"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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" Hau'oli Makahiki Hou " ( means Happy New Year in Hawaiian )

DURING MAKHIKI, THE FOUR MONTHS OF PEACE AND HAPPINESS,
              IS THE SAME TIME THE WESTERN NEW YEAR FALLS.
                  "HAU'OLI  MAKAHIKI HOU" ( HAPPY NEW YEAR)
    HAU'OLI MEANS "HAPPY".   MAKHIKI,  ALSO KNOWN AS "YEAR".