Sneaky Little Elves...

So, tonight I (David) was in the middle of the Grumpiest-Nightsnack-Ever with the Forces of Chaos, when the door bell rang.  Being conditioned to expect strange surprises by the previous four days, I sprinted from the table and threw open the shades on our front window, only to see... Nothing and No one.  I opened the door, and sure enough, there was a gift bag sitting there.  Closing the door behind me, I ventured out in only my socks for the second day in a row.  I looked in the dark corner the stairs make with the house.  I looked underneath the overhang above our flower bed.  I looked on the well lit side of our house, and then crunched through the snow to peer deep into the darkness of the not-so-well-lit side.  And yes, all the while my feet were getting wetter and colder.  I looked at the other side of the neighbor's hedge.  I noted that there were no vehicles parked anywhere near the front of our house, which is where I thought yesterday's Elf must have hid.  And then I went inside, defeated and cold again.  I am simply astonished.  Where could that person have dissapeared to in the 5 seconds between the ringing of the doorbell and when I opened the door?  Whoever you are, you have my full permission to feel entirely smug and pleased with yourself.  I have no idea how you did it. 

Following is a picture of what the gift bag contained.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!  Whoever (or whatever) you are, we love you too!