Once again the Honolulu City Employees put on a special light show decorating that includes a huge Christmas Tree that towers over City Hall and then within City Hall they display creatively decorated Christmas trees.
In this Video Playlist first see the huge trse and a giant Santa and Mrs. Clause in front of Honolulu's City Hall followed by a video taken of the creatively decorated Christmas Trees inside City Hall.
Link to Video Playlist of Honolulu City Lights Holiday Displays Outside and Inside City Hall:
Hail the gift of memory in this fifty-second state. Who sold me down the river and shafts me while he waits. Outside the gates of Eden, star spangled and so late.
Why did the Chicken Cross the Road? Heck if this Rooster in the first Playlist video knows.
Then in the next video three waddling ducks appear.
The third video begins with two and ends with one.
DISCOVERED, ON A HONOLULU MOUNTAINSIDE, THE LOCKED-IN-TIME LILJESTRAND HOUSE DESIGNED BY FAMED HAWAII ARCHITECT VLADIMIR OSSIPOFF
Built in the early 1950s the Liljestrand House is preserved and maintained just as it was when Dr. Liljestrand and his wife's family with two girls and two boys lived and grew up there.
Visiting the Liijestrand House offers the rare opportunity to have an intimate look at a Hawaiian home designed by famed Hawaii architect Vladimir Ossipoff. Ossipoff himself grew up in Japan witnessing the building of works designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
In fact there is an uncanny similarity between the Prairie Style homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and this home. Incorporated into the house' are design features evidencing Japanese influence.
This video playlist begins with an exterior view of the house followed by a visit to the interior's living room, lower level, kitchen and the spectacular views of Honolulu and it harbor as well as of Diamond Head.
Link to Video Playlist of Vladimir Ossipoff's designed Liljestrand House:
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HONOLULU'S HOLIDAY SEASON'S CITY LIGTS RETURN
Once again the Honolulu City Employees put on a special light show decorating that includes a huge Christmas Tree that towers over City Hall and then within City Hall they display creatively decorated Christmas trees.
In this Video Playlist first see the huge trse and a giant Santa and Mrs. Clause in front of Honolulu's City Hall followed by a video taken of the creatively decorated Christmas Trees inside City Hall.
Link to Video Playlist of Honolulu City Lights Holiday Displays Outside and Inside City Hall:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLtb5zi734Bfa7lQpGprQoPEdMn2SsZvE6
Concurrently taken photos:
INSIDE:
A HAWAII GARDEN WATERFALL AND FLOWERS
Hawaii Palm Framed Tropical Waterfall Cascades to Music in Hawaii Kai’s Mauna Luan Garden
Link to Video of Cascading Waterfall in Hawaii Kai Garden:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q3yuupnBH4g
Concurrently taken photos:
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Hail the gift of memory in this fifty-second state. Who sold me down the river and shafts me while he waits. Outside the gates of Eden, star spangled and so late.
CHRISTMAS MORNING RESCUE ON OAHU'S KOKO HEAD CRATER HIKING TRAIL
Link to Video of helicopter rescue on Koko Head Crater Trail:
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/video/2025/12/25/hiker-airlifted-koko-crater-trail-christmas/
(Video filmed by Extended Family Member - Hawaii Broadcast Journalist Yunji de Nies}
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(Credit Son Curtis)
Reindeer [Racing] Games:
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FROM TODAY - A CHICKEN AND THREE DUCKS
Why did the Chicken Cross the Road? Heck if this Rooster in the first Playlist video knows.
Then in the next video three waddling ducks appear.
The third video begins with two and ends with one.
Link to Chicken and Ducks Video Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLtb5zi734BfadBgsGHaawRyKNZ2FCxokX
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DISCOVERED, ON A HONOLULU MOUNTAINSIDE, THE LOCKED-IN-TIME LILJESTRAND HOUSE DESIGNED BY FAMED HAWAII ARCHITECT VLADIMIR OSSIPOFF
Built in the early 1950s the Liljestrand House is preserved and maintained just as it was when Dr. Liljestrand and his wife's family with two girls and two boys lived and grew up there.
Visiting the Liijestrand House offers the rare opportunity to have an intimate look at a Hawaiian home designed by famed Hawaii architect Vladimir Ossipoff. Ossipoff himself grew up in Japan witnessing the building of works designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
In fact there is an uncanny similarity between the Prairie Style homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and this home. Incorporated into the house' are design features evidencing Japanese influence.
This video playlist begins with an exterior view of the house followed by a visit to the interior's living room, lower level, kitchen and the spectacular views of Honolulu and it harbor as well as of Diamond Head.
Link to Video Playlist of Vladimir Ossipoff's designed Liljestrand House:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLtb5zi734BfZSg-F8T1-CdBO5muYQzzMW
CONCURRENTLY TAKEN PHOTOS:
Dr. Liljestrand with the Architect Vladimir Ossipoff:
Photos of the Doctor and his wife in his study. An avid Rotarian he often hosted meetings and events at the home:
The Liljestrand Family:
The House and family as featured in a 1998 "House Beautiful:"
The Kitchen as it is viewed today:
A Pull Out Step as designed in the kitchen:
A view of the back of the house with its two levels as evident in a model:
Views of Honolulu and Diamond Head as seen from the house:
Got this solar powered bird feeder for Christmas and this bird is getting fed all day long.
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A beautiful sunset last night in Maui😊
I think I’ll stay right here.
Estate haul that included about 50 signed prints
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And HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
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