Sorry 'bout the lack of pic in the previous posting, here's one now:

See that pile of gifts in the second car? (Yeah, I'm still adjusting the car's placement, I know it's up under the engine.) That's the pile I was referring to.

I do like the idea of rendering the gifts separately for the final image and posting them into the final shot. If I can't figure out another way around this, I might just do that. Thanks!