Kei te tata haere mai te Kirihimete, i ia tau ki Hakihea, kī tonu ngā tiriti o ngā whenua ke i te manawa Kirihimete. Kua whakairihia ngā whakapaipai Kirihimete me ngā rama ki te rori, kei te hoko ngā toa i ngā mea e pā ana ki te Kirihimete, tae atu ki ngā hoa i tō tātou taha, kei te kōrero tonu mō te wāhi hei takaro Kirihimete, me ngā kai reka, ka puta mai ngā mea katoa mō te Kirihimete ki mua i ō tātou kanohi, ka haruru i roto i ō tātou taringa.
I ia tau i te 25 o Tīhema, ka whakanuia e te hunga o te Hauāuru te whānautanga o Ihu Karaiti. Ko te kupu Kirihimete, he whakarāpopototanga mō "Christ's mass," i ahu mai i te reo Pākehā Tawhito ko tōna tikanga "ki te whakanui i a te Karaiti."
He wā Kirihimete anō tēnei, kua huri ngā tiriti o Ūropi me te Hononga o Amerika ki ngā "kākahu Kirihimete", kei te pukumahi te iwi ki te whiriwhiri i ngā whakapaipai me ngā koha Kirihimete, ā, tae noa ki ngā mea e hiahiatia ana i ia rā kua tāpirihia ngā āhuatanga Kirihimete. He maha ngā wā he takenga mai kotahi ēnei hua Kirihimete whakamiharo, arā, ko Haina.
I Haina, mā roto i tā mātou auahatanga, ka tāpirihia hoki e mātou ngā huānga Kirihimete ki ngā hua rakau pāpaka, kia taea ai e ngā hua te tāpiri i ngā pānga ataahua i runga i te kaupapa o te mahi whaihua, pērā i tepaepae āhua rākau Kirihimete bamboo, ka taea te whakamahi i ngā wāhi katoa, ka taea te whakanoho ki te kīhini, ki te kāinga, ki te tari, hei manaaki manuhiri, me ngā momo mea katoa...Te Kirihimetengā hua bamboo mō te kāingaā, he koha te kīhini mā ngā hoa, te whānau, ngā hoa noho rānei, hoatu te papa ataahua ki ō hoa aroha hei whakanui i tā rātou whakanui Kirihimete, e tino maioha ana rātou ki tāu koha whakaaro nui. I te Rā Kirihimete, ka huihui te whānau Peretānia, pērā i te Tau Hou Hainamana, ka kai nui, ko te kai matua ko te Tāki tunutunu, me ngā momo rihi taha, inu inu motuhake Kirihimete, pērā i te Eggnog, te Waina Mulled, i muri i te kai i ētahi kai reka, te Mince Pie tuku iho me te rongonui. Te Pūtini Kirihimete me te Keke Kirihimete. Ki te hiahia koe ki te hanga i tētahi kai Kirihimete reka, kaua e wareware ki ngā inu wera hotoke!
Hei whakamutunga, kia harikoa te Kirihimete ki a koe, ki tonu i te harikoa, te aroha, me te harikoa. Kia tau te rangimārie, te harikoa, me ngā mea pai katoa o te ao i te wā hararei. Kia pai te mahi a te Kirihimete, kia horahia hoki te aroha ki te hunga katoa e karapoti ana i a koe.
Wā tuku: Hakihea-25-2023