starting holiday knitting

At the end of last week, I got my shipment of yarn from KnitPicks so I could work on holiday knitting, yay!  Here's what I'm working on:

Clapotis scarf for my mother-in-law.  This is the skinnier version of the real clapotis, because they are in CA and having a full shawl seems silly-hot.  I'm using Shimmer, which was on sale, from Knit Picks.  I'm 3 drop stitch rows in now.
    I might also make a lacy bookmark out of the leftover yarn...

Stripey Anastasia socks for my mom.  This spiraling eyelet rows makes it a little more interesting to knit than plan stockingettes... I'm using Knit Picks Felici in Firefighter because my mom's been a fan of black and red for many years.  I am about a third of the way through the first foot, toe-up.

Armwarmers for my sister.  I used a pattern out of Stitch 'N Bitch Nation but a different cable on it.  Using the new Debbie Mumm's Traditions yarn from Jo-Ann (kinda like a noro but less colorful) I wanted the color repeats to be the same, and that was a bit difficult because I couldn't find the same repeat in the second skein, so I pieced it together a bit and only ended up using the one skein.  These are done and the ends are all woven in, but no photoshoot yet!

Mittens for my nephew.  He's little, these will go fast.  I swatched for a slip stitch pattern to make use of two colors to make it more interesting without too many floats inside to catch his little fingers in.  I'm not going to do a thumb because I think he'll just get it stuck.  And I'll make an icord that attaches them together.  Using Knit Picks Swish Superwash.

Slippers for my niece.  These will be the twinkle toe pattern from knitty to make ballet-like slippers.  If I have extra time, I may try for some legwarmers, too, since I'm going for the ballet theme.  My plan right now is to use Swish Superwash, but I might try to find some cascade fixation instead so they are more adjustable to her feet.

I have a few preliminary pictures on ravelry, but nothing complete yet.  I'm quite overwhelmed with how many photos I have waiting to be uploaded right now, so I need to deal with that too!

So what are you knitting for the holidays?  Do you have a good start yet?