It’s that time again!
We are kicking off our annual tradition of the 12 Videos of Christmas! You can see some of our videos from the past couple years on our Videos page any time. The idea with this tradition on BeckyHiggins.com – and what it has evolved to become – is that throughout the month of December, on 12 random days, I will share a video. These 12 videos are meant to teach, inspire, entertain, or enlighten you – or just give you a 5-minute break from the routine of your day. : )
They’re not all specifically about Christmas. Some videos have nothing to do with Christmas at all, but we are sharing the full collection during the holiday season as one little gift to you – my readers, our customers, our friends. This year almost all of the videos that we are featuring were submitted by those who heard about our little contest back in early November. As much as I love making videos, I am truly in the thick of so much product development, that I promise you want me focused on that (and enjoying the season with my family of course) – rather than making videos. And trust me – I have plenty of video ideas up my sleeve for the coming months.
Today we are kicking off the series with a video that will make you either A) wish you thought of this 10 years ago or B) inspire you to do something like this starting right now – whether it’s centered around Christmas or another holiday or a birthday or something else. This was submitted Craig Haslam in California on behalf of his family – his wife Traca and their children Clara, Luke, Eve – whom you will see grow up right before your eyes in this time lapse video. So very cool.
Video shot with a Canon DV camcorder.
Note: I was curious if Craig knew much about my brand or website or products and he said, “Traca has done some scrapbooking over the years, but we just found your blog and contest through a google search for Christmas video contests. I’ve been checking your blog for updates, and I really like your projects and products. We may become Project Lifers too!”
Um – guess what Craig? Be careful what hints you drop because we are so going to hook you guys up with a full Project Life collection so that you can experience first-hand what Project Life can mean to your family … and how much time it can save Traca in the scrapbooking department! Plus – your kids are old enough to be involved too, writing some of your family memories in their own handwriting on our Journaling Cards. Can’t wait to hear how that goes for you! Thank you for inspiring us with this fantastic and incredibly sentimental video idea.
Tags: 12 videos of christmas, christmas decorating, time lapse
That is so cool! Wish I would’ve seen this 10 years ago!!!
What a great idea…wish I would have thought about it too. A nice way to start off the videos!
That is wonderful! What a great idea!!!
LOVED IT!!! Thanks so much for sharing this!!
This is amazing! What a great idea
What an amazing video!! So very cool!
So beautiful. Brought tears to my eyes. It really shows how fast time flies. Love it!
Great video…the passage of time is amazing! Thanks for sharing.
That was completely wonderful and touching. What a beautiful way that family has caught the growth of there family over the years. Thank you for sharing.
Oh Wow, just really beautiful. It does put a lump in your throat to see the time pass right before your eyes! I DO wish I would have thought of this 10 years ago, but we will start this Christmas and then maybe in 10 years I will know how to edit it for a time lapse video! We do take pictures of decorating the tree every year and maybe even a little video but this is a neat idea.
What a great video! It was so wonderful to watch this couple become a family. What a great tradition they have!
This video depicts perfectly why we scrap. You can’t “recreate” those memories. My grandkids love all my scrapbooks, but they especially enjoy the ones where they are babies (they are now teenagers). Thanks for sharing
Wow what a beautiful video & great idea! Thank u for sharing it with us!
Very cute – - they live like me – - never change my pictures on the wall or furniture!
Made me happy.
What a neat video! Thanks for sharing it with us!
So very cool! My children are grown…I’m passing along the link to my two children …maybe one (or both!) will start the tradition!
Sweetest video I’ve ever seen.
I totally teared up watching the little ones toddle around.
Big tears sliding down the cheeks. Beautiful. Simply beautiful. Maybe I’m crying because I didn’t think to do it!
Oh my, that was so incredibly tender. What a great way to kick off your 12 videos of Christmas, Becky!
Love this! What a fun idea!
Wow, that was awesome! What a great idea. Wish I’d have thought to do that 10 years ago! Very sweet.
Wow! What a fabulous idea and such a beautiful family! This is the perfect video to kick off your 12 videos of Christmas. I wish I would have done something like this with my kiddos. Now that they are 12 and 10, they would rather let me do the decorating!
Thank you for sharing!
this is awesome!!
This one will definitely be a hard video to beat. What a precious memory for this family and even though I had no idea who they are, this brought a tear to my eye. I love this…May God Bless this family and I am so
glad they shared their idea and family.
Great idea! I will pin this for my daughter, who is engaged. For her future family.
As I am about to become an empty-nester for two years, that video was particularly poignant!
Love this, what a great idea!. Makes me think of my two babies who were actually both born Christmas week. They are turning 18 and 22 now! Love the kitty, too!
Oh I loved that. Makes me smile. Wish I’d done that.
Love this, great idea. Reminds me of my babies who were both born Christmas week. They will be 18 and 22 this year! Love that the kitty made the video, too!
I just kept thinking… Poor guy, all he does is put up the darn Christmas tree while everyone’s bopping around the living room.
Great video!
Oh that was truly awesome, how fun to watch the family grow! Thanks so much for sharing, its such a precious idea!
That was soooo amazing! It was real and just so fun and enjoyable to watch! That really put me in the spirit of Christmas.
That is pretty awesome! I just sent it to my niece who has her first baby this Christmas. Hopefully she and her awesome hubby will copy the thought somehow and make it their own. It’s really pretty genius. Congrats, Craig!
