ʻO ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Betelehema, ka mea maʻamau me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka Kalikimaka, ua ʻike ʻia me ka haʻahaʻa i kēia lā, Dekemaba 24. Aia ʻo Betelehema i 10 mau kilomita ma ka hema o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Ierusalema, ma ka ʻāina puʻu pōhaku momona o ka ʻĀina Hoʻāno. Mai ka liʻiliʻi loa o ka 2nd kenekulia AD ua manaʻoʻiʻo ka poʻe i kahi o ka Ekalesia o ka hānau ʻana, Ke ku nei o Betelehema, kahi i hanau ai o Iesu.
ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻia nā mea hoʻonaninani maʻamau a me ka ʻuhane hoʻomaha ma Manger Square, me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi haole e ʻākoakoa mau nei e hoʻomanaʻo i ka hanana. Ua ʻike ʻia nā pūʻali palekana Palestinian e mākaʻikaʻi ana i ke kahua kaʻawale, a ua wehe ʻia kekahi mau hale kūʻai makana ma hope o ke ahiahi ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka ua.
ʻOiai ke kūlana paʻakikī, he kakaikahi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ʻike ʻia ma Betelehema. I kēia makahiki, ʻaʻohe lāʻau Kalikimaka a me nā kukui Kalikimaka i ka wahi hānau o Iesū ma hope o ke kāpae ʻana i nā ʻahaʻaina Kalikimaka.
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Kalikimaka ka manawa maikaʻi loa o ka makahiki no ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 2.38 biliona Kalikiano.
Nui nā mele Kalikimaka nani, akā naʻe na Louis Armstrong's Wonderful World i unuhi i kēia ʻuhane i nā mea a pau, a ukali ʻia e nā aloha Kalikimaka ma mua o 100 mau ʻōlelo.
He Honua Kupanaha
ʻIke wau i nā kumulāʻau o ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo - ʻO nā rosa ʻulaʻula pū kekahi - ʻike wau iā lākou e mohala ana - Noʻu a me ʻoe - A manaʻo wau iaʻu iho He honua kupanaha
ʻIke au i ka lani uliuli - A me nā ao keʻokeʻo - Ka lā hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi - Ka pō kapu ʻeleʻele - A manaʻo wau iaʻu iho - He honua maikaʻi loa.
Nā waihoʻoluʻu o ke ānuenue – Nani loa i ka lani – Aia nō ma nā maka – No ka poʻe e hele ana – ʻIke au i nā hoaaloha e lulu lima ana – E ʻōlelo ana, “Pehea ʻoe?” - Ke ʻōlelo maoli nei lākou - aloha wau iā ʻoe
Lohe au i nā pēpē e uē - Ke nānā nei au iā lākou e ulu ana - E aʻo nui lākou - Ma mua o kaʻu ʻike
A noʻonoʻo wau iaʻu iho - He honua maikaʻi loa - ʻAe, manaʻo wau iaʻu iho - He honua kupanaha - Ooh, ʻae
Aloha Kalikimaka mai ʻApelika:
- ʻApelika (ʻApelika Hema, Namibia) Geseënde Kersfees
- Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benin) Afishapa
- Amharic (Ethiopia) Melikam Gena! (መልካም ገና!)
- Ashanti/Asante/Asante Twi (Ghana) afehyia pa
- Chewa/Chichewa (Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
- ʻO Moni Wa Chikondwellero Cha Kristmasi a i ʻole Kalikimaka yabwino
- Dagbani (Ghana) Ni ti Burunya Chou
- ʻEdo (Nigeria) Iselogbe
- Ewe (Ghana, Togo) Blunya na wo
- Efik (Nigeria) Usoro emana Kristo
- Fula/Fulani (Niger, Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Togo, Guinea, Sierra Leone) Jabbama be salla Kirismati
- Hausa (Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Kamerona, Ivory Coast, Togo) hale o Kirsìmatì
- Ibibio (Nigeria) Idara ukapade isua
- Igbo/Igo (Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea) E keresimesi Oma
- Kinyarwanda (Rwanda, Uganda, DR Congo) Noheli nziza
- Lingala (DR Congo, Rep Congo, Central African Republic, Angola) Mbotama Malamu
- Luganda (Uganda) Seku Kulu
- Maasai/Maa/Kimaasai (Kenya, Tanzania) Enchipai e KirismasNdebele (Zimbabwe, ʻApelika Hema) Izilokotho Ezihle Zamaholdeni
