Family Fun Decorating the Tree in Appalachia

[@noname-zg8lh]

You guys have no idea how this video hits those who had families once but don't any more and can't experience this any more ... decorating a Christmas tree with family-handed-down ornaments, snow coming down outside; everyone laughing and cutting up. I'm glad ya'll uploaded this so we could live vicariously through your love.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Bless you! I'm glad you have those memories and glad we bring them to mind!

[@louettesommers8594]

I agree. This was so beautiful. I loved watching this lovely family getting ready for Christmas. ♥️

[@yvonnemcmahan9037]

I understand and know how it feels. I have no family left either. They have all passed on. My dad just died in April. Merry Christmas and God Bless you

[@jimbaker9616]

Y’all make deep memories now and in the far years ahead, you’ll be telling your grandchildren about these days. Merry Christmas to your family! 🎄

[@rebeccajones9735]

Bless you! My husband died in 2021 so there's just my son and me. I pray you still find ways to make memories.

[@Laura-zq5cr]

I almost never comment but just want you to know in my opinion this is the wholesome calming god loving energy we need on KZbin! thank you guys

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much 😀

[@DaniDani-fx5qq]

As she was telling her revenge story about matt's truck I couldnt help but laugh. I could picture Tipper and her friends deciding on what to do. Makes me laugh now just thinking about it. Always enjoy these vidoes

[@juliagarza9942]

You will never know how much it meant to me to see you guys decorating the tree together as a family. It brought back so many wonderful memories years of my children and how special I always tried to make it for my family. I remember popping corn to string with cranberries, candy canes and each year a different theme for them as they grew older. I lost my oldest child Christopher May 23, of this year he was 49 from AML cancer. There are many of us that have grown old ( I am 70 yrs old) and our children doesn't visit at Thanksgiving or Christmas anymore, sometimes not even a phone call. It is heartbreaking, but we are very thankful we have each other. My husband and I have a beautiful Tree and we make a lovely Christmas Dinner together building Christmas Memories. Sending Love and Blessings to you and your wonderful family. ❤

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Julia! I'm so sorry you lost your son!! I just can't imaging. I'm very glad you enjoy our videos and that you have your husband!!

[@yeshuaischrist9951]

I will say a PRAYER for your family to reconnect with one another. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND. KRISTINA FROM MOBILE, AL.

[@juliagarza9942]

@@yeshuaischrist9951 Thank you so very much. God teaches us that Prayers with two or more who come together can move mountains.

[@jukes243]

I'm so sorry Julia. God bless you.

[@sarasullivan4897]

Back when I had a tree, I always had a tree that was really too big for the room. It was always beautiful. I’m 80 now and a tree isn’t possible. Good job! The tree looks great!😊🧡🎄

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Sara 😀

[@Er-sv5tn]

If I was your neighbor I'd help you put up a tree...

[@raspeight22]

Sara……ask someone to cut you a pine branch. Put it in a vase or some container and find small things to decorate it…..Popcorn strings, paper chains. Just because you can’t decorate a large tree any longer doesn’t mean you can’t have joy & Christmas spirit in something that is manageable for you!! ❤️ 🎄 Merry Christmas!!

[@sarasullivan4897]

@@raspeight22 thank you! I do have some treasured decorations sitting around and have shared many tree items that have gone to family. In a few days, I’ll pick up a green living plant to decorate and probably a poinsettia. It was just that the tree just seemed to make me sad even though I love the memories. I have a leprechaun snowman that was given to me by a secret Santa at work about 25 years ago. He’s pre ious, and sitting like he does every year.

[@raspeight22]

@@sarasullivan4897 I’m happy to hear this!! Merry Christmas! ❤️🎄

[@dixielady2]

I love watching y’all being silly together. Enjoy the stories too. Beautiful tree!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Lots of silliness here 😀 Thank you!

[@lizbundick6334]

Your girls are so cute!!

