A couple of days after Thanksgiving we got all of our Christmas stuff out. I think we might be the only people on our street that have it up...strange. One of the things we've noticed here in Hawaii is how "into" Christmas they are. We love it. Every city has a Christmas parade, or something going on. The craft fairs start in Nov. and continue for a couple more weeks. All the military bases have up decorations, the shops are decorated (even the smallest ones), a radio station started with the Christmas music the day after Thanksgiving, the City & County of Honolulu has their big "Honolulu City Lights" celebration where all of downtown Honolulu is decorated with lights and the list goes on...
My Santa collection, only a very, very, very small part of them. I took some to CA to decorate the MH there. These all part of the Tropical looking ones. Except for the one in the very, very middle, he's my most cherished one because he's the only thing I have from my childhood. I have very early memories of him.
I found our tree the very first year we lived here. It's tall and s-k-i-n-n-y, perfect for our little house. Some people here buy real trees, but since we're gone for part of the holidays, it just doesn't make any sense to have a real tree that would dry out and then we'd be worried about it while we were gone. So this tree is just right!
My Santa collection, only a very, very, very small part of them. I took some to CA to decorate the MH there. These all part of the Tropical looking ones. Except for the one in the very, very middle, he's my most cherished one because he's the only thing I have from my childhood. I have very early memories of him. 
I found our tree the very first year we lived here. It's tall and s-k-i-n-n-y, perfect for our little house. Some people here buy real trees, but since we're gone for part of the holidays, it just doesn't make any sense to have a real tree that would dry out and then we'd be worried about it while we were gone. So this tree is just right!...on a bright Hawaiian Christmas day!
(fyi~ there doesn't seem to be any of the mainland controversey over "holiday" or "Christmas" here...it's all Christmas. Must be a mainland thing.)
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Looks good, wish we were there to see it
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