Decorating for Christmas - Part One

The Christmas Chronicles: A Weekend of Decorating and Laughter

It all started with a missing nose and a reindeer problem. Our holiday cheer was put to the test as we struggled to find our way through the snowy landscape. "What's wrong with this thing?" our guide exclaimed, referring to the navigation system in our vehicle. It seemed like we were lost in the woods, just like the characters in The Blair Witch Project. But don't worry, we soon found ourselves face to face with a reindeer, who would become the star of our Christmas decorations.

As we tried to make our way through the snowy terrain, we came across a small sleigh that had been left behind by a group of elves. We decided to put it on top of the roof of our vehicle, and to our surprise, it lit up with twinkling lights. It was like a miracle of Christmas. But not everything went as planned - our reindeer friend had lost his back end, but we were able to repair him using duct tape and tie wraps. We even managed to blow up a Santa float for the first time in years.

The night took an unexpected turn when we discovered that the motorcycle we had been looking for was actually hidden under a pile of presents. It looked like something out of the Polar Express, and we couldn't help but laugh at the absurdity of it all. Our mom even commented on how nice the contrast between her skin and lips was in the lighting. But things took a turn when our host accidentally knocked over a hot chocolate cup, spilling it all over his hand.

As the night wore on, we continued to laugh and joke around. We even encountered a bear, who was surprisingly friendly despite being covered in chocolate. It was clear that this Christmas would be one for the books. And as we wrapped up our festivities, we couldn't help but feel grateful for the joy and laughter that had filled the night.

But before we called it a night, we took some time to admire our new hardwood floor. We had spent weeks working on it, and it was finally complete. The Santa sleigh on top of the mantle looked especially impressive, with its bright red paint and gleaming chrome accents. And as we stood back to take in the view, we couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and accomplishment.

The next morning, we took some time to enjoy our new Christmas decorations. We set up the fake tree in the living room and added some festive touches to the mantle. The result was a beautiful display that showcased our holiday spirit. And as we stood back to admire it all, we couldn't help but feel grateful for the friends and family who had gathered around us to celebrate.

As we looked around at the decorations, we were reminded of some of our favorite holiday traditions. There was Charlie Brown, with his iconic peanuts theme, and R2-D2, which always brought a smile to my dad's face. And of course, there was the music in the background, which added to the festive atmosphere.

But as we took a closer look at the decorations, we realized that one of them was actually from the Polar Express. It was a surprise gift for my mom, who had been a fan of the movie since it came out. We were happy to see her smiling and enjoying it, and we knew that this Christmas would be one she would never forget.

As the night drew to a close, we took some time to relax and unwind. We sipped hot chocolate and enjoyed each other's company, grateful for the laughter and joy that had filled the evening. And as we looked around at our new decorations, we couldn't help but feel thankful for the friends and family who had gathered around us to celebrate.

The evening ended with a visit from Santa Claus himself, who arrived in style on his motorcycle. It was a surprise twist that none of us saw coming, and it added to the excitement and joy of the evening. As we watched him ride off into the night, we couldn't help but feel grateful for the magic of Christmas.

