This little guy is a Tomte!
He is an adorable little Christmas 'gnome' with Scandinavian roots. I've been making Tomte for nearly 4 years now and have decided to work on slight variations each year.
2012's version stick with the traditional Christmas Red theme but has incorporated white embroidery on his hat, he also has some little friends who will be appearing soon who are small enough to hang on the tree as decorations!