Ke kū nei ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kahi hemahema koʻikoʻi i kēia makahiki - ua liʻiliʻi a paʻakikī nā ʻelemakule ʻumiʻumi hauʻoli i kēia kau Kalikimaka.
Wahi a ka ʻikepili hou loa, ua piʻi ka 121% o ka noi ma US no MELE KALIKIMAKA i 2021 i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala.
Ma muli o ka piʻi nui o ka noi, aia ma luna o 1,275 mau hana Santa piha piha (e like me ka poʻe hana ma nā hale kūʻai kūʻai) a ʻoi aku ma mua o 2,000 mau hola Santa gigs i hoʻopiha ʻole ʻia ma US.
ʻO ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 i hāʻawi nui i ka hapa o ka nui o ka poʻe i loaʻa e pāʻani i ka hana a Santa Claus.
ʻIke ʻia, aia he 10% ka liʻiliʻi MELE KALIKIMAKA nā mea leʻaleʻa i kēia makahiki, no ka mea ua make kekahi i ka coronavirus a ʻaʻole hana kekahi i nā hanana ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19. Nui ka poʻe i haʻalele i ka pāʻani Santa.
Wahi a ka 'National Santa' i hōʻike ʻia i nā parades nui a me ka Makua Kalikimaka no Nā mea pāʻani no Tots, ʻōlelo kekahi 18% o kona hoa Santas e hoʻomaha ana lākou i ka makahiki.
Ke pāʻani wale nei nā Santas he nui me COVID-19, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka ʻelemakule a me ke kaumaha.
Ua kaupalena ʻia nā hemahema o nā kaulahao i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lole Santa.
"He nui nā mea i makemake ʻia ma ke kai i loko o nā pahu," i ʻōlelo ai kahi waha ʻōlelo no ka hui Costumes for Santa. "ʻAʻole i loaʻa i kā mākou mea kūʻai nui kā lākou huahana mai Kina ... ʻO nā mea i hiki mai i ʻAukake ke hele mai nei i kēia manawa."