How To Throw A Magical Christmas Party | Sarah 101 | Abode

paper was light gold in medieval times [Music] i want tobacco sugar [Music] that everything we thought we knew about the world might turn out to be completely wrong it doesn't really feel like the holidays until the little ones are involved [Music] okay i'll be careful she's gonna be careful have to hold on to you okay i'll try not to bump my head i promise hey tommy it's the holidays know what that means binge eating no a party it's in one week and everyone's invited really will they help no but we hope they'll enjoy [Music] it's the holiday season and what better time for a party i've hosted a holiday shindig for the past eight years and it's grown to about 200 guests and this time you're invited oh i'm feeling festive are you feeling festive oh yeah tommy's gonna help pull it together because i'm running a bit behind do i need a reindeer in my life not that reindeer correction a lot behind it's in a week it's a girl in this short time we've got to decorate the house okay how about a tree then definitely a tree definitely a treat we've also got to bake i've never baked so i have never sewn a stitch in my life and shop don't worry tommy has shopped before it's very pestic and i've got about a dozen other festive tasks that we've got to get done in the next week you better do this fast okay so i'm making a list you have to serve that at the party and checking it twice oh you see i normally do more are you with me this is the coolest thing ever let's kick things off with the tree do you like a scotch pine a white pine a fraser fur or a douglas fir good heavens i don't even know what any of that is i think i need at least three wise men to help me decide on what on a christmas tree okay scott's pine yeah this is what we used to have when i was a kid long needles spiky ouch ow not very not friendly white pine softer needles but still long needles the fraser fur has sort of a bluey tinge i think on the back side and it's got short but soft needles if we're out here for another 20 minutes i'm gonna have a blue backside so let's just figure it out what's your favorite favorite is the fraser fruit when you put your ornaments on you can really see the ornaments instead of having them getting all cluttered in all those long needles it's also the most expensive so you'll probably like it too i really like it okay let's go i'm going in here's a twist i'm going to get two trees a big one and a small one i've got something in mind these things swing both ways clearly thankfully the height of a natural tree is somewhat adjustable now we need a tall tree tall and skinny tall skinny and straight good like sarah's husband [Laughter] and this is the one i think this is gorgeous gorgeous get out of this there it is hank my tree needs a haircut yeah i don't know do you think i can save trees done the tall one is going to be a guest at the party so it's got to look great should we get going we got a few ornaments and they're not all uniform variety is the spice of life on christmas trees do you have a system your ass could be about assistant okay so here's my thing it's a loaded question first i start with my lights i wrap them around all the branches i like to make sure they go back far into the tree and then i like to go with anything that's like a reflective ornament okay i put further back in the tree right and then i kind of layer them out can i ask why the little reflective go inside if you put the little reflection inside they act like little mirrors okay and my only thing is each person has to do one color so if you're taking the multi colors with the swirls you have to do all of those because you have to be responsible for making sure that they're all evenly dispersed [Music] and cue the adorable help hey hi do you want to put one on wait for the gold balls okay this is precisely where my patented tree technique hits a snow bank okay just a second you have to use the blue one okay you can use the green ones but we're not finished the white ones mommy's gonna kill us careful mama okay i'll be careful she's gonna be careful i have to hold on to you okay thank you everybody [Music] yeah we don't want that [Music] i think i found it he found an orange one and a purple one the green one and red one and they're all gonna go on one branch they're all different colors or they might all go on the floor [Music] okay tommy i've realized that having a little one involved in the tree decorating means that you break all of the rules of how you decorate it as a decorator however i think there's one rule that doesn't get broken and that is that it doesn't feel like the holidays until you've done the treat [Music] you know i'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that i don't think this tree can hold one more ornament then you'd be going out on a very droopy limb but you know what i love now is i love the vibrancy of all this color i used to do my tree as you know all clear a little bit of white a little bit of gold a little bit of silver yeah i think that the color is amazing what i love about it is it's colors that aren't your everyday christmas shades i mean still a red and green tree i'm never gonna do but the orange and the hot pink and the lime green it's just zingy christmas is the one time of year you shouldn't be afraid to go overboard with color it's a very happy looking christmas tree oh i've got one last thing we have an unusual color palette and i thought why not have an unusual tree skirt so i found these these are sheepskins great idea and i thought we'd just wrap them around the base [Music] you know i think we can officially call this tree done the tree is done but coming up we've got some really hot stockings okay so i'm 30 seconds into gluing and i've already burned a finger christmas stocking making is bloody dangerous don't try this at home have you ever sewn i