 Hey friends today We are continuing our 12 days till Christmas countdown where I vlog every single day until Christmas day And we are just three days away three more days till Christmas, and I'm about 10 minutes away from my mom's house I'm so excited to show you around my old stomping grounds Some of my favorite places to eat and then we have a big family dinner plan for tonight And it's just gonna be a cozy home kind of day any hoos Let's go do this How's the cold Pennsylvania air treat in your Gracie? She's definitely excited to be able to get out of the car and just be Stationary for a couple of days at grandma's house. You excited? You guys are witnessing a very rare occurrence here Gracie is barking What? Oh, no, no, no, stop. No, you're mean your guard guard. Stop. Stop. I'm driving from Florida to Pennsylvania and it's been just about a two-day trip back in the day I used to be able to make this trip in one day. I used to drive straight through But not so much anymore. So I'm excited like I said about 10 minutes from my mom's house and We're done with traveling for the day We made it Gracie After a long what do you say two days to two and a half days? We're home We're home Gracie. Whoo My mom would have the Grinch on her door. Merry Grinchmas My mom is all nicely decorated. Look at the mickeys. Oh, I love this got nice little Christmas trees some presents It is so good to be home and just be in a spot for a little while I feel like the past two days have been a rough one and Gracie's happy because we have plenty of land So she can run around but now it's time to get all settled in and then we're gonna go get Coffee and oh, we're gonna go to the manuka bakery to go get some Christmas cookies and some Light snacks in the linger cookie the best linger cookie. I have ever had in my life This bakery in manuka is like the high standard for me Gracie you want a pub cap Good Here it is the manuka pastry shop established in 1979 this place is like the birthplace for my love of cookies. It is so busy in here holy moly If you don't have to wait to get your pastries, then they're probably not good pastries There's always a line here at manuka. Look at me even a little festive for the season Look at all of these cookies right here. Look at the sweater cookies and then the linser cookies. These are the ones right here I think we have to get a dozen Take it a dozen linser cookies and then we're gonna do like a miscellaneous box a mixed box These linser cookies are so good. Like I said, these are the best ones. I've ever had look at the jelly You can actually just see it's like fresh filled What do you get mom Oh Yeah, the blueberry squares, that's what mom wanted the eclairs the Lafayette's This place is seriously just amazing Oh, you want some fruit cake? Oh, well, we're gonna get it today Enough for the cookie business. I got a lot of things I want to do today with my family One of them being we have a big family dinner where all my cousins and nieces and nephews are coming And I might show you guys a little bit of it But I really just want to spend time with them only because like I said, it's been 10 years since I think I've been back up here I think nine years 10 or nine somewhere around there. So it's gonna be nice to see family. All right We made it back home open up them boxes, but open up them boxes. Let's see Yo That is how it should look right and look here's the linsers. Oh Oh my lord These ones make such a mess look at that. They're so fresh. You can actually look at it. You can bend the cookie That is so good. This one's mine. Here we go The cookie the linser cookie that started all of my linser cookie like obsession And it's good that I'm wearing this flannel shirt because I'm sure that powdered sugar is actually gonna Like end up on my shirt, but look it kind of already looks like I have powdered sugar It's a Star Wars flannel from Roosevelt's right here. I'm telling you I love this cookie so much So much and then I was wondering what my mom was cooking over here What is that applesauce? So you're not cooking anything no it's to make it smell nice. It's unplugged right now What's going on at Cindy's all night diner can't serve that a little red track How little Christmas tree would you look at that well in a twist of events? My mom is sending me to Walmart two days before Christmas to go get a crock pot I'm not too sure why it may be because the crock pot. She has now is a Sensi burner But I'm going to get a crock pot. She says it's for a gift but I think it's for her since her crock pot is occupied she has to use something for Christmas dinner and She thinks she's clever, but I'm going to get a crock pot. I Figured I'd probably find a crock pot in boss gobs. So we're gonna go in the boss gobs. I Was gonna get a crock pot I figured I'd just come to boss gobs because I wanted to come down to the mall and it would be easy They definitely have a crock pot here But my mom just texted me like a list of other things that I have to get and they're like light bulbs Like a bunch of other stuff. So like she really wants me to go to Walmart Not only is my mom texting me. She's actually screen-shotting and then circling The photo from the Walmart app of exactly what she wants me to buy light bulbs. What is this a Pack of these two of these bowls Two bowls. Well, there's the crock pot just one my mom told me go to Walmart I should have listened to where this mall is like basically abandoned most of all the stores are actually vacant Oh, wow, there's santa walking around Hey santa The steam town mall is not the same I decided to take the elevator to give you guys a better look at the steam town mall. Look at santa's down here And the electric city aquarium Rudolph the red nose reindeer had a very shiny nose I love your spirit That's too cool Merry Christmas Yo, I was so happy when that family walked into the elevator and started singing Christmas music Just like I was and it was awesome. And when I said I like your spirit I think the mom she was like, oh, I gotta have spirit because I don't got the money And it you know, it kind of just hit