These are the photographs taken from the Christmas Party of the University of Santo Tomas College of Architecture Alumni of the San Francisco Bay Area held at the residence of Nick and Lilia Suarez in Antioch, on December 4, 2010.

In the twenty seven years that we had been holding this get-together party, this has the smallest turn-out. Only six couples showed up. Despite the small gathering, everybody had fun. Lilia prepared a lot of extra home cooked food. Everybody was surprized at the arrival of the Fil-Am Carolers who serenaded the UST group with American and Filipino Christmas songs.

We had fun but the others were truly missed.

Beth and I appreciate the hospitality of Nick and Lilia Suarez. Special thanks to Epifanio Beltran in behalf of the Filipino Children's Foundation. When he saw that only one or two were interested in the raffle to help the Filipino Children's Foundation, he offered to buy the raffled item.

Victor and Sharon Talatala will be in charge of the next Christmas Party.