For a holiday issue, this sure is all depressing, and tired looking.
I'm depressed looking at these shots. And the overused poses that remind me of agency shots: Michael Jackson standing-on-toe; wearing a coat while laying perfectly stiff like Nosferatu; and hand-on-shoulder or hand-behind-neck pose... My god, that gloomy, cheerless tone that's right out of an Ingmar Bergman film doesn't evoke anything "festive".
Sheesh.