Because when you say, we need a Christmas card photo of the three of us, he busts out the light umbrellas and the wireless flashes.
And because he's your best friend, you end up looking like a pimp.
We'll probably end up going with a less pimptastic one for the final card...but I think this is my favorite. Oh, and yes, Xander is wearing a vest. It's velvet. It has matching pants. And the shirt has buttons. And a collar. It's amazing how we torture our children.
(Duty to the photographer requires me to say this is before post-processing...I just fiddled with the exposure on iPhoto to make it brighter. Also that it's
his photo and not mine.)