The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos
First photo: Lahaina kid Coco Monroe, 5, balances on a lower limb of her town’s famed banyan tree while visiting the holiday-decorated tree with her family Tuesday evening. The banyan features 3,000 colorful bulbs that are scheduled to be lit every night through Jan. 1. “I’m just so glad they are doing something to keep the holiday magical and alive,” said Coco’s father, Owen Langer.
Second photo: Lahaina Restoration Foundation head groundsman Clifford Corniel (right) and maintenance man Anthony Steele tend to the lights decorating the locomotive Launiupoko on Tuesday evening in Lahaina. Decked out for the holidays, the Launiupoko and fellow locomotive, Lahaina, are on display next to the Pioneer Mill smokestack on Lahainaluna Road. Corniel has been decorating the locomotives and the town’s famous banyan tree for years. “It’s a feel-good thing,” Corniel said. “You turn on the lights and people start to smile. They start to f
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.
December 9, 2020
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.