have never sewn a stitch in my life okay well so this i will prove to you how easy it is to sew and how easy it is to work with felt the great thing about felt is you can cut it with pinking shears and it does not fray so basically i made this cute boot so all four stockings in our heads are gonna be the same shape but then each one will be decorated to suit individual personalities you're such a designer you have to have a through line fine okay so i've got all these bright colors which of these colors do you think you want i have my own colors which are not colors at all this is my palette oh what a surprise i wanted it to look like something i would wear ball fringe for my christmas stocking perfect can i give you just one hand first you can teach me the whole thing honey because i don't know what i'm doing here when you're attaching all your decorative accoutrement it's a good idea to stay sort of through the middle channel of the stocking because you'll need to leave about a half an inch seam allowance all the way around the perimeter right you don't want to be sewing over your lovely gold stairs no are you ready i think i'm ready all right game on that's right the gloves are off but the stockings are on as the rookie takes on the champ in this christmas so down showdown hypothetically if you were to be decorating anything with felt but you can't really look like you're going to it's a good idea to lay out the entire stocking first and then start gluing in case you're wondering the f stands for my youngest daughter can i have the glue gun i'm ready to glue i'm feeling the need for some glue okay so i'm 30 seconds into gluing and i've already burned a finger that would seem like everything's working out as it in the glue gun universe oh dangerous christmas stalking making is bloody dangerous don't try this at home i'm ready to show you ready to sew i think i'm ready here's my question what are you hanging your stocking from the mantel with i was gonna use one of these guys and what's that gonna hang on a nail you put a nail in your mantel i'm in a rental i don't care okay well if you're not in a rental what i would suggest is that you make a long hanging cord we always had ours growing up had open ends so you could tie them onto the fire screen well that makes sense but what you do is take the looped end and just anchor it in the top of the stocking and then sew it so what you're gonna want to do is start at the top and you can use the side of your sewing foot here as a guide oh and that'll give you like a quarter of an inch it'll give you a set distance away okay from the edge of the stocking start your engines oh hello i just realized something really scary what you're getting so far ahead and i'm still embellishing [Music] this is terrible look at this i mean it like you know that i don't drink at work look at that no actually i think it's really charming it has a kind of hand stitch surely it's a nice way of saying crappy [Music] [Applause] have to focus or i'm never gonna finish this [Music] show off that is so pretty let's see what i've got two stockings for my two girls let's see yours well mine's not quite as fancy i think you did great not bad for a first time out i think it's awesome a little wobbly as i said it's charming although not as charming or inexpensive as our next decor project my goodness look at all these lovely little pine cones you found while foraging in the forest well they are readily available in most people's backyards or in parks so essentially what we're about to talk about is a free decor idea for the holidays free pine cones and chances are if you've done an accent wall in your house you've used a color of paint that you would like to tie in perhaps to your holiday decor right as you know i don't do the red i don't do the green but i think why not go for pink turquoise lime green exactly i mean you can do this in white if you want the key is that it's so simple we've got our pine cones we've got our paint now all we need to do is pour a little bit of the paint into a container preferably one with a really good seal on it yes add a little bit of water how much water do you think half and half no just like two thirds you just want to get it a little bit thinner two parts paint one part water yeah the point is if the paint is too thick it's gonna get stuck in and it's gonna be too i'm gonna use the term gloppy so you mix up your paint [Music] and then and then okay are you ready for the easiest thing on the planet drop your pinecone in put the lid on and shake it [Music] it is literally as simple as that it's on right now then open it up let it drip off of it lay it on a sheet of wax paper technically if you were doing this at home you'd have music blaring while you're doing this you know what else these would be great as what place cards oh place card holders like name card holders at the table excellent because those can be expensive they have the little ridges that you can stick the paper card into exactly [Music] okay my stockings are hung and my pine cones are in the pink up next tommy and i have to dress up the front entries it's like designing a room you have to have a little sparkle so here's the thing been a little too busy lately and my summer planters became frosted frozen winter planters it looks like a bad weight look at this so are we gonna have to cut that off well you can't just give it a haircut because then we can't get the material in so i've got a better idea i've heard but you can use a drill to destroy your planter no to drill into the soil fill it with hot water and then we'll be able to pull the plants out then we can do our planters [Music] smell that smells like a swamp look at you holding your scarf back like made a lot of money for this car here you can't focus on where you're going i know where i'm going ideally we need to now that's how you do it tommy okay yeah your