And as we went to bed that night, we knew that this Christmas would be one to remember. We had laughed and joked together, and we had created some truly special memories. And as we drifted off to sleep, we couldn't wait to see what the rest of the holiday season had in store for us.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enah yes it is that time of year again it is Friday December 4th 2009 and it's time to decorate for the Christmas season you guys know I freaking love Christmas I've been looking forward to this well since Christmas day of last year practically and uh we're a little late this year in doing our decorations I'm currently home alone I'm waiting for my dad to get home he went out to run some errands but we're about to put the decorations up the lights um my room is ially done so I'll kind of give you guys a quick tour of that at the end of this video but for now why don't you help me set up the decorations well why don't you help me observe why you help observe me you know en enjoy so first let's start off by doing a pan of everything we have in the garage so far here's a Ruth with some LED lights light emitting diode and here's the usual manger scene they're just kind of chilling in here until they're not obviously not the bear the bear is not part of the mangor scene you just watching everyone like a little bear he is I don't know there's Mary and everyone else and of course the man himself and then over here we have a reindeer yes my dad has a No Parking except for Dave sign and um yeah this should be pretty interesting let's get started look it's like a first person shooter but instead of the guns I'm throwing a camel at people all right not really but this is is the first official piece of the manger set that I'm putting in the grass and here we go can you feel the excitement that looks amazing and before we move on I want to give you a shot of the flag we have we usually have a flag for each holiday or season or whatever is going on and my dad loves peanuts gallery uh Charlie Brown so here's a shot of that just Snoopy down there they're just kind of chilling and there's Charlie Brown himself it's a very calm day I think we're going to get snow tomorrow so all this tomorrow could be covered in one inch of snow yes 1 in it's a lot of snow isn't it no not really but it's better than nothing and it's earlier than usual all right let's take Mary by the head over here not to offend anyone just it's the easiest way to take her by all that sounded horrible but you know what I mean put her down there on the camel now to party there about 10 or 20 minutes later I have some stuff going up here I got Santa Claus rock in the driveway area as I almost trip over stuff I had the manger set up my dad's probably going to want a little bit change but I tried to balance it a little bit um yes I realized Jesus shouldn't be out yet cuz he's technically born on Christmas day but we'll see what we're going to do my dad usually likes to keep him out no matter what but I think it looks pretty good and here's the bear that I showed you guys earlier here's the Coca-Cola polar bear I like to call it he has a seeing issue he has a visual um impaired problem going on here he's missing an eye but I believe we have it so we'll add that soon and of course it has lights on it as you can see close up and the sleigh I don't think this goes right here it doesn't look right over here but we'll see what happens and of course we'll have Christmas lights on this little tree here we got going so that should look nice then over there is like right around there we have the um giant blowups and then we have the box with the actual outside lights and stuff as labeled by someone this thing is really taped down I'm going try to open this live unboxing I haven't opened this since Christmas of last year so let's see what's inside all right I found a blade cut this open that should be it a little bit of tape right here nothing a blade won't cut and there you go put that over there what do we got here we have ah a season's greetings door that got the LED lights for our front very nice very nice the merry Christmas wreath that lights up on the front door there it goes right there put that down here for later bunch of extension cords a timer for all the lights to go off at night and on as well sorry the loud noise in the background someone's car is very loud and more lights more exic cords and all that good stuff dad has finally found his way home you can be the tester in his puffy jacket what's new Dad ho ho ho I ain't a ho yo you have to go down to the Cross pits there a lot there's a lot more uh dare things okay I'll get all the steaks down as requested steak and eggs oh by the way my dad brought home even more coffee so worship it joining us this year is Buster the lion Buster you look amazing outside look at you you just glow hanging out with Santa yeah bust you're a good boy you love it outside don't you meanwhile never mind I thought Smokey was going to be at the door oh there he is right on Q oh he wants to come out Smokey look at him I start from this side oh that looks amazing it focuses on there and N your double penis ow Dad here we go first boot of the lights this is always fun to say if they were live on camera ah there you go nice LED illumination next up is Mr reindeer all right let's boot the reindeer can't come on here you go very nice it works Dad yeah all right oh wait never mind we got a strand of bulbs out right here TR to fix all right time to operate we have fixed the problem I found the bulb right here was broken my dad replaced it and now it looks good again Buster