Living

To a child, the anticipation of Christmas morning is filled with wonder. The day arrives, and those brightly wrapped packages that have been sitting beneath the tree, taunting with their anonymity, will finally be ripped open.

IT'S that time of year again, when the men in our lives raise awareness and funds for the fight against prostate cancer by doing what they do best: grow moustaches.

What are your goals? A secure retirement. Moving to your dream location. Giving back to your community. Preserving your vacation property for the next generation to enjoy. Your goals will be as individual as you are.

WARMING your neck is also heartwarming for one West Vancouver crafter.

Trunk show: Orquidea will host a preview of the springsummer 2012 collection from Vancouver knitwear designer Cecile Bénac this Saturday, Nov. 19 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Enter to win two new books that any hockey fan would be happy to find under the tree this Christmas. Reflections 2011 is a photographic yearbook for the 2010-11 NHL season that was a roller coaster for Vancouver.

Julia Spitale wanted to know where her food came from, but what she found was much more than that

IT is no secret that building a house can be stressful. One cannot escape the inconveniences of construction noise, dust and multiplying costs.

ONE floor below the cosy, cultured lobby of Four Seasons Resort Whistler, Sidecut restaurant lounges next to a snowy terrace, its kitchen tucked in toward the heart of the hotel. Therein lies the rub.

Operation Christmas Child Shoe Boxes will be available until Nov. 18 at North Shore Alliance Church, 201 East 23rd St., North Vancouver. Pack a shoe box and make a difference to a child living in desperate circumstances. Info: www.samaritanspurse.