Deck i nā keʻena a nānā i kāu pilina WiFi! Loaʻa paha kāu mau keiki liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole ka poʻe punahele nui o nā huakaʻi lōʻihi a i ʻole ʻaʻohe ou manawa a i ʻole kālā e hoʻolilo ai i nā mokulele pipiʻi i ka wā hoʻomaha. ʻO kēlā me kēia kumu, ʻo ka noho lōʻihi ʻana mai kāu poʻe aloha ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻolimalima manawa me lākou… ma ke kino. Mahalo i ke kilokilo o ka ʻenehana, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohui me kā mākou mau hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana ma nā wahi mamao ma kahi pae virtual ma o nā polokalamu like Skype, Facetime a me WeChat, hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā kelepona wikiō maoli.
Ua mālama ʻia kahi noiʻi o 3,000 poʻe e ʻike i ke ʻano o kā mākou hoʻolālā e hoʻolilo i ka Kalikimaka i 2019, a ʻo ka piʻi nui ʻana, me he mea lā, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi 'virtual'. ʻO kēia kahi ʻaʻole ʻoe e hele maoli a kipa i kou ʻohana, akā pili pū me lākou i ka Kalikimaka me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā polokalamu wikiō, e like me Skype, a i ʻole FaceTime, ma kahi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he 36% nui o nā ʻAmelika e hoʻolālā nei i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Kalikimaka virtual i kēia makahiki - ua hānai ʻia paha me nā tiketi mokulele i uku nui ʻia i ka home, a i ʻole hiki ke alo i ke kaʻa ma nā alanui.
ʻO ka poʻe hele e ʻike i ko lākou ʻohana i kēia Kalikimaka, ʻo 3 mau hola ka lōʻihi e makemake ai lākou e hele i laila.
Aia nō ka stigma e pili ana i ka hoʻolilo Kalikimaka iā ʻoe iho, me ka ʻole o kou ʻohana a puni ʻoe. 65% o mākou i koho ʻo ia ka manawa maikaʻi loa o ka makahiki e noho hoʻokahi. Ua lanakila ʻo ia i nā lā hānau (24%), New Year (6%) a me Thanksgiving (5%). Akā, he lā hoʻomaha hoʻopaʻapaʻa - ua ʻae ka hapaha o nā kāne i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana me kekahi e pili ana i ka ʻaoʻao o ka ʻohana e noho Kalikimaka me.
No laila, no ke aha i koho ai kekahi o mākou e noho ma ka home no ka Kalikimaka, ma mua o ka noho pū ʻana me ko mākou ʻohana? Ua ʻōlelo ʻo 27% no ko lākou ʻohana e noho mamao loa lākou, ʻo ia hoʻi, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka nui o ko mākou ʻāina, he manaʻo maoli nō ia. No 19% o mākou, he kumu nui ke kumukūʻai; ʻAʻole loaʻa iā mākou ke kālā e hoʻolilo ma ka lewa, kaʻa kaʻa a i ʻole kaʻaahi. ʻO 18% ka hauʻoli i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi manawa iā lākou iho a hauʻoli i kā lākou hui ponoʻī, aʻo 12% ʻōlelo ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaha i ka hana.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka noiʻi ʻana he hapaha o ka poʻe i ʻōlelo ʻo Kalikimaka ka manawa wale nō o ka makahiki a lākou e kamaʻilio ai a ʻike paha i nā ʻohana. Ma ka ʻuhane hoʻomaha maoli, hui pū ka Kalikimaka i nā kānaka!
1 i loko o 5 ke ʻae nei ua ʻike lākou i ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻohana ma muli o ka ʻenehana wikiō. I ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ke ʻano kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻenehana i kēia mau lā, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha ʻo kēia ka hihia, ʻoiai ke kelepona wikiō e hoʻohālikelike ana i ke alo o kahi kanaka.
A inā nui ka mehameha? Kikeke wale ma ka puka; ʻO 83% o nā ʻAmelika puʻuwai nui e ʻōlelo ana e kono lākou i kahi hoalauna e hoʻolilo i ka Kalikimaka me lākou inā ʻike lākou e hoʻohana wale ana lākou. Mele Kalikimaka iā kākou a pau!
