COSY CHRISTMAS HAUL ✨🎄 New decorations, sweet treats, books & recent Yorkshire trips!

[@jinnylinny84]

Absolutely love the Muppets Christmas Carol! Watched it for the first time last year and absolutely love it! It’s also quite creepy in parts which I also love!

[@margueritec989]

Lovely video! Thank you for sharing your Christmas adventures and purchases. 🎄🐭

[@JennaFowler1]

I would love to go to York at Christmas! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Claire. 🎄🐭

[@lilacchocolate]

I love it when you gush about York, makes me want to visit someday!!! 🎄✨🥰 Awww that mousestery sounds amazing! 🐁🐭🧐 I would go for the overly complicated plot too, clearly, I listen to too much true crime!!! 😅

[@jodihowe7274]

Beautiful! 🐭

[@lekofo]

🎄🐭✨️ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

[@fiona-jayne1749]

wonderful as always!

[@MaryE171]

I have to say that I used to dislike "When Love is Gone," but I've really come around to it in the last few years. When old Scrooge starts singing along behind Belle I start getting teary-eyed. Lovely video! Merry Christmas!

[@Claire_Fenby]

It's so moving! 😭

[@MyGrannyEra]

🎄🐭 This was such a lovely video--thank you for sharing! I was in York in 2015 -- would love to go back! Happy New Year! 🎉

[@paolacannavo4328]

Thank you for this nice video full of beautiful images and things!Love from Italy!🐭🐁

[@shanawilson1178]

This vlog was so enchanting, I loved it all the trees, the stories, and the gifts

[@melaniefarman5541]

Thank you for this gorgeous Christmassy episode. Loved all the York recommendations. 🎄🐁

[@space_cat_1]

i love spode 🍽 reminds me of my grandparents and visits to the potteries in stoke. i did my dissertation on antony gormley, so i love the angel ✨️🎄 another beautiful video. i must visit york! wishing happy xmas to you, ben, and cats 🐈‍⬛️ x 🐁

[@lyndaa7560]

Lovely vlog, sounds like you’ve had a really good run up towards Christmas, I love pheasants at this time of year we have between ten-twenty coming for food everyday, more males than females but all beautiful, they really are a silly bird though instead of keeping quiet when the take off the cawking noise they make alerts the guns, very sad but they’re safe here on our land. Hope you had a fabulous Christmas 🎄🐭🐇🌲

[@larasmug]

Happy new year!! 🐁❤🎄

[@michaelmccarty]

Wonderful video. Thank you! 🐭🎄

[@kategoman2969]

🎄🐁 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and Ben! Xx

[@rachelmaddison3681]

Loved seeing this, we holiday in York every year. 🐭🎄

[@Sheila-m9x]

Merry Christmas 🎄🐁🐭

[@hellopaulie]

🐭🎄🐁 Merry Christmas from Canada. To Claire and Ben and the cats too. Try tourteire which is a Canadian meat pie that is enjoyed during the holidays and for a chocolatey treat, Nanaimo bars.

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you for the recommendations! We'll be going to Nova Scotia in the summer so if you have any more recs please send them my way 🇨🇦

[@newphaseofme8223]

Love your Christmas pillow

[@sallycooke6498]

I always watch Muppets Christmas Carol when decorating my Christmas 🎄 it’s such a fab film. Your cushion made me smile. I have the Christmas Tree by Spode too. Slowly building up a collection. It’s lovely to bring out each year. Hope you have had a lovely Christmas 🐭

[@Claire_Fenby]

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas ❤️

[@katyfolk3433]

I started collecting the Spode Christmas Tree crockery a few years ago! Always worth a look in the sales, my mum often gets me bits in January for my Birthday in April! TKMax also sells it at Christmas time! My husband and I always come and stay in York at Christmas time, it's just so magical! We will have to add the Christmas Tree festival to our visit next year!

[@Claire_Fenby]

I’ve bought all my Spode bits and bobs from TK Maxx!

