Perhaps one of the better pictures of Anna Nicole Smith, appearing happy and not boozed out or drugged up.

Larry Birkhead stopped to pose for a photograph with daughter Dannielynn during a Christmas shopping spree.

Anna Nicole Smith hosted a Christmas party on her 2002 reality show, leaving behind a dysfunctional holiday tradition captured on video that would definitely be better off forgotten. Perhaps Christmas cards sent instead to all those who attended the event would have been a more appropriate memory of the holiday season that year.

Anna Nicole hosted this Christmas party dressed in a low-cut red dress trimmed with a white fur collar. At one point during the party, guests sat on her lap as she played “Santa” and distributed gifts. The evening progressed rapidly downhill as the drinking increased. Fights, drunken caroling, and stripping are only some of the highlights of this get together. The most disturbing portrait of Anna Nicole is the aftermath of a drunken make-out scene under the mistletoe between herself and comedienne Margaret Cho. Anna looks into the camera, her face smeared with red lipstick, her facial features hideously distorted from too much liquor…and possibly drugs. Surely this picture printed on a Christmas card might have been the perfect legacy to pass along to her then alive son Daniel and his yet unborn sister Dannielynn.

Dannielynn is an innocent contrast to her mother’s drunken holiday image. After a very lengthy public paternity suit, Larry Birkhead appears to be a loving father tying to bring some normalcy into the little girl’s life. Speaking about the impending suit, Larry is quoted as saying, “Christmas has come early, and I thank God that I will soon have the opportunity to prove that I am the father of Dannielynn.” One year later, Mr. Birkhead is chased by a group of paparazzi while Christmas shopping for his little girl. Unable to outrun the cameras, Larry stops to show one purchase he made for his pride and joy – a pair of pink converse sneakers. Perhaps Christmas cards featuring the smiling face of Dannielynn, the innocent offspring of the tragic mother, would be a better legacy to pass along for Anna Nicole Smith.