ʻO kekahi o kā mākou mau manawa punahele i ka wā hoʻomaha e pili ana i nā kuʻuna Kalikimaka me ko mākou ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha.Mai nā kuki hoʻomaha a me nā hoʻololi makana i ka hoʻonani ʻana i ke kumulāʻau, ke kau ʻana i nā kāmaʻa, a me ka ʻākoakoa ʻana e hoʻolohe i kahi puke Kalikimaka aloha a nānā paha i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni hoʻomaha punahele, loaʻa i kēlā me kēia o mākou nā kuʻuna liʻiliʻi a mākou e hui pū ai me ka Kalikimaka a e nānā i mua no ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa. .ʻO kekahi mau hōʻailona o ke kau—kāleka lā hoʻomaha, nā ʻokoʻa lole, nā lei ma nā puka—ua kaulana i nā ʻohana a puni ka ʻāina, akā ʻaʻole hiki i ka poʻe ʻeiwa o ka ʻumi o ʻAmelika e hoʻolauleʻa nei i ka Kalikimaka ke haʻi pololei iā ʻoe i kahi i hele mai ai kēia mau kuʻuna. pehea lākou i hoʻomaka ai (no ka laʻana, ʻike ʻoe i ke kumu o "Merry Christmas"?)

Inā ua noʻonoʻo ʻoe no ke aha he mea nui ka hōʻike ʻana i nā kukui Kalikimaka, kahi i puka mai ai ka manaʻo o ka waiho ʻana i nā kuki a me ka waiū no Santa Claus, a i ʻole pehea i lilo ai ka boozy eggnog i mea inu hoʻomaha hoʻomaha hoʻoilo, e heluhelu no kā mākou nānā i ka mōʻaukala a me nā kaʻao. ma hope o nā kuʻuna hoʻomaha a mākou i ʻike ai a aloha ai i kēia lā, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea i hala i nā haneli mau makahiki.E ʻoluʻolu e nānā i kā mākou mau manaʻo no nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni Kalikimaka maikaʻi loa, nā mele hoʻomaha punahele, a me nā manaʻo no nā kuʻuna Kalikimaka hou e hoʻohauʻoli ai i kou kau.

1、Kāleka Kalikimaka

ʻO 1843 ka makahiki, a ua loaʻa iā Sir Henry Cole, he kanaka kaulana ʻo Lādana, nā memo hoʻomaha ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka hiki iā ia ke pane aku i kēlā me kēia ma muli o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka peni penikala, kahi i uku ʻole ai nā leka e hoʻouna.No laila, ua noi ʻo Cole i ka mea pena iā JC Horsley e hana i kahi hoʻolālā leʻaleʻa hiki iā ia ke paʻi a me ka leka uila ma ka lehulehu a—voila!—ua hana ʻia ke kāleka Kalikimaka mua.Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Louis Prang i ka haole Kelemania i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka ʻoihana kāleka Kalikimaka kalepa ma ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 1856, ʻoiai ua kūʻai ʻia kekahi o nā kāleka peʻe mua loa i hui pū ʻia me kahi envelopp i ka makahiki 1915 e ka Hall Brothers (i kēia manawa ʻo Hallmark).I kēia lā, ma kahi o 1.6 biliona mau kāleka hoʻomaha i kūʻai ʻia ma US i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e like me ka Greeting Card Association.

2、Nā lāʻau Kalikimaka

Wahi a ka American Christmas Tree Association, ma kahi o 95 miliona mau hale ma ʻAmelika e kūkulu i kahi kumulāʻau Kalikimaka (a ʻelua paha) i kēia makahiki.Hiki ke huli ʻia ka moʻomeheu o nā lāʻau i hoʻonani ʻia i Kelemania i ke kenekulia 16.Ua ʻōlelo ʻia, ua manaʻo mua ka mea hoʻoponopono Kalawina ʻo Martin Luther e hoʻohui i nā ihoiho no ka hoʻonani ʻana i nā lālā me ka mālamalama ma hope o ka hoʻoulu ʻia ʻana e ka ʻike ʻana i nā hōkū e ʻālohilohi ana i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo mau loa i ka wā e hele ana i ka home i hoʻokahi pō hoʻoilo.Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Queen Victoria a me kāna kāne Kelemania ʻo Prince Albert i ka lāʻau Kalikimaka me kā lākou mau hōʻike ponoʻī i ka makahiki 1840 a ua loaʻa ka moʻomeheu i ka US.Ua kū ka lāʻau Kalikimaka mua i ka makahiki 1851 ma New York a ua ʻike ʻia ka lāʻau mua ma ka Hale Paʻa i ka makahiki 1889.

