'Twas the night before Christmas And all through the hale Was singing and dancing and ho'omalimali Papa in his malo and me in mu'umu'u Greeting 'aikane, pehea, mahalo Sister gathered flowers for a lei Brother watched the imu all of the day Soon the music boys began to play Mele old and new of Hawai'i nei The tables were loaded with plenty of kaukau 'Opihi and salmon and steaming hot laulau We ate and talked stories until we were all pau It was really maika'i at our Christmas lu'au