It’s my favorite time of the year! I absolutely love the month of December for a lot of reasons, but one of the biggest reasons is the coziness that this season brings. Between the Christmas lights and the smell of freshly baked cookies, no other month competes on the cozy factor. Oh and don’t even get me started on the Hallmark Channel.

So, to kick off the holidays, we have officially decorated the Airstream, drank some hot chocolate, baked a first batch of cookies (thank you Betty Crocker), and watched the first two movies on our must see Christmas movie list!

I am not a huge sugar cookie fan until it comes to this time of the year. Mostly because I like anything that’s festively shaped like a Christmas tree or a star or a gingerbread man. And I also usually only make cookies from scratch, but when Chad showed up with a Betty Crocker sugar cookie kit, how was I supposed to resist? The answer to that question, I didn’t resist. We spent the afternoon baking some cookies, using our new Hearth & Hand master cookie cutter, and then making a little bit of icing to add to some of the trees!

Fun tip: If you want a quick icing, just mix powdered sugar with a little splash of milk and you’ll get the perfect sweet addition to your cookie! I like to add a dash of cinnamon to mine to break the over sweetness.

After we baked the cookies and ate one too many, we obviously laid on the couch and didn’t move for a few hours. Every year I have a list of movies I absolutely have to watch in order for it to officially be December. The first two we checked off are Love Actually and The Holiday. Honestly I watch The Holiday all year long and it fuels my desire to live in the middle of nowhere in England. Next on the list is Elf and then The Grinch! But don’t worry, I’ve also been watching the Hallmark Channel and every episode of Holiday Baking Championship, new and old. What’s on your must watch list this time of year?

I just love the holidays! Now all we need is a little snow and I could officially say I was in the holiday spirit!

Below is the video we made showing how we decorate our tiny home! It’s a little different than what I’m used to, but it feels just as festive and cozy as apartments past, and I just love having our tiny home all decked out (in a functional way) for the holidays!

And if you want to check out our holiday baking from last year, click here!