- Shona (Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana) Muve neKisimosi
- Soga/Lasoga (Uganda) Mwisuka Sekukulu
- Somali (Somalia, Djibouti) Kirismas Wacan
- Sotho (Lesotho, ʻApelika Hema) Le be le keresemese e monate
- Swahili (Tanzania, Kenya, DR Congo, Uganda) Krismasi Njema / Heri ya Krismasi
- Tigrinya (Ethiopia a me Eritreia) Ruhus Beal Lidet
- Xhosa/isiXhosa (ʻApelika Hema, Zimbabwe, Lesotho)
- Krismesi emnandi
- Yoruba (Nigeria, Benin) E ku odun, e ku iye'dun
- Zulu (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland) uKhisimosi oMuhle
Aloha Kalikimaka mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa
- Afganistan (Dari) Kalikimaka Mubarak (کرسمس مبارک)
- Albania Gëzuar Krishtlindjen
- ʻAlapia Eid Milad Majid (عيد ميلاد مجيد) ʻO ia hoʻi, 'Ahaʻaina Hanau Hanohano'
- Aramaic Eedookh Breekha ‘o ia ho‘i ‘Pomaika‘i kāu Kalikimaka’
- ʻAmenia Shnorhavor Amanor yev Surb Tznund (Շնորհավոր Ամանոր և Սուրբ Ծնունդ) ʻO ia hoʻi, 'Hoʻomaikaʻi no ka Hanau Hemolele'
- Azerbaijani Milad bayramınız mübarək
- Belarusian Z Kaljadami (З Калядамі)
- Pelekiuma :
ʻO Dutch/Flemish Vrolijk Kerstfeest
Palani Joyeux Noël
Kelemānia Frohe Weihnachten
Walloon djoyeus Noyé - Bulgarian Vesela Koleda
- Cambodia (Khmer) Rik-reay Bon Noel (រីករាយ បុណ្យណូអែល)
- China
Mandarin Sheng Dan Kuai Le (圣诞快乐)
Cantonese Seng Dan Fai Lok (聖誕快樂) - Cornish Nadelik Lowen
- Koroatia (a me Bosnia) Sretan Božić
- ʻO Czech Veselé Vánoce
- Denemaka Glædelig Jul
- Esperanto Feliĉan Kristnaskon
- ʻO Jõulupühi ʻo Estonian Rõõmsaid
- Pae Aina Faroe (Faroese) Gleðilig jól
- Finnish Hyvää joulua
- Palani
Palani Joyeux Noël
Breton Nedeleg Laouen
Corsican Pōmaikaʻi
Alsatian E güeti Wïnâchte - Kelemānia Frohe Weihnachten
- Helene Kala Christouyenna a i ʻole Καλά Χριστούγεννα
- Georgian gilocav shoba-akhal c’els a i ʻole გილოცავ შობა-ახალ წელს
- ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo
ʻO Greenlandic Juullimi Pilluarit
Denemaka (hoʻohana pū ʻia ma Greenland) Glædelig Jul - Guam (Chamorro) Felis Nabidåt a i ʻole Felis Påsgua a i ʻole Magof Nochebuena
- Guernsey (Guernésiais/Guernsey Palani/patois) bouan Noué
- Haitian Creole Jwaye Nowel
- Hawaiian Mele Kalikimaka
- Hungarian Boldog karácsonyt (Hauʻoli Kalikimaka) a i ʻole Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket (nā lā Kalikimaka ʻoluʻolu)
- ʻO Icelandic Gleðileg jól
- ʻInia
Bengali ('ōlelo pū 'ia ma Bangladesh) shubho bôṛodin (শুভ বড়দিন)
Gujarati Anandi Natal a i ʻole Khushi Natal (આનંદી નાતાલ)
Hindi Śubh krisamas (शुभ क्रिसमस) or prabhu ka naya din aapko mubarak ho (Happy Birthday God)
Kannada kris mas habbada shubhaashayagalu (ಕ್ರಿಸ್ ಮಸ್ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು)
Konkani Khushal Borit Natala
Malayalam Kalikimaka i ka mangalaashamsakal
Marathi Śubh Nātāḷ (शुभ नाताळ) a i ʻole Natal Chya shubhechha
Mizo Krismas Chibai
Punjabi karisama te nawāṃ sāla khušayāṃwālā hewe (ਕਰਿਸਮ ਤੇ ਨਵਾੰ ਸਾਲ ਖੁਸ਼ਿਾਲਵਿਾਲਲਿਾਲਾੰ ੇ)
Sanskrit Krismasasya shubhkaamnaa
Shind Ka Kalikimaka jun wadhayun
Tamil kiṟistumas vāḻttukkaḷ (கிறிஸ்துமஸ் வாழ்த்துக்கள்)
Telugu Kalikimaka Subhakankshalu
ʻUrdu krismas mubarak (کرسمس) - Indonesia Aloha Natal
- ʻIlana
Farsi Kalikimaka MobArak - Kurdish (Kumanji) Kirîsmes pîroz be
- Irish – Gaelic Nollaig Shona Dhuit
- Israel – Hebrew Chag Molad Sameach (חג מולד שמח) ʻo ia hoʻi ‘Hauʻoli ʻahaʻaina o ka hānau ʻana’
- Ikalia
Italian Buon Natale
Sicilian Bon Natali
ʻO Piedmontese Bon Natal
Ladin Bon/Bun Nadèl - Jamaican Creole/Patois Merri Crissmuss
- Kepanī Meri Kurisumasu (a i ʻole ‘Meri Kuri’ no ka pōkole!)
