Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend: December 9–15, 2020
Light up your life, catch a Christmas flick, attend a living room concert and support a paw-sitive cause.
Photo: Courtesy of Waikīkī Trolley
Holiday Lights Trolley Tour
December 9 through 27, tours depart at 6, 7 and 8 p.m.
Brighten up your holidays and take a joyride on a festive, lit-up trolley. The 45-minute excursion will chauffeur you through Downtown Honolulu to see familiar faces—Santa Shaka and Tūtū Mele—and twinkling light displays that have become part of our local holiday traditions. All trolleys will start and end at Victoria Ward Park, will operate only half full and no one will be allowed to disembark during the tour. Reservations are required and often fill up quickly. The trolleys will run on Christmas Day.
$15 for adults, $10 for kids 3 to 11 years old, kids 2 years and younger are free but must sit on an adult’s lap. (808) 591-2561, waikikitrolley.com
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Dr. Suess’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas at Aloha Drive-in Movies
Friday, December 11, 5:30 p.m.
“Maybe Christmas (he thought) doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more,” The Grinch says. Preach! We could all learn a humbling lesson from the green grouch himself. Enjoy this holiday classic featuring Jim Carrey as “the mean one” who tries to steal the magic of Christmas from Whoville. Spoiler alert: His heart is not that small after all. The film is rated PG and runs 1 hour and 44 minutes; cars will be allowed 45 minutes before the movie starts.
$40 for a car with up to five passengers or one family, $60 for a parking spot in the first two rows and two bags of popcorn. 1450 Ala Moana Blvd. between Neiman Marcus and Macy’s, alohadriveinmovies.com, @alohadriveinmovies
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Mele Kalikimaka with Henry Kapono and Friends
Friday, December 11, 7:30 p.m.
Light some candles, pour some hot chocolate, get snuggly and enjoy a free concert featuring Henry Kapono, Josh Tatofi, Jerry Santos, Kapena, Sistah Robi Kahakalau and a few more of their friends—that sounds so merry and nice. The event benefits the Henry Kapono Foundation, which supports the local music and art industry. Donations are accepted and meet-and-greets with Kapono are available for $150. Make sure to reserve your ticket in the right time zone. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. in Eastern, Central, Pacific and Hawai‘i standard time followed by a concert for Japan audiences on Sunday.
Free but donations are requested. hawaiitheatre.com
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Photo: Courtesy of Hawaiian Humane Society
Hawaiian Humane Society “Deck the Paws” Event
Dec. 7 through 13
Our BFFs (best furry friends) need our kōkua this holiday season. The Hawaiian Humane Society dug up ways we can lend a paw to its residents this month. Sponsor a stocking, which will hang on the housing of an animal waiting to be adopted, or purchase a DIY stocking kit for your own pet that includes fun, fetching decorations: one stocking, six glitter glues, one iron-on paw print and an assortment of embellishments.
Sponsored stocking, $35, DIY stocking kit, $60. Cost includes shipping to anywhere in the U.S. hawaiianhumane.org
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Other Ideas
Photo: Thomas Obungen
Eat: Slurp Some Soup
During the holidays we crave nostalgia, especially this year. Take us back to simpler times! We got the skinny on a new, ol’ school-inspired saimin stand, Papa Kurt’s. Read our story here. The classic noods and diner-style burgers will definitely feed our souls.
925 Isenberg St., open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., papakurts.com
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Visit: Swim with the Fishies
Open at 7:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. for cars and pedestrians
Hanauma Bay is now open. Well, kind of. The popular snorkeling destination reopened on December 2, but only 720 visitors are allowed per day, 120 per hour. Some days, the line of cars waiting to get in has been almost to Koko Marina by 9 a.m. New rules and regulations have been made, due to COVID-19, face covering mandates apply and visitors must leave by 4 p.m.
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, adults $12, local residents are free, honolulu.gov
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Make: Kim Sielbeck’s New Puzzle
We love, LOVE, her artwork. So when her latest creation popped up on her Instagram, we knew we had to have a piece of the action.
Beachin’ by Kim Sielbeck, $40, surfshackpuzzles.com
SEE ALSO: A Day in the Life of Local Freelance Artist Kim Sielbeck
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