*NEW* Simple Stories - August release (holiday)

I agree, the first Santa is creepy. But I love the musical notes background, the deer and bird, that is all my jam.
Flannel is nice too. There’s some good collections here!

This is me rolling my eyes SOOOO hard because I need NO Christmas supplies (seriously) but I am enjoying their colour/pattern choices this year!

I like a lot of the "all wrapped up" and "hard candy" lines unfortunately. I don't think I'll be able to restrain myself entirely, although I'll try to be selective.
And a couple of the "flannel" papers are yummy too but I'm looking at generic things, not the theme.

All Wrapped Up: I liked a few individual sheets. The green with the pinstripe seems very useful in general and the poinsettia paper reminds me of old wrapping paper.

Hard Candy Christmas: Again, a few sheets called out to me: the green with the hard candy and the blue ledger paper with the ornaments.

Say Cheese - Classic Mouse Christmas: My first thought was that I have never been to Disney at Christmas, so I didn't need this, but much like their last Pooh line, if you look at only the B-sides, you wouldn't know it was a Disney line at all. And I do think some of the Bs were cute.

Simple Vintage - Believe: You know, a few sheets here & there is all I really need of Christmas. (Okay, well I need nothing, but you know what I mean. ) But this line has stuff I really love. That deer is adorable and I love the 6x8 binder insert pack. And though I don't do much with snowmen, typically, I like him a lot, too. Plus I like the b-sides of nearly every paper. Eek!!

Simple Vintage - Flannel Season: The embellishments don't get me in this line, but again, I do like several papers.

Thankfully I can at least say that I neither want nor need the calendar & tote bag!

All Wrapped Up- There is nothing really wrong with this line, it just doesn't appeal to me. I think it is the color palette. The cartoon style with the more detailed style together is weird. Simple Stories did the same thing with their Halloween line, and I don't get it
Hard Candy Christmas- I love this one! I like the candy theme and the illustration style and the colors. This is the winner for me. I want it all.
Say Cheese - Classic Mouse Christmas- Very cute but I don't need it. I know I'll get one piece of paper from it, though, because I love old Mickey. I'm disappointed they didn't include the cow. I love that cow.
Simple Vintage - Believe - This is pretty decent. I don't need the whole collection but I love the gingham/dots, the numbers, the ticket paper and the tags. And it has a deer, and I love deer. I don't think I'd scrap the whole collection together but I think there are a lot of pieces that are would look good with other Christmas lines.
Simple Vintage - Flannel Season - I don't need this one but I do love the birds, flowers, snowmen and deer. I just don't need any more snow lines but this is nice. The colors are nice, too.
Life In Photos (12 Month Memory Calendar) - I don't need it but it is nice. I can see why someone would like it.

I really like Simple Stories. They usually have more hits than misses for me.

All Wrapped Up--meh. I don't like one of the fonts SS keeps using in their Christmas lines and don't really like the icons in this collection.

Hard Candy Christmas. I could use some of this but don't like the color scheme.  

Say Cheese - Classic Mouse Christmas--I'm not a Disney or Mickey fan but of all the collections, this one (the b-sides) are most appealing to me.

Simple Vintage - Believe--I only look at the Simple Vintage lines to collect cherry points. Not for me.

Simple Vintage - Flannel Season--the word flannel caught my attention. A few things are nice.

I don't need a calendar or a tote bag.

Don't need a single Christmas paper for the rest of my life, but the Say Cheese papers are really adorable. A Disney trip around Christmas would be perfect for these papers. And the Flannel Season is a great idea for winter papers.

Would it kill them to be inclusive and add an additional Santa with a darker skin tone in the "bits" packs?! In a pack of so many pieces surely two Santas is doable.

I wish they would just do more theme park Say Cheese lines. The Classic Mickey is cute, but not useable for me. I know they do it because they can use the Mickey illustration, but they did a great job of skirting copyright law before, I wish they would do some more.

Why is the Santa so angry looking in All Wrapped Up?

None of the papers appeal to me. I do like a few of the element packages in the Simple Vintage lines. I especially like the birds.

I have been anxiously awaiting the Simple Stories holiday release, and I have to say, compared to last year I am a bit underwhelmed.

Say Cheese Classic Mouse - I like this well enough, but don't really have a use for it. I would consider this for Christmas Cards though.

All Wrapped Up - This is surprisingly my favourite of the bunch. I like the traditional-but-not-stuffy vibe. There are also a couple of sheets that are stand outs for me including the red on red dot, and the red music background. I appreciate the softer muted look to this one.

Simple Vintage Believe - I was ready to write this one off, but there are a few pieces that like better than I thought I would, in particular the sentiment pack and the basic papers. I'm a sucker for gingham.

Hard Candy - This is the one I thought I would like the most, but for some reason it is not grabbing me. I do like the foam stickers and the journal bits. I like the papers and the colours as well, but for some reason it is just not exciting me.

Flannel Season - This is nice, but I have preferred their winter collections from years past so I can easily skip this one.

I do not need the calendar or tote bag.

I do not really need anymore Christmas paper, but I am feeling pretty virtuous after cutting into a bunch of paper for my December 2023 December Daily yesterday. I'm hoping my LSS gets some single sheets in so I can pick and choose.

Absolutely must have the Disney line. Maybe extras of some sheets.

All Wrapped Up: I like some of the paper, but they’re not on my Must. Buy. Immediately. List. LOL Not fussy about the embellishments, except for the brads & enamel dots. I’m not a fan of multi colours on a single letter.

Hard Candy Christmas Of course, I immediately had a flashback to the song. I hate that song. HATE. IT. Fire of a thousand burn suns level loathing. That said, I like this, to the point that I’ll put up with the multi coloured words for the other embellishments. I’ll just give those bits away. Has a bit of a vibe of a past PinkFresh Christmas collection I’ve got in my stash; think I can use some of it together.

Simple Vintage Believe & Flannel Season: depends if any of my stores bring in single sheets. I won’t buy a collection pack. I do like a few of the embellishments sets.

All Wrapped Up - I like some of this. The addition of kraft is nice and I like the put together/taped/sewn trees. Might get a few papers and the journal pieces just to play around with.
Hard Candy Christmas - This is a pass for me. Love to see something different though. It's just too pink and too sweet and too much for me! LOL
Say Cheese - Classic Mouse Christmas - I'm not really a Mickey/Disney person but I do like this and think a lot of it is cute and fun. The B sides are useable. I might get a few papers just to have something different. Or maybe for cards or something.
Simple Vintage - Believe - This is for sure my favorite of all of them and probably favorite Christmas collection so far this year! I will probably get the collection pack and a couple of the ephemera packs and rubons. Like others have said-the deer is super cute! And the snowman and Santa are nice too. I love the big ornaments also! Usually I'm not a traditional Christmas color type of person, but I like these. They look nice without being overpowering.
Simple Vintage - Flannel Season - As someone who lives in a place that gets snow in the Winter, I am always complaining about winter collections because they just DO NOT go with winter photos. This one I think could actually work. The blues are nice without clashing and there's some brown and green. The images and icons don't really speak to me, but I like some of the papers and words. I may grab a few things.
Life In Photos (12 Month Memory Calendar) - I don't mind this, but I don't know that I need it.
Tote Bag - I love bags, but I need another one like I need a hole in my head! LOL!

Thanks for sharing!