3、Lei

Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā lei e nā moʻomeheu like ʻole no nā kumu like ʻole i nā kenekulia: hāʻawi nā Helene i nā lei e like me nā kīʻaha i nā mea pāʻani a ua ʻaʻahu nā Roma iā lākou i lei aliʻi.Ua manaʻo mua ʻia nā lei Kalikimaka he hua ʻelua o ka moʻomeheu kumulāʻau Kalikimaka i hoʻomaka ʻia e nā ʻEulopa ʻĀkau i ke kenekulia 16.I ka ʻoki ʻia ʻana o nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo i mau huinakolu (ʻo nā kiko ʻekolu e hōʻike ana i ka trinity hemolele), e hana ʻia nā lālā i hoʻolei ʻia i apo a kau ʻia ma luna o ka lāʻau i mea hoʻonani.ʻO ke ʻano pōʻai, hoʻokahi me ka pau ʻole, ua hele mai e hōʻailona i ke ola mau loa a me ka manaʻo Karistiano o ke ola mau loa.

4、Candy Canes

Makemake mau nā kamaliʻi i ka candy, a ua ʻōlelo ka moʻolelo ua hoʻomaka ka candy canes i ka makahiki 1670 i ka wā i hāʻawi aku ai kahi haku mele ma ka hale pule ʻo Cologne ma Kelemānia i nā lāʻau peppermint e noho mālie ai nā keiki i ka wā o ka hana Living Crèche.Ua noi ʻo ia i kahi mea hana lole o ka ʻāina e hana i nā lāʻau a lilo i mau lou e like me ke kīwī a ke kahu hipa, kahi kuhikuhi iā Iesu ʻo ke "kāhuna hipa maikaʻi" nāna e mālama i kāna ʻohana.ʻO ka mea mua i manaʻo ʻia ma ke kau ʻana i nā lāʻau candy ma luna o ka lāʻau, ʻo ia ʻo August Imgard, he haole Kelemania-Swedish ma Wooster, Ohio, nāna i hoʻonani i kahi kumu lāʻau spruce uliuli me nā koʻokoʻo a me nā mea hoʻonani pepa i ka makahiki 1847 a hōʻike ʻia ia mea ma kahi kahua kaʻapuni i hele ai nā kānaka no nā mile. e ʻike.Ma mua wale nō i loaʻa i ke keʻokeʻo, ua hoʻohui ʻia nā kaha ʻulaʻula maʻamau o ka candy cane ma kahi o 1900 e like me ka National Confectioners Association, e ʻōlelo pū ana he 58% o ka poʻe makemake e ʻai i ka ʻaoʻao pololei, 30% ka hopena curved, a me 12% haki i ka. ohe i apana.

5、Mistletoe

ʻO ke kuʻuna o ka honi ʻana ma lalo o ka mistletoe mai nā kaukani makahiki.Hoʻomaka ka pilina o ka mea kanu me ke aloha me nā Celtic Druids i ʻike i ka mistletoe he hōʻailona o ka momona.Manaʻo kekahi poʻe ʻo ka poʻe Helene kahiko ka poʻe kahiko i pucker i lalo i ka wā o ka ʻahaʻaina o Kronia, aʻo kekahi poʻe e kuhikuhi ana i kahi moʻolelo ʻo Nordic kahi i hauʻoli nui ai ke akua wahine aloha, ʻo Frigga, ma hope o ka hoʻōla ʻana i kāna keiki ma lalo o kahi kumu lāʻau me ka mistletoe ua haʻi ʻo ia i kekahi. ʻo ka mea e kū ana i lalo e honi.ʻAʻohe mea maopopo i ke ʻano o ka hele ʻana o ka mistletoe i loko o ka hoʻolauleʻa Kalikimaka, akā na ka Victorian Era ua hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o nā "pōlele honi," ua kau ʻia nā mea hoʻonani hoʻomaha mai nā kaupaku a ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi i ka poʻe i loaʻa ka smooch ma lalo o lākou.