[@TWHISPERER]

Not only are you a good cook, but even more importantly, you are a good parent too. Your family stays together and is involved in family stuff, this is the way that a family should be, not scattered all over the country, but together and close, if I had a family, this is the way that I would want my family to be too!

[@kellycoleman715]

Cherish these precious times with your family because they are fleeting and you will wonder where the years went. God bless.

[@natalieshuburte9484]

I love how the girls refer to themselves in 3rd person 😂 Katie: "Katie will fix it"... Corrie: " you think Corrie don't know what she's doin?" So cute. Yalls tree is beautiful

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 Thank you

[@johnmonty1976]

These simple things are what we all work for. Everyone tell someone in your family you love them today.

[@rhughes8390]

I love how you can account for each and every ornament. Gives the tree even more meaning w the spirit of Christmas.

[@perrywarren8743]

Your family truly loves each other and it shows ❤

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

We do-thank you!!

[@fitzy2]

A tree full of family memories... Very nice!

[@kennethhudson8013]

Your children are blessed to have parents like y'all

[@lauriewichman5082]

Thank you so much 💗 Your posts celebrate The Love of Family and Faith in God, Loving and supporting one another😊💖🙏I broke my ankle in 2 places and needed surgery about three weeks ago, so not sure how much decorating will get done. But, we celebrate Advent, the weeks leading up to Christmas with a lighted Advent wreath and my husband set that up with fresh branches from the yard. I will put a nativity set up with his help. Your posts bring me Joy and Peace🙏❤️Christmas must be celebrated in our Hearts when we can,t celebrate in the ways we want too.❤️

[@joycewilson3787]

I admit my eyes welled up when you told us the meaning of the spark plug ornament. May your day's be merry and bright, just like your sweet girls!👃💫💖

[@bethhammond4106]

This brought tears of joy to me..All my family has passed on.Only me and 2 grown children

[@bonniericica6895]

Love that you all decorate your tree together! Precious memories you all have! My tree has ornaments that my little girl made, which I hold dear each time I put up my tree! Lovely tree!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀

[@diamondloverforever6759]

I haven’t even gotten through seeing Matt tying down the Christmas trees and I'm thinking “man, this guy can do anything!

[@rdenham4250]

My family always called "garland" what you call "roping." But a few years ago when I lived in Texas, I went to the hardware store and got some twine rope and used it to "rope" my tree and stuck a kid's cowboy hat on top! I loved it!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 Love that!

[@oliviaparker150]

Decorating my tree is my favorite part of the Christmas season! Thank you for sharing with us 🎄

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

It's so much fun 😀 Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lorchid23]

It’s so beautiful to see an American family together, decorating the tree. You guys are wonderful and inspiring. ❣️💯🇺🇸

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

You are so nice-thank you 😀

[@mishalea]

That must be so special to get to have the girls go with you again.💖🎄 Ya never know, maybe there will be a grandbaby to go along next year!😊 Katie is hilarious, lol! I love the lights and the stories you told of the memories of where things came from.🥰 Very pretty.🎄 God bless y'all.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Misha 😀

[@lucyspell6526]

I loved watching your tree decorating. Your tree is a memory tree. That's what I always call our tree because we have ornaments that we have collected over the years. Our children made some, I made some, some were purchased, some given to us by friends and some that were used on both my husband's family and my family's trees growing up. Definitely a trip down memory lane!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Memory tree-love that! Thank you 😀

[@ronwilliams729]

Enjoyed this vlog! Felt like I was right there with ya’ll. Thanks for inviting us to participate in your family tree decorating traditions. Beautiful tree!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Go glad you enjoyed it 😀

[@donnadintino8562]

for the length of this video, I felt like family. You brought back so many happy memories and so much joy for someone who has lost the majority of their family to age. Thank you so much for taking me back to my youth, and so many years of decorating my mother's and grandmother's tree. Many blessings to all of you

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!!