Hiragana: めりーくりすます
Katakana: メリークリスマス - Jersey (Jèrriais/Jersey Palani) bouan Noué
- Kazahk Rojdestvo quttı bolsın (Рождество құты болсын)
- Korean ‘Meri krismas’ (메리 크리스마스) a i ʻole ‘seongtanjeol jal bonaeyo’ (성탄절 잘 보내요) a i ʻole ‘Jeulgaeun krismas doeseyo’ (즐거지요 )
- Latin Felicem Diem Nativitatis (La La Hanau)
- Latvian Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus
- Lithuanian Linksmų Kalėdų
- Makedonia Streken Bozhik a i ʻole Среќен Божик
- Madagascar (Malagasy) Tratra ny Noely
- Maltese Il-Milied it-Tajjeb
- Malaysia (Malay) Aloha lā Kalikimaka a i ʻole Mele Kalikimaka
- Manx (i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka Mokupuni o Man) Nollick Ghennal
- Mekiko (ʻo Paniolo ka ʻōlelo nui)
Nahuatl (i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka poʻe Aztec)
Cualli netlācatilizpan
Yucatec Maya Kiʻimak “navidad” - Montenegrin Hristos se rodi (Христос се роди) – Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Kristo
- Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) – hānau maoli (pane)
- Nā ʻōlelo ʻōiwi ʻAmelika / ʻŌlelo Lahui Mua
Apache (komohana) Gozhqq Keshmish
Cherokee Danistayohihv &Aliheli'sdi Itse Udetiyvasadisv
Inuit Quvianagli Anaiyyuniqpaliqsi
Navajo Nizhonigo Keshmish
Yupik Alussistuakeggtaarmek - Nepali Kreesmasko shubhkaamnaa (क्रस्मसको शुभकामना)
- ʻO Netherlands
ʻO Dutch Prettige Kerst (Hauʻoli Kalikimaka), Zalig Kerstfeest a i ʻole Zalig Kerstmis (ʻo ia hoʻi me Mele Kalikimaka) a i ʻole Vrolijk Kerstfeest (Ka Mele Kalikimaka Hauʻoli)
West-Frisian (a i ʻole Frysk) Noflike Krystdagen (Nā lā Kalikimaka ʻoluʻolu)
Bildts Noflike Korsttydsdagen (Nā lā Kalikimaka ʻoluʻolu) - New Zealand (Māori) Meri Kalikimaka
- Norewai God Jul a i ʻole Gledelig Jul
- ʻĀina Pilipino
Tagalog Maligayang Pasko
Ilocano Naragsak nga Paskua
Ilonggo Malipayon nga Pascua
Sugbuhanon or Cebuano Maayong Pasko
Bikolano Maugmang Pasko
Pangalatok or Pangasinense Maabig ya pasko or Magayagan inkianac
Waray Maupay Nga Pasko - Papiamentu – ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā Antilles liʻiliʻi (Aruba, Curaçao, a me Bonaire) Bon Pascu
- Polani Wesołych Świąt
- Pukiki Feliz Natal
- ʻO Romanian Crăciun Fericit
- Lūkia s rah-zh-dee-st-VOHM (C рождеством!) a i ʻole
s-schah-st-lee-vah-vah rah-zh dee-st-vah (Счастливого рождества!) - Sami (North-Sami) – ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā ʻāpana o Norewai, Suedena, Finland a me Rūsia Buorit Juovllat
- Samoan Manuia Le lawelawe
- Kekokia
ʻO ka Yule Blithe
Gaelic Nollaig Chridheil - Serbian Hristos se rodi (Христос се роди) – Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Kristo
Vaistinu se rodi (Ваистину се роди) – hānau maoli (pane) - ʻO Slovakian Veselé Vianoce
- Slovene a i ʻole Slovenian Vesel Božič
- Somali Kirismas Wacan
- Kepania
Paniolo (Españo) Feliz Navidad a i ʻole Nochebuena (ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi ‘Po Holy’ – ʻEwa Kalikimaka)
Catalan / Asturian / Occitan Bon Nadal
Aragonese Feliz Nadal
Galikia Bo Nadal
Basque (Euskara) Eguberri ma (ʻo ia hoʻi, ‘Happy New Day’)
Sranantongo (ʻōlelo ʻia ma Suriname) Swit’ Kresneti - Sinhala (spoken in Sri Lanka) Suba Naththalak Wewa (සුබ නත්තලක් වේවා)
- Suedena Akua Jul
- Kuikilana
Kelemānia Swiss Schöni Wiehnachte
Palani Joyeux Noël
Italian Buon Natale
ʻO Romansh Bellas festas da Nadal - Thai Suk sarn aʻo Kalikimaka
- Turkish Mutlu Noeller
- Ukranian ‘Веселого Різдва’ Veseloho Rizdva (Merry Christmas) or ‘Христос Рождається’ Khrystos Rozhdayetsia (Hānau ʻia ʻo Kristo)
- Vietnamese Chúc mừng Giáng Sinh
- Welsh Nadolig Llawen