The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-12-28
CHRISTMAS OO|NGS
OVER The ISLAND

The Lihue Community Christmas
most successful held here in recent
years. The childrens cantata "Old
Kriss Kringle" which was the main
feature of the program, was wonder
fully we'll rendered, and was greatly
enjoyed by the large and cosmopolitan
audience.
The large Christmas tree was very
beautiful with it's, decorations and
numbers of colored electric lights
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A local benefactress, always most
generous at Christmas time, distribu-
ted this year, among other things, no
less than 32 Christmas trees. She
has Christmas tree orchard where
she raises them for this express pur.
pose
When the current failed last Friday
and the skies were darkened by the
devastating storms. the Lihue store
met the emergency with a candle i'll
animation that was very effective,
and quite in keeping with the occas.
ion. The whole store was aglow
with the mellow light of twinkling
candles.
A graceful Christmas innovation
was that of a leading citizen who with
his wife stood at his gateway on the
public thoroughfare and distributed
oranges, apples and candy to all
the passers-by.
A band of errant lady minstrels,
fair damsels from the Near East of
Hanamaulu made a tour of the main
street of Lihue Christmas morning
singing Christmas carols. Starting
at half-past five the gray dawn over
took them before they had finished
their circuit and they were constrain-
ed to cut it short, for like the Meme
hume they work only under cover of
darkness.
The Lihue Hawaiian Sunday school
had their Christmas celebration at
the Church Thursday evening, and
had big turnout in spite of the hor-
rible weather. The exercises were
of the usual character for such an
occasion.
The distribution Of good things as
well as more substantial gifts was
generous and most welcome
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The Lihue Japanese Church and
Sunday Schools had very interesting
and successful Christmas Day servi-
ces Sunday morning Various suit
able recitations, songs, dialogues,
tableaux and short addresses were
given. The most taking were the
contributions by the little folks who
were unusually sweet and artless The
services ended with a generous dis
tribution of Christmas good things.
The church was crowded to overflow
ing and the children behaved remark
ably well. The whole affair reflected
great credit on those who carried it
through.
Kcalia had a wonderful community
Christmas tree Friday evening in the
mill. There was a fine large tree
beautifully decorated and lighted;
there was a genial Santa Claus who
needed no padding to give him the
figure there was fine music by the
Filipino orchestra, and last but not
least, there were Christmas good
things in profusion, including ice
cream, which you don't always get at
such affairs. And il was for every
body,--a real democratic occasion.
The Christmas occasion was a very
happy one for the Mahelona inmates.
They had their Christmas tree Friday
evening in spite of the storm and were
delighted with the simple good things
it brought The promised lady carol
singers were prevented from coming
because of the stormy weather.
Christmas day kind friends dropped in
bringing kindly remembrances, and
then they had very fine Christmas
dinner.
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