Photo Gallery 
Here's a sampling of recent photos taken by Advertiser photographers. Click the image for a full view.
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Diamond Head home of Sean John and his family, who used white batting as snow on their lawn. John, who moved here 2 months ago, said holiday decorating is a big tradition in his family.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Miranda Copeland, 3 1/2, eyes Christmas decorations at Ala Moana shopping center, as she rides the Christmas train that takes children around the mall.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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The moon shines brightly behind a Christmas tree at Honolulu Hale.
Euegene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Anna Garcia traveled from Guam with her husband and granddaughter, Vantaysha, 3, to receive radiation treatments at Maui's Pacific Cancer Institute.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Eddie Asato carries his son, Mason, 5, while signing up to volunteer for the Foster Kids Christmas Party. About 2,000 foster children, their foster families, and 400 volunteers were expected to attend party at Blaisdell Center. The event, sponsored by Friends of Foster Kids, featured a turkey dinner, music and toys for every child.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Darrell Harvey and Ipo, his Toy Italian Greyhound, delivered Christmas gifts to friends at a store at Windward Mall.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Anna Pierce, 3 1/2, of Lai'e, offers a hint to her mother while passing an irresistible display of toys at Macy's at Windward Mall on the last Saturday before Christmas.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Santa surely put Jamal Piloton on his "nice" list after meeting the 5-month-old Kalihi resident. Jamal was all smiles during his visit with St. Nick at Ala Moana Center, where his father, Francis, did some shopping.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Donna Kelsey, a volunteer for the Salvation Army, checks angel information tags at Kahala Mall's Christmas tree, which bears names of needy children and elderly, and a gift that they wish to receive.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Firefighter David Jenkins' hat proves a couple sizes too large for his 6-month-old son, Michael. The two were attending a promotion ceremony at the Charles H. Thurston Training Center.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Holiday traffic across a log at a Honolulu Zoo display moved at a turtle-like pace
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Russell Amimoto, a drydock coordinator, examines one of the twin hulls of the Hokule'a at a warehouse near Sand Island where the canoe is undergoing repairs and refurbishing. Amimoto began as a Hokule'a volunteer in 1995.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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City Parks and Recreation Urban Forestry worker Manuel DeRosa plants a dwarf white Tacoma tree on Citron Street in McCully. A city worker said he understood that the trees — 50 are being planted in the area — are part of a vision team project.
Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Anita Manubag of 'Aiea, a relative of the Indreginal family, lays her hand on the urn containing the ashes of Kahealani Indreginal. Hundreds of people paid their respects to the Indreginal and Tumbaga families.
Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser |
