Remember Christmas-time back in grade school? You'd wrap up your assignments, have some parties, then go home for TWO STRAIGHT WEEKS of toys and relaxation? Well, because of the way things fell this year, the staff at Stardock was also granted the gift of 14 days of off-time over the holidays. It's been great, and while visions of Elemental still dance in our heads (I have some new ideas about population growth for next Monday) we're all thoroughly enjoying the time away from our desks.
I've actually been out of communication with most of the team, but I thought it'd be fun to show how Elemental's Producer (me) unwinds before the tasks of 2010 are laid at our feet.
For my neices' Christmas present, I drew and painted them up as Disney princesses. I think my sister and brother-in-law were more excited than the girls, but I'm sure in time they'll appreciate the hand-crafted gifts over the store-bought ones 
I've also been working on a pipeline for making backgrounds that look deceint with my characters (who's pipline I've settled upon). I think I like the results (the above is just done in vector, like the characters, but sans outline), but there are a few more styles that I'd like to try.
Even though I haven't had much time to play it, I've been slowly making my way through TLoZ:Spirit Tracks for the DS. Love the attention to detail Nintendo puts into their titles, but I'm trying my best to enjoy this one without analyzing it too much. 
And, of course, this was my second Christmas with my son Ethan, who certainly enjoyed the celebration more this year than last. I was planning on implementing the converstaion editor in my spare time, but due to this little guy my spare time was pretty non-existant. His companionship grows the older he gets (currently 22 months), so you can blame him for me not coding more while at home...though I'm certainly not complaining
Had a great vacation, and I'm really looking forward to getting back to Elemental to make it one of the best games of 2010!!!