a cozy halloween vlog 🎃 reading & spooky baking

[@christy-anne-jones]

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[@Lizzyb1813]

Totally agree that red apples taste better than Granny Smith! One of the reasons why Granny Smiths are used in pies are that they hold up better under longer bake times. It’s so you don’t get a soggy mess when cutting into a pie 🥧

[@spc.aesthetic]

This made me want to drop everything and reread The Graveyard Book 🥰

[@circleofleaves2676]

For anyone wondering, in the southern hemisphere, Halloween/Samhain isn't actually until early May. When it's halloween/samhain in the northern hemisphere, it's Beltane in the southern hemisphere. (Basically just looked at the sabbat wheel, and see its opposite.)

[@aeolia80]

I was just thinking that, heard her voice, checked her location just to be sure she was living there, and felt a bit weird because she should be in the peak of Spring season right now but doing autumn content to stay relevant with the season in the northern hemisphere. I mean "you do you, girl", totally fine, I was just like a little taken aback like "what?!", lol

[@christy-anne-jones]

Southern Hemisphere people are very very used to celebrating things like this 'out of season'. So, interestingly I've never seen it as the AUTUMN holiday. Just the spooky holiday. The choice is to have fun with it in spring or ignore it entirely, so I'll have fun with it in spring 😊💛🎃👻

[@maddychurchhouse4556]

@@aeolia80 All Anglo cultures celebrate Halloween in October thanks to historical ties to the UK and globalisation/US media saturation. She's not "staying relevant" she's just being an Australian.

[@thursoberwick1948]

Samhainn has nothing to do with Shabbat. It's a Celtic festival leis an fhirinn innse.

[@jesclle]

watching this is somehow so wholesome and i’ve been smiling throughout the video 🥺

[@akemibravo6900]

Me too, I love her and all the videos that she does are so lovely!

[@curry2386]

The spider cookies are SOOOOO cute, they look like a critter straight out of a ghibli film!!!

[@magicksanctuary]

You’re one of the people that inspired my to start a channel. The quality of your content is amazing! Spooky season all the way 🎃 keep doing what you’re doing Christy!

[@christy-anne-jones]

Awh thank you so much!! Hope your channel goes well 💛💛

[@carowkart9836]

I love those videos sooooo much. It brings me so much peace

[@margaretforsey7763]

I read ‘The Graveyard Book’ for the first time this month, because of your recommendation! I enjoyed it so much. 🧡 I read from the book and also listened to the audiobook, which is performed by Neil Gaiman himself. He has a rich and theatrical voice. I sometimes listened to it while sitting in the old, beautiful, graveyard in my town, which was pretty magical.

[@chorei1663]

What a neat idea to read it in a graveyard!

[@Purzius]

Such a beautiful and warm vlog as usual

[@SorbetCitron17]

I'm Swiss. I like tart apple pies. My own techniques inherited from my gran is to put uncooked apples on the dough. But after ten minutes of cooking, we add a mix of egg, sugar, cream, and for spices cinnamon, four spices, or cardamom. Then, back in the oven until the dough is crunchy.

[@seriouslywhatever1031]

You have so much patience for all that fiddly baking. If you use just egg yolk for the egg wash it gives the pastry a richer flavour and more golden colour.

[@ytuseracct]

love the background music choices!

[@christy-anne-jones]

I had so much fun choosing them 😅💛

[@messtika-581]

Your baking techniques are the ultimate way of never giving up ❤ i am proud of your work ethic 👌💕🥹 this is a beautiful video and I looooooove your hair color too~😍🥰👌💯

[@tonydeluna8095]

It’s definitely a great season of the year to read The Trespasser by Tana French. A perfect read, a perfect Halloween treat!

[@tawnyachristensen7310]

So fun to see your cozy baking vlog, creatives are so good at so many things!