[@eltrym]

Aww that was beautiful! 🐭

[@bfranklin1052]

I loved this visit with you! I want to come to York, have a cup of chocolate, solve the Mouse mystery and see the Alice exhibit (oh my goodness!). I want to watch the Muppet Christmas Carole this afternoon, which I surely can and will do. This was just so cozy and lovely! Merry Christmas to you and Ben! ☕🫖🎄🐭❤

[@JudyGraves-ws7yl]

York needs to give you the key to the city! You’re an amazing booster 🐭🎄🐁

[@Claire_Fenby]

Feel very lucky to live here again ❤️

[@CazHaven]

Beautiful festive video, thank you so much 🎄🐭

[@streelymade6836]

🎄The Christmas tree has always been my favourite part of the holidays. We chop ours down ourselves and decorate it with mostly homemade decorations. Brings me so much joy! Loved this video. 🎄🎄🎄Off to watch the decorating one!

[@Claire_Fenby]

Such a wonderful tradition to have 🎄

[@heatherdorsey4770]

I love hearing about independent shops. 🎄🐀

[@jessharding7727]

Hope you had a merry Christmas! As a york girl, I absolutely love how much you adore the city. I can tell you it's pronounced jillygate. And I also love your bookshelf 😅 ❤ 🎄

[@Claire_Fenby]

Noooo 10+ years of being a FOOL!

[@jessharding7727]

@Claire_Fenby No. Not a fool hun. It's just that we have a few uniquely named streets here 😆

[@JacquelineCaron]

cozy video! thanks for sharing all your treats and adventures - love when you bring us along!! Happy Christmas to you!! 🎄🐭

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you for watching 🎄 I hope you had a wonderful one too!

[@MichelePJ]

Thanks for sharing all your Yorkshire adventures! 🐭

[@Claire_Fenby]

Many more to come ❤️

[@kristinatrifonovanikolova]

So inspiring and wonderfully magical! Thank you! 🎄🐁

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you for watching 🎄

[@glendaslanina9939]

A delightful video. I loved seeing York in its festive splendor.🎄❤️🐭

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you for watching 🎄

[@stellastar8888]

🐭🐁 Such a wonderful video! Merry christmas, Claire!

[@claudiacabelloglass4257]

A wonderful Christmas video! Love your collection of 🎄!!

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you for watching 🎄

[@mazee1702]

🐭🌲Merry Christmas Claire what a beautiful video, Love your tree x x x x

[@melissahouse1296]

Gorgeous video Merry Christmas to you all Sybil inc & thank you for sharing your life its such a cosy place 😍🎅🥰

[@libraryburrow]

🐁 the Christmas Mousetery looks incredible! That would be my dream come true

[@debbiemurphy4971]

Such a lovely video! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas! 🎄 🐭

[@tizianavaldini9563]

Merry Christmas and a big thank you for a wonderful year of content...and introducing me to Bird & Blend! Greetings from Germany 🫖❤🎄🐭

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you so much for watching ❤️ Here's to another year full of good tea 🫖

[@badfaith4u]

Happy holidays to you and your family. Hope you enjoy the holiday season in York.

[@jinnylinny84]

Also hello from California 👋!

[@salomegreeneyes1542]

🐭🐁 Great festive video!!! I truly wish I was there in York doing the same things! Happiest Holiday to you🎄🐾

[@vintagesue]

Just Beautiful! ❤️ Happy Christmas to you both 🎄🐭

[@Gypsy-Bluebird]

🐭 Such a beautiful vlog Claire. York is so beautiful and magical .. even more so at Christmas. Thank you for sharing all your wonderful Christmas treasures … oh that mouse!! What a wonderful event at Fairfax .. I’d love that so much. Merry Christmas to you, Ben and the kitties. 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

[@Claire_Fenby]

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas too ❤️

[@C.Aikman-yj7fq]

🎄🐁🐁 Thank you, Claire. Merry Christmas.

[@violetbell6550]

A belated Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year to you both! 🎄🐭 York is one of my most favourite places to be. X

[@Claire_Fenby]

I hope you did too ❤️

[@forgetmenot783]

I wish I was closer to York, Fairfax house and the mice sounds so incredible! 🎄🐀

[@Claire_Fenby]

Love it 🐭

[@michaelgillespie502]

Merry Christmas from Rhode Island, USA, we watched The Muppets Christmas Carol last night ( as we do every year) and I also have the Spode dinner ware, and have loved using it for the past 30 years! Lovely video, thank you 🎄

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you for watching 🎄

[@francesaggarwal22]

Gillygate is pronounced Jillygate. I live on Haxby Road quite near it.😊🐭🌲

[@rowenaroberta5244]

I always watch to the end 😊 🐁🐀🎄 I wish a very happy Christmas to you, Ben, and the cats ❤

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you so much! Hope you had a wonderful one too ❤️

[@ooh29]

🐭 Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy new year Claire 🎉

[@mhairigilchrist9792]

🎄🐁Love York at Christmas, especially the Minster ❤

[@marygardiner142]

🐁happy new year!

