Merry Christmas from Hawaii - 2019

The Sheraton Waikiki continues the Christmas tradition of displaying a Santa Claus & Mrs. Claus sand sculpture in the hotel lobby every year. If you are in Waikiki make some time to pose with the sculpture to capture a nice Christmas pic. 

Mele Kalikimaka means Merry Christmas in Hawaiian.

Sheraton Waikiki - Lobby 

The Scout Elves Return for the Christmas Season

The Scout Elves visit children between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. They will depart on Christmas Day to return to the North Pole. They will return every year.

Get ready for some fun!

The Scout Elf Team

Santa has his Scout Elves hide in homes with children to watch over them to see if they been good or naughty. The fun starts when the children go to bed. The Elf will seek out a place in the house to hide. The Elf loves to play hide and seek. The Elf will have a message for the children or the Elf will do something funny. Leave it to your imagination what a Elf would do. Sometimes the Elf does not hide and wants to be found easily to show off what he or she did. This fun goes on everyday. Encourage your children to leave messages for the Elf. The Elf will respond back.

Join me for some pancakes

Start this annual tradition by granting Santa permission to send a Scout Elf into your house to observe your children. Believe me your kids will love it and look forward to waking up each morning to find a new surprise everyday.

The 2016 Christmas Season Has Arrived in Hawaii

The Sheraton Waikiki has a tradition of displaying a Santa & Mrs. Santa sand sculpture in the hotel lobby every year to welcome in the Christmas season. If you are in Waikiki take a snapshot with the sand sculpture.

Mele Kalikimaka! 
Merry Christmas in Hawaiian.

Sheraton Waikiki - Lobby 

 

The Christmas Season Is Here

The Sheraton Waikiki has a Santa & Mrs. Santa sand sculpture in the hotel lobby. Don't forget to strike a pose and get a snapshot with the sand sculpture if you are in Waikiki. The little helpers are Menehunes taking a selfie.

Mele Kalikimaka!

Mele Kalikimaka means Merry Christmas in Hawaiian

The Holiday Season December

Why do we have holidays in December? It's all about Christmas the birth of Jesus Christ we celebrate or don't celebrate. No one is forced to celebrate Christmas, but everyone is shopping for gifts like wild dogs on a hunt. We have company parties exchanging gifts removing the reference of Christmas. What is the purpose of exchanging gifts? It started with the Three Kings from the East who visited Jesus after his birth delivering gifts to show respect. If you don't believe in Christmas why would you participate in exchanging gifts that is a Christmas tradition that Christians continue to follow in remembrance of the first Christmas.

No one complains about getting a holiday day off from work. We replace "Merry Christmas" with "Happy Holidays" to not insult or impose religion on anyone. We call a "Christmas Tree" a "Holiday Tree" to not offend anyone. We have become a society that seriously needs a re-boot. 

We have taken the meaning of Christmas out of our schools to not offend anyone. When will the madness stop on the attack of Christmas? 

I'm offended that it's getting to the point that I have to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas from a closet so I don't offend  anyone. I have no problem respecting other traditions so leave Christmas alone and let me celebrate it without worrying about offending anyone. 

Merry Christmas!

The War on Christmas

What color is Santa Claus? Well as far as I can rember he is white. There has been a lot of discussion on Santa's color lately. I mean no disrespect to anyone, but we cannot change tradition and history to please the politically correct people. Saying he is white is not racist it's just a fact. Let's not bring race into the Santa debate.

Leave Santa alone. Feel free to copy him without demanding we change his color. The politically correct movement is just hellbent on attacking Christmas. 

We celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25 around the world and make it a holiday. The politically correct are offended by nativity displays and any reference to Jesus or Christmas and demand the removal of nativity displays and referencing Jesus or Christmas. I'm offended by the politically correct people who disrespect the meaning of Christmas. Leave Chrirtmas alone it's the holiday we celebrate. What holiday do those politically correct people think we are celebrating.

We have commercialized Christmas so much that everyone celebrates it now not knowing the true meaning. Shopping is now associated with Christmas stressing people out over shopping days to buy gifts. I feel disrespected when people get so hung up on the the shopping and not realize what we are truly celebrating.

No Aloha allowed for state workers in Hawaii for Macy's Believe Campaign

When I heard this story it pissed me off. The Hawaii State Ethics Commission has become the Grinch that stole Christmas from the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

http://wish.org 

http://wish.org/content/macys-believe-campaign

Macy's has a campaign "Believe” that urges kids to write letters to Santa to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This is a great cause and a good class project to practice writing skills. Macy's will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish for each letter that a student turns in to a Macy's store. 

The State of Hawaii commission issued an advisory saying that the state ethics code prohibits state of Hawaii workers to promote charities on work time. Mainland schools participate in this great campaign without harassment from their local government.

State of Hawaii write better laws and make some exceptions on stupid laws that you write.

Merry Christmas vs Happy Holidays

What do we say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Holidays"?  Both greetings are fine using your judgement on the audience or person you are extending the greeting too.

The issue I have is if you want to say "Merry Christmas" close to 12/24 and 12/25 and someone get's offended. I'm sorry that is the Holiday we are celebrating Christmas. The birth of Jesus Christ. What did you think we were celebrating Santa Claus. 

Saying "Merry Christmas" to someone is not disrespectful. It's disrespectful to get offended when someone says "Merry Christmas" to you.

A general rule is to be gracious when someone extends you any type of greeting it means no disrespect.

Stop picking on the usage of Christmas because that is the Holiday we celebrate on December 25th.

Leave schools alone and let children celebrate Christmas.

My current post on examiner.com - Lost in the Holidays

My view on what's happening to us losing the true meaning of the Holidays.

Lost in the Holidays