Tuesday Morning Post: Vacation's over edition

Happy Tuesday morning, everyone! Hopefully everyone has successfully roused themselves from their holiday food comas and dug themselves out of piles of wrapping paper. For most of us, today probably marks a return to the good old-fashioned work grind, but hey. We still have a few more days of Winter Veil, and think of it this way: Now that the holidays are over, we can go back to focusing on the important stuff, like figuring out when Mists of Pandaria's going into beta.

Downtime this morning is limited to a series of rolling restarts at 10 a.m. PST, but hey, you should still have time to get caught up on the news from the past few days. Don't let the holiday season fool you -- there was a lot of it. Read on to catch up.

Hot news and features

• Check out the latest patch 4.3 hotfixes for Dec. 20.

• Looking to get out of Raid Finder and into normal raiding? We have a rundown of the boss differences between the two raids.

• Korean Guild KIN Raiders has scored the world-first heroic Madness of Deathwing victory.

• We've started our look back at the best WoW Insider articles of 2011.

• Our Aiding the Alliance series continues with some observations on Malfurion Stormrage and Tyrande Whisperwind.

• Did you quit during Cataclysm? Here are three things you don't want to miss if you come back for patch 4.3.

Class news and guides

• Lichborne offers a guide to leveling your death knight.

• Spiritual Guidance helps you heal Hagara and Ultraxion. We also have a shadow priest's guide to the Well of Eternity instance.

• The Light And How To Swing It helps you tank Hagara and Ultraxion. We also have five tips to maximize your Dragon Soul healing.

• Totem Talk helps you heal Yor'sahj. We also offer some advice for leveling your shaman.

• Shifting Perspectives begins a balance druid's guide to Dragon Soul, then goes on to part 2. We also have a guide to feral fighting in End Time.

• Encrypted Text helps you expand your rogue resources.

• Scattered Shots offers a possible hunter pet talent redesign for Pandaria.

• Raid Rx offers advice for healing Deathwing's raid encounters.

• The Care And Feeding of Warriors offers a guide to leveling your warrior from 61 to 80.

Dungeons, items, professions, PvP, and more

• Blood Sport has some basic advice for new PvP healers.

• Rossi opines on what the success of the Raid Finder may mean for future content.

• Headed to Darkmoon Faire? Dress the part with these transmogrification outfit ideas.

• Addon Spotlight tries to replace a few beloved abandoned addons.

• Gold Capped has a guide to leveling tailoring.

Odds and ends

• Know Your Lore discusses Lady Liadrin and Anduin Wrynn.

• The Lawbringer discusses the worth and cost of a brand name license.

• All The World's a Stage recommends some Eastern Kingdoms vacation getaways.