ʻO ke kiʻiʻana aku i kahi lāʻau Kalikimaka mai kahi wahi kaʻawale mai i kapaʻia he "tradition tradition." Akā, e hele ana i ka mahiʻai, hoʻomahaʻana i ka hau anuanu, eʻimi ana i ka lāʻau kūpono i ka wā e hele ai i loko o nā wahi nani, eʻoki iho iāʻoe iho (ʻike pono e haʻalele i nā lālāʻelua i laila e ulu ai ka lāʻau hou i kona wahi) a laila e hoʻi i kahi lumi hoʻonani e inu ai i kahi apple cider a kiʻi aku i kahi nani nani, i kēia manawa he moʻomeheu nani Kalikimaka.
He laʻa maikaʻiʻo Sonoma County i ka loaʻaʻana o nā lālā mele Kalikimaka maikaʻi e koho mai.
Kālāʻo Garlock Tree (Sebastopol)
Hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻokuʻu i kahiʻohana e hele aku mai ka kipaʻana i kēia mahi mahiʻai lāʻau Kukuli. Ma nā hopena pule, hāʻawi lākou i nā kaʻa holo lio kaʻaʻole i ka poʻe kūʻai aku a pau. Aia kekahi hale hoʻokipa no nā keiki, a hiki iā lākou ke hānai i nā holoholona mahiʻai. A aia kekahi hale kūʻai ma kahi papaʻa me nā mea nani a me nā makana. Ma luna o nā mea a pau, aia ka mahiʻai ma 10 mauʻeka o kekahi o nā'āina hanohano loa ma Sebastopol me nā manaʻo kupaianaha. A hiki iāʻoe ke lawe ia mea a pau mai nā wahi pīkino e nānā nei. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe e lawe mai i kāu pono'ī, hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa nā popcorn, nā'īlio mahana, nā hua a me nā mea'ē aʻe mai ka haleʻai. A mai hoʻopoina i ka mea nui eʻimi ai: e holoholo i loko o ka mahiʻai eʻimi i kēlā lāʻau Kalikiano maikaʻi loa.
Koloa Hui Pūʻaliʻo Frosty (Sebastopol)
Aiaʻo Frosty Mountain i laweʻia e Bill Garlock a me konaʻohana.
ʻO Bill ka keiki a ke kāne a me ka wahine i hoʻomaka iā Garlock Tree Farm (ʻike ma luna aʻe nei). No laila,ʻo kaʻohana lōʻihi e kau mau ana ma nā'āinaʻelua, aʻo nā'āinaʻelua e like me ka vibe e like me kaʻohana. Nui nā mea no nā kamaliʻi e hana ai i kēia mahiʻai. Aia kekahi mau holoholona holoholona a me kahi wahi pīkino a me kahi mea kūʻai a me nā kīʻaha'ōpiopio hou.
Akā, ma kahi o ka holo lio kahiko i kauʻia ma Garlock, aia ka Mountain Frosty i nā mea e hoʻoulu ai i kahi mea kālai waʻa hou.
Mele Kalikimakaʻo Kalikimaka (Sebastopol)
ʻO kēia kahi pāʻani nui o nā lāʻau Kalikimaka. Akā,ʻo ka mea maoli e pili ana iā ia, hiki iāʻoe ke noi i kekahi o kā lākou mau kukui a me ke koʻi, a hele i waho i ka pō eʻimi aʻokiʻoki i kāu kumu Kalikimaka. A i ka wā e hoʻopauʻia ai, hiki iāʻoe ke noho i lalo i ko lākou "hale hoʻolālā" a me ka'ōhiu huluhulu'ōpiopio. ʻO kaʻike a pau eʻike aiʻoe e komo wale anaʻoe i loko o kekahi hale liʻiliʻi ma Prairie.
Ka Mele Kalikimakaʻo Little Hills (Petaluma)
E lawe mai i kāu kamera a lawe i ke kiʻi me Santa ma nā hopena pule. ʻO kēia māla e paʻaʻia ana e nā poʻe like e like me ka Liberty Christmas Tree Farm.
Moon Mele Kalikimaka (Sonoma Valley)
He nani kēia o nā waiwai, i nā mauna ma luna o ke awāwa o Sonoma , me nā manaʻo maikaʻi. ʻO ka heleʻana he 2 mile ma ka alanui Moon Mountain ma keʻano maikaʻi, akā he makani, no lailaʻaʻole paha kēia iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa no nā poʻe e loaʻa koke ana ke kaʻa kaʻa. Eia kekahi, i ka wā e ala anaʻoe i laila,ʻaʻole nui ka hana e hana ai ma waho o ka loaʻaʻana o kāu kumu lāʻau, lawe i nā manaʻo, eʻoluʻolu i nā meaʻai maikaʻi a me ka makani ma lalo o kahi.
ʻAʻohe, nā hale kūʻai, nā holoholona mahi holoholona, a pēlā aku.ʻAʻole ia he meaʻino.
Nā MālaʻEleʻeleʻo Mauna Eagle (Santa Rosa / Sonoma Valley)
Aiaʻo North Eagle ma ka hikinaʻo Santa Rosa ma Hwy. 12, e iho wale i ke ala mai kahi o nā wiliwai o Sonoma. ʻO kēia kahi'oheu ipuwai a me ke kekona a me kahi kula hānai. Akā, i loko o ka hola hoʻomaha, hoʻololiʻia ka waiwai i "Christmas Tree Forest." Inā nohoʻoe ma waho o ka wahi a makemake i ke ola o Sonoma County, hiki iāʻoe ke hele i kēia alahele a hana i ka " "A me ka" mea hana "a me ka" winery mea "a pau i ka hāʻule hoʻokahi. E kū ma ka Caffe Citti kokoke, ma ke alanui. 12, a poʻo poʻo paha ma ka hema i ka Glen Ellen Inn a hiki iāʻoe ke hana i ka "meaʻaiʻai".