method's way better see that could have been my scarf all right well let's just get this plant material out and get going oh this actually works [Music] that totally works i'm impressed i'm most impressed with your gardening tip in there okay so enough with the ugly how about some pretty okay so here's what we've got we've got yellow dogwood we've got variegated boxwood we've got british columbia cedar for some green then we have some some faux we've got fake white amaryllis and these white painted twigs okay because there's a little extra thing that we're gonna put out the night of the party and i thought that the white would be a nice tie-in okay should we get a move on here let's do it so i'm thinking put the yellow dogwood on the sort of outside edge it works really well if you take basically a whole bunch of twigs yep and just put them in so the downside is the planters were frozen the upside is that if you don't do the early bird decorating everything goes on sale all of our plant material 50 off i'm impressed me too the girl likes a bargain so i think next we should go with the bc cedar this is going to give us a beautiful hit of green and it's sort of a soft feathery look and will we group that as well i think we group that and what if we group it so it's branching out over the far side all right [Music] let's move on i think we should do the variegated boxwood next okay and this is going to create a nice low feathery fit right at the front so just in bunches right again in bunches yeah and i think of this as being like a beautiful plate that's brought to you in a high-end restaurant you know it's all little clusters of different elements so that you can really appreciate the cedar the dogwood the boxwood but you know what i think before we get too far with this boxwood i think we should try our amaryllis okay [Applause] okay now let's go for my favorite part the silver bing bong oh that's my favorite part too it's like designing a room you have to have a little sparkle okay they're not exactly organic plant material but the bing bongs are really gonna dress up the planters i kind of like it when they're kind of hidden i don't like it when they stand up too far okay and i think the last thing is we fill in okay i think we call it done we have to know when to stop can i go inside now please my nose is running my toes are cold is it time for a hot toddy i forgot i even had toes they're so bad and who's toddy [Laughter] planters check let's get inside so here's my question i bought a couple of these led wreaths and i'm wondering do we hang one here in the dining room window so that you'll see it from the street i just i'm not sure if it's quite there for me like i feel really on the fence about it i don't know what it is but there's something about it that looks like i'll tell you you know what it is it looks like somebody bought a wreath form and then they got to the stage where they wrapped the lights around and then they got really too busy with other things for their party and abandoned ship on a project so you think it needs something more looks incomplete do we need it at all okay this could be really weird but i have an idea would a feather boa or four fix it why do you have feather boas well i costume party years ago and i couldn't bear to get rid of them they were inexpensive they were less than ten dollars a piece where's the rest of the costume you don't want to see it but i'd love to be able to reuse them what do you think what if we did this oh i see where you're going here what if we just you're really loose oh look at the light coming through the feathers i'm impressed okay so [Music] 30 seconds we go from that's kind of weird to holy wow check it out you know what i was right it was incomplete but now it is you know what there's just nothing like a feather bow to finish any of it are you sure you want to say that national television i've only worn them once before okay our boa construction is done but the party's only three days away next we rip through a quick and easy project that is trying that the kids are going to love okay nothing says holidays like a peacock feather it's the most beautiful green it's incredible if you're trying to do something contemporary you have to kind of go in a different direction definitely because the old pine wreath doesn't look separate well it's still round and it's still green it's just using an unexpected material which i love and it's going with us yes i would say so just one no i think we need two and what else do we need ah some nice ribbon how about a nice long piece of this i don't think of you as a bow person though no but you don't have to do a bow if you're doing something contemporary you can just drape it over is it for a holiday wreath it doesn't have to be you can just do that which i think is beautiful it's really pretty actually if you do yes thank you waiter that will be all for this evening stay tuned and i'll show you how my idea really looks whoa where did you get these aren't these cute i just took little votives and after alexander stacked the wood pile he just leaves a few little pieces sticking out for me that i can hang these on you made these yep i made these and you can too just wrap some brass wire around the glass vodka holder make a loop at the top and tie off the two ends put a tea light in and you've got a beautiful but simple lantern it's a little 50 cent votive right and now you just put them on light them up and then the whole wall glows it's so pretty and speaking of so pretty i know i brought these but i i have hearts but i don't know what we're doing and i see that you've already got the so i put a temporary hanger on here and then i just looped the ribbon around and i fastened it with a safety pin at the back and i just thought i was trying to figure out how to make this as contemporary as possible so i figured just one wide channel