6、Nā Kalena hiki mai

ʻO ka mea hoʻopuka German ʻo Gerhard Lang i manaʻo pinepine ʻia ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka kalena hoʻi i paʻi ʻia i ka makahiki 1900, i hoʻoulu ʻia e kahi pahu o 24 mau mea ʻono i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia e kona makuahine i kona wā kamaliʻi (ua ʻae ʻia ʻo Gerhard liʻiliʻi e ʻai i hoʻokahi lā a hiki i ka lā. Kalikimaka).Ua kaulana nā kalena pepa kālepa i ka makahiki 1920 a ua ukali koke ʻia e nā mana me nā kokoleka.I kēia mau lā, aia kahi kalena hoʻomaka no nā mea āpau (a me nā ʻīlio!)

7、Nā kūkini

He kuʻuna ke kau ʻana i nā kāmeʻa mai ka makahiki 1800 (Ua ʻōlelo kaulana ʻo Clement Clarke Moore iā lākou ma kāna mele 1823 A Visit from St. Nicholas with the line "The stockings were hung by the chimney with care") ʻoiai ʻaʻohe mea maopopo loa pehea ia i hoʻomaka ai. .Wahi a kekahi moʻolelo kaulana, aia kekahi kāne me ʻekolu mau kaikamahine āna i hopohopo ai no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kāne kūpono no ka mea ʻaʻohe ona kālā no kā lākou uku.I ka lohe ʻana e pili ana i ka ʻohana, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo St. Nicholas i ke kapuahi a hoʻopiha i nā kāmeʻa o nā kaikamahine, i kau ʻia e ke ahi e maloʻo, me nā ʻāpana gula.

8、Kuki Kalikimaka

I kēia mau lā, hele mai nā kuki Kalikimaka i nā ʻano ʻono a me nā ʻano like ʻole, akā no Medieval Europe ko lākou kumu i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai nā mea ʻai e like me ka nutmeg, ke kinamona, ka ʻala, a me nā hua maloʻo i loko o nā meaʻai no nā kuki kūikawā i kālua ʻia i ka wā Kalikimaka.ʻOiai ua hoʻomaka mua nā kuki Kalikimaka i ka US i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 18, ʻaʻole i puka mai ka kuki Kalikimaka hou a hiki i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 19 i ka wā i hoʻololi ʻia ai nā kānāwai lawe mai i ʻae ʻia nā mea kīhini maʻalahi e like me nā ʻoki kuki e hōʻea mai ʻEulopa. iā William Woys Weaver, ka mea kākau o The Christmas Cook: Three Centuries of American Yuletide Sweets.Hōʻike pinepine ʻia kēia mau mea ʻoki i nā ʻano nani a me nā ʻano like ʻole, e like me nā kumulāʻau Kalikimaka a me nā hōkū, a i ka hoʻomaka ʻana e paʻi ʻia nā meaʻai hou e hele pū me lākou, ua hānau ʻia ke kuʻuna hou o ka kuke ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana.

9、Poinsettia

ʻO nā lau ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula o ka mea kanu poinsettia e hoʻomālamalama i kēlā me kēia lumi i ka wā hoʻomaha.Akā, pehea i hoʻomaka ai ka hui ʻana me ka Kalikimaka?He nui ka poʻe e kuhikuhi ana i kahi moʻolelo mai ka moʻolelo ʻo Mekiko, e pili ana i kahi kaikamahine i makemake e lawe i kahi makana i kāna halepule i ka lā Kalikimaka akā ʻaʻohe ona kālā.Ua ʻike ʻia kahi ʻānela a ʻōlelo i ke keiki e ʻohi i ka mauʻu ma kapa alanui.Ua hana ʻo ia, a i kona hōʻike ʻana iā lākou, ua pua lākou i loko o nā pua ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula, ʻano hōkū.

