Christmas in Hawaii in the islands celebrate the Christmas traditions of Hawaii in their own unique ways, which may be religious or plainly secular. Even Santa Claus (Hawaiian: Kanakaloka) himself is not wearing his corporate red and white suit, but has swapped it for flowery Hawaiian clothes. Christmas wreaths are made from the poinsettia plant. The phrase "Mele Kalikimaka" can be translated from Hawaiian to mean "Merry Christmas". It is also a Hawaiian themed Christmas song composed by Robert Alex Anderson in 1949. The phrase is borrowed directly from English, but, since Hawaiian has a different phonological system (in particular, Hawaiian does not
Christmas tree production in Mexico of the species Mexican White Pine ("Pinus Ayacahuite"), Mexican Pinyon ("Pinus Cembroides"), and Sacred Fir (Oyamel - "Abies Religiosa"). In 2011 the USDA included a more exhaustive list in a report of Mexican tree farming that included: Mexican White Pine ("Pinus ayacahuite"), Douglas Fir, Mexican Pinyon, Sacred Fir, and the Aleppo Pine ("Pinus halepensis"). Christmas in Mexico Christmas tree production in Mexico Until the 1990s most Christmas tree production in Mexico was limited to what could be taken from natural forests. Beginning in the 1990s trees were grown on plantations and in nurseries. By 2008 Mexico produced 800,000 Christmas trees