Ann's Christmas Eve Bouillabaisse

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 leeks, sliced
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1 bay leaf (optional)
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2 (8 ounce) bottles clam juice
• 2 3/4 cups dry white wine
• 2 teaspoons fennel seeds, crushed
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1 pound red snapper fillets, cut into 2 inch pieces
• 1 pinch saffron
• 24 sea scallops
• 30 small mussels, scrubbed and debearded
• 1 pound cooked lobster meat, cut into bite-size pieces