ʻO ka wāʻo St. Nicholas kekahi mea i aloha nuiʻia a lōʻihi hoʻi, e like me ka hānauʻana o Kristo. Hoʻokipa ka Orthodox i ka lā 19 o Dekemaba, a me nā Katolika i ka lā 6 o Dekemaba. Ke kapa nei nō hoʻi mākou i kēia lā ka lā o Nicholas ka mea hewa. Ua hopohopoʻia kēia lā i Rusia. ʻO Saint Nicholas ka mea hoʻomalu o nā keiki, no laila, ua alohaʻia a hoʻomahaʻia e kēia mau keiki i ka hoʻomaha. I Rusia,ʻo St. Nicholas ka pahuhopu o Santa Claus. No Rūsia,ʻaʻole i maʻalahi kēia lā hoʻomaha no ka hakakāʻana me ka halepule i nā lā o ka Soviet Union.
ʻO ka mea maʻamau, nā makana i ka lā o St. Nicholas, hāʻawiʻia kekahiʻano o keʻano o keʻano - nā leʻaleʻa, nā mea hoʻomanaʻo, ua kauʻia e ka pobashmachki. Ma ke Komohana a me ka Europa, hoʻolauna nā keiki i nā makana kūikawā no nā makana. ʻO ka manawaʻo St. Nicholas ka hoʻolahaʻana i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka hoʻomākaukauʻana no nā lā Hōkū Hou ma o ka hoʻolauleʻaʻana, no laila, he mea likeʻole keʻano i kēia lā i nā mea a pau, piha i nā meaʻoluʻolu. I kēia lā ua hoʻopihaʻia i nā mea kilokilo, e like me nā kamaliʻi, akā, no nā mākua e hoʻomanaʻo i ko lākou wā'ōpiopio a hoʻomaka e hoʻokau i ka manaʻoʻiʻo i nā mea kupaianaha. ʻO St. Nicholas Day kahi hale hoʻomaha maikaʻiʻohana, kahi wale nō e pono aiʻoe eʻoluʻolu i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi a me nā mea aloha iāʻoe. He aha keʻano o kou paniʻana i nā kānaka e kokoke mai ana iāʻoe, aʻo nā keiki nui e kali nei no kēia lā?
Gift no kahi keiki
I hoʻokahi pule ma mua o ka lā St. Nicholas, e loaʻa i kēlā me kēia keiki kao kahi makana a loaʻa iā ia i ke kakahiaka i lalo o kahi uluna, i ka kāmaʻa, i kēia manaolana, akā i ka manawa hoʻokahi, he mea e pilihia ai ka moe o ke keiki kao, me kona mau makahiki.
No laila, he makana no kahi keikikāne i kēia lā e hiki ai, he laʻana, he hua baleka me kahi mea'ūni i loko, i kēia manawa he koho nui loa o nā leʻaleʻa like. ʻAʻole pono e hāʻawiʻia nā makana nui a nui no nā keikikāne, no ka mea ma mua o ka makahiki hou, e haʻalele i ka pēpē i ka hopena o ka manaʻo nui o ka makana nui. I kēia lā he mea nui e hāʻawi, kekahi mea e hōʻike ana i ka mālama, ka lokomaikaʻi a me ke aloha i ka poʻe i alohaʻia. Hiki iāʻoe ke hāʻawi i kāu keiki punahele i kahi'āpala a me ke kiʻi o nā manu a me nā holoholona, maikaʻi ke kokolekaleka - he makana maikaʻi, hoʻolaha nā hale kūʻai i ka nui o nā hua baleka no kēlā me kēia meaʻai a me nā hōʻailona likeʻole.
