A women walks through a marble corridor at the Getty Villa  in Malibu on Saturday, December 23, 2006.

A stuffed Santa Claus hangs from a street sign on the corner of Fourth and Hill  in Santa Monica on the Saturday before Christmas.

Kathleen Rawson, executive director for the Bayside District wraps gifts with her 8 year-old daughter Claire Rawson Dannenbaum on Friday during the 'Its a Wrap Party' at Santa Monica Place. Community leaders and volunteers from the Police Activities League  (PAL), Bayside District Corporation and Santa Monica Place wrapped  more than 250 gifts that were collected during the Winterlit  “Best Gift Ever” community gift drive.  Gifts collected will be distributed to children who might otherwise go without presents this holiday season.   

(1) SMPD officers Rene Talbott (L) and Dave Rynski, gift wrap presents on Friday during the 'Its a Wrap Party' at Santa Monica Place. Community leaders and volunteers from the Police Activities League  (PAL), Bayside District Corporation and Santa Monica Place wrapped  more than 250 gifts that were collected during the Winterlit  “Best Gift Ever” community gift drive.  Gifts collected will be distributed to children who might otherwise go without presents this holiday season.   (2) SMPD Captain Jacqueline Seabrooks wraps gift on Friday during the 'Its a Wrap Party' at Santa monica Place

Flags blow in the wind in front of City Hall on Friday, December 22, 2006.

Personal trainer and nationally ranked bodybuilding title-holder Bee Smith puts her client Andrea Nash, 29, a competitive figure model, through a grueling set of dumbbell curls at Gold's Gym in Venice on Friday December 22, 2006. Nash has been training  with Smith for over a year and has made significant gains to her physique.

(1) Jeremiah Washington, director of volunteer and youth services for the America Red Cross gives a Barbie set to Jana Collins' one-year-old daughter Essence Johnson on Friday, December 22, 2006 at the Red Cross in Santa Monica during their 'Share the Holiday -Toy Drive.' (2) (left to right) Frank Cornejo,19, volunteer coordinator, Jeremiah Washington, director of volunteer and youth services  and Arthur Rojas, director of health & safty services, sort through hundreds of toys at the Red Cross in Santa Monica during their 'Share the Holiday -Toy Drive' on Friday.

The sun sets over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, December 21, 2006 marking the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year.