Christmas at One of My Favourite Places | December 2024

[@EvieM1]

That close up of Chris’s mouth while he was eating the scone was diabolic, Simon 🤣. Merry Christmas

[@MJ-in-Canada]

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[@SavidgeReads]

Hahahaha. Oops.

[@angelahampson391]

Absolutely love Chris’s dry sense of humour ❤

[@SavidgeReads]

Dry senses of humour are some of my favourites. Though I also really love an innuendo.

[@Elizabeth-Reads]

Savidge shenanigans are the best, your trip so beautifully edited, and such a joy to watch! Wishing the two of you a very merry Christmas!

[@SavidgeReads]

I’m so glad you enjoyed this. I wish you and yours a very very merry Christmas.

[@ReadBecca]

What a lovely day, rain and queuing and all!

[@SavidgeReads]

It was a grand festive day out!

[@eli_libreli]

NEVER too much Savidge shenanigans ;)

[@SavidgeReads]

Hahahaha. I dunno it’s been A LOT more than usual lately 😉

[@lynniepie52]

Absolutely lovely to see the stately homes of England. Keep the videos coming we hear in the states are gonna need them in the coming years.

[@SavidgeReads]

I wish there was more I could do but hopefully some escapism, sometimes to the occasional stately home, and cheerful chatter will help. Though let’s also allow ourselves to not think about ‘all that’ occasionally too. I am a big fan of occasional temporary denial.

[@MeMyDogAndBooks]

Loved this, watching this whilst making my nut roast for Xmas dinner 😊

[@SavidgeReads]

Oooh lovely. Hope you’re having, or have had, a very Merry Christmas.

[@JennieRavn]

God Jul Simon! Your channel have been an absolute joy to me this year. Hope you have a wonderful Jul (as we say in Sweden)! ❤🎄

[@SavidgeReads]

Thank you. That’s lovely to hear!!! And a very, very Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@evamarie1537]

Thanks for a lovely and chrismassy video!

[@SavidgeReads]

A pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@janepeacock3704]

Fabulous festive trip 🎄👍☺️

[@SavidgeReads]

🎄🎄🎄

[@clairebanks1903]

Thank you Simon Loved seeing Christmas Erdigg Happy Happy Christmas to you, Chris and all your family Enjoy!

[@SavidgeReads]

And a very, very Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!

[@helencheckley7536]

You’re such a beautiful couple you both. Wishing you both a merry Christmas ❤❤

[@SavidgeReads]

And a very, very Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@leeh4343]

I went to Erddig with my younger brother earlier this year - he lives not too far away - and it was lovely 😊 I could just imagine Mr Darcy climbing out of the lake/pond. I remember my brother saying “you know you’re getting old when you love to walk around a nice garden!” 🤣

[@SavidgeReads]

I don’t think that’s getting old lol. I just think that’s enjoying nature and fresh air. And Erddig has such a wonderful garden too, in all seasons.

[@debbiethomas2087]

Merry Christmas to you both and your lovely friends and families xx

[@SavidgeReads]

And a very Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@Nina_DP]

Merry Christmas, Simon! 💚❤️

[@SavidgeReads]

And to you and yours 🎄🎄

[@susprime7018]

I made some Christmas treats for my family this morning. It's good to relax watching this festive video, thank you.😊

[@SavidgeReads]

A pleasure. Hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas.

[@1book1review]

Great. Now I want scones. Well done :)

[@SavidgeReads]

Ha. Hope you manage to sort that craving!

[@socaltoobie8984]

What beautiful grounds! 🤩 “Savidge-reads-out”?? Perish the thought! Merry Christmas to you, Chris and your mum. 🎄🎅🎁

[@SavidgeReads]

And a very, very Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

Have a wonderful Christmas Simon. It’s been lovely finding you right at the end of this year ❤

[@SavidgeReads]

Awww that’s lovely to hear. Thank you! Wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas.

[@sbeale276]

Thank you for sharing your day out it was lovely. Never Savidged out always a joy to spend “time” with you 😊 have a wonderful Christmas to you and yours.

[@SavidgeReads]

Awww thank you. And a very Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@taneesewilson8844]

The Christmas trees were so beautifully decorated and the garden looked immaculate. What a lovely way to enjoy the festive spirit just before Christmas Simon. Yes, too bad about the food but Chris looked like he was enjoying his scone! Lol😂 Enjoyed this video Simon and wish you and Chris a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and fun New Year as well😊🎄🎉🎩

[@SavidgeReads]

Oh the scones were great, just needed them to be a bit more equal in size. Hahaha. Such a stunning place and the decorations were wonderful! Wishing you a very very very Merry Christmas Taneese!

[@smittenforfiction]

What a beautiful place. Thanks for taking us along! Happy Holidays!

[@SavidgeReads]

And a very, very Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@cecilialau_]

What a beautiful day out. Always a joy to tag along (rain and queueing mandatory, I feel, lol). I read Boys don’t cry about a month ago and loved it. Think I might be done with reading for the year too. Just finished Stay another day btw and it was so good, thank you for the rec! - Wishing a lovely Christmas to you and yours too🎄

[@SavidgeReads]

Sooooooooo glad that you enjoyed Stay Another Day. It’s possibly my favourite Christmas book ever… and needs to be a movie. Glad you enjoyed the trip out. Hahaha.

