Christmas in JULY! | Books, porcelain, cushions & more 🎁

In 'Cadeaux at the Chateau', all of the inhabitants of the Chateau de Lalande gather together to open beautiful gifts that people have sent from all over the world. All of the monetisation from these videos will be donated to a different charity each month. KZbin earnings fluctuate wildly each month, as ad revenue changes throughout the year. Here are the charities that we've donated to so far:
July 2020:
British Heart Foundation UK (in memory of my father) €634
August 2020:
Alzheimer's Research UK (in memory of all of the residents of my parents' nursing homes) €650
September 2020:
Prostate Cancer Foundation (in memory of Selmar's father) €1,255
October 2020:
Medecins sans Frontieres (chosen by my mother to support vaccinations in Africa) €942 (equivalent to 426 cholera vaccinations)
November & December 2020 & Jan & Feb 2021:
A Lalande Fashion Scholarship for a student at the Villioti Fashion Institute in South Africa R100,000 (approx €5,800)
March 2021:
Suffolk Artlink £1,505
April 2021:
Association Petit Prince €1,689
May 2021:
Melanoma Focus €1,204
June 2021:
Aide aux Jeunes Diabétiques €1,735
July, August & September 2021:
The 2nd year of the Lalande Fashion Scholarship for a student at the Villioti Fashion Institute in South Africa R100,000 (approx €5,800)
October 2021:
A La Bonne Vauvre (our local Crozon sur Vauvre community centre) €3,184
November 2021:
Techo €2,709
December 2021:
Genesis Hope El-Roi Baby Home ZAR90,000 (€5,248.01)
If you'd like to see the video we made in the South African orphanage, click here: • How this KZbin chann...
January 2022:
We Are Here Venice €2,000
February 2022:
Red Cross for Ukraine €2,019
March 2022:
The Fred Hollows Foundation €2,311
April, May & June 2022:
Ardmore Community Fund €5893
July 2022:
Institut Curie €2.150
August 2022:
Movember €2.246
September, October & November 2022:
3rd year of the Lalande Fashion Scholarship for a student at the Villioti Fashion Institute in South Africa €6.092
I used to show the gifts as part of ' @The Chateau Diaries ' episodes, but you're all so very generous that we have many gifts, and if we spent the episodes opening them, we wouldn't be able to show you other aspects of chateau life! So, for those of you who enjoy watching presents being opened, and as a way to thank those of you who were kind enough to send them, I've made this new channel. Every week we will film your beautiful gifts whilst enjoying afternoon tea or aperitif together.
It is very important to me that you know that we in no way expect anyone to send us gifts. I would like to go further than that and add that, if doing so will put you in any financial difficulty whatsoever, please, please do not send us anything. Knowing that you join us by watching 'The Chateau Diaries' gives us all an enormous boost. But for those of you who have sent these incredibly thoughtful gifts, I hope that seeing us open them gives you a fraction of the joy that you've given us 💖💖💖
If you would like to see more of our life at the chateau, please go to our main 'Chateau Diaries' channel:
/ thechateaudiaries

[@milliemcwilliams5549]

Michael needs to print a book of his poems. I would love it.

[@theadventuresofsandyland4961]

I love Natty with a fringe! I thought it really suited her! 😀👍

[@larissap6586]

For those that remember Three’s Company, that first wig was very Mrs. Roper 😂❤️🇨🇦

[@Stephen_A.]

Yes, absolutely. 😍

[@user-fj1po6hq2l]

Who have so much wigs? Maybe a shop was close....I can't see how they put them on🤤😞 yak! Mona 😂🌹

[@wellnone9367]

That Michael is SUCH a wonderful poet - it's like listening to beautiful, artistic word gymnastics. So enjoyable. You ought to ask him if you can get all his poems to you, printed with illustrations, and put on the market for sale in book form, each poem with a little background explanation of the gifts that came with it, written by you. That would be charming.

[@nilladelavibb2800]

I love watching the Cadeaux at the Chateau with amazing gifts from all over the world. Each episode is like you feel a closeness to the world community around La Lande. The episodes will be greatly missed.

