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Sharing the spirit Alden Alayvilla THE GARDEN ISLAND KOLOA — Baby Jesus, Santa, candy canes, directions to the North Pole and wooden reindeer are among the troves of decorations displayed every Christmas for almost three decades outside a home along Maluhia Road. Since moving back to his childhood residence in 1987, Scott Topp and his wife Billi Smith have set up their home — inside and out — as a marvelous display for onlookers seeking the holiday spirit. “No matter where I live, we always decorate,” said Topp, who along with Smith is a retired educator. “We love this season. We love
Koloa home personifies festive holiday for nearly 30 years
the spirit of it.” Lights and decorations have always been important for Christmas, Smith said. “Growing up, we got used to that. Over generations, the value you put to Christmas is one thing,” she said. “The value to want to share the Christmas spirit with others is another; however, you want to share it with others.” Although their children and parents now live on Oahu, Smith and Topp said Christmas is about family. “I think for us that’s what Christmas is all about: celebrating and having the opportunity to get toALDEN ALAYVILLA / THE GARDEN ISLAND
SEE SPIRIT, A6 Billi Smith, Scott Topp and 16-year-old Jingles decorate their Koloa home every Christmas.
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LIHUE — Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are the most popular days for churchgo••• ers each INSIDE year, with the excepSee A6 for a list of TO SUBSCRIBE CALLtion of Christmas Eve services Easter. “It’s the thegardenisland.com biggest birthday party in the history of mankind,” said Rev. Matt Higa of New Hope Kauai. Churches around Kauai are going the distance and then some to provide the community with opportunities to
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attend a service. Special music, sermons and decorations are ready. Greeters will have extra big smiles. Some churches have even moved their services to bigger venues like War Memorial Convention Hall and the Kauai Marriott Resort in Lihue. “It’s the one time a year when the whole world can come together in a spirit of love and good will,” said Rev. Phyllis Meighen at Lihue United Church. “It’s really a privilege and a joy that the Christian faith can take the lead on this, but it’s really a universal promise of peace and goodwill for all.” Meighen is passionate about bringing the community together, no matter how different people may be or whatever troubles people have. She sees Christmas and the holiday season as a chance for everyone to celebrate in DAVID MCCRACKEN / THE GARDEN ISLAND unison. “Christmas gives us hope for a Jewel Rapozo, office manager, and David Collison, chairman of the trustees committee, stand alongside Lihue United SEE HOPE, A6 Church’s Christmas decorations.
TGI/Zonta fund helps hundreds THE GARDEN ISLAND With a day to Christmas, many could still use help from The Garden Island/Zonta Club Christmas Fund. One couple, Allan and Samone, have been married for more than four decades. They have stayed together through the good
times, and the bad. Lately they’ve been facing more bad than good. Samone recently suffered from serious health problems and Allan, while trying to look after his wife, is experiencing his own health strains. Because they are on a fixed income, mounting medical bills and higher co-pays for left little money for any gifts medicathis holiday season. And retions have ally, the only thing they are
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Dawson Crawford and his daughter Grace present a $1,000 check to The Garden Island/ Zonta Club Christmas Fund.
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