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- Where is it?
I swear.
I saw it here just a couple of weeks ago
Aha, found it.
So today is mine and Jessica's 13 year anniversary.
Not our wedding anniversary,
OR the legal one we did a year later.
But the 13 years since I asked Jessica
if we can start dating.
Now, we both kind of realized
that we probably shouldn't keep
celebrating the dating anniversary,
as we now have a wedding anniversary.
So I've done a bit of a sneaky on Jess,
and cause you guys just know how much I love
to surprise Jess.
- This is cute.
And you should have been, I can see.
- Okay.
- Oh, this is so cute.
- So,
- Oh my God.
- Oh Jess, you're gonna make me cry, don't.
So I kind of sat long and hard thinking.
What would make Jess the happiest right now?
And I thought maybe calones at CNS,
or maybe some nice jewelry
But then I realized something.
It's taken me 13 years,
but I've just realized.
My wife is a Christmas hoarder.
And you probably thinking Steven,
you've been with her for 13 years.
How did you not know this?
I know she's loved Christmas
but we've never had our own place before.
And I've seen Jess sneaky, sneaky
around Kmart and Target,
slowly getting this little things.
Stephen, what about this?
What do you think about this?
What are you doing?
Jessica?
What's that shop?
(laughs)
Oh my gosh.
What has Jess bought?
Cheeseboard shaped as a reindeer?
What's happening?
- Hoping Merry Christmas.
- She's been slowly building to this monster.
Waiting until it's time,
until it's Christmas appropriate time,
to Christmas-fy the house.
(dramatic music)
So then it dawned on me,
what would make Jess the happiest?
And I thought.
If we bring a little bit of Christmas joy to the house,
(jolly music)
No Christmas can start early.
Box is complete without Jess's
favorite Christmas movie.
I've just realized somebody's
waking up from her morning nap.
Do you want to surprise mom
with a little bit of Christmas joy?
Jess has had this hanging up for so long.
Are you thinking this one,
or are you thinking this one?
Got some scented ornaments.
Got a mild wine wand,
that you put in your Christmas tree.
It smells so much like our time in Europe last year.
All right.
You're when I just dropped Hunter off to Jess
and she had no idea
This is gonna happen.
Cause we both kind of agreed
we don't celebrate this anniversary anymore.
But, sorry Jess
I lied a little bit.
Morning pups.
- Oh, what have you done.
(laughs)
- What's today?
- It's nothing that crazy.
It's our thirteen year anniversary.
Not a wedding anniversary.
- I know,
I said we wouldn't celebrate today.
But you know me,
I get a little bit excited
- What were you saying before to Hunter.
Every time we leave the room
she's like where's he gone?
You wanna pull it?
Is it a Christmas theme present?
- Open this up.
- This thing?
- Yeah
- A little note.
Are we all going on a treasure hunt?
Dear Jesse happy I3th anniversary.
You know how much I love you.
So I'm going to keep this short
I want to put up the Christmas tree today?
Really?
Oh, fancy.
Oh my gosh.
I didn't know we were going to celebrate Christmas.
Oh, you made me a Christmas box.
- Yeah
- You wanna put it up today?
- Yeah
- Really?
- Chleo's gonna be here soon.
- Did she randomly call me before?
- Oh, did she?
- And she was like, Oh oops
I wasn't meant to call you.
Was she meant to call you?
- Yeah
(laughs)
- That's sneaky.
Oh, what have you got?
So, we're going to watch Love Actually?
- Your favorite Christmas movie.
- Steve
And a bath ball
Oh my gosh.
This is such a good idea Steve.
Wait so I can start Christmas a month early.
- That's my anniversary gift to you.
- Oh my gosh,
are we going to make gingerbread men?
It's going to be the best day ever
Oh my gosh.
People are going to hate us
for Christmas videos already coming out.
You know what?
I can blame it all on you.
This is the evidence of why we celebrated Christmas early.
It's all Steve.
- Yeah, you guys can blame it on me.
- This was a nice way to like
to celebrate our anniversary.
- I thought so.
- I did get you a card.
- Oh, thanks.
- It's in our bedroom.
- I'll go get it after.
So, I thought it was about time
- Oh, Steve.
- That everyone joined the family
- Hunter, you gonna be excited about this.
- Sous chef Hunter.
- And then my head is the tiny head.
- And, because she can't
- Oh my gosh a little mitten.
This is so cute.
Hunter, this is yours.
- She needs to help whisk up the eggs.
