Oh good, I thought I was alone in the red boots brigade problem. I was trying to decide to just paint or dremel/sand off the top of the boot and make them look more like paints and shoes. At that point, I have to repaint the pants to some I might as well do them in white.
Friday is officially, "pull out the Christmas decorations" and set them up day so I can take a look at the two manger scenes and see what figures get updated too.