First off, Happy New Year!  We hope you had a wonderful time with friends and family last night while you bid farewell to the old year and welcomed in the new.  We spent the night with our dogs in the Yogo Hotel in Lewistown, Montana — somewhere between Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and Pocatello, Idaho.  Tres romantique!  But I digress.  This evening, I mean to inform you of the winner of the 2011 Christmas Tree Contest.  It was a close contest, and no wonder, the images were hilarious, sweet, profound, captivating, beautiful and wonderfully unique, as usual.  We thank you all, again, for your entries as well as your votes.

Without further delay, the winner of the 2011 Christmas Tree Photo Contest is:
Baby’s First Christmas — Spokane, Washington, USA

Runners up are:

With Their Eyes All A Glow — Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Country Christmas — Winthrop, Washington, USA

Wrapped In Light — Milton, West Virginia, USA (so tender and beautiful…)

Thank you all, once again, for helping to make the Christmas season a beautiful one, as you always do.

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I’ll pop  by again tomorrow to regale you with tales from our trip home to the Great White North and I’ll share a handful of spiffy images of snowy owls and an action shot of my sister and I landing side-by-side triple axles whilst ice skating (whattttt?).

I missed you all.  I hope you are well.

xx