- Oh, that's so cute, put that together.
Oh my gosh,
I need a hot chocy.
If we're going to get this thing started.
(laughs)
- Jessie's gonna die.
- I'm just sitting here still in shock.
So I have no ides we're having Christmas.
- [Chleo] Oh, Merry Christmas.
How cute is it?
Hello?
- And that's why you accidentally called me ?
- You accidentally called her.
- No, you called me
and then she popped on the call for some reason.
- Thank you for making my life so fun, silly, and just full
of happiness.
Also for bringing me
to the sweetest little girl could
ever ask for happy 13th anniversary.
I love you more than you think.
- Oh, thank you.
(laughs) - Oh, it's cute, cheesy.
- So I feel like we need to get into Christmas .
- Yes
- All right guys,
I've been like busy all morning.
I think
- I'm an elf
- It's began
(soft piano music)
♪ Children singing merrily ♪
♪ Carols till my ears are bleeding ♪
♪ Christmas, at Christmas ♪
♪ Strangers and their looks of glee ♪
♪ Smiling at you stupidly. ♪
- This is way too exciting,
so we officially built the tree,
fluffed it up.
Decorations?
(upbeat music)
- Where should this go?
- I have a plan.
Oh my God. This is so cute.
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♪ In a one horse open sleigh ♪
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells. ♪
♪ Jingle all the way. ♪
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride ♪
♪ in a one horse open sleigh, ♪
♪ Dashing through the snow. ♪
♪ In a one horse open sleigh. ♪ (laughs)
- If any of us is out there,
live near target and see a J let us know.
Because they've been sold out everywhere here.
- [Jessica] Yes, We are putting out
the Christmas stuff very early.
But remember this is all
Stephen's idea.
- [Stephen] What have I done?
- Guess who just woke up for the best gift.
Are we going to go decorate the tree?
- Dad
- It sounded like she said dad.
It sounded like she said dad.
- Did you say dad?
- Are you ready to see a Christmas tree?
What is this?
Has the outside come inside.
Do you want to touch it?
- [Stephen] Hunter's first taste of Christmas.
- Oh
[Stephen] Yeah
- She likes it
- [Stephen] I think someone loves Christmas
as much as her mom.
- So the girls have been having fun,
singing along to jingle bells,
decorating the house.
And apparently I'm being left behind with
the worst treaty
I'm on lights.
I think, we need to go here.
Top first then to the bottom.
Okay Jess, I think I need your help.
- Steve. It's easy.
So first you need to wrap around here,
and then we just go around here and then
you just go around here
and then you just click this button.
I remember when I was little,
I didn't have my ear pierced just yet.
So I used to do like this and then pretend
that I had earrings
And I thought that was so cool.
- [Stephen] You're very cool Jess.
- I know I'm very cool.
It clearly it is,
global time.
- [Stephen] Another cool kid.
- It's starting to trend.
♪ Dashing through the snow, ♪
♪ In a one horse open sleigh, ♪
♪ O'er the field we go ♪
♪ Laughing all the way ♪
♪ Bells and bobtails ring ♪
♪ Making spirits bright ♪
♪ What fun it is to ride. ♪
Alright. And now comes the fun bit
For the past five years we've been collecting something.
We've been collecting Christmas ornaments.
And this is the first year that
we're going to be able to actually put them on a tree.
And I can't even remember what we have.
So this tree may look a little mis-matched,
but it's basically all
of our travels combined into our Christmas tree.
- [Stephen] What's this?
I don't remember picking this one.
- Little thing stuck up on her face,
but it's still cute.
- [Stephen] All right, this is this going to be the first
one that gets hung up?
- [Jessica] Yes, the little Hunter one.
- [Stephen] It could be right there.
That is so nice.
- It's a globe
[Chleo] I love that.
- So cute.
- In honor of chef Stephen.
- It can't be Christmas without an ugly Christmas sweater.
And this one is for all our Canadians out there.
Had to get a Tim Horton's ornament.
So this one has come all the way from Russia.
So this one we got during a road trip,
with our friends of the grid series through the USA.
And I remember on the back, I got
them all to sign their names.
So guys, all the way from Canada,
I'm going to hang this one on our tree.
Just for you.
I'll put it near the Timmy's.
Oh, I have to put it near the Timmy's.
[Stephen] Just put it towards like the back,
like back around.
- So like it's really hidden so no one will ever see it?
