The Golden Bachelorette couple Joan Vassos and Chock Chapple are feeling nostalgic as they prepare to celebrate their first Christmas together.
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While standing in front of a tree sparkling with gold ornaments, one photo featured Joan and Chock smiling at a wooden ornament that read, "The Golden Bachelorette" and featured a wedding dress and a tuxedo.
The ornament also read, "Engaged 2024."
Joan and Chock, both 61, also proudly showed off their display of over a dozen stockings, which have the names of their respective children and her grandchildren written in cursive on the front.
Joan welcomed four kids with her late husband John Vassos, while Chock is dad to two kids he shares with his ex-wife Heather.
"Our first golden Christmas...," Joan and Chock captioned their joint Instagram post.
"Special thank you to my friend @kateslaytonlettering for this beautiful custom ornament #newtraditions #thegoldenbachelorette."
Bachelor Nation was excited to comment on the post and congratulate the couple as their love continues to grow.
"This makes me smile," The Golden Bachelorette host Jesse Palmer wrote.
The Bachelorette Season 21 alum Jonathon Johnson wrote, "If I buy my own stocking can we toss it up there too?"
And The Bachelor 27 alum Kaity Biggar commented with three heart-eyes emojis.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOWJoan repeatedly said in the press while The Golden Bachelorette was airing that she didn't expect, nor did she anticipate, getting engaged at the Final Rose Ceremony.
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But when Joan fell in love with Chock, she didn't hesitate to accept his romantic marriage proposal in Bora Bora.
When asked what caused her change of heart, Joan recently told Us Weekly that she realized she had been presented with a "unique opportunity" and needed to keep an open mind.
"[I thought to myself], 'I will have a hard time finding another person.' I did find out that you could really get to know somebody in that short amount of time," Joan shared.
Joan also revealed that, if Chock were ready for an engagement, she wanted to leave that decision up to him.
Joan apparently wanted to feel desired and she thought Chock proposing would be the ultimate sign of commitment.
"Chock asked me [in Fantasy Suites], 'What do you want out of this? Do you want an engagement?'" Joan recalled.
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Chock got down on one knee at the Final Rose Ceremony in Bora Bora after Joan rejected her runner-up bachelor, Guy Gansert, in second place.
While Joan changed her mind about getting engaged on The Golden Bachelorette, she's still not going to rush into a wedding with Chock.
"You're absolutely not going to see a TV wedding in three months," Joan told the magazine, seemingly alluding to the fact The Golden Bachelor couple Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist had wed a few months after their engagement aired on ABC.
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Gerry and Theresa got married in January for a live televised special, but they announced their decision to get a divorce in April. (Their divorce has since been finalized).
"I loved that ending for Gerry and Theresa. The reason we're not having a wedding in three months has nothing to do with Gerry and Theresa," Joan insisted.
"I just don't want to have another thing I have to plan right now. When we come together for a wedding, which could be a TV wedding, might not be, it won't be in three months."
Joan added, "I just don't want to have another thing to plan right now. We are loving being together, and I want to take the time for us to get to know each other's families and friends."
But Joan and Chock revealed on "The Viall Files" in November that they will probably have a televised wedding, in order to include Bachelor Nation, in late 2025 or early 2026.
In the meantime, they'll be meeting up for romantic dates in New York City and traveling the world together.
Joan admittedly felt like her future was a "black hole" after the passing of John, but now she said the future looks "so bright" with Chock.
"The possibilities are endless for us, which is a weird thing to say at this age, but I do feel that way," Joan shared.
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