ʻO ka Noʻonoʻo Kalikimakaʻo kahi hoʻomana no nā makahiki āpau ma ka moku Seattle mai ka makahiki 1949 - a he ala kūikawā no ka hoʻokipaʻana i ka lā Kalikimaka. I kēlā makahiki kēia makahiki, hoʻopukaʻo Argosy Cruises i kāna moku Kalikimaka a hoʻokuʻu iā ia mai nā awa a puni Puget Sound e lawe mai i ka hauʻoli Kalikimaka i nā mea a pau. He mea leʻaleʻa no nāʻohana, nā pilina, nā hui aloha a me nā mea'ē aʻe e hauʻoli i ka holoholo pō e piha i ka hauʻoli hauʻoli.
E hoʻomaka ana ka mokuʻo Mele Kalikimaka i kāna huakaʻi ma kona awa e haʻalele ai i ka pō, a laila e hele pinepine i kahi hola e holo ai i kahi lua kūlana kahi e lele aiʻo ia e like me ke mele ma ka papa e hōʻike ai no ka poʻe ma ka moku a me ka Parade Boat, ma hope o nā moku , a me kahi poʻe e kali ana ma uka e hoʻokipa i ka flotilla. Heʻokoʻa nā hui ma luna o kēlā me kēia pō a me nā papa mele o nā keiki i nā hui kaiaulu. ʻOiai aia he mauʻano o keʻano likeʻole e komo i kaʻuhane hoʻomaha,ʻaʻohe mea like me kēiaʻahaʻaina.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea momona e pili ana i ka Christmas Ship Festival ka mea hiki iāʻoe ke komo i nāʻano likeʻole. Kū i ka moku a kali i nā moku e hiki mai a hoʻolohe i ka mele no ka free! He nui nā mea'ē aʻe ma kahi e kali ai iāʻoe. Ma Argosy, hiki iāʻoe ke kākau puke ma ka moku Kalikimaka a ma ka Parade Boat. A iʻole hiki iāʻoe ke lawe i kāu moku pono'ī; e hoʻokuʻu iā ia i loko o nā kukui a hoʻohui i ka papa! Hiki ke leʻaleʻa ka lewa i kahi e koho aiʻoe e hele.
ʻO ka wahi maikaʻi loa i ka wā o ka Christmas Ship Festival he pono ia i ka moku Kalikimaka maoli -ʻo kekahi o nā'auwaʻa nui o Argosy i haʻalele mai i ke kīkoʻo a hōʻailona me nā kukui Kilaila uila. I kēlā me kēia pō, e hoʻokaniʻia ana e ke Kāpena Mele Kalikimaka kekahiʻohe'ē aʻe ma luna o ka moku,ʻaʻole e mele wale i nā poʻe ma luna o ka moku, akā, i ka poʻe e kali ana ma kahakai a me ka poʻe e ukali ana ma hope o nā moku'ē aʻe. Akā inā ponoʻoe ma ka moku Kalikimaka, hikiʻoe ke noho i loko o kaʻoluʻolu o ka loko o ka moku kahi e mahana ai a hoʻolohe i ke mele. I ka heleʻana ma waena o nā awa kūpono, e hauʻoliʻoe i nā mele hula e like me nā moku holo moana i ka pō. E kū ma waho o ka papa i loko o ka ea anuanu maʻoleʻaʻole e kau i loko i loko o ka mahana mahana i loko. Hāʻawi pū ka'Ālapa Mele Kalikimaka i nā meaʻai (mālamaʻia kēia mau mea ma mua) a me nā pōhā (e kūʻaiʻia ana).
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Ma luna o ka Papa i ka ukali
Ināʻaʻoleʻoe e makemake e puna no ke kumukūʻai piha o ka moku Kalikimaka, aiʻole ināʻoe wale nō e hauʻoli i ka huliʻana ma hope a nānā i ka hana mai kahiʻaoʻao'ē aʻe, kahi puke ma ka Follow Boat. ʻO kēia ka mokuʻo Argosy ma lalo iho o ka moku Kalikimaka. Hiki i nā'onike ke lohe i ke mele aʻo ia kekahi o nā mea i loaʻa pinepineʻia e nā moku ma hope o kahi hoʻokipa nui. Hiki iāʻoe ke mālama pū i kaʻai a me ka'āpena pōkole inā e holoʻoe ma muli o ka Follow Boat, a ma laila kahi maʻamau e hoʻomaha ai, akā naʻe,ʻaʻole i like me ka moku Kalikimaka.
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E kali i ke kaha
Inā makemakeʻoe i kahi ala kaʻawaleʻole e komo ai i ka leʻaleʻa, hiki iāʻoe ke kali i uka no ke Keʻa Noʻonoʻo me kāna papa hoʻolālā. Ke hiki mai ka flotilla, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻolohe i nā mele hula mai ke kai a hoʻoulu i ka poʻe ma luna o nā moku. ʻO kahiʻoihana iʻoi aku kaʻoi aku o kaʻoi aku kaʻoi aku o nāʻoihana ma mua o nā mea'ē aʻe, akā ināʻoe e hōʻike mai aʻaʻole nui ka poʻe e kali ana i ka moku Kalikimaka -ʻo ka nui aʻe o nā kumu e hōʻuluʻulu ai i ka pūʻali koa a hōʻea i kou kaiāulu e hauʻoli i ka leʻaleʻa i ka makahiki'ē aʻe! E nānā i ka papa mele Kalikimaka no kaʻikeʻana i ka hopena o ka moku Kepaneto kokoke loa iāʻoe.
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ʻO ka Dinner Boat Cruise ma Seattle
ʻO kekahi mau pō me ka haʻaleleʻana a me Seattle pū kekahi i kahiʻahaʻaina ahiahi ma Royal Argosy. ʻO ka mea maʻamau,ʻaʻole e pili kaʻaina ahiahi ma muli o ka moku Kalikimaka, akā naʻe, a he mea kūpono iā ia iho. E nānā pū i ka papahana no Santa brunches, kaʻaina awakea a me ka hula hula.
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E hoʻohui i ka parade i kāu moku pono'ī
Inā loaʻa iāʻoe kahi moku pono'ī, ua hoʻokipaʻiaʻoe e komo i ka papahele a hahai i ka moku Kalikimaka! E hoʻohanohano i kāu moku me nā kukui kerikimaka a koho i kāu awa o ka haʻalele. ʻO kaʻoi aʻe o nā moku i hōʻikeʻia e hui pū i ka leʻaleʻa,ʻoi aku kaʻoi aku! I ka manawa e hemo aku ai ke Kinohi Mele Kalikimaka, hoʻopuka ka papa o nā moku a hana i kahi kahua eʻike ai, e noʻonoʻo ana i ka wai o ka Puget Sound i ka pō, a e holo ana mai kekahi awa ai kekahi awa. ʻO ka nui o nā pō, nā moku'ē aʻe e ukali ma hope o ka moku Kalikimaka, akā inā makemakeʻoe e hele i waho, e komo i ka Parade o nā moku ma Lake Union.