From our very own shneffer a.k.a. Steph!!! 

Our very own homemade Elf On The Shelf!!!  YAY.  We will be placing these up and using them until Little Christmas - January 6th. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH STEPH!!!!!!!!!  <3

:) You're welcome Becca!! So happy you like them! Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you too!!!!

Awww! So beautiful and generous!!!

That is adorable!!!!! Hope you had a fabulous Christmas sweetie!

They are WONDERFUL!

Thanks ladies and Rania, we had a wonderful day, but we do not exchange gifts (hubby and I) until Little Christmas, which is January 6th.

THAT is so adorable!!  Love it!!

These are SO adorable!! Love them! 

Becca -- tell me about Little Christmas. Sounds so fun! 

This is what I found online to explain it.

This was Christmas Day when the old Gregorian calendar was still in use. It is the traditional end of the Christmas season and the last day of the Christmas holidays for both primary and secondary schools in Ireland. In Italy and the Spanish-speaking world, Christmas Day is strictly religious, and gifts are exchanged on the feast of the Epiphany, when the wise men (or Magi) brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the baby Jesus.

Italian Americans celebrate Little Christmas in Italian neighborhoods like Little Italy in Lower Manhattan and East Harlem (where my family settled when they 1st came to America from Naples). In a way it's a sad time marking the end of the Holidays, the next day the Christmas Trees, Decorations & Lights are taken down and stored away for next year. In Italy it is a big celebration as well. Most families that have young children give them a few small gifts and goodies; a symbolic gesture to remind them of The Three Wisemen bringing gifts of gold, frankincense & myrrh to the baby Jesus.