Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Santa Claus e hōʻea i kāna kaʻa a me ka reindeer. Ma Hawaii mehana a me ka lā, he paʻakikī paha kēia - ʻo Santa nō hoʻi.
He hoʻolālā ʻokoʻa naʻe ko Santa Claus no Hawaiʻi i ka wā e hoʻopūʻiwa ai i kahi pūʻulu o nā keiki e hoʻomaha ana i ka home ma ka mokupuni hoʻomaha o Maui. Ua pae ʻo ia ma luna o ka helikopa ma kahi pā mauu o Maui Resort Hotel e makemake i nā keiki i kahi Mele Kalikimaka kūikawā a hāʻawi makana. Ua hoʻohuli ʻia ka pō Kalikimaka i ka ʻauʻau kupua maoli ma ka Puʻu ʻo Aston Maui.
"ʻO ka ʻike ʻana iā Santa i ka puka ʻana mai kahi helikopa me ke kai ma hope o ka lā Kalikimaka, he mea maikaʻi loa ia," wahi a Gregg Lundberg, pelekikena o Blue Hawaiian Helicopters. "Ke komo nei mākou i kēia hanana leʻaleʻa e hōʻoia i nā ʻohana, a ʻoi aku hoʻi nā keiki, loaʻa kahi ʻike leʻaleʻa ma ka hālāwai ʻana me Santa. ʻO ia ke ʻano o ka ʻuhane Kalikimaka.
ʻO kēia ke 35 o ka makahiki i hele ai ʻo Santa i kahi alahele mai ke ala o kāna kaʻa i huki ʻia e ka reindeer no ka lele ʻana ma luna o ka helikopa, e holo wikiwiki ma Aston Maui Hill, a e kipa aku me nā ʻohana Maui a me nā malihini hōkele.
ʻO ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana o ka Kalikimaka kaila Hawaiʻi ma ka ʻāina o ka pā hale hōkele i hōʻike ʻia i ke mele ola, kahi ʻaina awakea barbecue, a me nā hana leʻaleʻa no ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa ʻoiai ke kali nui nei nā mea a pau i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka helikopter mai Santa.