Hiki i ke kaikamahine ke hāʻawi i kahi mea nani nani me kahi pōhaku makamae a maʻalahi paha, nā mea liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi eʻaʻa i ke kāleka a me ka pīpī hou, a kau hou i ka hōʻailona kūpono i zhemozhno. Hāʻawiʻia kēia makana me ia no ka manawa lōʻihi, a he mea hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi ia no kaʻahaʻaina o St. Nicholas. ʻAʻole pono kahi lole hou e hāʻawi ai i kēia lā, no ka mea,ʻaʻole e nānā nui ana nā keiki i kēia makana, akā e lawe wale no ia no ka ponoʻole. I kēia manawa no ka lā o Saint Nicholas, he mea nui ka hōʻailona a me ka mea e kahaha ai. Hiki i nā'ōleʻa ke hele i ke kaikamahine o ka maʻi, no ka mea, maopopoʻoe i nā makemake punahele o kāu pēpē. E ho'āʻo e hoʻohui i nā keiki me ka kukeʻana i nā kīʻaha maikaʻi, kahi i hanaʻia i ke Komohana a me Europa i kēia lā. He kekeʻaʻono kēia ma keʻano o nā manu a me nā holoholona. Nā keiki e like me ke kui, a hoʻomohana maikaʻi loa iā lākou iho. Hiki i nā 'ōpio ke hōʻike' ia me nāʻoluʻolu a me nā meaʻoluʻolu a me nā mea e pono ai, e like paha me nā lako kula no ke kula, he puke. ʻO nā keiki'ōpio,ʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻike lākou ua hāʻawi ka momona a me ka makua i kā lākou mau makana i ke ahiahi. No laila, hiki iāʻoe ke noi aku i nā keiki'ōpio e noʻonoʻo a hāʻawi i nā makana no ka'ōpiopio loa, e kali ana i nā makana maikaʻi loa mai St. Nicholas. Hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā mea hana i hanaʻia e nā lima pono'ī, nā palapala kāleka, a me nā puke liʻiliʻi paha. E manaʻoʻiʻo mai iaʻu, hiki i ka noʻonoʻo o nā keiki ke hoʻoweliweli i nā mākua. ʻO kahi mea maikaʻi loa no nā keiki o ke kula kiʻekiʻe o ka makahikiʻelua paha he mea heluhelu a he papa pāʻani paha e ulu ana. ʻO nā keiki e makemake nei e hoʻolālā i ka manawa me kahi kamepiula, e mahalo lākou i ka makana i loko o keʻano o kaʻiole hou a iʻole ka papa kiole maikaʻi. Hoʻopili i kāu mau keiki,ʻoiaiʻo ia heʻuʻuku a manaʻo i nā hana kupanaha, he wā pōkole kēia, e hauʻoli.
Nā makana no ka hapalua
Ināʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka lā o St. Nicholas wale nō, e hāʻawi aku kekahi i kekahi i ke ahiahiʻeleʻele. E hoʻonani i ka hale me nā hiʻohiʻona nani, hoʻomākaukau i kahiʻaina maikaʻi me kāu kāmelo maikaʻi. Hiki iāʻoe ke hana i kēia me ka loli o ka hana like. Hiki i nā makana keʻokoʻa no ka ho'āʻoʻana a me nā makemake o kāu mea i aloha ai a i alohaʻia paha, e like me kekahi mea momona me ke aloha, kahi koho o ko lākou nani no kēia lā, nā mea o ka mea hoʻonā (kahi pahu, kahi ipukukui, kahi kiʻi me kahi kiʻi). Hiki ke hāʻawiʻia kahi kanaka e hāʻawi iāʻoe i kahi mea kuʻi me kahi kiʻi ma kaʻaoʻao mua, hiki iā ia ke lawe i kāna kaʻa a waiho i loko o kou lumi moe, akā, e lilo ana kēia makana i mea hoʻomanaʻo no kēia lā. Hana i nā makana i kēlā me kēia me kou lima pono'ī - he hoʻopā wale a hoʻopāʻana. E kiʻi i kahi leka liʻiliʻi nui, eʻoki i ka inoa o ka mea aloha. Mai hāʻawi aku i nā makana kālepa hoa, e like me ka meaʻala a me ke kaula, waihoʻia no nā lā hānau a me ka makahiki hou.
ʻO nā mea nui o kēia manawa, he haʻalulu, manaʻoʻiʻo i nā hana kupanaha, no ka mea,ʻo ka poʻe kūpuna ma ka mokupuniʻo Saint Nicholas e makemakeʻole lākou e like me nā keiki. E hāʻawi i kāu mea aloha i ka mahana, mālama, a me ke aloha i nā manawa a pau, aʻo kaʻahaʻaina o St. Nicholas he kumu kūpono loa ia no kēia!