[@katieo3421]

the craving i've just been hit with for peanut butter cookies is UNREAL 😩 the perfect vlog to watch on halloween! 💕🎃👻

[@sandramathews24]

I just finished The graveyard book, I loved it soo much. From now on Neil Gaiman was one of mine favourite writer who is a genius in writing.

[@NekoNya12]

Now I really want to bake some cute Halloween pastries 🍰 😋

[@Ms.SpookyNerd]

Great vlog! 🎃💀🦇🕷️☕🪦👻📚

[@songjin-woo9560]

I'm just Kazakh boy which like reading books, and recently I read "The Graveyard Book" and it was wonderful. And today I watch this video and enjoying about how you celebrate Halloween! Thank you for this video and good luck🥰

[@shimah_matrix]

this is just the kind of video l have been looking for! thank you Christy for such great uploads🌸

[@christy-anne-jones]

Thank YOU for being here 😊💛

[@elizabethb.3932]

As someone who lives in an area where apples are grown, the type of apple makes a huge difference in taste and texture. In my opinion, gala and honeycrisp apples are the best because they are sweet and crispy, and golden delicious and red delicious are the worst cause they soft and mealy. Green apples are sour, so they’re often covered in caramel and eaten in the fall.

[@everausten]

I figure us in the Southern Hemisphere are luckier, because we get to have Autumn in the first half of the year, and relive it with Halloween in the second half! 💛🌙🌟✨

[@livmilesparanormalromanceb6891]

I completely agree with you about not using green apples and apple pie! They’re too hard and tart. Pink, red, or yellow all the way! 🍎

[@AdrianasWonderland]

oh woaaah the treets looks amazing! so yummy 🍬🍬

[@DorothyOzmaLover]

Those treats look so delicious and fun for the holiday. Bless ya for sharing!

[@nicky_bee]

Those spider cookies! 😊

[@YourTrueShelf]

So beautifully autumnal! The baking looked absolutely amazing. I remember last year - you topped it this year! Must read the graveyard book. Happy Halloween 🎃🦇

[@Kpopheaven]

Those pastries look so cute and nice! I would like to bake more often but when I do, I usually just make something quick and easy and wouldn't bother to decorate them probably haha :D

[@gloomhavenmusic]

We love the spooky season! And you can’t go wrong with Neil Gaiman. The Graveyard Book and Coraline are perfect for the vibe, but I would also include his novel “The Ocean at the End of the Lane” it’s one of my all time faves and has that spooky, whimsical style I love him for.

[@christy-anne-jones]

Basically, any Neil Gaiman book is perfect for halloween 💛

[@BVoshol]

Typically when I make apple pies and such, I really only use one or two granny Smith apples and then use mostly sweeter apples. I find that makes it taste really nice and have a variety. I typically use whatever apples I have around to eat (Often gala) but I like using Jonathan or braeburn apples as they hold together a bit better than gala when cooked. But yeah... Still quite sweet! And you've now inspired me to make apple crisp. Can't be bothered with pastry today!

[@bookoffholicbookwart5945]

I enjoyed this sooooo much. As someone who never experienced a true autumn or Halloween (I'm from India especially the southern part) I could totally understand how you feel.

[@writebrobp]

This is sooooooooo cute! Christy, I loved this video just like all your others. Happy Halloween!!!

[@krissyn.3366]

Amazing video! I completely agree with you on apples! I only use red/sweet apples for everything (even caramel apples). I hate green apples. Everything you made turned out so cute! 💗

[@pollyjeanz]

i always love your videos christy, theyre so comforting and fun

[@jamesduggan7200]

Yes, apples improve at least 50% when the time is taken to peel them.

