This winter Iceman and I chose to remain in Hawaii. As Christmas approached, the big question was: has Iceman been naughty or nice this year?

Several times this year, Iceman thinned out the tourist population on Kailua Beach through his various efforts as shark dog. This behavior definitely fits in the category “naughty”.

On the other hand, he’s been a terrific companion, and the nice balanced out enough so that when Santa arrived this year, he came to Kailua aboard a surfboard, guided over the reefs and to a soft landing in the sand by none other than Iceman.