Monday, December 22, 2008

aloha

thanks to itunes, my kids know a huge range of christmas music. i had kind of assumed that the favorite would be something traditional and climatically suited to minnesota, like jingle bells or frosty the snowman, or even baby, it's cold outside.

but no. when thing two crawled into bed with us this -14 morning (that's temperature, folks, not wind chill), here's what she was singing:
mele kalikimaka is the thiiiing to say
on a bright, hawaiian christmas daaaaay.

that's the island greeting that we send to you
from the land where palm trees swaaaay.

here we know that christmas will be green and briiiiight,
the sun to shine by day and all the stars at niiiiight.

mele kalikimake is hawaii's way
to say 'merry christmas' to yoooooou.

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