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
Blooming Prairie Township, Steele County, Minnesota Blooming Prairie Township, Steele County, Minnesota Blooming Prairie Township is a township in Steele County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 519 at the 2000 census. Blooming Prairie Township was originally called Oak Glen Township, and under the latter name was organized in 1867. The name was changed to Blooming Prairie in 1873. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of ; of it is land and of it (1.49%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 519 people, 177 households, and 138 families residing in the township. The population density