The perfect holiday cards photo for Tori Spelling and family. While Spelling is Jewish, her hubby, Dean McDermott, is not...hence the Christmas tree in the background.

This lovely family picture depicts Tori Spelling and her husband Dean McDermott with their two children, Liam and Stella. This would be the perfect picture for Tori to use for her Celebrity holiday cards. The big white bow on the Christmas tree brings your focus to Tori’s brilliant smile. The children look a little confused and Dean is smiling to round out the cozy family. It makes you think that Tori and Dean are like every other young couple. Not! They are the stars of Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood on Oxygen, and their life is anything but ordinary.

We know that Tori Spelling was born to Aaron and Candy Spelling on May 16, 1973. Her father was a famous executive producer of several hit shows, including Fantasy Island and The Love Boat. Tori grew up in the largest single family home in California. The mansion had 100 rooms…and let’s just says she was the “princess” in this castle. Her father had her taking acting lessons at age six. This seems to give new meaning to born with the silver spoon in her mouth. Her parents must have had a huge holiday cards list, and wouldn’t we have loved to receive a celebrity holiday card from Aaron Spelling back in the day.

Tori had several guest appearances on television shows before landing the role of Donna Martin on Beverly Hills 90210. Many people assumed that she was chosen because her father was the executive producer, but let’s face it, she got the role because she knew how to be Donna Martin. Give the girl credit for getting a job and sticking with it, because I’m sure her allowance would have been enough for her to live a Paris Hilton life style. Tori continued to work even after the show finished. She went on to act in several made-for-TV movies and several independent film productions before landing in the reality show genre.

Tori Spelling is the girl you would love to hate. She had it all – a beautiful home, money, fame, and good looks…the perfect life. Not so fast. She never believed she was attractive. Can we think about her comparing herself to her mother and know why she would feel a little insecure. When she landed the role on Beverly Hills 90210 the press gave her grief constantly about getting the role only through nepotism. I sooo want to hate her, but I just can’t bring myself to dislike her no matter how hard I try. That is because she has something else that endears her (unlike Paris Hilton) to others. She has grit and a sense of humor. So I find myself rooting for her around every corner. When she sells her jewelry line, I wish her success. When she wrote her two books, I wished her best sellers. When she married the wrong man and fell in love with someone else, I wished her happiness. When she sends her holiday cards I wish her a long list of friends.

It gives me pleasure to see that the golden girl has grown into an amusingly clever business woman who loves nice things and makes her own baby food. No apologies, no excuses, and no artifice. She is who she appears to be and makes no excuses for it, but lives her life in the limelight with a smile and a sense of humor. You go girl!