is chilling by the deer hey BOS your whiskers are going crazy Dad how's it going wonderful wonderful make sure he doesn't shoot the bulbs like in Wolfenstein he choose bulbs wonderful like oh yeah vacation fried pussycat go on bust you can wait in the garage stay smoke stay I don't know if anyone cares but sure someone's into this stuff come on here's a shot of our room right now the living room this used to be carpet but my dad's been putting hardwood floor down all week and we're finishing it tomorrow morning I believe so it should look good just in time for our Christmas party right smokey smokey such a crybaby why do you cry so much Smokey I know I would like to introduce you guys to my girlfriend this is Mary no but seriously um Mary's all lit up now we got to get the rest of the crew all lit up and yes my dad agreed with me we took Jesus out of his bed I guess you could call it a bed and then we will put him in there Christmas Eve night Christmas morning somewhere around then boom SOS actually this is like my geocaching light remember that search geocaching the creative one New Jersey if you're interested anyway um actually this isn't my light this is my dad's light so we are going to finish up the manger scene right now isn't that right Dad sure let's do it ho ho ho and here is our pirate bear IR M and he's scheduled for surgery in the morning cuz he he needs eye surgery and I need to put a nose on him oh yeah that's right his nose is missing too what is his wait his nose is missing know that I'm not p down that good light look it's like freaking Blair Witch Project then over here we have a reindeer see maybe we should made our sleigh on top of the roof that would look really cool and here's our christas tree well our Christmas Tre for outside well light off looks better there you go very nice it's coming for you D get away you s I bet you this thing would even light all right light it first boot for 2009 this is not the plug magically it just came on the sleigh is lit it's a miracle of Christmas who the hell put blinker lights in the Bol yeah look at that why is it it's twinkling Clark we obviously have a problem here he lost his back end but I can repair it I am a licensed ser and the s in the Jersey that's awesome Mr reindeer himself he's very skinny as you can see he doesn't eat much I could use duct tape but we use tie wraps just time first blow up of the Santa for 2009 and there is life the first Christmas float it is balloon look at that thing go hey Dad it is the motorcycle nice we had been looking for it we just couldn't find it it just didn't look like a motorcycle and it was all mushed up I just noticed s were in Shades Santa's cool Santa's rocking that bike SC Splinter Cell now Santa Claus I always think it's Splinter Cell in that bag is a iMac maybe what Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Tom Hank does it a little longer still it was funny and Mom what is that from Polar Polar Express by the way m i at Christmas Vacation hello Mom such contrast going on between your skin your lips in your hair is that good contrast or bad yeah it's good contrast but it's not that funny bit 20 points for that oh then we got a bear a bear a bear a bear don't knock my chocolate over very nice very nice this oh no this is yours yeah I burnt myself yeah I brought some hot chocolate out so be nice an idiot over here gulps it well that is it for now guys thank you for watching the video is not done I'm just saying thank you for watching for today um we're going to be doing more footage throughout the weekend and um this might be a two-point series not really sure yet all right Jaz I hear you all right we're going out to dinner don't know if you care but I'll see you guys after the cut it is December 12th about a week after we started the um decorations outside we a little delayed this year cuz we had to put hard hardwood floor in which I'll show you guys in a second and I'm itchy like a mother cuz of fiberglass and everything but we just stuff we just brought off the uh the fake tree for the living room my dad heard dad say hi now I'm not drunk anyway here it is there it is it's huge isn't it I'm just kid that's just a piece there's the box that came in there's the tree doesn't look like much it's a hi Mom hello and here is our new hardwood floor complete with a Santa sleigh oh they really can't see all yeah you guys will get a better viewing angle um after the piano's moved over there got some Christmas stuff up and here is where the fake tree is going this year we have moved the Santa blimp whatever not blimp air balloon in Earth on to the light this year what what do you guys think looks good where is she and why is she barking yeah it's just a joke cuz the tree was too tall so we had to move it anyway here it is looks very nice it'll look even better when the decoration on here's a quick shot of the decorations on the table next to the front door did very nice mine is the cat food that's usually down there but wood is over here now should eat it as you can see my dad's a big peanuts fan he loves Charlie Brown and everything to do with it very nice very nice as my lens cap destroys the scene first boot to the fireplace mantle there we go and here is the mantle very nice thank you to Sully for that friend friends and family gather here looks very nice up there and here's a good pan with everything we have little glass reindeer love that little candle Dalmation whizzard Nutcracker oh that music in the background and of course lights snowman R2-D2 that my dad just has chilling back there and more Snowman and that we fit Matt that I got my mom last