[@wendywelch6369]

What a fun Cadeau. I MUST meet Michael T. What a generous, clever, fun man he is. I look forward to seeing him on the Diaries when he visits some day, because I know you'll have such a happy jovial meeting. And can't wait to see you pull out all of these gifts at Christmastime.

[@debtheguest3109]

I wish Michael would come to Lalande. He's such a treasure, and supplies Lalane with many treasures.

[@sandeehigby1284]

He does pop in from time to time, has his own website

[@sharoncole8249]

💖👑👑💖Natie looks so Beautiful with A fringe its so great that she dosent have to cut her hair to have one.also red looks so beautiful in red. I have enjoyed this one with Natie and stephanie with Philip filming you all are so much fun together .Thank you for all the work you do putting the videos together thay are much appreciated 💖😊💖

[@bluejeanie8978]

The teapots are just gorgeous! Was missing Natty.

[@brentmortensen7937]

It's quite wonderful to see the ladies wearing the jewelry that I sent to be enjoyed.

[@heathermcrobert9779]

Those pillows are amazing!!! Rare and now one of a kind for sure!!!

[@jamesbest7810]

Stephanie you should take all of Michael's poems and put them in a little book so that when guests come then can enjoy them as much as we enjoy hearing them read out loud by you

[@hepzib928]

Is there an audio book in our future?

[@endeavouringit]

Michael, just how generous, and so talented with your poems, you are great !!

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

Epic! If you ever create a line of cushions based on your father's paintings, I would buy them definitely! Thank you for the video!

[@nancyloomis3046]

OMGEE! Those teapots, are truly fabulous, especially the large one. What special works of art they are! I love teapots, and have a small collection of them myself. Those beauties you've been gifted deserve "pride of place" at the chateau 👍 and I don't think I'd risk using them...except maybe the small one. 😊

[@jeanmkaufmann]

Nati looks great with fringe. And Stephanie looks great with reddish brown hair. I have a couple of wigs myself. They're so fun. Wigs and tiaras. 😀🇨🇦

[@cmp77777]

Natee, I love your hair with the fringe, maybe you might like a change? It's very you this look. You guys are having so much fun & as so many others say, sharing life, love & laughter, its so necessary to get through any day. Reality which is truly real, not manufactured... love it & love to you all🎵🧡🎵😍🎵🧡🎵❣️

[@lovereikiASMR222]

Nati, you look great with a fringe! You're so beautiful you could wear your hair any way. And Stephanie, you look beautiful with any color hair! Love it xx

[@mariac4602]

I loved seeing Natty - she has a joyful personality. . I hope she is doing well as she doesn’t seem to be as active on the videos anymore.

[@natitaoliveto]

You are very sweet, Maria! Thank you for your words ❤ I’m perfectly happy but very busy with admin and guests, and my family time 😊 I hope you are doing well too!! ❤

[@cynthialuna5786]

Natie looks beautiful with bangs. It suits her. Her face is gorgeous. And that red scarf gorgeous color for her.❤

[@sherrylucero5557]

Truly love watching y'all open Michael's gifts. His notes are just amazing!❤😊

[@vkay4086]

Give the woman Tupperware, spatulas, wigs ad dress ups and watch the excitement!. They have the answer to achieving world peace! Enjoy vicki

[@sue3580]

Wow! Natalie, the fringe really suits you...beautiful ❤

[@michaelt8727]

A bit of fill-in about the Lomonsov Imperial Porcelain 12 cup teapot. Not sure if Stephanie or Philip remembered their encounter with the Lomonosov display in December at Le Bon Marché when Stephanie commented “…I’ve obviously fallen madly in love with the horse” while Philip was admiring the blue and white ‘Cobalt Net’ Lomonosov tea set. I thought it was beautiful too, so I did some research and was very impressed by the quality and designs of Lomonosov porcelain. Next thing I knew gifts were on their way to Lalande.

[@irenemulcahy2495]

So you are the generous Michael. Those teapots are out of this world beautiful.

