It’s official, the more photos I see of this sneaker the more I like it. Like many others, I wasn’t feeling the LeBron 9 initially, but as more colorways have started to drop, I’ve begun to grow more fond of it.

Here we have brand new images of the LeBron 9 “Christmas,” the shoe that will carry on the annual holiday tradition. Currently there is no set release date, but one can only imagine that date will be sometime around December 25th.

From the comments I’ve been reading, the majority of people (myself included) would rather have the LeBron 8 Christmas if they had to choose between the 8 and the 9, but comparisons aside, there’s not much to complain about with this new version. The upper is plain, but not too plain, and the icy bottom is just sexy. Anyway, check out the rest of the images below, and stay tuned for a release date.