[@ellenmadebookclub]

Merry Christmas 🎄 😊

[@SavidgeReads]

And a very Merry Christmas 🎄

[@suze9231]

What a lovely festive treat! Have a wonderful Christmas 🎄 Simon.

[@SavidgeReads]

And to you too!!!

[@Georgesmomsu]

Merry Christmas to you, Chris and the kitties. Such a lovely vlog. The gardens were beautiful. Looks like Chris really enjoyed that scone 😆

[@SavidgeReads]

So pleased you enjoyed it… hopefully as much as Chris enjoyed that scone. Hahahaha.

[@LesleyMcDonald-f7f]

Happy Christmas! I'm missing you already . Thank you for all the lovely videos and chats and can not wait till the new year. X 🎉

[@SavidgeReads]

Missing me? I’m not going anywhere. Haha. And there maybe a video (or even two) before the new year!!!

[@janethansen9612]

It is great that people do visit the National Trust properties. Merry Christmas to you and Chris xx

[@SavidgeReads]

And a very, very merry Christmas to you and yours too 🎄

[@cindyhaiken5644]

Well this was lovely. I’ve just added Erddig to my list of British places I must visit, despite the lackluster food. Can I just say that I am also a cream then jam scone person and also that the music you chose for your stroll around the grounds was perfect. The whole vlog was a perfect lead in to the holiday. Happy Christmas to you and to Chris!

[@SavidgeReads]

I’m sooooo pleased you enjoyed it. Music picking is sooooooooo hard for vlogs. It’s the bit I spend the longest on… and that’s saying something cos I am quite finickity with the video content. And of course you’ll do Erddig as we will go together… arguing about In Memoriam all the way 🤣 Hope you and your family have a fabulous Christmas Cindy!

[@cindyhaiken5644]

@ Until we find the next book to argue about!!!

[@janedolman6691]

Loved the queue..as you say so British. Happy Christmas. 🎄

[@SavidgeReads]

A very Merry Christmas to you and yours too!

[@wooshell11]

Lovely to have a day out with you and Chris 😁 I read Boys Don't Cry in 2022 and loved it. Merry Christmas 🎄

[@SavidgeReads]

I’m looking forward to getting to it… just as soon as my desire to read comes back! Eek.

[@cherylynlarking191]

Really enjoyed your travel vlog and the decorations inside the historical house.The gardens looked glorious however chilly! Hope you have a happy Christmas from sunny, blue skies in Australia.

[@SavidgeReads]

And a very, very Meery Christmas to you and yours!

[@carolewatson2113]

Happy Xmas Simon and Chris 🎄🎅🏻

[@SavidgeReads]

And a very Merry Christmas to you.

[@barbaralemon4170]

Merry Christmas! Have a wonderful holiday.!

[@SavidgeReads]

And a very, very Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@tanyam6197]

❤

[@SavidgeReads]

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[@janebowell3985]

À very Merry Christmas to you both with lots of Christmas cheer 🎉

[@SavidgeReads]

And a very, very Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@Ali-AvidReader]

Merry Christmas Simon, thank you for all the wonderful book recommendations.

[@SavidgeReads]

A pleasure. Thank you for watching. Merry Christmas.

[@amomentwithgod5607]

Merry Christmas to you both and the kitties 💕

[@SavidgeReads]

And a very, very Merry Christmas to you and yours! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@amywolfe5673]

🎄✨️🎄

[@SavidgeReads]

🎄🎄🎄

[@janepeacock3704]

Scone-gate 😂

[@SavidgeReads]

There’s no scone gate. Just a right way (my way) and a very wrong way 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@janepeacock3704]

The best (fruit) scone I ever had was at The V&A a few years back - yum 😋

[@MJ-in-Canada]

Rain. Visiting a National Trust property. Queuing. Hoping for scones. All you needed was a cuppa tea to make that the most British video ever. 🫖🤣

[@SavidgeReads]

Oh there was tea with the scones. But that was dishwater tea and I refused to film it.

[@MJ-in-Canada]

@@SavidgeReads Outrageous! My late mother used to cause me embarrassment at restaurants by sending back the tea if it wasn’t up to her standards. I have become my mother. 😆

[@kirstyhatton1857]

Such a great vlog. But shame about the food. I read Lily earlier this year and really enjoyed it. The blue cover is very striking.

[@SavidgeReads]

I’m really looking forward to reading Lily at some point over the winter months ahead.

[@heddwchmerched1918]

What's happened to Mildred and Oscar? Do they live in a different part of your house to the new cats? Are they okay? Happy New Year to you all, two and four legged.

[@SavidgeReads]

They are both fine. They all rotate rooms depending on their moods and who is in charge or talking to who nowadays hahaha. I may do a cat update at the start of the new year.

[@heddwchmerched1918]

@@SavidgeReads Cats are very territorial. It must be distressing for Oscar and Mildred to have two new cats move in.

[@SavidgeReads]

@@heddwchmerched1918 do you really think I would do something to distress the two cats we have? That’s kind of insulting.

[@heddwchmerched1918]

@@SavidgeReads My apologies, no insult intended, you obviously love your cats.