[@cadeauxatthechateau]

That’s where I’d seen it!!! Thank you so much Michael - and thank you for reminding me of the Bon Marche sighting - I knew I recognized it and it’s been driving me mad! ❤️❤️❤️

[@michaelt8727]

@@cadeauxatthechateau I forgot to mention earlier....the topaz earrings look very good on you and compliment your blue and white dress perfectly.

[@barbmundell8147]

This was such great fun to watch 😃 we’re all going to missed your cadeux episodes

[@darbyking-maillot4105]

Love the white dress and colourful necklace on you Natti!

[@patriciarinaldi9390]

Natty looks amazing . What a gorgeous set of tea pots stunning

[@jacquelinerichardson9771]

How lovely to receive so many gifts, it must be like Christmas every day

[@user-zf3yo8zu1x]

You receive the most beautiful thoughtful gifts!

[@normamurray4450]

Oh Natty, I love you in bangs (fringe)...can I say they make you look even younger? Stephanie, you continue to make me smile and you do the "dress up" routine...you remind me of my daughter when she was younger...she would put on layers of fun things and prance around...good memories!

[@Sherryskogstad]

What an fun cadeaux! Steph you did look amazing in that wig and I loved the fringe on Natie, I bet Amaury liked it too.

[@vickirickman5828]

I love the teapot. Gorgeous

[@karenmitchell1970]

Cushions are Amazing 🙌

[@melaniewest3947]

Such generous people. Great gifts

[@sandicarpenter2658]

Gosh! Michael and Teresa are just so generous!!! Sandi x

[@Ana-Maria-Sierra]

The pillows (or cushions) are stunning!

[@rayn8740]

The Russian tea pots are fabulous!👍👍

[@toddmurphy523]

The Antique Tapestry Material Down Feather Pillows gave me chills....beautiful....!

[@irenebrown3144]

Beautiful Cadeau. So nice to Natie.

[@Jane-3229]

Oh wow Stephanie! You are a beautiful blonde woman but with the brunette wig you looked twenty years younger ❤

[@carolehanrahan]

Today's video was a real mixture of gifts and I loved it. I love to see the reactions to the most stunningly beautiful items to the desperately needed ones. It's funny how you can live in a chateau full of the most beautiful things and get so excited over tupperware. lol Love you all.

[@jacmary6580]

Oh my goodness Stephanie looked like Lucy from I love Lucy in that wig 😅😊

[@tadeuszoltarzewski]

Love your videos. Oh and Natti with bangs fab u lous. She looked beautiful. Xx sending love from Rosie O from Devon England 😚❤️👏🤗🇬🇧

[@user-jw2jm3le2k]

nati looks very pretty with bangs!!!

[@beautyallaroundme724]

Love the cushions! They really do look like your father's painting you used to make the wallpaper for the bathroom walls. "Bluetiful" is the name of my car!

[@endeavouringit]

Those cushions are fantastic !!! Always great gifts.

[@andreadern4463]

🥀🍃😺. You girls trying on wigs, scarves, & clothes was totally hilarious !! I was laughing my head off! 😂😂😂❗️🥀

[@cynthiastewart4500]

So many beautiful and useful gifts opened today! Loved the wigs!

[@lindataylor5779]

The two medieval cushions include what looks like a portrait of Richard III. There is a new film The Lost King (2022) starring Sally Hawkins based on the true story of Philippa Langley, the woman who persuaded archeologists to look for the remains of Richard III in a parking lot, which they found! Also she believed that Shakespeare's portrayal of Richard III was based on Tudor 'propaganda' used to justify Henry VII's claiming the throne. It's very exciting history with several books available about Richard III, the dig, and the DNA evidence that proved it was him! The facial reconstruction based on his skull looks amazingly like his medieval portraits!

[@susanmaschke8701]

Philip, I task you with positioning your new pup everywhere Stephanie will see him. Just out of the bath with his leash on the floor. Peering out the window on a rainy day. Sitting quietly next to the editing desk. Sitting on his little bed. Looking out at the chapel from the patio. And everywhere you would want to include your new dog!

[@hepzib928]

OMG too funny I read Peeing not peering!