of ribbon to link the two together okay and then i thought just loop this around just a little bit of a drape like yeah i was thinking truly just appreciate the ribbon for what it is i cut the ends on an angle and then it's just a loop of ribbon i love the combination of the like this color in the feather is in the it's just i think we can call that peacock green against the blue so the blue door picks up the peacock feathers okay so the door looks great and the planners look great but i don't think they look great together what do you mean it feels to me like we either need to put peacock blue or green or something in the planters or else we need to put some white on the wreath okay so look we could do this just a thin piece that's nice and modern looking [Music] oh yes i feel much better thank you very good you know me i just need to have things it has to be really wrapped up and done and another thing that has to be done is my fun idea for tree number two my husband alexander there we go he's getting us started now you see tommy can get out around it [Music] i'm almost thin enough to get through i am we're making 24 little advent bags which will fill with a little toy treat just something you can get at the dollar store and then we'll tie them off and we'll actually hang them on the tree as ornaments when all is said and done and i just thought we should use a bright cheery colorful fabric i love the fabric well i thought you would in order to make 24 bags we need just around a meter of fabric that's easy that's inexpensive this was ten dollars per meter ten dollars for all the bags is great so our bags we're cutting them at eight inches by eight inches yes here's the quick time saver lots of fabric will actually rip in a perfectly straight line and all you need to do is cut it into squares so what can i do to help give me a job we need to make a hem a top hem okay so fold in a little fold iron it down and then fold it over so that the rough edge has been ironed inside and that's it [Music] okay so this is very simple now we have this cute zigzag edge across the top and then what we want to do is take a loop of ribbon put it on a diagonal oh i see toward the fold yeah because when you turn it inside out it needs to be pointing out on an angle towards the fold fold our bag over and then we're going to do one straight stitch down and one across [Music] and now i can turn it inside out using the dowel all right so the next thing is we've got our numbers yes and we are using iron-on adhesive sheets so these you can get at any business supply store can i ask a really stupid question yeah why are these backwards oh because you need the numbers to be backwards because this is a special film sheet that you iron on and then when you peel it off it has to be backwards so when you go into your printer settings you can flip it as long as your numbers start out backwards they'll be forwards when you iron them on so then what you do is you just cut them out you take that number put it printed side down right on the bay low down you put it low down because we need to cinch the top of the bag to tie it once we put the little treat inside of course so if you cinch over your number they can't read them and they can't read the number you're best to have a little scrap of fabric you can use a tea towel a rag whatever you want lay it over top of the number put your iron on the highest cotton setting no steam okay and hold it in place i think about 15 seconds is good okay what you want to do is you want to allow the transfer to cool completely before you peel the backing off because i can attest if you pull it off too fast you don't get a very good registration you don't get all of the ink on the bag [Music] look at that that is lovely that looks good that is 15. okay now we just have 23 to go the last thing we have to do is put the little treat in the bag cinch it up with another little piece of ribbon hang it on the tree and let the advent celebration begin that is charlie i think it's good cute perfect little wire on the back you got it rigged up well i think so we'll see if it works but this is one of those gems you find when you're looking for something else [Music] what do you think of that i think it's a charming looking snowflake like object what for well it's a little wall hanging decorative plaque you need a plaque well i don't need a plaque but you know i don't have a tree topper i've never had a tree topper you've never had a tree topper no i've never found one i liked could you do something with it i mean would it look pretty on the top of the tree i think it would look adorable yeah absolutely very clever [Music] best looking tree topper i've ever seen and the first tree topper i've ever had i like it and the advent tree is an immediate hit with the kids [Music] tommy and i are over halfway through our party prep and up next it's some holiday magic where we turn these chips into this [Music] i think this recipe dates back to the 50s okay classic recipe from an old-school cookbook i love vintage everything basically these are pecan puffs simple simple ingredients okay okay we start with two cups of pecans now normally when you're using nuts people tell you to just chop them okay i like to actually puree these to the point that we turn them into a pecan butter okay so turn it on do i just push this no turn [Music] keep going you're gonna tell me when to stop right oh you've gone too far don't do that okay see how that's become quite fine it looks like sand now we need two sticks of butter and then i'm gonna add four tablespoons of brown sugar crank it on [Music] how long do you do this for until what i like it until it looks sort of frothy okay okay now you need to add two teaspoons of vanilla okay put it in there oh you gave me a really scary job you did that on purpose well you didn't have to pour it over top of the machine this thing