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Fuhgeddaboudit! Guido on a Ledge has Italian-Americans fist pumping over SI mom’s Elf on a Shelf makeover
NY Post ^ | 11/29/25 | Angela Barbuti

Posted on 11/29/2025 7:13:49 AM PST by Libloather

You won’t Fuhgeddaboud being good this Christmas.

You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, now there’s Guido on a Ledge — a plush doll decked out in a wife-beater tank, shades, slides, sporting facial — and chest — hair, and wearing a good-luck horn.

Creator Christine Fiscardi Lentinello, a Red Hook, Brooklyn native who now lives in Staten Island, said goombahs get a kick out of Guido.

“They’re so excited. They’re like, ‘Oh my gosh this is fantastic. This looks like my uncle. This is my neighbor. This is my father,'” Lentinello, 54, told The Post.

“Some people even rename it. They’ll say, ‘His new name is Vito,’ cause that’s after their uncle. One guy said, ‘I’m getting Luigi and Peppino.'”

Although it’s a play on Elf on a Shelf — the doll that parents put out each morning from the day after Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve so he can report their kids’ behavior to Santa — Lentinello says Guido on a Ledge “just wants to hang out and eat with you.”

Lentinello started selling the $30 plushies in 2023 to family and friends, through word of mouth and her Instagram and TikTok pages, and at holiday fairs.

She’s now sold over 600 to customers as far as Texas.

“Some people think it’s not real, which is hysterical for me,” she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; Hobbies; Local News
KEYWORDS: elf; fuhgeddaboudit; guido; shelf
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Merry Christmas yous guys. Kinda reminds me of a hungover Hunter.
1 posted on 11/29/2025 7:13:49 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

A big write up In the post. Good for the gal making guido—but there can be a dozen other types of such dolls such as Tyrone and Patel and little Ngyuen, etc.


2 posted on 11/29/2025 7:20:11 AM PST by abigkahuna
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To: Libloather

LOL!

An Extra Touch of Class!

/S


3 posted on 11/29/2025 7:22:44 AM PST by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS. )
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To: abigkahuna

And for Jews there’s Mensch on a Bench (real product)


4 posted on 11/29/2025 7:25:30 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Libloather

I think that’s a very cute idea.


5 posted on 11/29/2025 7:29:02 AM PST by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: Libloather

Looks more like a Biden on a Bender!


6 posted on 11/29/2025 7:29:54 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Libloather
e1f180e3-3e44-4a65-8256-eac70e3cd5ec-text
7 posted on 11/29/2025 7:32:40 AM PST by PGR88
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To: BradyLS
Yeah I'll pass


8 posted on 11/29/2025 7:36:13 AM PST by xp38
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To: Libloather

9 posted on 11/29/2025 7:38:48 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: xp38

"Meh!"

10 posted on 11/29/2025 7:38:51 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Magnum44

3 lousy seconds.


11 posted on 11/29/2025 7:39:25 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Libloather

italians can laugh about themselves

its a good quality

nice to see people not immediately screaming victim


12 posted on 11/29/2025 7:43:57 AM PST by joshua c
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To: Libloather

I’ve got a lot of Italian blood in the veins and I approve of this completely.


13 posted on 11/29/2025 7:48:56 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....TRUMP IS RIGHT AGAIN.)
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To: Libloather
About six years ago I got a elf of a shelf and turned it into a Greta of a shelf.

Added breaded pony tail, wire to make a arm point out, mean facial expression and a sign in front of How Dare You.

Very creepy look’n.

Was to be passed on each Christmas.

Lost in someone’s closet somewhere.

14 posted on 11/29/2025 8:07:48 AM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Dr. Sivana
Holy Cow! You're right!


15 posted on 11/29/2025 8:07:53 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: xp38

Looks like Hunter Biden to me!


16 posted on 11/29/2025 8:16:11 AM PST by sjmjax
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To: Deaf Smith

*braided pony tail


17 posted on 11/29/2025 8:24:14 AM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: xp38; SaveFerris; gundog; Kenny Bania
For Festivus, a Costanza on a Credenza.


18 posted on 11/29/2025 9:03:02 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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To: dfwgator
Kraut Mick on a Stick has a nice ring.


19 posted on 11/29/2025 9:05:37 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait.)
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To: Libloather
Italian Man
20 posted on 11/29/2025 9:16:43 AM PST by MurrietaMadman (The Gates of hell shall not prevail against you)
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