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Celebrating Christmas Hawaiʻi Style, at Aulani, A Disney Resort and Spa

Celebrating Christmas Hawaiʻi Style, at Aulani, A Disney Resort and Spa


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Christmas bells will soon be ringing and what a better way to spend the holidays than at Aulani, A Disney Resort and Spa?

The entire month of December will be filled with festivities around the Resort, Hawai’i style, as well as beautiful Hawaiian-inspired holiday decor will be found around the resort.

Around the resort on select dates throughout the month of December, the holiday fun includes events and activities for guests of all ages. Beginning December 1st, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Daisy will be meeting and greeting guests around the resort in their festive Aulani holiday attire.

Keiki (children) will have fun with Santa Goofy during Keiki Holiday Cookie Decorating at Aunty’s Beach House. Keiki can show off their creativity making sweet treats from December 2 all the way through January 3 on every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. There is a nominal charge for this activity.

‘Ohana Disney Movie Nights (Dec. 5, 12, 16, 19 and 23) will show family-friendly holiday movies shown under the stars, on the Hālāwai Lawn.

On select days in late December, holiday carolers will be performing in the Maka‘ala Lobby and Waikolohe Valley, and on December 24 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Santa Claus will be at Aunty’s Beach House.

Christmas Eve will be full of holiday cheer on the Kipuka Courtyard with complimentary hot cocoa and holiday cookies from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Christmas Day will include Christmas Ka Waʻa Lūʻau – a culinary and cultural journey celebrating the legends, people and natural wonders of Hawaiʻi.

Throughout the season pastry chefs will bring a bit of cool “Frozen” fascination to our warm winter days, with a stunning, hand-made pastry showpiece. This year’s display will include two giant macaron trees with over 400 glittering macarons. A white chocolate tree will be the centerpiece, decorated with over 100 Mickey Mouse gingerbread cookies. The top of the tree will be adorned with everyone’s favorite snowman, Olaf. The wintery scene will be complete with delicate sugar ice trees and snow babies frolicking in the “snow” with Santa Stitch. Sounds absolutely wonderful, doesn’t it?

Make sure to indulge yourself with candy cane Mickey macarons, holiday caramel apples, gingerbread spiced cream cheese coffee cake, peppermint brownies and much more, all available for purchase.

Plus, exclusive Aulani holiday merchandise will be available, like ornaments, so you can have a keepsake of your Aulani yuletide memories on your Christmas tree for years to come.

“Aloha Kalikimaka me ka Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou” — Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Will you be spending the holiday season at Aulani this year?

-Marisol White

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