sucks this sucks i am so not quitting my job and moving over the food network like that's just never gonna happen that's good now we've got two cups of sifted cake flour okay the key to flour is mix it a little bit at a time give it a little jolt off whoa it gets a little dusty [Applause] perfect so you can see now that this is sort of like a thick paste and what we want to do is we want to put it in the refrigerator maybe for about an hour so go do something else and we want it to get quite cool so that we can roll it into really nice little balls and then we wait [Music] i'm gonna go downstairs or maybe i'll take the escalator [Music] i told you i'm blind okay so you can scoop it out with the spoon and i find it's easiest just to scoop out a whole bunch put them on a plate and then we'll roll them all at once all right so you just make them like a bite-sized almost like a big ball of chewing gum yeah just like that you can actually put them fairly close together because they don't flatten out the way something like a chocolate chip cookie does okay [Music] okay now into the oven 300 degrees for about 45 minutes until they just start to go a little bit golden [Music] doesn't smell delicious unbelievable okay now if you could put a couple of sheets of wax paper down here okay okay why do we do this perfect because it's about to start to snow so cooling rack there we'll let these cool just enough that we can sort of pick them up okay because if we use a spatula we run the risk of breaking them and we want to keep them in this beautiful little ball format they're extremely delicate at this point okay okay so when you put them on the cooling rack you want them as close together as possible why is that so that you waste as little sugar as possible why are we talking so quietly oh because this is a very delicate moment take the icing sugar okay and dust all over the top of them more more that is fun no you got to really go for it though come on like you need a lot of it yeah they're supposed to be white they're hot now so the sugar sort of melts on them a little bit and then later on when you present them you give them one more dusting okay so just pre-presentation i do really want to try one i have one in mind though which one i want the one in the far corner you know what i wanted that one too why i don't know but i was i'm still reaching for that one okay this is your first baking experiment you can have that one okay thank you that is the second best one wasn't it [Music] if any of your puffs survive they'll make a great hostess gift pop them in a small dish add a bit more snow and wrap them up in cellophane add a ribbon and they won't be able to thank you enough they'll be too busy devouring them the baking is done but the heat is still on my holiday party is in two days and there's still a ton of work to do [Music] you know what i just realized i haven't ordered rentals what rentals you know glasses we're in grocery mode oh it's early it's really early good morning everyone [Music] for starters i'm going to get vegetables i'm going to make a nice fresh veggie dip plate i'm going to get some kale to line the presentation platters always looks beautiful nice hit of color i'm looking for things that are refreshing colorful yeah for the people who want healthy you can't just have all kind of decadent hors d'oeuvres you got to have a nice assortment of crisps but it has to look pretty oh it has to look pretty okay i think we should do some asparagus spears do you want me to take a leak leaks oh no don't have no no leaks you know what i just realized we haven't ordered rentals what rentals you know glasses i'm going to call the randall blaze and plates little plates okay we have a party happening tomorrow and we've forgotten to order rentals we're going to need glassware and we're going to need plates for a party of about 200 people okay bye sarah we got the rentals thank goodness my guests would have been pretty cheesed if they had to eat everything with their hands speaking of cheese hi how are you i'm good how are you good i need some cheese i need a lot of cheese well let's start with a nice farmhouse free okay it's called three demo would you like to try it sure sure it's like your coinage but what about a nice blue a glue would be great i got the farmhouse open today i can give you a taste if you like okay sure just does farmhouse meat farmhouse it's mean enough farm um something that's yeah don't say something like the regular stilton is more like a little bit sharper factory still cool factory is built in yeah and the farmhouse tends to be a little bit more mellow it's a nice blue not too strong if you're trying to help somebody who's putting together an assortment of cheeses what are you looking for you try to kind of cater to everyone's taste more or less like you start with something soft and mild which is more like a brief then there you can go triple cream cheeses which is a little bit more creamy different textures different looks some people like something to put on the on the plate that has a nice look to it so you're thinking about when you're suggesting you're thinking about the presentations [Music] i don't care for this i can give you a taste of another italian food [Music] everything else was lovely though thank you see the difference is if you buy all of your cheese in the grocery store you're just going to get a small selection and they're probably going to be from the biggest producers so you're going to get more of that factory cheese whereas if you come to a cheese specialty store i find the prices are far better the staff is far more knowledgeable and you can get these beautiful big pieces if you're having a party so it presents nicely now this one here is made with the grape seeds that you make the barolo wine with i love that one crushed grapes on the outside barolo really yeah see what they did was they