Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Dec. 18–24, 2025
Watch zoo animals open gifts, meet a celebrity chef, see a hula show, cheer on the Rainbow Warriors and more.
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The Best Things We Ate in Hawai‘i in 2025
Our team’s personal picks for the most memorable bites of the year.
Christmas Pop-Up Bars to Get You in the Holiday Spirit
More choices than ever for holiday cocktails, festive photo ops and over-the-top decorations around Honolulu.
Can’t-Miss Local Holiday Markets and Craft Fairs on O‘ahu
Mark your calendar for these pop-up markets and fairs and get ready to shop small!
Your Insider Guide to ’Twas the Light Before Christmas on Ice
Skate on an 8,000-square-foot ice rink and explore an immersive winter wonderland at the Hawai‘i Convention Center.
Your Insider Guide to Honolulu City Lights
Free, festive fun pops up in two locations this holiday season starting on Saturday, Nov. 29.
Home Tour: Peek Inside Ginger13 Designer Cindy Yokoyama’s Cozy, Art-Filled Abode
The jewelry designer and shop owner gives us a tour of her eclectically appointed home.
New in Town
Places and activities that have opened recently, featured in HONOLULU Magazine.
Obleas and Fresas con Crema Join the Dulce de Leche Cookies at Aloha Alfajores’ New Wahiawā Kitchen
In the first space of her own, Andrea Smith can make fresh Latin desserts—and her signature buttery alfajores cookies.
Frolic’s ‘Onolicious 2025 Holiday Gift Guide: 14 (Edible) Treats Foodies Will Love
Part 2 of Frolic’s foodie gift guide is (almost) all locally made, so you know you’ll be on Santa’s nice list.
Merry Mele: HONOLULU Magazine’s Hawai‘i-Style Holiday Playlist
We tapped local music aficionados—DJs Tittahbyte, Delve, Compose, Packo and Aloha Got Soul’s Roger Bong and DJ O’Spliff—for their favorite local holiday songs.
Honouliuli, Hawai‘i’s Longest-Running Internment Camp, Will Open for Tours
The national historic site marks where Japanese American citizens and prisoners of war were detained during World War II.
