"Mele Kalikimaka-Hula Dancer"

MELE KALIKIMAKA IS THE HAWAIIAN WORD THAT MEANS MERRY CHRISTMAS.  SINCE THE MISSIONARIES THAT ARRIVED IN HAWAII IN 1820 WERE THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE CHRISTMAS TO THE HAWAIIANS. MERRY CHRISTMAS WAS DIFFICULT FOR THE HAWAIIANS TO PRONOUNCE, MELE KALIKIMAKA  ROLLED MORE EASILY OFF THEIR TONGUES.
IN 1950, BING CROSBY & THE ANDREW SISTERS TURNED IT INTO A HIT SONG.
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"Mele Kalikimaka" ( Merry Christmas in Hawaiian )

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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