Name the Holiday Characters Quiz

I've created my first ever Holiday logo from a photo of the hutch on my desk. To celebrate the occasion I thought I'd have my first quiz, too! Can you name every figure in my 2008 Holiday Banner? Begin on the left with the snowman under the starship Enterprise.
The green box* under the Enterprise isn't clearly visible, so don't worry about it.
The boxed figures near the right end of the image are not holiday figures, so they don't count either, but feel free to name them if you can. Finally, finish up with the last character on the right. They do not have to be in order.
Answer by leaving a comment.

My comments are moderated. I won't post any for a while so don't count on taking advantage of other people's answers. In the event of a tie... well, I guess multiple people will share the pride of being "BonK's Biggest Christmas-Special Geek" of 2008.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

*It's the 2001 Holiday Hot Wheels diorama with surf theme called "Santa's Holiday".
Santa's "Surf Crate" Hot Wheels car is painted holiday chrome red with white 'frost' detailing for that North Pole touch. Not shown, behind the car, is a chubby bearded Elf, wearing shiny blue trunks and a white hat, lugging a boom-box on his shoulder. Jolly old Saint Nick is first to the surf, board in hand, wearing his hat with marine-green trunks and a red t-shirt. Another hefty holiday helper is wearing a green hat and pink old fashioned-style swimsuit, lugging a white surfboard overhead with the help of a holiday hottie in a Santa hat and teeny-weeny red bikini bringing up the rear. Santa's bag is nearby, spilling a beach ball, umbrella, and other goodies onto the sand. All of this and a nice wint'ry snow-covered village scene in the background. Aw, what the heck. Here's a view from the celly.

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Fire pit... yay!

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Speed Racer themed automobile service stations in Japan. The site is entirely in Japanese, but for the cheerfully curious the site is a fun place to click around in.

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Ike in Ohio

Power to our neighborhood was knocked out by Ike's remains on Sunday afternoon, around 1pm. My wife and I were getting ready to leave to attend a wedding. High wind often knocks out our little corner of the electrical grid so we believed everything would be working by the time we returned from the ceremony and reception. We were wrong. Power only came back a short time ago, around 11pm Wednesday night.

What I love most about Dayton and the Miami Valley in Ohio is exactly what has created the biggest delays in restoring power here. The trees. Ike took care of a lot of overdue trimming, topping, and clearing of deadwood, and deposited most of it in area utility lines. Nearly two-million Ohioans were left without power after Ike's passing.

The loss of electricity was a big inconvenience for most of us, but only an inconvenience. In many areas it became something of an adventure, and in other areas it was a great excuse for block parties and blow-outs, you know... since all that food in the fridge is gonna go bad anyway, unless we eat it all now!

Here are some photos taken at the wedding during Ike's passing and the day after at my mother's house. Best wishes to everyone whose path Ike crossed.