Saturday, December 23: 
Waimea Valley’s Christmas Brunch & Free `Aha Mele Concert.  Celebrate Christmas with your ‘ohana (family) at Waimea Valley. Family style brunch by North Shore catering company, Ke Nui Kitchen. Purchase of brunch includes admission into Waimea Valley day of only. The line-up features Hawaiian artists, Mailani, Paula Fuga, and Jerry Santos. Reservations are highly recommended. Brunch adult is $49.95 and keiki (children) 4-12 years old $24.95 (tax and gratuity included). Brunch begins at 10 a.m., show starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m.  Waimea Valley, 59-864 Kamehameha Hwy., Haleiwa.  For reservations and information call (808) 638-5000 or visit https://www.waimeavalley.net/.

Sunday, December 17:
Bank of Hawai`i Family Sunday at Honolulu Museum of Art.  Featuring entertainment and activities suitable for families and people of all ages. Explore the Museum’s galleries through art hunts, art activities, demonstrations, film screenings and entertainment. Themes change monthly and tie in with the Museum’s permanent collections and special exhibitions. Honolulu Museum of Art, 900 S. Beretania, Honolulu.  11 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Free admission.  For information call (808) 532-8700 or visit www.honolulumuseum.org.

Saturday, December 16:
Na Mele `O Ko Olina.  Enjoy some of Hawai`i’s very best Slack Key and Ukulele musicians, as well as 40 Hawaiian artists who display their artwork for sale. Celebrate the music and Arts of Hawai`i.  Marriott Ko Olina Beach Club, 92-161 Waipahe Pl., Kapolei. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  For information visit http://icb-web.net/haa/.

Friday – Sunday, December 15 – 17: 
Ballet Hawai`i Presents Historic Island Nutcracker for the Holidays.  Nutcracker performances with a unique historical theme. Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet will be set in the 1858 Kingdom of Hawai`i. Guest artists Megan Fairchild and Joaquin DeLuz from New York City Ballet and Lesley Rausch and Lucien Postlewaite from Pacific Northwest Ballet. The impressive cast of over 175 dancers will be accompanied by The Hawai`i Symphony Orchestra. Four performances are scheduled at Blaisdell Concert Hall, 777 Ward Ave., Honolulu.  For tickets and information call (808) 521-8600 or visit https://ballethawaii.org/the-nutcracker/?src=OPI.

Saturday, December 9:
Pearl Harbor Youth Day.  Celebrate the Pearl Harbor Child – those who grew up in Hawai`i during WWII – with exciting activities for all ages. Discover how youth helped on the home front, write postcards to loved ones far away, climb into cockpits, and shoot a rivet. Meet Nanea Mitchell, the newest American Girl doll, whose story is based on the experiences of Pearl Harbor children. Enter to win your own American Girl doll! Special guest appearance by Dorinda Nicholson, real-life Pearl Harbor child and award-winning author. Free to students 18 years and younger.  Pacific Aviation Museum, 319 Lexington Blvd., Honolulu. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  For information call (808) 445-9137 or visit www.PacificAviationMuseum.org.

Thursday, December 7: 
Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade.  Gaily lit and decorated Cobra helicopter joins the other floats and bands, to parade down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki.  6 p.m.

Saturday, December 9:
Second Saturdays at Hawai`i State Art Museum.  Free hands-on art activities for all ages are hosted in the first floor Multipurpose Room. All materials are provided. Hawai`i State Art Museum, 250 South Hotel St., Honolulu. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., or while supplies last. For information call (808) 589-9959 or visit www.sfca.hawaii.gov/hisam/visitor-information.

Saturday, December 9: 
Holiday Pops Featuring Amy Hanai`ali`i. Enjoy a well-deserved break from the hustle and bustle of the holidays with the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra (HSO) at its annual Holiday Pops concert, part of its music that POPS series, featuring Grammy-nominated vocalist Amy Hanai`ali`i.  The 18-time Na Hoku Hanohano award winner will fill the stage with song, hula and holiday joy as she joins the HSO for the first time singing songs from her Na Hoku award-winning Christmas Album, A Hawaiian Christmas. Amy, who has been praised for her powerhouse vocals, will perform local holiday favorites such as Po Lai E (Silent Night), Hamau E Na Kanaka (Hark the Herald Angels Sing) and Mele Kalikimaka, popular holiday movie favorites, as well as beautiful arrangements of holiday classics such as Little Drummer Boy, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and White Christmas.  Blaisdell Concert Hall, 777 Ward Ave., Honolulu.  7:30 p.m.  For tickets and information call (808) 380-7724 or visit http://hawaiisymphonyorchestra.org/.

Wednesday, December 6:
Blackened Canteen Ceremony. Dr. Hiroya Sugano, Director General 3 of the Zero Fighter Admirers’ Club, comes from Japan to conduct this annual commemoration of peace and reconciliation ceremony with a silent prayer and pouring bourbon whisky from a WWII blackened canteen into the water from the USS Arizona Memorial as an offering to the spirits of the fallen. For reservations call (808) 282-6570; first come first served.  Following the Ceremony will be a youth symposium, held in the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Theater.  The Symposium will highlight the story and lessons of the ceremony, commemorating the friendship, honor and reconciliation borne out of the horror of WWII. Pacific Aviation Museum, 319 Lexington Blvd., Honolulu. Ceremony, 7 a.m.; Symposium 10 to 11 a.m. For information call (808) 445-9137 or visit www.PacificAviationMuseum.org.

Sunday, December 3: 
Kapolei Kihoalu Kristmas Festival.  Festival to feature 15 artists in the Slack Key Guitar genre kicking off the Christmas shopping season! These artists are some of Hawai`i’s finest artists in the slack key guitar genre who perform as solos, duos, trios, and other combinations. Festival kicks off the Christmas Shopping Season. Free giveaways throughout the day. Ka Makani Ali`i Shopping Center, 91 Kapolei Pkwy., Kapolei.  Free admission.  For information call (808) 226-2697 or email kahokuproductions@gmail.com.