I'm fortunate to have an extended family and the scores of holiday traditions - old and new - that come with it. We're talking many days of rounds to make when I go home to Missouri. From top to bottom: Mom and John's House, and our first ever fake tree. (Our usual tree - the Norfolk Pine in the window - has seen better days, poor thing, so it's taking a break.) Kelly and Chris' new house, and the annual Christmas Eve Crab Legs. Dad and Louese's house and the quasi white Christmas. My step-mom Louese cleans her crystal prisms so I can get a good photo. Thanks, Louese. Happy New Year, All.