He Pāʻina Palekana No Ka Palekana no ka mea kōkua nā mea kōkua i ka mea maikaʻi
Aia kekahi mea pāʻani a paʻakikī hoʻi e pili ana i ka papa mele Kalikimaka. He mea ia e hoʻokipa ai i ka leʻaleʻa o ka wā hoʻomaha, i kūkuluʻia ma luna o kekahi o nā hōʻailona hoʻomaha lōʻihi. Akā, ma muli o konaʻano maoli,ʻaʻole pono e pono nā mea. Ke hele ka poʻe malihini i kāu pāʻina, makemake lākou e loaʻa kahi lāʻau hilahila a me kahi hale i mākaukauʻole no ka Kalikimaka.
Ma mua o ka hōʻeaʻana o kāu mau malihini, pono iāʻoe ke kūʻai i kāu lāʻau (!) A kūkuluʻia i kona mau kū.
E hoʻomālamalama i ke ahi ma kāu wahi ahi a e pāʻani i nā mele Kalikimaka e like me ke mele. Inā he piano iāʻoe, e kau i kahi mele mele Kalikimaka ma luna o ka hopena i ka manawa e hoʻonāukiukiʻia ai kāu mau malihini. E lawelawe i kāuʻano meaʻai meaʻai, no ka mea, he pāʻani maʻamau kēia a me nā malihini e hele nei i kahi e hoʻoulu ai, aiʻole e mahalo paha i kāu kumu.
Hiki ke mālamaʻia ka pāʻina i kekahi manawa o ka lā, a he nui nā koho koho. ʻO ka koho maʻalahi a me ka mea e kamaʻilio maoli ana i ke keiki i loko oʻu,ʻo ia hoʻi ka loaʻaʻana o nā pākīpika a me nā leʻaleʻa me nāʻahaʻaina hoʻomaha maikaʻi e hele pū me lākou. Hiki iāʻoe ke hana i kēia ma ka awakea ahiahi mai ka hola 2 pm - 5:00 pm, aiʻole e kono i nā malihini e hele mai ma hope o kaʻahaʻaina mai ka hora 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Hōʻike i kāu mau konoʻana e hoʻolakoʻia nā kuki a me nā mea inu no ka hikiʻole i kāu mau malihini ke hōʻea e kali i ka nui o ka meaʻai.
Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻonui i ka pākuki kuki ma o ka hoʻonuiʻana i nā meaʻai hoihoi. Ma kēiaʻano e hoʻomau neiʻoe i nā mea i maʻalahiʻole, e paʻa ana i ka lilo o ka pāʻina, a i koʻu manaʻo, e hāʻawi i nā papa maikaʻi loa.
ʻO ka brunch o ka hopena he manawa hou'ē aʻe. Hiki iāʻoe ke hāʻawi aku i kahi koho o nāʻeke hou, nā muffins,ʻokiʻoki i nā hua hou, a hoʻokahi aʻelua paha mau pīkī kakahiaka, hiki ke hanaʻia i ka pō ma mua, aʻokiʻia i kēlā kakahiaka ma mua o ka hikiʻana o kāu mau malihini. E lawelawe i ka waiʻalani, ka cafe, ka pila, a me ka eggnog, me ka Champagne Champagne a me ka rum.
Hiki iāʻoe ke hana i kekahi o kēia mau kololu ma ka hoʻouluʻana i kahi turkey'āpala a me nā'āpala a me ka hamua palaoa i kāluaʻia. A iʻole, e mālama i keʻano maʻamau loa, e hoʻonohonoho i kahi kumukūpopo nui o ke chili ma kāu papaʻaina, a lawelawe iā ia me kaʻaila kirīpi,'ānoa kohi,ʻohi cheese jack Monterey, cilantro'āpī, nā'āpana tortilla, a me ka paʻakai.
Inā paha he mau keiki paha iʻole,ʻaʻole paha, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻonohonoho i papaʻaina no ka poʻe malihini e hana i kā lākou kāhiko iho e lawe i ka home e like me ka pāʻina. E koho wale i kaʻoihana e pili ana i ka makahiki a me ka maʻalahi o kāu mau mea komo.
No kekahi hana'ē aʻe, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻonohonoho i nā kīʻaha o popcorn a me nā huakura ma nā kihi momona o kou home no ka mea e hiki ai i nā malihini ke kani e like me nā mea hoʻonani no kāu kumu. He ala maikaʻi loa ia no nā malihini iʻikeʻole i kekahi i kekahi e pili pū.
Inā he mau keiki liʻiliʻi pahaʻoe ma ka pāʻina, hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa nā palapalaʻalima Kalikimaka a me nā peniʻoni i hoʻonohonohoʻia ma kahi papaʻaina haʻahaʻa a maʻalahi. Ināʻoe e hopohopo e pili ana i nā penikala ma ka papaʻaina, e hoʻopili i ka pākaukau ma ka pepa kāwili Kalikimaka. Loaʻa iāʻoe kahi pāʻani koa e mālama ai i kāu mau mea waiwai.
Inā ua laka iāʻoe, i ka pauʻana o ka pāʻina, e hoʻopiha loaʻia kāu lāʻau me ka mākaukau eʻae i ka Kalikimaka. Ināʻaʻole, hiki iāʻoe ke kōkua i kou mau hoaaloha e poina, i ka manawa iki iki, i kā lākou mau hana o ka wā, a no ka hoʻomanaʻo i ka hauʻoli o ka wā hoʻomaha.