me in the fields It reminded me of my mom because growing up we were poor, you know And if there was something I wanted for Christmas and my mom couldn't afford it she would go put that item on layaway and She would give me the layaway ticket and like a piece of the advertisement Cut out for Christmas and she'd be like, oh, I'll get it for you And I don't know. It just made me feel good. So I I had an extra $150 in my pocket I don't ever have cash on me like my my sister She uh had to get a gift card for her manager and all of the employees chipped in to get the gift card But my sister didn't have the money So she was just like, hey, can you buy this and I'll give you the money and I was like, oh, yeah Okay, no problem. So she gave me the cash and I put it in my pocket and I was just like, you know what If this can maybe help somebody I was just like, you know what? Let's spread some holidays here and I gave her the money and I was just like here Merry Christmas and it just made my day. Wow. You know what? It made her day. It was really cool And uh, I'm just really happy that I got to do that. Like I really love the holiday season It's the best time of the year and the the point of the story I mean the the the good gesture Isn't that some guy or the random act isn't that some guy just gave away some money to someone I think the bigger picture is that there are people out there just like my mom and uh other people that you know Are struggling but they're still in the christmas spirit and they're keeping that alive and I love that And for all the moms out there every time my mom gave me one of those layaway tickets and a little paper I got so excited and I used to run around. I remember it was a sega. I remember one time I'm like bill my brother. I'm like, we got we're getting a sega. So, uh, don't ever be afraid I'm sure my mom always felt like oh man. I wish I can get them it But I was just as happy with the layaway ticket and if I could ever give back Or give you like just even a hope even if it doesn't happen Sorry, I get all hyped up and excited But now I gotta go all from excited to probably stress because we gotta go to walmart and get my mom a crock pot We have we had a crock pot I cannot believe I am at walmart right now. Hmm. I'm at walmart So close to the holiday season. I thought be a lot busier, but it actually looks kind of empty in here Yo, this walmart is the walmart that I used to hang out at back in the day You know back when it was 24 hours a day, you know and speaking of that, when are we gonna get walmarts back to 24 hours? You know, I think they all close at 11, but back then we used to hang out here. Maybe that's why it's not open anymore But I think that's so funny. You're like, oh, you had a walmart dixon city. Yeah. Yeah, I used to hang out there Hey, excuse you. You can tell me where the crock pots are at crock pot Crock pots. There she is This is the one the pioneer woman 34 88 All right, we got the pioneer woman now. We got to get the dish rack and then uh light bulbs and uh Look else. She said something. Uh-huh. We're glad she texted me dish rack light bulbs Bulls That's it boys bulls Dish rack and the crock pot now. I gotta find my mom's bulls She needs not just any bowl. She needs two very specific bowls Well, now it's time to get ready and head to our nice little family dinner Like I said, I'm not going to like record a lot just little little clips, you know Just like anyone else would do at uh a family christmas dinner They pull out their phone and record something for no reason except for me I'm just gonna put it up for you guys to see The christmas lights are all turned on now Mom the house looks very festive You know that Very festive indeed Who's over here? Whose picture is this? Oh, that's chase And that's aerial that's aerial there. Where's the other christmas photos? Where's my photo? We are at Rossi's restaurant in archibald. My mom picked out this place. I told her She could just uh plan the dinner and I would pay for it So, uh, this is the restaurant she uh chose and I've never even been here before Like this is my first time eating here. I'm sure she has. Oh I like it It's very fancy Oh Thank you Look at they got so many nice decorations in here. We got our buffet vegetables potatoes Who's that ready Tony meat sauce? This place has been amazing so far. I love the food the atmosphere We're all having a good time. It's kind of chaotic. I don't know what I'm filming I'm just kind of enjoying and catching up with some relatives I haven't seen in years and yeah, I really love it here. This is exactly what I wanted a nice little cozy family christmas He's deciding We're playing, uh Some christmas exchange game All right, mom's got a pick Oh, you have 10 you have 10 mom. You're not six Bonnie, what did you get? Oh Now you can keep that or I should have stolen away from me. Oh, well, I think you're good. I think I'm good too. I think you're good Did you get yours? What is yours? He's just stolen a whole lot of chocolate The chocolate Taking it Bonnie you're stuck with that caddy forever My mom got me a birthday cake That dinner was awesome. I had so much fun. I'm not too sure how much I included in there Only because I was busy just hanging out my family playing games and just really, you know, loving the holiday family time But now I think it's time to go check out some christmas lights. Isn't this such a wholesome holiday I'm loving this trip home. I really am and I'm happy that I can share a little bit with you guys You got the whole outfit You know the christmas lights are good when it literally shuts down the whole entire block And that's exactly what this is. Look at this award winning Isn't that so cool? You can look them up on the uh, great american, uh, light flight light fight All right seasons greetings army tank happy holidays And with that we are done here today It was a fun festive day full of holiday surprises and uh, yeah, I had a lot of fun So I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow and I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it We'll see you next time. Bye