[@mpat100]

Happy Christmas to all the family!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀

[@tammytipton2107]

It doesn't seem that long ago that I watched you all put up last years' Christmas tree. The tree looked beautiful. You all have had a busy and happy year. Thank you for allowing us to be part of your family. Love to all and God bless.

[@dianadavis7651]

Love the family time, decorating the tree. Brings back great memories.

[@journeyofamidwestquilter]

I do the same thing, Tipper. Every year I always say, "This is the prettiest tree we've ever had!" But, I say that every single year! Your tree is so pretty!! 😁🌲

[@d.l.n.7133]

Granny’s ornaments are beautiful and she put your picture in that pretty ornament bc you are her beautiful daughter and her pride and joy 🥰

[@donnakhammer1449]

Tipper ....the tree isn't all that important. It's family time spent together and memories of Christmas' past ❤️☃️

[@lindapetersen1800]

I can smell the freshness of the pine tree from here it is WONDERFUL !!! It is like I have SMELL A VISION !!! They say there is a shortages of Christmas trees but so expensive !!! I pray that we all have a wonderful CHRISTMAS tis the Real SEASON FOR CHRIST !!!

[@janicekenter9221]

I love how you decorated your tree! And the deer antlers just took it over the top! Merry Christmas.

[@cherokeelaketennessee7895]

My wife and I were talking the other day about Christmas when we were kids. we both grew up in families that didn't have a lot of money so our trees were always cedar trees because they're plentiful here in east Tennessee and will grow in rocks, fence rows, or just about anywhere. Now we go up to Boone, NC and get a fresh cut tree at one of the farms and spend way too much money on something that will end up in the lake as a fish attractor. I told her my grandpa would roll over in his grave if he knew what we spent for a tree every year but we both enjoy it and God has blessed us so it's one of those things we splurge on. I told her next year we should go cut a cedar tree and she said no way, they cut one when she was a kid that was full of bagworms LOL! we both had a good laugh. I told her we'd only need lights if it had bagworms, they look like little ornaments. Thanks for your videos, I really enjoy them. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@edieparastatides9403]

Thank you for sharing decorating your tree with your family. It is very thoughtful and meaningful. I am sure you brought joy to people who no longer have their loved ones to share trimming a tree. It almost makes me cry.😊❤️🎄

[@marymccloskey3025]

My tree has everything I've loved over the years including an old plastic humpty Dumpty that has about three drops of paint now and a yarn bo peep mixed in with balls that are over 100 years old. Every year, I feel my loved ones around me as I find just the right spot. It's wonderful watching you remember your loved ones.❤️

[@maryeliason1504]

I love these videos where we just hang out together.

[@darleneridgeway7452]

Such a precious precious family gathering! God bless this family! You are a light in this dark world- keep sending us this goodness!

[@christinej2358]

Old sentimental ornaments are the best. It’s like unpacking a box of great memories to display to enjoy throughout the Christmas season. Tree looks beautiful!

[@3251JOE]

When I was but a wee lad, Mom bought our pre-cut Christmas tree off a lot in Westminster, Md., where we lived, about 2 weeks before Christmas. She trimmed it with two strings of lights, having about, all told, 30 of the old style thumb-sized bulbs which were all backed with shiny metal reflectors so it looked like the tree was full of light. She had about three boxes of Shiny Bright glass balls, with the price tags still on the boxes, I'm sure she had bought the first Christmas with Daddy. Finally, she draped heavy lead foil tinsel from every branch. A simple, frugal Christmas tree, but a vision of Christmas that dazzled before my eyes. She always took the tree down on New Year's Day, even saving every strand of the tinsel for our next tree.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Wonderful memories 😀

[@karenfrashier7604]

How wonderful are these moments in time for youins! SO happy for you! Wish all families were like this! Just JOY!!! 🙂 So many good memories for everyone!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Karen 😀

