This video makes me smile! I love how it shows a mother and father sacrificing to raise their 22 children in the coldest place on earth, Yakutsk, Siberia. It gets as cold there as -64 C. Brrr! The family stays plenty warm in their cozy home with lots of love and laughter. I love this! This family has 4 biological children and 18 adopted, ranging in ages from 6 to 37. Incredible!

The video shows hygge in action! (If you don’t know what hygge is, go here.) I noticed these hygge elements:

-twinkly lights (some on a tree, which I presume is a Christmas tree, and some that look like they are there regardless of Christmas, hanging from the ceiling)

-the cozy colorful blankets

-the older girls working with the mom to fix dinner

-bundling up a lot to go outside

-the younger children playing together

-the family eating dinner together, although they have to do it in two shifts to fit everybody

-the mom saying that she loves being with her family, talking, playing games, and laughing together

Watching this makes me so grateful that such good people live in the world, sacrificing to rear children, shining such a great example with their light.