Hawaii Christmas and New Year Traditions
Written by Hudson, USA, December 2011
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Comment from Hudson
A little-known fact about Hawaii: the Hawaiians did not celebrate Christmas until after the arrival of Captain Cook in 1778. Come the Protestant missionaries in the early 1800s, and Christmas finally landed on the 50th US state. Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) was born!
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Photo courtesy of Greg Bishop via Flickr.
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