"If you want to taunt your East Coast friends with photos of an ocean sunset for Christmas, book dinner at Terraza inside Santa Monica's Hotel Casa Del Mar. A $125 set menu is available on Christmas Day that includes dry-aged kanpachi crudo, grilled prawns, and roasted scallops. Brunch is also available for $115 per person and features chocolate chip buttermilk pancakes, a lobster bisque, and pistachio-crusted lamb racks. " - sylvio martins