STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.\u2014 You\u2019ve heard of \u201cElf on the Shelf.\u201d Now, thanks to a Staten Island small business owner, there\u2019s \u201cGuido on a Ledge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Christine Fiscardi Lentinello, a Huguenot resident, has taken the word \u201cguido\u201d and flipped it into a term of endearment. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think a guido is someone who believes in putting family first. Someone who is confident, generous and extremely proud of his heritage,\u201d Lentinello said to the Advance\/SILive.com earlier this year.<\/a> \u201cThe title of guido is not a joke. It\u2019s a compliment.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s why in 2022, Lentinello built her business based on the cultural archetype.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re having a lot of fun with this,\u201d Lentinello said. \u201cThere\u2019s currently Christmas guido and birthday guido, and I\u2019m hoping to add more to the collection soon.\u201d<\/p>\n Decked out in a tank top, shorts and slides, the plush is accessorized with shades, a chain and a wristwatch. Birthday guido holds a cake decorated like an Italian flag. Although Guido on a Ledge is the perfect holiday gift, Lentinello says he has no magical capabilities and exists mostly to elicit a few laughs. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a cute gift or a conversation starter,\u201d she said. \u201cWrap it around a bottle of wine or put a gift card in his hands. As soon as people see it, they crack up laughing.\u201d<\/p>\n