- [Stephen] Yeah
- I think we may have got carried away last year
because we went to spend Christmas in Lapland in Finland.
And we're just finding so many.
And luckily he wrote on the back where they're from.
So all of these are from Lapland
- And what's really cool.
Is we bought these right next door to where we met Santa?
This little guy, we got him through an old road trip
through Poland.
Remember the cute old buildings in Talan.
- We just had to get this little guy.
It's Santa, riding an alligator from New Orleans.
This little cutie we got last year
from Hamburg at the German Christmas market.
- We got this little chunky fella
from the Birmingham Christmas market.
Fun fact biggest Christmas market outside of Germany.
- [Jessica] He's our little ice skating Canadian bear.
- [Stephen] A little bit of Guinness
from our time in Ireland.
And this was the very last one we got
on our trip to Hawaii before we came home.
Who picked this one?
- Yeah, he was the guy that was so creepy
that I just had to have him like,
Isn't it the scariest, Christmas ornament you've ever seen.
What did I get this guy from.
- [Stephen] Hungary
- Oh yeah, Budapest.
You guys make some creepy ornaments.
And the lucky lass,
is this little Greek church that we bought
in bought in Mykonos
the week that we got married.
Now all the people outside know
that we're those crazy Christmas neighbors.
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
♪ Jingle bells. ♪
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
♪ Jingle all the way. ♪
♪ Oh what fun it is to ride ♪
♪ In a one horse open sleigh ♪
♪ Hey, hey , hey. ♪
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪
♪ Jingle all the way. ♪
♪ Oh what fun it is to ride ♪
♪ In a one horse open sleigh. ♪
- [ Jessica] Good morning?
- [Stephen] Oh, what has mom done?
Oh, wait, it continues.
Oh, there's just Christmas everywhere,
Isn't there?
- Okay. So it is now day two of Christmas decorating.
But before we do anything,
I feel like we need a little snack
and we've kicked chef Steven
out of the kitchen and it is officially chef Jess
and sous chef Hunter.
Are we ready?
Okay sous chef Hunter.
The first thing we need is some flour.
(suspenseful music)
(laughs)
Baby, in the bowl, not in your gob.
How many times do I need to remind you about this?
Now, you need to roll out the dough.
[Stephen] Yeah I can see you doing it.
- We want the Christmas tree or
the gingerbread man?
Look at your creation,
should we put it in the oven?
At what temperature and for how long?
- I think giving them the hats perhaps was a bad idea.
My domain has officially been taken over.
Chef Steven is officially on a break.
By the way.
While the cookies bake Hunter is quickly having a bath.
And we realized last night, she fell asleep
without doing the grand finale, putting the star on.
So Hunter needs to do the honors.
- The girl is here.
Hunter i think is really one of those sous chefs,
that really become one with the food.
But a different hat needs to be plopped down girl.
- [Stephen] You got to sign this little hell of a hat,
- And you girl,
need to put the star on top of the tree.
What do you think?
Is it a big responsibility?
- [ Stephen] The biggest responsibility.
You got it up there.
I'll help you finish it off
- Yeah
- Is it cookie time?
- Alrighty madam,
Shall we see what your creations were like?
- [Jessica] There are maybe a few issues
- Few issues?
- What have you done?
You going to grab a cookie up for dad?
What shape is this meant to be madam?
Is this meant to be a Christmas tree?
- This is what happens when chef Stephen isn't in the house.
I'm just putting it out there.
Do you know what I just realized madam?
This is your first time in your cubby house
which we painted for you while you're in mom's tummy.
But, we've heard the request.
You want a Christmas tree for the cubby house.
So let's put one up, maybe over here.
Maybe over here,
Maybe up here.
- All right.
We need to light up this cubby house.
Also, I feel like suddenly I'm way blonder.
I left Steven to go on munch on the cookies all afternoon.
And I went to got my hair done.
- It's good though.
- Thanks. All right.
Let's light up this place.
Also. We're putting Christmas lights outside.
That neighbors are really going to think we're crazy.
Well, for me, that was a very unexpected Christmas
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- [Stephen] Hope you enjoyed it.
[ Jessica] I did.
And I can't believe my house is all Christmafied.
- If you guys have put the Christmas tree up, let us know.
- Send it to us over on our Facebook community page.
I want to see all your Christmas trees
because I know we've many fellow
people out there who have put their Christmas tree up early.
- By the way
If you guys go to Instagram stories.
So we now have some Christmas gifts
Just go to the gifts icon search, flying the nest.
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