<P> This festival was introduced to Hawaii with the arrival of Protestant missionaries, and is believed to have started after 1820 . Most of the traditions they currently celebrate come from the missionaries . Before the Hawaiians celebrated the Christmas people know today, they had a festival named Makahiki which lasted around four months and in which all wars were forbidden . The season still had the essence of "peace and goodwill to all men", which is another thing people tend to associate with Christmas . </P> <P> The first recorded Christmas in Hawaii was in 1786, when the captain of merchant ship the Queen Charlotte, George Dixon, was docked on the Hawaiian island of Kauai . Dixon and his crew celebrated a large Christmas dinner that included a whole roast pig . </P> <P> King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma of Hawaii officially celebrated Christmas in 1856 as a day of Thanksgiving . On Christmas Eve of 1858 Mary Dominis threw a party at Washington Place featuring the first instance of a Christmas tree and Santa Claus in Hawaii . King Kamehameha IV declared it an official holiday in 1862 . </P> <P> The annual Honolulu City Lights ceremony features a 50 - foot Norfolk pine Christmas tree decorated with bright lights and elaborate decorations . There is also live entertainment . </P>

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