[@gillwoolley6515]

Thank you Claire. This brought back great memories of visiting York last year and reminded me that we need to visit again. Happy Christmas to you and Ben and a great new year ❤❤❤🌲🌲🌲

[@Claire_Fenby]

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas ❤️

[@anasofia093]

🐭 lovely video! Hope you had an amazing christmas 🎄

[@leeallison3080]

🎄🐭 Merry Christmouse to you both xx

[@WhatVictoriaRead]

I’m glad you’ve had such a magical Christmas time! Merry Christmas! ☺️💛🎄🐭

[@SeleneFlorio]

Merry Christmas!! 🎄 🐭

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

Omg that mouse mystery is sooooooo cute I can’t stand it! A mouse with a fig leaf?!!! Get out! This was delightful and cozy Claire. Merry Christmas. 🎄 🐁 ❤

[@petrenkopolina]

🐁🎄Happy Holidays!

[@danielleptc]

What a beautiful, cosy video! All the best to you and Ben this Holiday season, Claire! 🎄🐁 As a native of the Land of Poutine (Quebec, Canada), I always find it entertaining to see other people's reaction to this rather unaesthetic dish. I'm glad you enjoyed it and will get to experience it "in situ" soon!

[@Claire_Fenby]

It's funny because chips and gravy and/or cheesy chips are big in the north too so I'm just surprised we don't combine them more often! I think this was my first time trying cheese curds though 🧀

[@SarahBarnaby-h4p]

Happy Christmas! 🎄🐭

[@angiecowell5619]

🎄🐭🐁 a very happy Christmas, wishing you a wonderful one now you’re in ‘my’ beloved Yorkshire. ❤️

[@Claire_Fenby]

Very happy to be back up north ❤️

[@adrienne4028]

🎄🐭Merry Christmas to you, Ben and your cat family.

[@nathaliebourre3578]

What a charming video! 🎄🐭🎄🎁🌲

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you for watching 🎄

[@jessh8716]

🎄🐭 we’re off to York (hopefully) for my 40th Birthday in March and I will be going to the German Christmas shop haha

[@Claire_Fenby]

I hope you have a wonderful time!

[@Sarah_Naomi]

Merry Christmas Claire! 🎄🐭

[@isabel.Cc7]

Merry Christmas!!🎄🐭🎄

[@kimlamb4843]

Lovely video,merry Christmas x 🎄🐭

[@lornawood3260]

🎄🐁 Merry Christmas, Claire!

[@ladyfox6705]

🐁🎄 great haul! Merry Christmas to you both!

[@ingaurban404]

🌲🐁Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year😊

[@irenenm9080]

Absolutely love this video 🐁🎄

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you for watching 🎄

[@booksanddoodlesreads]

Now all I want to do is visit Yorkshire 🤩 And I have to say, your Christmas Tree decorations are goals! Love watching your video 🎄🐁

[@Gillian.Ashcroft.66]

Wellington airport NZ displays Christmas trees designed by groups for a charity fund raiser - they were amazing it was very difficult to vote just for one.

[@Claire_Fenby]

I had the same thing with the ones in the Minster! So many important causes 🎄

[@lynnemackintosh6412]

🎄🐭Totally agree Claire. When I watched our DVD version and When Love is Gone was missing I was gutted. Shows we’re true fans. My original was on video because I’m much older than you. 😂Wishing you both a very Merry Christmas. x

[@Claire_Fenby]

My original was a video too! DVDs were expensive 🤣

[@sineadpaull1863]

Happy Christmas 🎄

[@sineadpaull1863]

🐁

[@sineadpaull1863]

I did watch to the end. 🐭

[@caitlancole9136]

🎄🐭 Merry Christmas!

[@barbaramccoy3592]

🐭🌲Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@theskydeity]

I currently live outside of the UK, but every year I come back to visit the places I couldn’t or didn’t have enough time to when I was living in Wales as a very poor student and for 2025 my plan is to visit the Brontë parsonage and York, so this is making me feel very excited!