[@chrissih4046]

@@hepzib928me, too!!! 😂

[@brooke7464]

I don't know of I'd want such an old book to be recently engraved, but that is beautiful handwriting. I did say they probably had Pied peacocks, also if you do restore that one part of the chateau that had been burnt down I'd suggest having a library built.... maybe a two story ? And maybe make a book of poems

[@bettyvann5499]

Stephanie the dark long hair was fabulous on you......really looked natural.

[@vickirickman5828]

I love the four seasons..as well

[@brislingerland3742]

Loved this video 🎉. The way Stephanie reads Michael's poems is the best! Love the chemistry you all have together 😊 Brigitte 🌷

[@peterwhite9261]

I agree. A book of Micheal's poems would be amazing. All those gifts are so beautiful. I loved the box of costumes and the wigs. Such generous and thoughtful followers. This was a very enjoyable episode. Phillip, I look forward to hearing the name you chose for your dog. Lots of love to you all.❤😅

[@reddragon8]

What a fun cadeaux with awesome gifts! Love seeing you 3 back on cadeaux duty together. Phillip, you do the best job at filming each item close up, thank you for that.

[@Randy8923]

Beautiful gifts and such elegance. Love to all ❤

[@glenyscallaghan1195]

What beautiful gifts, absolutely amazing and from all over the world.❤❤❤

[@TheFiown]

Happy that you liked them, you almost didn't get them. I sent you a lovely book on Renzo Mongiardino many months ago and well before the pillows, it must have been lost in the post. Hugs to all xx

[@DianeFrere-lg5ew]

Michael is a wonderful person ❤️ truly talented and such a sweetheart His blessings are coming and much more I'm sure 😊 Karma is real Stephanie an Natalia Mind you all that nothing is over looked by each of our actions....

[@dianneeverett1633]

Amazing gifts and so thoughtful.

[@amyprough4290]

Stephanie, the darker hair looks great on you.

[@ellenhaselman5020]

Playing dress up so much fun 😂❤😂

[@hollykeller1545]

Lots of fun today!

[@estavoyernathalie9433]

J adore vous voir ouvrir les paquets de cadeaux ! Que de belles choses envoyées avec tant de belles attentions !

[@joannedavidman6773]

Loved the energy of the three of you.

[@majorfrost8206]

What a lovely lot of gifts today, and may I remark on how pretty Stephanie and Nati looked. I particularly liked Nati in white with the colourful necklace. About the lovely sheer cloth (was it from Stephanie?) that you thought might be a curtain - I am wondering if it might be what, in New Zealand and Australia, they call a "shower". That's a light cloth to drape over picnic food or eatables on an outside table to keep the bugs from alighting. Oh my goodness - think how useful for GARDEN PARTIES! And finally, the large Russian teapot! Be still my heart! It is absolutely gorgeous and, being so large and bountiful, incredibly useful. It is definitely in its proper home now.

[@lynnralph8373]

Steph you look gorgeous in that curly red wig.

[@MaryEllen_of_OBX]

Those wigs!!!!! Wow! You girls should wear your hair like that!!!

[@samanthaobertelle4966]

The cushions were so beautiful! The newspaper jumper is very All Saints ..actually stephanie could wear a plastic bag and look amazing! .. I'm with you Stephanie i love seasonal weather! We have had rain and between 13 and 17 degrees in northern England this past week ..lots of thunderstorms which I love! ..the weather was to hot a couple of weeks ago it was so uncomfortable because the heat combined with high humidity made it feel so hot ..but so much cooler just now! ..😊..as you will know us northerners get cooler weather which is fine by me! ...❤

[@debbiemccann3711]

What beautiful gifts.😊

[@marianleblanc130]

Natty looks fabulous with bangs 😘💕🇨🇦

[@joyceprocure1644]

SAFETY ALERT… If those are real tree cones… they are very dangerous to put in a cndle…they contain pitch, which is turpentine. We use them as fire starters! And yes, I have put these, ( juniper evergreen I think ) in my candles… only once! So lucky we were sitting 8n the room with them when they caught fire…and became a torch as they lit one another on fire.

