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
Club Blooming the 1999 Apertura with seven points ahead of the second. Later, they faced the Clausura winners to determine the champions of 1999. Remarkably, Blooming dominated the series over The Strongest by a similar scores of 3–2 on both games, and retained the trophy for another year. As an important fact, Blooming is the first team from Santa Cruz to win the title in consecutive seasons. In 2001, Blooming began renovating its squad since some of the talented players that took part in the back-to-back championship run left the institution. Nevertheless, this situation was compensated with the arrival of other young