(left to right) Maya Furukawa, 7, Audrey Burgomaster, 7, Lily Tenzer, 7, and Jade Furukawa, 3, run during the annual Montana Avenue Holiday Walk on Friday, December 4, 2009. 

Window models Heidi Hart (left) and Nazra pose at Mattias during the annual Montana Avenue Holiday Walk on Friday, December 4, 2009. 

President of ADIDAS Patrik Nilsson, (center) National Team and local Chivas USA players Sacha Kljestan (right) and Jimmy Conrad (left) kick soccer balls during an unveiling of the official Fifa World Cup 2010 match ball at the Third Street Promenade on Friday, December 4, 2009. The giant soccer ball was a present for the city from ADIDAS.

(top) Legendary Santa Monica Lifeguard and Kiwanian Art Verge rings the bell during Salvation Army's Red Kettle Day on Friday, December 4, 2009. (middle) Kiwanians Judy Barker (left) and Patty Loggins count donations at First Private Bank and Trust during Red Kettle Day on Friday, December 4, 2009. (above) Rotarian Nathaniel Trives tallies-up service clubs donations at First Private Bank and Trust during Red Kettle Day on Friday, December 4, 2009.

The Red Kettle campaign, the oldest annual charitable fundraiser of its kind in the United States helps raise money for those who need it most in communities nationwide - providing toys for kids, coats for the homeless, food for the hungry and countless social service programs year-round.

Santa Monica Colleges students Shiva Haverim, 18, (left) and Tanaz Refalian, 18, make dreidels during Chabad at SMC's Pre Hanukkah Party at SMC on Thursday, December 3, 2009. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, and may occur from late November to late December on the Gregorian calendar. The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a special candelabrum, the nine-branched Menorah or Hanukiah, one light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. An extra light called a shamash (Hebrew: "guard" or "servant") is also lit each night for the purpose of lighting the others, and is given a distinct location, usually above or below the rest. 

Maintenance personnel  Leo Lopez and Victor Salsida place a  wreath on top of Pacific Park's 45 foot Christmas tree on Thursday, December 3, 2009.

Nicolas Sanchez hammers a base into a Christmas tree at Shawn's Christmas Trees at Wilshire Blvd. on Tuesday, December 2, 2009. Shawn's Christmas Trees has been selling Christmas trees in West Los Angeles for 27 years. They are one of the oldest individually owned Christmas tree lot in the area. The custom of erecting a Christmas tree can be traced to 16th century Northern Germany, though neither an inventor nor a single town can be identified as the sole origin for the tradition. The tradition spread rapidly throughout Germany and abroad.

Jose Ramirez from Southern California Signs repairs Santa Monica Liquor's vintage neon sign on Tuesday, Dec 1, 2009. Ramirez installed a new transformer.