[@LaviniaDeMortalium]

had a rough altercation with my emotionally abusive mother this morning. This video is very much appreciated

[@agustina0110]

😍love halloween! In my country is spring too, but I like to celebrate with my boyfriend at home anyways.😘

[@sophilozophy]

Everything looks delicious. Thank you for the link to the recipes since I think I want to try them out. I'm a fan of Halloween as well and also watch the Nightmare Before Christmas during the Halloween season 💀👋🏽

[@Princessmaria1234]

Ur vlogs is so so amazing 😍🤩 and i love ur vlogs very much

[@AndreaHecklerWriter]

I’ve never understood green apples in apple pie either! My mom always used red apples, so I knew nothing else growing up 😍🥧

[@s4nzyG]

Your videos are amazing!!!

[@MatildaTheBookDragon]

I baked the apple pumpkin pie tonight! So fun, thank you for the inspiration ❤️ 💖 though I probably should have added some sugar to the pie crust

[@Jillybeanzxo]

Thank you for SUCH a cozy comforting vlog, thoroughly enjoyed ☺️

[@SarahAsYouWish]

You did a wonderful job with your treats. What a lovely, cozy vlog.

[@vallery473]

Thank you for such a great video 🥰 and for the apple pie idea🎃

[@chorei1663]

Seeing you read and listen to The Graveyard Book makes me so happy because I just remember how delightful it was to have read it, or rather, listened to it. I just listened to it this September so not too long ago. Those were some really fun looking baked goods. I would love to try making all of them. Glad you had a lot of fun making them!

[@Fons00]

Such a cute video! Every video you make is so beautifully edited 💖

[@LauZalve]

Soo beautiful Christy!! love so much!! happy Halloween!! :D you are such an inspiration! 💙

[@whimsichloe]

spooky season!! i adore this time of year and i can’t wait to dive into this vid! i’m sending you all of western pennsylvania’s autumnal weather :) EDIT: i have celiac and relate with the struggle of gluten free baking SO much

[@christy-anne-jones]

awwh I wish we had that weather hahah It's very difficult to navigate gluten free baking generally! But god, being celiac must be a whole other kettle of fish--you poor thing. It must be so frustrating trying to find decent options particularly when eating at restaurants 💛

[@whimsichloe]

@@christy-anne-jones it definitely can be! gluten free foods are becoming so much more accessible now and i’m very grateful your desserts look delicious and i might have to do some baking today☺️

[@minteabee]

Oh my gosh! This was such a cozy video ☺️ I had been planning to read The Graveyard book for the first time for Halloween this year, so we're reading the same book at the same time :D Last year I made little ghost brownies for Halloween, they were basically just brownies covered in white fondant and chocolate for the eyes and mouth, they were very cute xD Also I agree with you on prefering sweet apples in apple pie, except I did try the apple cinnamon tea cake recipe that you shared, but I *loved* that one with the granny smith apple personally, it was a great contrast imo because there wasn't that much apple as well.

[@L.O.V.E.CaratStay]

I just want to move to Australia, so I can come over to Christy's house, eat delicious treats, and write. ♥ Always love these cozy videos!

[@joanahenriques8863]

This was super cute and cozy 🥰 It was also so funny that you spoke about the apples because I had thought that your peeling technique was quite odd 🤭 mystery explained!

[@SBNunez]

I enjoyed this vlog so much! The apple pies are such a cute idea!! I need to try this

[@theblossomingbloom]

Just ordered The Graveyard Book, can't wait to read it. I was searching for Fantasy books and I found your channel, new subscriber now☺

[@TheOsiren]

Can you share a baking recipe with us? That looked really good.

I don't know if it's Quebec thing, but here, we bake pretty much exclusively with red apples! I don't really like apples (especially Granny Smiths) in general, but I do love me a good baked apple treat.

[@christy-anne-jones]

Maybe it's an Australian thing? I'm not sure! From what I understand, we usually use granny smith apples to bake apple pie which (I've learned bc I googled it just now haha) are actually Australian apples!

[@wawahals]

Super love this ❤❤❤❤❤ happy Halloween Christy! xx

[@christy-anne-jones]

Happy Halloween to you!! 💛

[@tempest2000]

That's odd that Gaiman pronounces "macabre" that way. I always heard it "ma-cobb" as in the French way.

