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BREAKFAST WITH SANTA

Bring an unwrapped toy and have breakfast with Santa and the Marines at

Planet Kids from 8 to 10 a.m. Dec. 11. The indoor playground for kids is

accepting the gifts as a ticket for a free breakfast and playtime for

children. The Marines will be collecting the gifts and Santa will be on

hand during breakfast. Planet Kids also has a video game and computer

room, a theater, and snack bar. Call Theresa Collins at (714) 378-8733

for more information.

O.C. BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS WISHMAKERS

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Orange County has kicked off its Third Annual

Wishmakers holiday program. The agency selects 50 of its neediest

families and provides food, gifts and all the holiday trimmings for the

family. The families will be presented with the goodies Dec. 16. For more

information call Jolene Felkner at (714) 544-7773

OCC’S REPERTORY COMPANY CAROLING TOUR

Orange Coast College’s Repertory Theatre Company is looking to make the

holiday season brighter for people in need and those living in shelters.

Members of the company are interested in caroling throughout the local

community this Christmas season. Rick Golson, faculty advisor to the

college’s Repertory Theatre Company, said groups who’d like to invite the

carolers to sing can call (714) 432-5640, Ext. 6.

The Repertory Company also is offering its 14th annual Christmas show

this holiday season. The show runs Thursdays through Sundays, today

through Sunday and Dec. 9-12, in the Drama Lab Theatre. Curtain is 7 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sundays. The production is ‘An

Old-Fashioned Christmas Show and Ice Cream Social.’ A holiday sing-along

also is scheduled, and everyone will receive a free dish of ice cream and

a holiday cookie. Santa also will visit.

OCC’S CERAMICS STUDENTS POTTERY SALE

Students enrolled in Orange Coast College’s ceramics classes will hold

their 23rd annual Christmas Art Pottery Sale beginning Saturday and

running through Monday. Students will sell their wares in the ceramics

room from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The ceramics room is in Room 120 of the

college’s Art Center Building. The three-day sale will focus on

functional as well as decorative pottery. Ceramic sculpture also will be

sold. Hundreds of items, created by intermediate to advanced-level

ceramics students, will be available. Part of the proceeds will go to

buying equipment for the club. For more information, call (714) 432-5843.