WHAT HAPPENED IN 1862 THAT IMPACTED CHRISTMAS ON MAUI THIS YEAR.
LAHAINA, Dec. 26-IN THE 12TH PHOTOS OF CHRISTMAS SERIES, we see the Christmas service of Holy Innocents Church featuring song, hula, readings and more. A crowd of more than 250 attended at the first at the charming Episcopal Church on Front St.. SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE POSTS. Voices of Maui Talk Story, LLC Publishing.
THE 12 GREAT PHOTO POSTS OF CHRISTMAS ON MAUI
LAHAINA, DEC. 25–A Sampling of how we celebrated Christmas beyond the pulpit and on the beach. No partridge in a pear tree, just provocative photos of what we did where coming Saturday.
CHRISTMAS POST.PREACHING THE GOOD WORD LAST NIGHT ON KA’ANAPALI
KA’ANAPALi, Christmas Eve, 9:30 pm__Crowd attends service at Kaanapali Beach Hotel.
MELE KALIKEMAKA: FIRST OF FIVE CHRISTMAS POSTS
Lahaina, Dec. 24–Santa to Arrive tonight for this little girl. He visited Sunday to make sure all was in residence for his trip and last stop around the globe. He will vacation here on his favorite islands after resting Christmas Day. MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM VOICES OF MAUI TALK STORY, LLC
VISITORS ARE BACK. WHAT WERE THEY LOOKING AT THEY COULD SEE AT HOME?
Kaanapali, Dec. 21–Not President Obama who landed in Hawaii Saturday. Not Donald Trump. Not Bill Maher…..
but a jolly old fellow in a red suit. FROM VOICES OF MAUI TALK STORY PUBLISHING
BREAKING NEWS: SANTA LANDS ON KAANAPALI, LOSES CANOE FULL OF TOYS
KA’ANAPALI BEACH MAUI HAWAII, Dec. 21–Santa Claus landed on Kaanapali Beach late this afternoon in a special sleigh outfitted for HAWAII (a canoe) but a heavy surf found toys tumbling into the sea. (continued below). 
Just joking. Santa went to Hula Grill on a dry run, so t speak, on the way to a secret workshop on Haleakala Crater where he assembles toys for Hawaii. His assistants are overfeeding the dolphins who will pull his sleigh over the pali (cliffs) through the warm Maui night so they will have plenty of energy to swoop from the volcano across to West Maui where hundreds of Mainland kids await and locals. Watch for big report tomorrow in this space. By the way, Maui is his favorite worldwide stop. Since it is at the end of his journey, he discards the red suit for a red trunks so he can enjoy the beach for a few days. Kids are urged not to bother him because he will be on vacation.
HALF GLASS FULL
Lahaina, Nov. 29–to celebrate this blog’s 350 post of creative photography here’s another provocative photo: “Glass Half Full” Voices of Maui, Publisher
A glass half full showcases a visitor to Lelani’s on the Beach, Kaanapali, Maui
TWO MESSAGES FROM MAUI OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
KAANAPALI BEACH, MAY 15. MESSAGE ONE: FEAR THE FORK, a t shirt warning about lifting your fork too often to grow fat and shorten your life, as seen on the Ka’anapali Beach path.
MESSAGE TWO: FEAR CONGRESS whose conservative members fail to fund Amtrak properly because they do not like “big government. ” In case conservatives have not noticed, big government gives Amtrak the funds to install a system that cuts train power automatically when speeding. A national safety board official said this week’s train crash would not have occurred had this system been in place. Amtrak has a been trying to add this protection system wide for many years but has not gotten the funds to complete it. It does not matter what improper actions the engineer took. The automatic system would have slowed the train.
Big government by the way also rebuilds infrastructure (including bridges that are disintegrating through lack of funding), protects our food supply when agencies have enough money do to so and keeps this country great.
Wake up Congress. Support our infrastructure and if your only decision maker is does a law help business, remember that business only thrives if it can has infrastructure to deliver its goods.
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10,000 VIEWS SPECTACULAR: Best Unpublished photos of the year.
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