Bikers, South Bay residents send holiday thoughts to troops serving abroad
[scrollGallery id=528] Back in the 90s, Rian Capaci was serving on the United States Air Force in Saudi Arabia. One day, his flight chief called him over and said there was a letter for him. As a bachelor with no kids, he was perplexed. It was a Christmas card from a stranger. “It meant so much to me that tears shot sideways out of my eyes,” Capaci, 37, said. “So I made the promise that I would always do this.” Capaci has made good on his promise since he finished his service in 1999. The operation started out small; Capaci bought a box of Christmas cards, asking anyone from friends to waitresses to take a few minutes to sign a card. After a decade of following this tradition, he decided to take it a step farther. Instead of one box of cards, he purchased 10. He enlisted the help of his motorcycle club, The Whiskey Boys, and set up a small table in the Metlox Plaza courtyard in Manhattan Beach next to the Shade Hotel. He collected about 300 cards that first year and 600 in the following year. Now in its third year, Christmas Cards for Soldiers, which occupied the Metlox Plaza courtyard all day Sunday, has grown to new heights. In addition to the Manhattan Beach event, the group is…
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