Makanalani Blog

Christmas has many wonderful traditions, and one that we particularly enjoy that celebrates the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the nativity. Whether you have a scene set up at home, or a larger one outside all can rejoice in this timeless story depicting Christ’s miraculous birth. Our friends at Crossroads Christian […]

The pidgin of Hawaii is our Creole, a language-blending common to island cultures everywhere, but can you speak any of it? Many newcomers mistake Pidgin for bad English but that’s simply not the case. There’s a fun and free event at Princeville Public Library on Wednesday, December 14th at 5-6:30 pm, called “The Aunties Four

Christmas is a time for family, but family can have many meanings. While we may automatically think of Mom and Dad, Grandparents and Kids, family can mean different things for many people. For those not lucky enough to have their family near, they may think on family very differently to you and I. Family can

Christmas sure is a time for some wonderful music. We are blessed to have many Christmas concerts from many of our islands schools and talented keiki coming up and we thought we’d share a few with you. On Tuesday, December 13th, at 6:30 pm you can enjoy the 9th Annual CKMS Music Department Winter Concert.

As promised here are a selection of local craft fairs coming up. These are great places to get meaningful gifts while supporting your local community and schools, something we can all get behind. On Saturday, December 10th, from 8:30am-1:30 pm we have the CKTV Holiday Craft Fair. This fair offers Handmade gifts, jewelry, books, clothing,

Have you ever been to a Christmas Luau? Or visited Kamokila Hawaiian Village? This historical site is on what was once an Hawaiian fishing village. Now restored this privately owned village serves to teach us all of our islands past. Including Christmas! On Saturday, December 10th, from 3:00-7:00 pm they will be having a Christmas

I don’t think we know of any keiki who wouldn’t like to meet Santa and experience the fun of Santa in Paradise. We are blessed to have our very own Santa here on the Garden Isle, Phil Worwa will be appearing at the Storybook Theatre on Friday nights in December 9th, 16th and 23rd to

Do you sometimes think your pet understands you (even if they do choose to ignore you) or do you think they might even enjoy being spoken to, or that they might like having a story read to them? We love anything that encourages young minds, and this event at the Lihue library does just that.

The culture of these islands we call home never fails to impress us, especially when it’s something new to learn about, like Hawaiian Rain Names, or Hanau Ka Ua. This new book, available from Kamehameha Publishing is a collection of Hawaiian rain names, gathered from our islands rich traditions. But what are rain names? Well

There are many different things that make up Christmas traditions. Such as plays, or movies, and whether you prefer older ones or something more modern, one thing we can all agree on is that Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol’ is a classic. Telling the tale of the covetous miser Ebenezer Scrooge, and how he learns