# What was this tropical/Hawaiian-themed christmas song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tropical-hawaiian-themed-christmas-song/676624 "2013-12-18T04:43:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tropical-hawaiian-themed-christmas-song/676624/1 "2013-12-18T04:43:05Z")
Something I faintly overheard playing at a Safeway, the other night—a Christmas song, performed by a woman, that was tropical themed (possibly Hawaii, specifically). Unfortunately, the only lyrics that I could make out clearly enough to remember properly was a line that it was “too warm [hot?] for Frosty,” which doesn’t seem to match any Christmas song lyrics that I can find online. So…can anyone ID this one? Or was I just having an oddly tropical auditory hallucination? ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tropical-hawaiian-themed-christmas-song/676624/2 "2013-12-18T04:56:56Z")
The only Hawaii themed Christmas songs that comes to mind are "Mele Kalikimaka " and “Tropical Christmas”. ---
**Author:** ![chancetx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@chancetx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chancetx)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tropical-hawaiian-themed-christmas-song/676624/3 "2013-12-18T05:13:26Z")
Well, I found this but it’s a guy and he wrote it himself for his family so I’m sure it’s not what you heard. [http://www.wildthymecreative.com/?p=220](http://www.wildthymecreative.com/?p=220) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tropical-hawaiian-themed-christmas-song/676624/4 "2013-12-18T05:42:23Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > The only Hawaii themed Christmas songs that comes to mind are "Mele Kalikimaka " and “Tropical Christmas”. There’s also [“Christmas Island,”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7JUBN1YXaA) but it’s not what the OP is looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tropical-hawaiian-themed-christmas-song/676624/5 "2013-12-19T06:16:42Z")
Wrong sex and culture, but I thought of Feliz Navidad, assume it’s not that though! ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2013, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tropical-hawaiian-themed-christmas-song/676624/6 "2013-12-19T08:29:52Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Or was I just having an oddly tropical auditory hallucination? Oh, I hate it when that happens. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tropical-hawaiian-themed-christmas-song/676624/7 "2013-12-20T05:06:38Z")
[Christmas in the Rainbow State](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUAFOWkKISY) - Stasia Estep? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tropical-hawaiian-themed-christmas-song/676624/8 "2013-12-20T07:27:52Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > There’s also [“Christmas Island,”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7JUBN1YXaA) but it’s not what the OP is looking for. This is not the Christmas song you’re looking for. You can move along. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tropical-hawaiian-themed-christmas-song/676624/9 "2013-12-20T11:59:56Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > [Christmas in the Rainbow State](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUAFOWkKISY) - Stasia Estep? _**“[That’s it!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcsFcQJeycM&t=0m36s)”**_ Thank you…y’know, I _thought_ there was something about rainbows in the song, but I wasn’t quite sure I wasn’t crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-tropical-hawaiian-themed-christmas-song/676624/10 "2013-12-21T01:51:05Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > _**“[That’s it!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcsFcQJeycM&t=0m36s)”**_ > > Thank you…y’know, I _thought_ there was something about rainbows in the song, but I wasn’t quite sure I wasn’t crazy. That song is on the loop at work and I’ve been meaning to track it down myself, so this thread was a good reminder. I find it quite charming.