Christmas in Hawaii | Your Christmas Vacation in Hawaii
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Christmas in Hawaii will have you saying the famous words ...
"Mele Kalikimaka" ... When the missionaries and other Westerners first brought the custom of Christmas to the islands the Hawaiians had difficulty pronouncing Merry Christmas.
Hawaiians import their Xmas trees long before the season arrives from across the Pacific Ocean, which arrive on the Xmas Tree Ship.
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Christmas traditions of Hawaii become surprises each year. This way, Santa wears aloha shirts and the Holiday dinner is a community luau with a kalua roast pig and Xmas leis.
The Xmas carols are sung in Hawaiian and accompanied by ukulele or guitar by choirs and bands while families celebrate luaus and picnics on the beach or in their backyards.
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The Hawaiians didn't celebrate Christmas prior to the arrival of Europeans, but it was during this same time of the year that they traditionally honored the earth for giving them plenty to eat.
After the Hawaiians embraced Christianity it was only natural that they adapted some of the traditions of Makahiki to the celebration of Christmas.
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Because Hawaiians love the spectacular, they put up thousands of lights on their vehicles and parade them through the streets, horns blaring and people flock the sidewalks to watch them go by. Reference: Christmas Vacation in Hawaii | Merry Christmas in Hawaii
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Mele Kalikimaka!
Here's the song lyrics to this popular Hawaiian Christmas tune:
Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say
On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day
That's the island greeting that we send to you
From the land where palm trees sway
Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night
Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way
To say "Merry Christmas to you."
Reference: Christmas Vacation in Hawaii
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