[@cathyjay2569]

This video made me so happy, nostalgic and sad all at the same time. My husband died suddenly last year and the kids and grandkids have better things to do. I haven’t put up a tree yet, but I am getting one today. And I am re-watching your beautiful family decorate your tree while I decorate mine and sip on some hot chocolate. Thank you for a lovely, lovely evening!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I'm so sorry you lost him Cathy!! I'm happy we kept you company while you put yours up 😀

[@cathyjay2569]

@@CelebratingAppalachia thank you, dear. I love your family. Your daughters do a great job with their channel as well. Thank you for all you do. I’m in Chattanooga and watch you faithfully.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

@@cathyjay2569 We appreciate you!!

[@roydenandtracymarran4359]

Awwww thank you Tipper!!! I loved this! So glad we can share our homes and familes with one another! The ornament from Matt is so sweet! You can tell how much you love one another..,. Just in the small things! ❤😊

[@jukes243]

I'm 70 and have lived alone for the past 16 years. So sharing this with you all was fun. I like Corie's bow. It adds a special (feminine) touch to the deer antlers. Considering the females outweigh the males (lol), it's only fair.

[@ruthmccormick3246]

You have given me a wonderful memory filled time watching you all decorate together. Thank you! God bless you and yours ❤🙏🙏❤ your tree is beautiful.

[@homesteadingpastor]

Thank y’all for allowing us to join you guys in decorating your tree. The tree looks great, especially the deer horns and the spark plug ornament. 🙌🏻👍🏻☀️😊

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Pastor Lon 😀

[@mikemanjo2458]

My Mama always said, "It's the prettiest tree we've ever had." Sweet memories! ❤️ I still have some satin balls like those that we made in the '70s.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Love that 😀

[@mollyvee]

It’s so funny to me that you always say each year that it’s the best tree you’ve ever had! My great grandmother used to say that every Christmas and so it’s tradition for us to say it annually too. Some years we really don’t mean it but we gotta say it anyway 😂

[@meltcmelinda4012]

It's not the tree, size, height, that is important but family together sharing and laughing remembering the good times. Love it all and everyone plus the tree is beautiful. God bless and Merry Christmas !!

[@James-tn7uy]

When I was a child in east Tennessee, part of the excitement was going out a cutting a tree. We would always get the cedar trees. They smell so good.

[@dnastrand]

Tipper, your family are the most humble, beautiful people, I wish more folk were like all y’all. Your tree is amazing! I lost all my special ornaments two yrs ago in a fire. So, thank you for sharing your blessings. Sending my love and gratitude.❤️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Oh I'm so sorry you lost them and I know so much more. I just can't imagine! Glad you enjoyed this video 😀

[@MrCorvettegirl2]

Hello Matt , Tipper , Katie & Cori Your Christmas 🌲 looks beautiful …the gold decoration are pretty … Thanks for sharing! Have a blessed day .

[@Sables123]

I just love you and your family and watching your videos. You are so real. Don’t change ❤️

[@Jbob37]

I grew up in Appalachia, wouldn't trade it for nothing. I enjoy watching your channel. You have a wonderful family! Corrie is Absolutely Beautiful. !!!

[@tammyslifeenjoytheride.7713]

I love the stories about your different ornaments. You’ve so many that have so many memories to them.

[@cynthiapate9138]

Thank y’all for sharing this happy time!! Unpacking ornaments and remembering stories are such precious Christmas gifts of love

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

So glad you enjoyed it 😀

[@user-wt8kj1ki7e]

I really miss my granny, mom, and dad but watching your videos brings back the good memories I’ve had with them and brings so much joy to my ❤….Thank You and your family for sharing your days and your cooking.

[@LetArtsLive]

A lot of my ornaments are very sentimental.

