Life in a Tiny House called Fy Nyth - Gifts For Minimalists

Hey, no knocking Santa. Hahaha. Careful you will be on the naughty list!

Beautiful pictures, beautiful life and beautiful young lady. God bless you.

I think the gift of experiences is wonderful. I have been sent to the ballet as a gift many times, and I am always so happy to get that gift! Your suggestions are perfect!

Your so right about so much junk and everybody thinks they need it. Thanks for sharing

passing around the Amazon wishlist really works well even if they go out and get it . Massages or other services are awesome

as a native indian.i have give aways..like my ancestors before me. nice things? maybe.

All I want is prayers! Your home is so cozy! Your baby is adorable! ❤️❤️❤️ Beautiful sceneries!

Thank you ariel!!!! We are presuing our dream of off grid living here in Flanigan NV. Thank you for teaching us!

We here are what would be considered a merchants nightmare these last 10..15 yr's as there is no spending anymore at Xmas except for food treats for ourselves and visitors. The biggest reward is the lack of stress and eliminating the financial drain.

This may sound kinda strange, but I would love to see several minutes of snow! We get very little here and what a nice gift for u to share!!!

Watching the snow fall I mean.

I will put in a plug for Heifer Project International and other such like groups. They are a gift that keeps on giving. We have bought animals through them for people who we will never meet to help make their lives better.

I think one of the best minimalist gifts is an e reader. I have always enjoyed reading and I love paperback books. But books can become clutter. An e reader allows you to have a library of books in a very small space.

Hi Ariel, we try to get what is only needed ,this year we are all chipping in to buy mum a water butt.

One year made a medicine cabinet box for my 85 year old mother and now every year send her items to fill it up again and home made jam or apple butter. She loves it and helps her out so much.

You do look happier when there's a dog. <3

so true and well said

I think we buy landfillable junk because we can’t afford iPads. That said, the sad hard part is that by the time we realize what kind of a runaway train we are on, the expectations have already been embedded in our kids. Honestly I spent many many December’s just crying from the stress and knowing I’d be disappointing them. I wish this holiday could be done away with completely.

AMEN sister !! I have been trying to get my family to see that Christmas as a “deadline” creates this stressful season that it’s more of a relief to get it over with - not good . And your right about toxic toys and landfills.... very good points- all of them !!! Now a new puppy playing by the ( manageable) fireplace.... that looks like real joy : )

Nice video, and I fully agree with what you have said. Will we ever get to see your childhood home? It would be very interesting I’m sure.

I think the US has commercialized the holidays with gift giving and have taken the real meaning away from them!

Seeing you and Burly fireside, hearing your soothing voice in sharing your great ideas is relaxing.

Hi Ariel! AMEN to it all! Little boy is soooo cute! Growing quickly! Thoroughly enjoy your videos, thank you!

I have not seen your videos in many, many months. Did you a new dog? If so, what happened to the other one?

BTW: BEAUTIFUL photos!

Love the addition of the tick tock in the background during your cozy fire moments😊 and I agree .

Saint Nicholas was a real person. And was the model for "Santa Claus" due to his tendency for secret gift giving. And today, December 6th, is Saint Nicolas day. The day that most Europeans celebrate and children receive gifts (not on Dec 25th, as in the USA, where many things are anyway over confused by commercialism).

In other words, "Santa Claus" is indeed real, but only if you put that term into proper historical perspective.

Love and Time, those are true gifts.
But who doesn’t luv a thoughtful gift.

Beautiful thoughts and beautiful pictures. I think seniors like me would also appreciate gift cards to whatever local grocery would be nice. I know I would appreciate it. I did the experience thing with my son most of his life at home. I gave him a choice stuff or do something. He always picked doing something. Usually camping.

I just got my baker creek seed catalog, and Doug and Stacy are in it! :D

Where can I buy your photo's ?

Our family got so big it became a financial burden to try and buy everyone a gift at Christmas so here’s what we do. Each family brings an empty basket to the host family’s house and we put a simple homemade goodie in each others basket. Each family goes home with a basket full of goodies. It’s so much fun to see what others have made. My father in law asks us to buy a chicken or share in a goat for farming start ups in Africa where he once lived. My parents live further away and have a limited income so they appreciate gift cards for gas, groceries, etc., things they need rather than “stuff” to clutter their small apartment. I love your idea of gifts of service. Blessings.

Watched you video and immediately started my gift list... Thanks for the great ideas! You've made a difference here.

Is it just me or Is anyone else reeeally, reeeally curious about Ariel's background?

Sorry Ariel, I do respect your privacy, you just occasionally say something unusual about yourself(Like not growing up with Christmas or any holidays) and I get all curious.

Great Video, thanks!

Hi Ariel, I've just subscribed to your channel. I'm from Wales and speak Welsh. I'm delighted to see the name you gave your tiny house. Bendigedig - wonderful. I would like to pass on to you the correct pronunciation of 'Fy Nyth'. Fy - the letter F in Welsh is pronounced like the letter v in English. The y next to the f is pronounced like the letter u in cut. Fy is pronounced like the first syllable in the name Virginia or Vermont but don;r roll your 'r' The name Nyth is pronounced, neath. Like teeth but with an n in front. Best wishes to you. Dymunuadau gorau a phob lwc.

Nice perspective...Burley is HUGE!!

I love your ideas Ariel. I love the way you think and talk. You are very wise and humble. God bless you! A..., and also you are a very talented fotographer. Your pictures of nature and animals are stunning!

I agree so much! Too many gifts are destined for landfills. Some of my favorite gifts are home-made consumables... things like home canned jams and jellies, soups, salsa, and non-edibles too like soaps, etc. For folks I know that like it (like my folks) I usually gift good quality coffee beans, loose teas, and a bottle of wine when I cannot make home made gifts. And BTW your photography is stunning, I'll check it out more for sure! Nature photography is a big hobby of mine too and I lug my dSLR with me on all my hikes even my longer backpacking trips up the mountains but we simply don't have the variety of animals out east, so jealous!

I love your photography. Great ideas.

I think what you may be indicating here is, "No one need be additionally slowed, straddled, or stifled by more syrupy-sweet soliloquies, emblazoned on striped, polka-dotted, edge-striated, stippled Pimpernel-patterned, diamond-nerl studded, stuffed stuff-stuffers, strewn-over, steamed-open, and 5G-streamed from stem to stern, causing an eventual stopped-up, stooped-over,
stigmatized condition to settle-in; with the result of solidified permanent damage or something seven times worse."

That path is superfluous, when it's easier to simplify in the beginning.

That baby of yours is adorable.

We should LIKE to go to Walmart and buy a lift of canned fruits and vegetables and take it to a homeless shelter.

Amen 😁

You sound like my Jehovah's Witness friends. They have a special day of giving where they give homemade gifts, or things like you mentioned. Many of us want to celebrate the birth of Christ, so the winter holiday was chosen, to represent that time. The gifts were supposed to represent the gifts of the 'Three Wise Men.' It is why we try to keep it simple and usually to 3. As a child, I could count on a homemade or simple toy, or game, some underwear/sox, and a homemade dress, coat, or other clothing. It has often become something much more, and is often distastefully overdone. Thank you for your insight, and for sharing your views. Much wisdom in your post.

Your channel is amazing

Totally agree with you! 🤗

Got tired of hearing about "stuff".

Omg look at baby Burley 🥰 Since the pandemic there are probably more who agree that TP 🧻 is a great gift 😂