took the wine and the cheese and they just smushed it all into one it tastes like wine and cheese at the same time it's all natural love it do you think we should get some options definitely we should get some offers well you know me i love orchids did you actually know that they have a season no i did not no no believe it or not they are in season around the holidays which means the price comes down they fluctuate a fair bit in price kind of like stocks they're actually more expensive in the summer where when you would think about buying them they'll range 29 25 right now check this out 12.99 that is literally half price are you ready for my other part of the tip nice mirrored pot gorgeous 12.99 6.99 under 20 is that not the best hostess gift it's basically the price of a bottle of wine sarah yeah what about these for your vaz vegetable presentation oh for veggies and avoz i think those are perfect because they're nice and short it's a great packet full of cucumber spears or carrot sticks well people don't think of serving food in vases but it's a great idea they're made of glass no well and it looks beautiful it'll add a bit of sparkle for the mantel what if we did a trio of orchids brilliant because the problem is with my mantle is it's so shallow i can't do a big arrangement it is very shallow my go-to is that i always do a cluster of vases pick one color smart and might i say a go-to solution is always best when you're beating the clock this is looking good hang on these are better why are those better well they're just prettier they're longer and slender and more elegant okay so these tapers they look as though they're a hand-dipped candle right they're supposed to look like the old-fashioned hand-dipped and you are a traditional man and i'm a more contemporary woman and i like the straight-sided ones better i also have something else for you to know i did a little test you did what you know you always want the taper i always want the straight so i decided to do a burn off to see which one burnt faster where did you do that well you know in my spare time and i started with two candles the exact same length yes this one burns far faster so if you want your candles to last all night long through a party i'd go straight sided my friend all right you win this time the food and the flowers are taken care of and tomorrow is the day of the party we're almost done but i've still got a couple great ideas for finishing touches this is the coolest thing ever what's this and monogramming as if i've got a second left for another project to get customized party napkins is expensive if you get cheap cocktail napkins it looks like cheap cocktail napkins but then i had this idea why couldn't you emboss them so this is like a corporate seal but 125 dollars you can put whatever you want on it and then you just emboss each napkin this is the coolest thing ever i'd like to be referred to as the embosser from now on kind of like the enforcer how about little miss embossy pants sure you're not the emboss of me oh and back at the house nothing kind of creates the mood like candlelight and i'd thought that because we have this long wall in front of the house we could set these lanterns all the way along the top of the wall space them out and that way as you approach you'll see them whether you're coming by a car or taxi or on foot instead of cluttering up the walkway and they'll be nice and high and they'll glow all night long our rentals are here very good okay i think we're going to be unloading glassware in a second [Music] here's a quick tip for measuring grab a stick from the garden and use it to make sure your lanterns are spaced evenly perfect what we'll do first is lay everything out and figure out sort of how people will flow through the room so i rented the little tiny square plates but everything else is mine and i've got lots and lots of these white platters they are gorgeous there's two things i love about using the white platters first i think the food always looks spectacular and secondly i find that you can get them at far better prices so if i were to have all of my serving pieces match my china i would be into thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars in serving pieces and i think you can just never go wrong white platters white dishes always fine very gourmet very gourmet you're right well it's the afternoon before the party time to kick into high gear we've raised the bar on the cocktail napkins with a simple embossing project and forget the yule log cause you'll love my colorful pinecones do you do the big ones because you know me i love big cones okay a bag just a shopping bag yeah roll it down and just shake them make sure it's well coated the mantle has been dressed with orchids but the focal point of the room has got to be the tree it doesn't feel like the holidays until you've done the treat you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs so i guess the same goes for christmas trees [Music] [Applause] and outside our front entries warm and welcoming this house is dressed for a party [Music] okay 7 28 guests arrived in 32 minutes i gotta go get changed [Music] so [Music] my table is set the candles are lit and the guests have started to arrive so i've got a job to do to host my party the holidays have always been one of my favorite times of the year and whether you choose to host a big or a small gathering it's a wonderful opportunity to create happy memories that will last throughout the year [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] later on we're sifting icing sugar yeah that gets messy okay so rewind we're gonna do something messy later yeah do i need another outfit you're wearing an apron or is that just for show i thought the apron was kind of nice with my shirt i know i feel like a bit of a dork

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Published: Wed Dec 08 2021