Awesome video! I just loved it!
What a sweet video. Completely what Christmas is all about!
And yes, be careful with hints
How nice to send a whole kit their way.
This was a great video to start off with, LOVE LOVE IT!! Made me tear up and wish I had thought of this 10 years ago. How sweet this is to see them grow up and all the fun they had each time. Thanks!!
Have all the winners been notified? I submitted a video so I’m curious
Thanks
That totally made me cry, love that the background ( couch, windows, walls stayed same, but kids changed.) what a wonderful example of memory keeping.
That was so AMAZING, what a treasure for their family! What a perfect tradition and I love how the home stayed exactly the same over the years but the family grew over the years. AWESOME!!!
I loved your video!!! What a great idea. Your kids are going to thank you when they are all grown up for putting that together.
That was awesome. Thanks so much for sharing!
loved it! great video! thanks for sharing!
Love it!!! Sad I didn’t think of it because what a treasure!
Loved this video! I too wish I had thought of it! Babies to toddlers to kids just make such big changes in those early years. What a priceless memory Craig has for his family. I’m sure his kids will treasure it for many years to come!
This video brought tears to my eyes. With a little 1-year old this Christmas, it’s making me think about how this can inspire us to do something similar!
Thank you!
Loved it so much, what a wonderful way to capture life,
What an AWESOME documentation!
So gorgeous. It shows the closeness of the family & how they’re just enjoying decorating each year. I especially liked when the cat jumped on the tree box with Luke in it!
I loved this video! So very sweet…..As a military family, I can not imagine having the same house for 10 years. My daughter commented over my shoulder that our video would have a different living room for each year!
Hi everyone! Thank you ALL for the comments! You are making me tear up! I have to tell you what a sweetie Craig is. I had no idea he had a plan or had bigger things in mind. The compilation was a beautiful gift to me last Christmas.
You guys crack me up noticing that nothing changed! We lived in a small house and that was the only place to put the tree. Lol! Love you guys and can’t wait to learn more about Becky! Thanks for choosing us! Traca
So beautiful Traca! I felt so emotional watching. After years of longing for a baby we were blessed to welcome our newborn son through the miracle of adoption and now, 5 years later he is about to start school…time just flies by, our babies are not babies for long, and I am always desperately trying to capture every moment and cherish them in my heart. Your video choked me up…This is such a special keepsake you have of your babies.
God bless you guys and thanks for sharing.
It was obvious to me too that you are a loving family and caring of each other , shown in little ways, e.g. your daughter clapping your son’s piano, all helping to decorate etc
Alison, Australia.
I love this! Made me cry what a special tradition! This family tradition is captured forever!! And I want to thank them for the peak & blessing they gave me!
Absolutely wonderful. What very clever people to have the foresight to start this 10 years ago!! *sigh* if only……
Delightful! Absolutely delightful! Merry Christmas Craig, Traca and family. Super present!! Wish I could hear YOU guys singing. I can tell you enjoy one another so much. Keep documenting this wonderful gift of a connected family.
Loved this!! Warmed my heart. Thanks for sharing!!
The sweetest thing ever! How time flies.
Awesome video guys,loved it
Oh my god this video is awesome, I’m just crying in front of my computer screen right now!!! Thank you for this sweet moment.
This is so sweet! I loved it so much
What a special video..so wish I had one!
Love! Most other peoples family videos are pretty boring (just say’in)! This one brought tears to my eyes, what a great thought!
I cried! That was the neatest thing I’ve ever seen! What a great idea! Kudos to the Haslam family for thinking of that! Enjoy Project Life!
wow… very cool indeed
I got teary eyed watching their family grow. What a special video idea!
You’re so right … I wish I had thought of this way back when!! What a fabulous idea and video … it brought tears to my eyes watching their family grow up before my eyes.
Awesome video! What a great idea!
I love it! What a fabulous idea! It could be used as a promo for the tree or lights too!
AWESOME!!!!
Absolutely fabulous! You’re right – I wish I had thought of that. Also wish I had a husband and son interested in putting up and decorating the Xmas tree, but that’s another story.
Amazing. I smiled from the moment I hit play.
10 years with the same exact furniture/no window treatments/no paint change everything exactly the same??????
Awwww! That was just so awesome watching the video! I had happy tears for you and your family. Happy Holidays!
I really loved this! What a treasure!
That was amazing! What a great keepsake!!!
Best Christmas present EVER!!! Wowzers!!
Your husband loves you SOOO much!
First of all, my oldest is ten so this really touched my heart. Second, I can’t even imagine living in a home for 10 years. How cool is that!?! We’ve been in our home a little over 5 years and that is double the time I’ve lived in any home ever. Oh and Becky, I’m now on the board of directors for the Cancer Foundation. What a blessing!
Thanks for a wonderful video, Traca and Craig you have a beautiful family and I love the girls hair short – they look just like you
You cat sure got big!!! And your lounge furniture still looks new! Have a wonderful Christmas xx from Jane in Sydney, Australia
This looks like a beautiful Christmas tradition!
Utterly fabulous! But, how did you keep that couch and chair through three kids and a cat? I want to know what it is made of! Loved this one, and wish I had thought of it years ago. Wait, we can start now! Thanks for the inspiration.
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