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"Mele Kalikimaka" is a Hawaiian-themed Christmas song written in 1949 by Robert Alex Anderson. The song takes its title from the Hawaiian phrase, "Mele Kalikimaka," meaning "Merry Christmas".〔Elbert, S. & Pukui, M.; Hawaiian Dictionary, page 481〕 The phrase is borrowed directly from English but since Hawaiian has a different phonological system - Hawaiian does not have the or of English and its phonotactic constraints do not permit consonants at the end of syllables or consonant clusters - "Merry Christmas" becomes "Mele Kalikimaka". One of the earliest recordings of this song was by Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters in 1950 on Decca 27228 (78 rpm) / 9-27228 (45 rpm) and it has been covered by many artists. The song is notably featured in the films ''L.A. Confidential'' and ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.'' The Beach Boys recorded a song of the same name for their album ''Ultimate Christmas'', but it contains lyrics and music completely different from the song written by Robert Alex Anderson. ==Notable versions== *311 *Dick Powell, ''Richard Diamond, Private Detective''; A Christmas Carol radio episode *Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters *Blue Hawaiians, from ''Christmas On Big Island'' *Jimmy Buffett, from ''Christmas Island'' *Teresa Carpio *The Good Lovelies *Hawaii Calls *Nick Hexum *Don Ho *Chris Isaak, on ''Christmas'' (2004) *Davy Jones *Genoa Keawe & her hula maids, on the compilation album ''Vintage Hawaiian Treasures, Vol. 8: Santa's Gone Hawaiian!'' *Arthur Lyman *Bette Midler, from ''Cool Yule'' *Mina *Jake Owen *Poi Dog Pondering *The Puppini Sisters, from ''Christmas with The Puppini Sisters'' *Reel Big Fish *KT Tunstall *Walk off the Earth *Dead Meadow *Seth MacFarlane, from ''Holiday for Swing'' (2014) *Train, from ''Christmas in Tahoe'' (2015) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mele Kalikimaka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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