[@giorgioronchi5010]

As I am the candle maker, I can assure you those are not dangerous because they are young green cones, so they don't burn. Thanks for the advice, though, as I won't be using old dry cones on candles.

[@KeithWiggins-xc1sf]

The gold on those Teapots are real too i say just beautiful .

[@chuckt7636]

Just a note the Rubbermaid lids will snap onto the bottom of the bowl. I do one of each in my cabinet so I can just grab a bowl with the lid quickly. Also I don't heat in a microwave with them it will blister the plastic over time, transfer to a glass bowl to heat. And lastly only wash them on the top rack of the dishwasher.

[@madonnadillon5545]

So many beautiful things..😊💖👍💯🇨🇦

[@colleenclegg1714]

I like it better when natty is not on the channel. Stephanie and the rest of the gang is a joy to watch.

[@ccoeurjoli]

Oh la la ! La superbe enoooorme théière ! Magnifique 🤩 !!! Encore des merveilleux cadeaux 🎁 !!! Quelle a été la réaction d’Amaury en voyant la nouvelle tête de Natty ? 😂 Amusez-vous et amusez-nous encore longtemps 💕 🌸🌸🌸

[@gloriawilde6801]

Beautiful gifts Best Wishes from Dubbo New South Wales Australia 💕💕💕💕💕💕🇦🇺

[@KatyThompsonHaley]

SO HAPPY NATI WAS BACK!!! ❤

[@MaryEllen_of_OBX]

The dog is a beagle. One word to describe them...STUBBORN They will make you scream they're so determined to get their own way.

[@joannedavidman6773]

Very nice gifts and such fun

[@tropicalmom2468]

Loving the fringe!

[@barbaradance3130]

I think Natty looks better with a fringe suits her lovely gifts

[@christopherhowison5873]

We need a GoFund me to get Michael to the Chateau!!!! How awesome it would be to have him there at Christmas!

[@tinaclarke704]

He spends a fortune on gifts it's a probably a physical limation

[@everiley8600]

Blessings sent to you all x nat is glowing i sense good news will come very soon xxxxx

[@lindagage7315]

That was fun!

[@Padraigan13]

The fringe really suits you Nat!

[@christinedhotman4399]

Lovvvve the big tea pot!😍😍

[@cherishd.8451]

the bangs actually look good, kind of soften her look

[@robynforman1978]

Thank you for another enjoyable video. Keep up the important work you are all doing behind the scenes. Greetings from England

[@pattyhill4682]

Gorgeous teapot from Michael

[@bettygehm2436]

When my husband and I were young in our life together. I would read books aloud to him. later we would continue this practice as a family and I would read aloud to our daughter and my husband. We don't really do that any more. Sometimes I will find a unique article and I will do "story time" with him. Maybe you and Phillip can read the book aloud together, out in the English Garden perhaps. Sound a good story to fall into on a warm summers day.

[@gailgoldys3706]

Loved all your goodies

[@KitKat-tl7zv]

RE: the framed tapestry type lovelies - did you notice there is a left and right? They both share the same table and tablecloth. I hope you will allow us to see them in place in the room you choose for them. Sad Chateau Unwrapped is leaving. I have just finished a project for you Philip & Stephanie. It took me almost two years because things of life got thrown in the mix which took me from spending time on this. I wanted to see you when it was opened along with the short letter which is pretty funny. I didn’t know I had a funny bone until I wrote it. I’ll mail it soon. The best to all Katherine Woodstock Georgia USA 🇺🇸

[@margielynch7196]

Beautiful gifts!

[@sharon9399]

What a fun cadeaux

[@cynthiamckenzie1034]

Lovely picture of your patron ♥️ Maybe it would be nice to have a wall commented to picture of them! Have you ever tried fried green tomatoes? They are delicious 😋 ❣️

[@juliannemaisey5047]

I’ve stopped watching, I’m now down the rabbit hole of searching for the book! Some of the copies are £9000, or more!!! Can’t wait to read it!

[@sandeehigby1284]

Which book

[@annbeale1931]

Natty looks so different with a fringe

[@karenmitchell1970]

Three Beautiful Souls 🫶