Bob Nixon on Monaco beach Here we are on Monaco Beach, on the Mediterranean Sea, a few hundred Kms away from the actual Monaco. It's about 13C and the water is mighty cold. Our girls swam all the way to the point behind us and back. Merry Christmas.

Thanks to Glenn Weston for this Dec. 21 OTT@VAN Hockey Night in Canada with Chris Stear and the newly anointed Order of Canada recipient Scott Oake. Merry Christmas from three CBC’ers.

Peggy Oldfield, Beverley Takeuchi and Louella Quan Charlston met for a seasonal lunch in Burnaby on December 20.

Rhonda Stewardson, Liz James, Louella Quan Charlston, Pearl Hurst, Christine Shea, Rita Marshall and Brad Marshall at Romer's Burger Bar - River District in Vancouver for a pre-Christmas lunch.

From Louella’s Ladies Christmas Luncheon at Fable Diner & Bar on Richards Street on December 12.

Christmas luncheon: Monia B, Marnie Manns, Gloria Macarenko, Peggy Oldfield.

Dec 4 Peggy Oldfield, Rod Mundy, Anne Mathisen (W/ Santa beard), Lori Mundy, Bill Murray, Sharon Spruston, Neil Gillon, Lynn Gillon, Michael Taylor-Noonan, Eleanor Taylor-Noonan, Volkmar Richter & Lillian Hanson. Tkx Neil Simpson for taking the picture.

Dec 5 Ebba & Bill Reiter at the denist.

Peggy Oldfield Nov. 30 at Surrey Civic Theatre before the performance of the panto “Rapunzel”.