10、Boozy Eggnog

Loaʻa nā aʻa ʻo Eggnog i loko o ka posset, kahi wai inu waiu kahiko i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ka sherry a i ʻole ka brandy.No ka poʻe e noho ana ma ʻAmelika, he pipiʻi a paʻakikī hoʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o nā meaʻai, no laila ua hana lākou i kā lākou ʻano maʻalahi me ka lama homemade, i kapa ʻia ʻo "grog."Ua kapa ka poʻe Bartenders i ka inu ʻaila ʻo "egg-and-grog," i lilo ai i "eggnog" ma muli o nā kīʻaha lāʻau "noggin" i hoʻohana ʻia ai.

11、Kukui Kalikimaka

Loaʻa iā Thomas Edison ka hōʻaiʻē no ka haku ʻana i ka ʻōpuʻu kukui, akā ʻo kāna hoa aloha ʻo Edward Johnson ka mea i manaʻo e kau i nā kukui ma ka lāʻau Kalikimaka.I ka makahiki 1882, ua hoʻopili ʻo ia i nā ʻōpuʻu o nā kala like ʻole a hoʻopaʻa ʻia a puni kāna kumulāʻau, a ua hōʻike ʻo ia ma ka puka makani o kona hale kaona o New York City (a hiki i kēlā manawa, ʻo nā kukui i hoʻohui i ka mālamalama i nā lālā lāʻau).Ua hoʻomaka ʻo GE e hāʻawi i nā pahu kukui Kalikimaka i hui mua ʻia i ka makahiki 1903 a ua lilo lākou i mea nui i nā ʻohana a puni ka ʻāina i ka makahiki 1920 i ka wā i kū mai ai ka mea nona ka hui kukui ʻo Albert Sadacca me ka manaʻo e kūʻai aku i nā kaula kukui kala i nā hale kūʻai.

12、Nā lā Kalikimaka

Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke hīmeni i kēia mele kaulana i nā lā e hiki mai ana i ka Kalikimaka, akā ʻo nā lā Kalikiano he 12 o ka Kalikimaka i hana maoli ʻia ma waena o ka hānau ʻana o Kristo ma Dekemaba 25 a me ka hōʻea ʻana o ka poʻe Magi i Ianuali 6. No ka mele, ʻo ia ka mea i ʻike mua ʻia. Ua ʻike ʻia ka mana ma ka puke a nā keiki i kapa ʻia ʻo Mirth With-out Mischief i ka makahiki 1780. He ʻokoʻa ka nui o nā mele (no ka laʻana, ʻo ka partridge i ka lāʻau pea he "peʻa nani loa").Ua kākau ʻo Frederic Austin, he haku mele Pelekāne, i ka mana kaulana i kēia mau lā i ka makahiki 1909 (hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaikaʻi iā ia no ka hoʻohui ʻana i ke kumu ʻelua o "ʻelima apo gula!").ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo leʻaleʻa: ua helu ka PNC Christmas Price Index i ke kumukūʻai o nā mea a pau i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ke mele no nā makahiki he 36 i hala (ʻo $38,993.59 ke kumukūʻai 2019!)

13、Kuki a me ka waiu no Santa

E like me nā moʻomeheu Kalikimaka he nui, hoʻi kēia i ka medieval Germany i ka wā i haʻalele ai nā keiki i ka meaʻai e hoʻāʻo ai i ke akua Norse ʻo Odin, ka mea i hele a puni ma luna o ka lio ʻewalu wāwae i kapa ʻia ʻo Sleipner, e waiho i nā makana iā lākou i ka wā Yule Season.I ka US, ua hoʻomaka ka moʻomeheu o ka waiū a me nā kuki no Santa i ka wā o ka Depression Nui, ʻoiai ʻo nā manawa paʻakikī, makemake nā mākua e aʻo i kā lākou mau keiki e hōʻike i ka mahalo a hāʻawi i ka mahalo no nā pōmaikaʻi a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea makana e loaʻa iā lākou.

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