Christmas Lu'au

'Twas the night before Christmas

And all through the hale

Was singing and dancing and ho'omalimali

Papa in his malo and me in mu'umu'u

Greeting 'aikane, pehea, mahalo

Sister gathered flowers for a lei

Brother watched the imu all of the day

Soon the music boys began to play

Mele old and new of Hawai'i nei

The tables were loaded with plenty of kaukau

'Opihi and salmon and steaming hot laulau

We ate and talked stories until we were all pau

It was really maika'i at our Christmas lu'au