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Mele Kalikimaka not actual hawaiian word, phonetically translated edit
The words Mele Kalikimaka have nothing to do with the hawaiian language. The Hawaiian alphabet page describes how english letters were roughly translated into hawaiian words, and it is apparent to me that "Merry" gets turned phonetically into "Mele" (Me(rry->le)) and "Christmas" gets turned into "Kalikimaka" ((ch->ka)(ri->li)(st->ki)ma(s->ka)). they were never a part of the hawaiian dictionary until the missionaries settled there. so I think it's inaccurate to say that mele kalikimaka can be "translated" into merry christmas. Although, I suppose it was "adopted" into the language, but I don't know what the rules are for deciding what "counts" or not 132.160.81.215 (talk) 00:39, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
Missionaries edit
The claim that the missionaries started Christmas need to be rewritten. The early missionary most likely did not celebrate Christmas in much the same way the US did not celebrate it at the time because of the Puritan roots of the New Englanders. They may have celebrate something later on on that day but nothing resembling modern Christmas until the 1850s. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 09:22, 22 December 2016 (UTC)