[@ReadingKeepsRealityAway]

The reason people use green apples is red apples don’t have the right flavour punch and are too soft to hold up to the temperatures and length of time a pie takes to cook

[@AbzLLee]

As a classically trained musician, I’d always been told it was pronounced like “dahns mahkab” if i could have figured out what the ipa for it was i would but I’m lazy lol

[@IlFilodiArianna_vlog]

I loved this video ❤

[@ahsenbilici7852]

I didn't know that people were making apple pie with green apple... I always made them with red ones. Green ones were only for lemonade hahahah But you made me wonder about how they taste with green ones. wow.

[@melindabiddy7165]

I want the winnie the pooh mug!

[@cristinap.1914]

Loved this vlog 🎃 Greetings from Portugal ♥️

[@MaryAmongStories]

🧡🍂

[@AnnapurnaMoffatt]

Apple pie is my favourite. My family makes pies with our own apples, both red and green, and usually a mix of different kinds of apples--and yes, the red ones make AMAZING pies. Edit: "macabre" is pronounced "muh-KAAB".

[@johnsaxongitno4life588]

I love you and your amazing channel please stay safe and enjoy your reading love your family friend and fellow Aussie John from Geelong prayers and thoughts for you and your family ❤❤❤❤❤

[@christy-anne-jones]

Thank you so much! 😊💛

[@donna25871]

I’m looking for some books to read over the next few months and I’ve added The Graveyard Book to my list.

[@ajaybahure111]

💙 Wish you happy diwali from India 🇮🇳

[@christy-anne-jones]

Ooh Happy Diwali to you 💛 (I walked past a really pretty light display for it yesterday! Someone had lit up hundreds of little lights and put them on the steps of parliament house)

[@ajaybahure111]

@@christy-anne-jones really 😄

[@Roro-vl3ny]

IMO, pie fillings MUST be tart(like I usually have to add lemon), and store bought pies are almost always too sweet for me. 😅 But glad sweet apples exist for those who do enjoy them, agree to disagree!

[@RovingReader]

That is a great way to describe me- a dairy reduced vegetarian lol. Not quite vegan!

[@mirthfulmoments260]

Like??? Love it dear... am so overly obsessed🍎🍎🍎 stay happy🍄

[@38k25m]

what do you use to edit your videos?

[@asifmuniruniverse7732]

Australians girls and women also seen out of boundaries

[@charlie7694]

I love your videos and this is one is really great. Unfortunately I couldn’t enjoy it on Sunday because in exact that moment i started to watch you vlog my tea poured over my brandnew gaming Laptop 😭 So don’t worry… you’re not the only clumsy person. There even worse… Now i am hoping that the fluids in the mainboard didn’t further damage to the system… Just today I could get myself to force to watch your beautiful vlog. I’m still in shock…

[@circleofleaves2676]

Everything appley is better with red apples. I don't like green apples either.

[@weehoo]

youre so perfectly wonderful / beautiful ! Why can't I find a SINGLE one of you to settle down with?

[@weikaillustration]

Danse Macabre is french so you're right, it's not pronounced macabrey ^^

[@christy-anne-jones]

see that's what I thought.... hahah but I didn't know if maybe it was drawing from latin, not french, and that made the pronunciation different? no idea. Thank you for validating me though haha

[@weikaillustration]

@@christy-anne-jones My pleasure haha

[@brufrazaooc]

Hi how are you? I'm from Portugal. I'm looking for booktube to learn English. I'm looking for people from different countries and different literary genres. Where's you from and what's your favorite genres? Thanks for help.

[@hilary3219]

Your spooky season treats are amazing! So cute! Also, love him, but your brain is right and Neil is definitely wrong, his pronunciation is neither the correct French nor English nor American pronunciation so I'm not sure where he got it from, maybe a mispronunciation in a song or some other audio medium of art?