On the.......day of Christmas my Tutu (Grandmother) gave to me
1) A mayna bird in one papaya tree
2) Two coconuts
3) Three Dried squid
4) Four Flower Leis
5) Five Big fat pigs!
6) six hula lessons
7) seven shrimps a swimming
8) Eight ukuleles
9) Nine Pounds of poi
10) ten cans of soda
11) eleven televisions
12) Twelve missionaries
by Jonathan Robertson
"When you stop believing in Santa Claus is when you start getting clothes for Christmas"
--Unknown
12 Hawaiian days of Christmas
In Switzerland during the Reformation, all instrumental and choral music was banned from churches. In Germany, disapproval of carols resulted in some being converted into hymns.