[@LetArtsLive]

I can remember where I got each one and some people made me some when I had no money

[@bunnymomjulie6719]

All hail the Loki nordic Yule tree! LOL! The antlers are just so awesome and so country. Just love all the little stories connected to every scrap that is on that tree. Thanks for sharing! Xoxo

[@rolandpinette9946]

Tipper, you and your family do a great job decorating your tree every year! I can understand why each one seems like the best. I think the size of your tree fits the space perfectly. It looks terrific!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Roland 😀

[@KathysTube]

Beautiful tree and memories... my favorite decorations are the ones that have a special meaning.... Thanks for sharing 🤗❤️❤️

[@rosemarypurnell3674]

Enjoyed watching your family trimming the tree. The deer antlers used as the tree topper was something I had never seen before. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@cindymetroff810]

I haven't put a tree up for many years, but seeing this video makes me want to dig my stuff out of the attic and go down memory lane once again. Thank you for sharing!

[@beadladee]

Thank you for inviting us in!

[@emilienagy7839]

I love the angel on the tree

[@suzannebear4194]

I can smell that Christmas tree 🎄 nothing quite like it. Can't wait to put ours up 🎄

[@sylviaolney-qj8jd]

The twins are beautiful just like their mama. Daddy is handsome as well. One of my fave families on you tube.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you!

[@marianne57]

You all are a beautiful blessed family. It makes my heart happy that you all still decorate the tree together. ❤

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much 😀

[@diamondloverforever6759]

Yes, very sweet of Matt. I also have a whole set of the “decoupage” ornaments.

[@buynsell365]

Great job guys.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

The tree & the family are beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I love how you keep a spark in you marriage too! ☃️🎄✨️🕯🛐🕯

[@danduntz2539]

I love all your decorations and traditions. My favorite is the deer horns topper. It really is the final piece.

[@Angela_Alaimo]

All of our ornaments are either handed down or hand made. So much fun when when they have memories attached to them, eh? 🙂 And right here with Katie, you have to put some on the back

[@walbiramurray5762]

I am going to decorate our tree tomorrow with my Grandson, he is old enough this year to help, I have been doing it by myself for 7 years now, so am really happy I get to do it with someone I love again. He also wants to make cookies, but this Nanna might be too tired after all the decorating! 😊 I loved this video, thanks so much for sharing your tree decorating and stories with us.

[@garybrunet6346]

One of my favourite types of videos! Thanks for sharing!😊🇨🇦

[@user-ef2se7hs2b]

Thx so much for sharing some of your traditions in your family😊🎄We created traditions with our sons. Each year we would make some homemade ornaments. When they were very little ornaments were wood cutouts of appropriate shapes for Christmas and we colored them with pencils and markers. As they got older, it was glass ornaments that we decorated on the inside and outside using glitter and paints. As time went we just continued making homemade ornaments to add to some of the store-bought ones that we loved. And each year we would string popcorn to remind us of what my Meme would do when I was a child. She would walk us to the back of her farm land Into the Woods and we would search for what would be our Christmas tree and then we would cut it down and carry it back to her Log Cabin. After we decorated it well enough, she would cook popcorn in the fireplace and we would drink hot tea and eat some of her pickled peaches over ice cream. She would make a different batch of popcorn just for us to string for her tree. It was so cold outside and she refused to have a bathroom built on to her house. As a Native American she wanted all of us to grow up strong and not pampered. So even though this would have been in the 1970s and even up into the 1980s we were still running to the outhouse LOL screaming all the way and laughing because we couldn't believe how cold it was.. all this was to say... bringing your kids up with special Traditions every year is leaving them a legacy that they can pass on to their children. Right down to me baking cookies for Santa and leaving him a glass of milk sitting on a table. There were even some years that the boys woke up to see reindeer prints on the floor in the charcoal dust from the fireplace😊❤️ I taught them that Christmas was all about us celebrating the birth of Christ Our Savior. I managed to let them enjoy The Wonder of Santa while all the while knowing that that was separate from our celebration of Our Lord🙏❤️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

What wonderful memories 😀

[@user-ef2se7hs2b]

@@CelebratingAppalachia Yes... Precious memories! The same kinds you are creating for your sweet family😊

[@melrose795]

I love the Pressley family! That tree is so pretty and just right in size, in my opinion! You all are just special, salt of the earth, people... God bless you and thanks for another great video...

