Vacation Photos (For Real This Time!)

I finally uploaded the one (insert sad smiley face, if you're into that kind of thing, here) photo that was actually worthwhile. As mentioned in my previous post, after dinner Katie (previously referred to as "the lovely lady") noticed a large farming tool decorated with Christmas lights - it made for a very nice subject.
Sadly the camera died 3 shots in! Here is the best of those three shots, with minimal editing thus far.

The christmas lights are still giving me issues, and in this picture the addition of snow and the dark of night is driving me a bit crazy. Anyways, I still really like the picture.

Currently I'm browsing through dozens of tutorials covering the pesky issues mentioned above. So far the most promising tip is to set the white balance to "Tungsten" to better catch the colors and brightness of the lights. Next time I'm in downtown Boston I will have to try that out!

Any other tips out there?