

What a sweet and affectionate cat. You have a very cozy home. Thank you for the wonderful video 💖

I took your advice and just binged watched all 15 of your dramas. I must say I have laughed so hard I cried. I have an autoimmune condition that keeps me at home more than I wish. It was such a joy to have something to watch that made me laugh so hard I forgot about my pain for a little while. Please keep up the wonderful work. I just love you guys so much 💓

AMAZING. I love the simplicity and beauty of this. Merry Christmas!

I see you got yourselves a beautiful miniture black panther! I have one too! I must warn you though...cats often don't get along with Christmas trees! Take it from someone knows from plenty of experience!

This is great! As a civil war reenactor, I truly appreciate how much research and time goes into a video like this. Life was harder back then,, but so much simpler than today. Thank you for keeping history alive!

I love decorating with strings of fruit. They dehydrate and are ready to jar up for later use. No waste 🥰

Thank you Justine and Ron. What a perfect tree!!!! I love the cookie cutters too . I watched you and Kandye on her channel so it is so cool to see the cutters being used in a traditional historic receipt! The tree decorating was truly heartwarming. I love the simplicity and whimsy of natural ornaments.

I like the music you used for this video. And you didn't have to say a word to convey the Christmas spirit and a cozy loving atmosphere. A serene peek at 200 years ago!

I lost my kitty, a chonky black kitty named Baer, last December. He was 11 when he passed. It’s been a really hard year without him but this month in particular sucks arse. I still cry a lot. Seeing your sweet-faced kitty both warmed my heart and broke it. She looks to be a very loving fluffer and I’m sure she’ll be loved and cared for. Thank you for sharing her with us. Your videos are most definitely one of the bright spots of my day.

Such a beautiful depiction of sweeter and gentler times, taking care of home and hearth, and loving each other. Cant wait to try stringing whole cranberries together or making gingersnaps! Thanks again for reminding us of how to find some peace and calm among all the chaos. Its all about family and home and hearth. Its not about having money and "things /toys" that make life special. Doing a fun task together is so bonding. No internet, no play station, no computers. Just love.

Simple and Beautiful!!!! I Love it !!!🤗

I've really warmed to this channel so fast - you're both so endearing, and it's awesome to see you make so many old recipes and do so many old traditions. Fantastic videos! (Also welcome to MishMish!

It is very pleasant to perceive, that quiet, domestic, cozy holidays are not alien to rude big men! And they also take part in the making of holiday decorations for the home.🤗🤗🤗🙃😄👍👍✊

One of my greatest loves was a black cat. Your heart will never be the same.

Not gonna lie I would’ve eaten all the decorations on the tree by the time Christmas came 😂

Ive already watched this twice. What a pretty little tree. And kitty. Merry Christmas to you both

Beautiful video, it felt very intimate and warm

Just lovely. The tree. The apples, cranberry and cookie decorations. The natural garland. Beautiful.

Greetings from London 🇬🇧. Love your tree 🎄 and the homey feel , really transports you back in time. Adore Mish Mish what a beautiful kitty 🐱❤ xx

Love, love, love your Christmas tree! The decor ya'll did is so festive in your home. Sweet Mish-Mish...welcome home kitty.💗

She is a very precious kitty. I remember when I was a kid, we would use pop corn and thread to make a garland to put around the tree.

This was so WHOLESOME!...thx a bunch for your efforts guys

I live in Williamsburg Virginia and worked for Colonial Williamsburg so we use to decorate a special tree just for the birds and animals. It was similar to this tree. We also added pine cones smeared with peanut butter and seeds. We placed it out side our kitchen window to enjoy. Thank you for keeping the old ways alive. 🎄🌲

Edible Christmas tree decorations!! Perfect! No storing them in the attic for next year!! MishMish has certainly adapted to you guys!! Nice of her to let you use her cabin!! 😉

What a sweet little kitty. The love of a cat is special. I don't know how, but keep it indoors. Mine get so much love, they won't go out even if the door is open. Of course they are older and less rambunctious. They usually settle in with age. Absolutely adorable!

I remember coming back to your channel last Winter. This year's Christmas content is as good as the last. Thanks for adding some spice to my Winter this year once again. I'll be back next year as well. Thanks again from CA

Очень трогательно. Смотрела с удовольствием.

This was absolutely the sweetest video ever.❤️

Beautiful tree. Beautiful cabin. Much harder but better way of life. Thanks 4 this video.

Que linda decoração,amei 😍🥰

I have a curious question for any big history buffs out there, are these the type of tree decorations and gingerbread recipes that would have been used still by the time Laura Ingalls Wilder was alive a few decades later? I love the Little House books and show, so I’m just imagining if this is the type of Christmas the Ingalls family still had 😊

Sweet kitty. Watch out she doesn't climb the Christmas tree! Love the music.

Aww, the kitty had teary eyes, like telling you thank you for rescuing him. We love you MishMish.❤️

I love watching the Christmas decorate with me videos…but this is by far my most favorite one ❤ a single tree, beautifully and simply decorated ❤ And MishMish is adorable! Thank you for saving her 💕

Beautiful tree! I loved all the homemade ornaments and garland. Puts you in the Christmas spirit! I love Mish Mish! Merry Christmas!🎄🎁

Sometimes watching one of your non-speaking videos gives me such a feeling of nostalgia, I can't quite describe it. Almost as if I feel at home there, maybe I lived another life during that time. Thank you for sharing such a loving, homey Christmas scene! It warms my heart!

Black cats are simply adorable

4:53 Good to see you both. Merry Christmas.

Aww MishMish is absolutely precious 💖 You know what they say comes next after a kitten? 😉 🥰

What a sweet little kitty. ❤️

I love that you have a cat,they always make a home so happy and cozy,

I love that you have a black cat 🐈‍⬛ Some people are still superstitious about them, but I have one too, and she is so sweet

Lovely video Justine! Is it possible that you recreate a wedding from the 1820s or so? I'd definitely love to see it! Having a wonderful day/night!

My parents collect antique cookware and even have a portable wood burning pipe stove. Whenever they pass on I’m supposed to get it all since I’m the only one of my siblings interested in any of this kind of stuff like they are. My mama even has an antique butter churn that’s sits on the floor also a wash basin.

Exactly what I ask for 😊thank you both ❤ merry Christmas

LOVE this video! Such a cozy feel! And I'm in love with your fireplace! Thanks for taking us all along. 😊

Another beautiful video! We've been going with all natural and handmade decorations this year and we're really loving it. Also, I'm fascinated by the journal entry mentioning "Kendrick's saw mill" because Kendrick is my maiden name. I wonder where this was!

I love the historical inaccuracy of your cozy little home.

My heart is very joyful & cheerful, when I look at Ron and Justine!!💝👌👍💪🤩🤗

What a nice video! The music, the sound of the fire is very nice! Beautiful Christmas tree too. And the ginger cookies looks delicious.