[@Claire_Fenby]

I hope you have a wonderful time! Yorkshire is so beautiful ❤️

[@theskydeity]

@@Claire_Fenby thank you, i’m sure i will!

[@melissaholton5161]

🎄🐁🐁🐭 Merry Christmas from Texas! :)

[@Claire_Fenby]

Happy holidays!

[@jenniferlovesbooks]

This was so cosy! That mouse thing looks brilliant! 🎄🐁

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you for watching 🎄

[@terri5172]

Merry Christmas 🎄 🐁

[@Rodja.]

You definitely make one want to visit York 🐭

[@Claire_Fenby]

It's the BEST!

[@irhonda31]

Beautiful video! I loved that production of Brideshead Revisited; so well-cast! I’ve never seen the Muppets version of A Christmas Carol, but I keep hearing about it this year. You have me so wanting to visit York! Merry Christmas from California (SF Bay Area)! 🎄☃️ 🐁

[@Claire_Fenby]

You MUST watch the Muppets ❤️

[@irhonda31]

@ I know! 😄

[@kathywong7661]

Wishing you a very Mousey Christmas 🎄🎁🎅🐭 & a very Meowey Christmas to the kitty cats 🐱 🐾🎁😊

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you 🐭🐱

[@janegrace8743]

🥰🫖🐭Happy New Year!

[@kayjones2533]

🐭🐁Happy Christmas Claire and Ben x

[@janeandclementine]

Yes please, more York! While I’ve been twice, it’s just for a day. Will be in Aberdeen (flying from W Canada) for my nephew’s uni graduation and planning on spending at least a week in York. Ghost merchant and chocolate shots already on the list but definitely looking for more ideas. Can’t find emoji so will just say MOUSE

[@Claire_Fenby]

I hope you have a wonderful time! The only thing to flag is that the queue for York Ghost Merchants is now around 2 hours along so I recommend getting there early on a Thursday if you can ❤️

[@alexandramacgregor]

🎄🐭 merry Xmas and enjoy your tree.

[@Claire_Fenby]

Thank you! You too!

[@martajackson3932]

My iPad is not ipading right now but Christmas tree and a mouse to you ;)

[@jojomontgomery7119]

Just found your channel and I love it!🎄🐭

[@Claire_Fenby]

Welcome ❤️

[@MJ-in-Canada]

Claire, there’s a video I think you’d enjoy watching because as well as exploring York at Christmastime, there’s a visit to Käthe Wohlfahrt. The video was published on Dec. 6, 2022 @KirstenJoerg (Kirsten & Joerg: 2 Germans in Britain.)🎄🐁

[@joysedgwick812]

I was thinking just that! They also visit a Christmas town in Germany, amazing, I also think you’d love it!

[@MJ-in-Canada]

@@joysedgwick812 Kirsten and Joerg are a joy. As are Claire and Ben!😊

[@jackiecasey5165]

🎄🎉

[@MJ-in-Canada]

What parts of Canada do you plan to visit? I’m excited about your content from Canada regardless of where it is. Happy Christmas, Claire, Ben, and the kitties.🎄🐭

[@Claire_Fenby]

We're off to Nova Scotia in the summer! Any recommendations would be so appreciated ❤️

[@MJ-in-Canada]

@@Claire_Fenby I’m guessing that you’ll be visiting Ariel who I’m sure will have fabulous suggestions. I highly recommend visiting the picturesque harbour town of Lunenburg.🦞If you have access to a car, be sure to drive the scenic Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island (a 298 km/185 miles road.) Whatever you do, I’m sure you’ll have a good time, and easterners are very friendly. I should caution you that summer is peak tourism time so roads may be congested or there may be queues at certain attractions.

[@GemmaCreegan-tp4dk]

Merry Christmas 🐭loving all your Christmas traditions in York. Best wishes for 2025🎉

[@theskydeity]

Also, I recommend Vile Bodies as another book by Evelyn Waugh you should read as well as the movie adaptation Bright Young Things, which was directed by Stephen Fry! Both are excellent 🎄🐁

[@Claire_Fenby]

I'll put this on my list to look for in charity shops!

[@BookishTexan]

I think I’ve got not seen Muppet Christmas Carol with Love is Gone once. It does make the movie much better. 🐁