[@Jill_MA]

Lol the deer horns. When I was a biology teacher I put a tree up in my room and topped it with a cat skull.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Love that 😀

[@jimbaker9616]

I’ve got to start doing that in my classroom! Lol!

[@kathylane5934]

The tree is beautiful. I love home made things people have made for me. Thank you for sharing. It's just me doing tree now. Kids have their own

[@raspeight22]

Y’all are TOO funny!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lindasimmons131]

Beautiful tree and Beautiful family. ❤🙏

[@thunderstickhomestead]

Oh my goodness I love all your videos but this one makes me want to go put up the tree. Katie and Corrie are soo precious and make me laugh and feel like a young teen again (at 32)

[@beverlystickney]

I enjoyed watching You all decorating the tree. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@robinsnell7249]

Watching this brought back so many good memories of decorating our trees when I was little. (I'm 67 now). Your tree is beautiful.

[@JulieAnnPowell]

You all are so sweet and always put a big smile on my face. What a beautiful family and gorgeous tree!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

You are so nice-thank you 😀

[@patriciafleischer8866]

Turned out beautiful. Really love the deer horns!

[@SJ-ni6iy]

I really enjoyed watching your family decorate the tree, listening to your memories and reading the comments. I love getting my decorations from yard sales and thrift stores.

[@debbieroberts600]

Good Evening Ms. Tipper & Family! That is a Pretty Tree , Ms. Tipper! I Love your Lights on the Tree! Pine is my Favorite Scent! Ms. Tipper You& Matt have 2 Beautiful Twin Girls, the have such A Great Bond! Those are Pretty Ornaments! Your Tree is Decorated Beautiful! You & Matt are sooo Blessed with Such A Wonderful Family! Thanks for Sharing! You Guys have A Blessed Day!

[@bonniejohnston7305]

PRECIOUS FAMILY...thank you for sharing 💓

[@danihannah4493]

Sooooooooooooo beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God bless.

[@judymccord871]

I just love the idea of you all decorating your beautiful tree! Your ornaments are so precious as so is your family! Thank you for sharing!

[@lauraoquinn9812]

Absolutely precious❤

[@HopeLaFleur1975]

Just precious 😍⚘⚘⚘

[@jearlenenunn7015]

Absolutely beautiful tree decor. & wonderful memories along with it.

[@emilyelisabeth8866]

my great uncle was an R+D guy for the AC spark plug division at GM who had many patents and all spark plug insulators made today are very closely related in composition to his patents so Matt's ornament sure did make me smile 😃 lol yall are a blessing, much love to all of your family this holiday! 🎄

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Love that 😀

[@spellmadam2947]

Beautiful. We live in the forest of North Idaho. We can walk out and get a tree. My mother LOVED Christmas so much that when she passed in the month of February, she told us "Merry Christmas".

[@CynthiaRuba]

Looks real pretty so nice to add favorite pieces

[@shelly7405]

that is so sweet about the Christmas tree not singing :)

[@lindastansbury2067]

Seeing how much fun y'all had decorating the tree together reminded me of years ago when my two children helped me decorate. I'd set up the tree and the lights, then we'd do various kinds of garland, then the kids would take turns putting an ornament on the tree until they either got tired or the tree was finished. My husband had some very old and delicate ornaments that his parents and grandmother had used when he was a little boy. I'm so glad to know that there are still some families that hold to those traditions of everybody taking part in decorating the tree and preparing for the holiday. Christmas blessings to all of y'all. Be safe, be well and Merry Christmas to each and every one of y'all.