When I ordered this online, I was expecting it to be small...when I got it, I couldn't believe how much bigger it was in person. It is so beautiful and the kids had so much fun painting it. It comes with a flashing light that you place in the bottom and when the plastic "light" pieces are put into the holes, it appears as if it has Christmas lights on it, even though they are just plastic non lights. After buying one for my family, I bought 1 for every other member of my family since it was so nice...everyone commented how it was such a lovely gingerbread house and fun to paint.