I suppose I should mention that Christmas wasn't nearly as horrific as I was braced for it to be.
All in all, it was pretty good: only one present in that class we all know, where you stare at the present and say to yourself "What made you think that was appropriate for ME?" while politely thanking the person for the lovely present......and lots of lovely desirable stuff.
No uneasiness or stuff that can be best defined as insufficiently lubricated human interaction. On the other hand, I did apply a certain amount of Captain Morgan Lubricant when I started to stress out, and it worked admirably.
Anyway, the pictures are here:
http://www.faloshi-studios.com/xmas1.html
Oh, and to my vast astonishment, and probably everyone else's, I actually got all my genealogical webpages updated! (last update date was "31 december 2001" before this)
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~piglet/