By
Clay Larroy
Do you feel like it is time
for a short vacation? Once you decide to travel, how good you plan the trip
will help you feel comfortable and be comfortable at your destination. Not only
will you feel less anxiety before the trip, but you can rest assured that once
you arrive where you're going you will have a good understanding of what's
going on there. When you need to plan a vacation contact me!
Christmas in Hawaii - Ten Good Reasons to Start Packing
Already took the family for a summer vacation this
year? Here are 10 excuses for taking them on a Hawaiian Christmas vacation this December.
1. Hawaiian Christmas airfares are cheap compared to summer airfares. Hawaiian Airlines
often runs Mele Kalikimaka specials for as little as $300 roundtrip from the
West Coast. But you can be there for the Christmas fun and save even more if
you go earlier in December. Hotwire.com and Hawaiian Air often offer rates as
low as $175 to $225 (L.A. and San Francisco to Honolulu.
2. Honolulu City Lights: The city
of Honolulu (including Waikiki) goes all out for Christmas. Beginning with the
Kawaiahao Church Service (the first Christian church built in Hawaii), a
spectacular electric light Parade and the lighting of the decorated 63-foot
Norfolk Island pine in front of Honolulu Hale (City Hall). The Hilton Village
and other Waikiki Beach hotels are all decked out too. And there's a special
trolley for Honolulu Christmas light viewing.
3. Hawaiian Santa: Children
greet Santa at Waikiki Beach where he arrives in his red canoe.
4. Hawaiian Christmas Ornaments: These are
so much fun! My kids used to weave the coconut frond ones for our tree, and
there are lots of free or small fee workshops at this time of year for all
kinds of Hawaiian Christmas decorations and wreaths that you can bring home
with you.
5. Hawaiian Christmas Craft Fairs: Music,
good food and lots of beautiful and fun Christmas decorations are found at the
craft fairs. I've lived in some pretty artsy places, and I've never seen so
many Christmas craft listings as in Hawaii. Just think how delighted your
family, friends and neighbors back home will be when they see your tree
decorated with real Hawaiian local style ornaments like kukui nut, tapa cloth
angels and Santa's on surfboards.
6. Hawaiian Christmas Concerts:
Children's choirs and favorite local musicians like the Brothers Cazimero sing
songs like "Here Comes Santa in a Red Canoe" and the Hawaiian version
of "The 12 Days of Christmas." And then there's "Silent
Night" sung in English and Hawaiian. Live music is everywhere at Christmas
whether you've got tickets to the Honolulu Symphony or you're strolling through
Waikiki!
7. Hawaii Sand, Surf and Snow: And where
else but on the Big Island can you build a snow board down a
mountain slope and snorkel over a coral reef in the same day?
8. Balmy December Weather: Hawaii's
daytime temperature at Christmas time ranges from a "chilly" 68
degrees in the evening to 80 degrees in the daytime. The trade winds keep you
nice and comfortable. The water's also inviting year round - - you can snorkel,
swim, kayak and surf in nothing more than a bathing suit.
9. Whale Watching: Speaking of the water, here
are two more great reasons for a Hawaiian Christmas. In December, the humpback
whales return from their feeding grounds in Alaska to mate, give birth and
frolic in Hawaii's warm waters.
10. Hawaii Surf Championships: And in December, you'll also
be able to watch humans "frolic" in the really big surf on the North
Shore as they ride two-story waves competing in the Triple Crown.
So there you have it. 10 good reasons and all the
excuse you need to Christmas
in Hawaii this year.
For more great reasons to Christmas in Hawaii and
to learn how to start planning a super cheap (but packed full of fun) Christmas
in Hawaii, surf over to http://www.coconutroads.com/hawaiibudgetvacation.html
Mele Kalikimaka!
Cindy Blankenship
Cindy Blankenship
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The smell of pine needles, spruce and the smell of a Christmas tree - those to me, are the scents of the holidays.
Blake Lively
Blake Lively
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