Opinion

The Editor, Re: "Where's the Christmas cheer?" Letters, Dec. 16. I am in total agreement with Mr. Hoo. I too have been wondering why our "Christmas ambience" has been disappearing.

The Editor, Re: Wheres the Christmas cheer? Letters, Dec. 16. I am in total agreement with Mr. Hoo. I too have been wondering why our Christmas ambience has been disappearing.

The deal recently hammered out between school support unions and their employer potentially contains both good and bad news for the one union that never seems to get a deal the B.C. Teachers Federation.

The Editor, I am writing in reference to the work Onni has undertaken on Bayview Street.

The Editor, Re: Public backs crime bill: Findlay, News, Dec. 14.

Christmas has little to do with the gifts we receive. I hope my wife will forgive me for that statement, as shes spent most of her free time these past weeks helping out jolly Old St. Nick.

The Editor, High school students who participate in the First Responder Program in Richmond and Vancouver will be delivering over 4,000 pairs of socks, underwear and sweaters to St. Pauls Emergency and Covenant House Wednesday, Dec. 21.

As I've become older and busier, Christmas slips by ever faster. As you grow older, you begin to see how much more complicated the world can be.

The Editor, Over the years that I have been going to the Richmond Centre mall at Christmas time. There has always been Christmas music, though most of the stores have been lacking in Christmas decorations.

The Richmond voters, I wish to congratulate all of the newly elected candidates. I hope they will govern with common sense and commitment to serve all the residents of Richmond in the next three years.