year for Christmas 2008 J thinks dogs are here from the song where is she no sheing in there has been that real dogs well they are but they're not here what was oh shoot where jazzah yes it is that time of year again it is Friday December 4th 2009 and it's time to decorate for the Christmas season you guys know I freaking love Christmas I've been looking forward to this well since Christmas day of last year practically and uh we're a little late this year in doing our decorations I'm currently home alone I'm waiting for my dad to get home he went out to run some errands but we're about to put the decorations up the lights um my room is ially done so I'll kind of give you guys a quick tour of that at the end of this video but for now why don't you help me set up the decorations well why don't you help me observe why you help observe me you know en enjoy so first let's start off by doing a pan of everything we have in the garage so far here's a Ruth with some LED lights light emitting diode and here's the usual manger scene they're just kind of chilling in here until they're not obviously not the bear the bear is not part of the mangor scene you just watching everyone like a little bear he is I don't know there's Mary and everyone else and of course the man himself and then over here we have a reindeer yes my dad has a No Parking except for Dave sign and um yeah this should be pretty interesting let's get started look it's like a first person shooter but instead of the guns I'm throwing a camel at people all right not really but this is is the first official piece of the manger set that I'm putting in the grass and here we go can you feel the excitement that looks amazing and before we move on I want to give you a shot of the flag we have we usually have a flag for each holiday or season or whatever is going on and my dad loves peanuts gallery uh Charlie Brown so here's a shot of that just Snoopy down there they're just kind of chilling and there's Charlie Brown himself it's a very calm day I think we're going to get snow tomorrow so all this tomorrow could be covered in one inch of snow yes 1 in it's a lot of snow isn't it no not really but it's better than nothing and it's earlier than usual all right let's take Mary by the head over here not to offend anyone just it's the easiest way to take her by all that sounded horrible but you know what I mean put her down there on the camel now to party there about 10 or 20 minutes later I have some stuff going up here I got Santa Claus rock in the driveway area as I almost trip over stuff I had the manger set up my dad's probably going to want a little bit change but I tried to balance it a little bit um yes I realized Jesus shouldn't be out yet cuz he's technically born on Christmas day but we'll see what we're going to do my dad usually likes to keep him out no matter what but I think it looks pretty good and here's the bear that I showed you guys earlier here's the Coca-Cola polar bear I like to call it he has a seeing issue he has a visual um impaired problem going on here he's missing an eye but I believe we have it so we'll add that soon and of course it has lights on it as you can see close up and the sleigh I don't think this goes right here it doesn't look right over here but we'll see what happens and of course we'll have Christmas lights on this little tree here we got going so that should look nice then over there is like right around there we have the um giant blowups and then we have the box with the actual outside lights and stuff as labeled by someone this thing is really taped down I'm going try to open this live unboxing I haven't opened this since Christmas of last year so let's see what's inside all right I found a blade cut this open that should be it a little bit of tape right here nothing a blade won't cut and there you go put that over there what do we got here we have ah a season's greetings door that got the LED lights for our front very nice very nice the merry Christmas wreath that lights up on the front door there it goes right there put that down here for later bunch of extension cords a timer for all the lights to go off at night and on as well sorry the loud noise in the background someone's car is very loud and more lights more exic cords and all that good stuff dad has finally found his way home you can be the tester in his puffy jacket what's new Dad ho ho ho I ain't a ho yo you have to go down to the Cross pits there a lot there's a lot more uh dare things okay I'll get all the steaks down as requested steak and eggs oh by the way my dad brought home even more coffee so worship it joining us this year is Buster the lion Buster you look amazing outside look at you you just glow hanging out with Santa yeah bust you're a good boy you love it outside don't you meanwhile never mind I thought Smokey was going to be at the door oh there he is right on Q oh he wants to come out Smokey look at him I start from this side oh that looks amazing it focuses on there and N your double penis ow Dad here we go first boot of the lights this is always fun to say if they were live on camera ah there you go nice LED illumination next up is Mr reindeer all right let's boot the reindeer can't come on here you go very nice it works Dad yeah all right oh wait never mind we got a strand of bulbs out right here TR to fix all right time to operate we have fixed the problem I found the bulb right here was broken my dad replaced it and now it looks good again Buster is chilling by the deer hey BOS your whiskers are going crazy Dad how's it going wonderful wonderful make sure he doesn't shoot the bulbs like in Wolfenstein he choose bulbs wonderful like oh yeah vacation fried pussycat go on bust you can wait in the garage stay smoke stay I don't know if anyone cares but sure someone's into this stuff come on here's a shot of our room right now the living room this used to be carpet but my dad's been putting hardwood floor down all week and we're finishing it tomorrow morning I believe so it should look good just in time for our Christmas party right smokey smokey such a crybaby why do you cry so much Smokey I know I would like to introduce you guys to my girlfriend this is Mary no but seriously um Mary's all lit up now we got to get the rest of the crew all lit up and yes my dad agreed with me we took Jesus out of his bed I guess you could call it a bed and then we will put him in there Christmas Eve night Christmas morning somewhere around then boom SOS actually this is like my geocaching light remember that search geocaching the creative one New Jersey if you're interested anyway um actually this isn't my light this is my dad's light so we are going to finish up the manger scene right now isn't that right Dad sure let's do it ho ho ho and here is our pirate bear IR M and he's scheduled for surgery in the morning cuz he he needs eye surgery and I need to put a nose on him oh yeah that's right his nose is missing too what is his wait his nose is missing know that I'm not p down that good light look it's like freaking Blair Witch Project then over here we have a reindeer see maybe we should made our sleigh on top of the roof that would look really cool and here's our christas tree well our Christmas Tre for outside well light off looks better there you go very nice it's coming for you D get away you s I bet you this thing would even light all right light it first boot for 2009 this is not the plug magically it just came on the sleigh is lit it's a miracle of Christmas who the hell put blinker lights in the Bol yeah look at that why is it it's twinkling Clark we obviously have a problem here he lost his back end but I can repair it I am a licensed ser and the s in the Jersey that's awesome Mr reindeer himself he's very skinny as you can see he doesn't eat much I could use duct tape but we use tie wraps just time first blow up of the Santa for 2009 and there is life the first Christmas float it is balloon look at that thing go hey Dad it is the motorcycle nice we had been looking for it we just couldn't find it it just didn't look like a motorcycle and it was all mushed up I just noticed s were in Shades Santa's cool Santa's rocking that bike SC Splinter Cell now Santa Claus I always think it's Splinter Cell in that bag is a iMac maybe what Merry Christmas Merry Christmas Tom Hank does it a little longer still it was funny and Mom what is that from Polar Polar Express by the way m i at Christmas Vacation hello Mom such contrast going on between your skin your lips in your hair is that good contrast or bad yeah it's good contrast but it's not that funny bit 20 points for that oh then we got a bear a bear a bear a bear don't knock my chocolate over very nice very nice this oh no this is yours yeah I burnt myself yeah I brought some hot chocolate out so be nice an idiot over here gulps it well that is it for now guys thank you for watching the video is not done I'm just saying thank you for watching for today um we're going to be doing more footage throughout the weekend and um this might be a two-point series not really sure yet all right Jaz I hear you all right we're going out to dinner don't know if you care but I'll see you guys after the cut it is December 12th about a week after we started the um decorations outside we a little delayed this year cuz we had to put hard hardwood floor in which I'll show you guys in a second and I'm itchy like a mother cuz of fiberglass and everything but we just stuff we just brought off the uh the fake tree for the living room my dad heard dad say hi now I'm not drunk anyway here it is there it is it's huge isn't it I'm just kid that's just a piece there's the box that came in there's the tree doesn't look like much it's a hi Mom hello and here is our new hardwood floor complete with a Santa sleigh oh they really can't see all yeah you guys will get a better viewing angle um after the piano's moved over there got some Christmas stuff up and here is where the fake tree is going this year we have moved the Santa blimp whatever not blimp air balloon in Earth on to the light this year what what do you guys think looks good where is she and why is she barking yeah it's just a joke cuz the tree was too tall so we had to move it anyway here it is looks very nice it'll look even better when the decoration on here's a quick shot of the decorations on the table next to the front door did very nice mine is the cat food that's usually down there but wood is over here now should eat it as you can see my dad's a big peanuts fan he loves Charlie Brown and everything to do with it very nice very nice as my lens cap destroys the scene first boot to the fireplace mantle there we go and here is the mantle very nice thank you to Sully for that friend friends and family gather here looks very nice up there and here's a good pan with everything we have little glass reindeer love that little candle Dalmation whizzard Nutcracker oh that music in the background and of course lights snowman R2-D2 that my dad just has chilling back there and more Snowman and that we fit Matt that I got my mom last year for Christmas 2008 J thinks dogs are here from the song where is she no sheing in there has been that real dogs well they are but they're not here what was oh shoot where jazz\n"