I feel very lucky! Not just because of the two Chinese lucky charms my Santa sent me all the way from Italy, but because of the 250 coloured and felted balls. My daughter ran off with several before I could photograph them, though. Some even have beads and embroidery on them. I'll have fun adding little bits of felted joy to my craft projects. I love felt, but I didn't have felted balls yet. Don't know why. They were clearly missing in my life.

Santa also got me "The Getaway" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers (listening to it right now and, yes, I still listen to CDs!). A Chinese finger painted scenery (I'm impressed!), a sketchbook (yay!), Cantuccini, figs and walnuts mini cakes, and almond and pistachios chocolates (yum, yum, and yum). There is also a mug with a zig-zag shaped spoon that can balance on the edge of the mug. Plus spiced tea. I used to have a My Little Pony that smelled just like this tea. I loved that pony and I'm drinking the tea right now. So nice!

Santa also sent two types of pasta. Lemon flavoured (I didn't even know it exists) and squid ink pasta and Santa wrote down a recipe to go with it. I had heard about squid ink pasta before, but I've never tried it. The pasta is very welcome and nice as my husband and I are teaching our daughter to cook with the children's edition of the Silver Spoon cookbook. This is a gift the entire family will enjoy!

Thank you so much for the lovely gifts from Italy, Santa!