MELE KALIKIMAKA IS THE HAWAIIAN WORD THAT MEANS MERRY CHRISTMAS.
WHEN THE MISSIONARIES ARRIVED IN HAWAII IN 1820 THEY INTRODUCED CHRISTMAS TO THE HAWAIIAN PEOPLE. THE HAWAIIAN'S FOUND MERRY CHRISTMAS DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE. THE PHONETIC TRANSLATION, MELE KALIKIMAKA ROLLED MORE EASILY OFF THEIR TONGUES.
THEN IN 1950, BING CROSBY & THE ANDREW SISTERS TURNED IT INTO THE SMASH HIT SONG WE ALL ARE SO FAMILIAR WITH.
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