DECEMBER CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE 2025
Revisit the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge from 2025 to see what it was all about and what participants got up to.
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IN REAL (BUSY) LIFE.
Over 12 days, people shared what Christmas looked like in their lives. The festivities, family traditions, days out, quiet moments and inevitable chaos. The prompts gave everyone somewhere to start without asking them to stage Christmas or make it into a huge production during an already busy month.
WHAT THEY DID ON DAY 1 OF THE CHALLENGE.
The aim was to show one small tradition they have around that time of year. It didn’t need to be big or sentimental, just something they naturally find themselves doing every December.
INSIDE THE COMMUNITY DURING THE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE.
SOME OF THE VIDEOS THAT WERE CREATED FROM THE DAY 1 PROMPT.
WHY I CREATED MAKE THE DAMN VIDEO.
For the last decade, I've been figuring out how to make filming fit around real life, not perfect days. Building a business, raising two young kids, and trying to capture moments without feeling like I had to turn every outing into a film production.
Over time, I realised the biggest obstacle was my over-the-top camera setup and my mindset. I was the one getting in my own way. I would overthink. I’d want everything to be perfect, and I was obsessed with making every video “cinematic”, which made the process (and whatever I was actually doing) less enjoyable.
So I started simplifying the way I filmed and what I carried with me. I focused on documenting and sharing thoughts and experiences, instead of producing. This allowed me to film in a way that naturally fit around my busy life instead of competing with it. That's exactly what Make The Damn Video is all about. Getting you to make the damn videos in the first place, without worrying about trying to be perfect or overthinking your way out of it.