No ke aha i kapa ʻia ai ʻo Pōʻalima ʻEleʻele——Me nā hana kūʻai a pau i hana ʻia i ka Pōʻalima ma hope o ka Hoʻomaikaʻi, ua lilo ka lā i mea maikaʻi loa o ka makahiki no nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā ʻoihana.

Ma muli o ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā mea helu kālā i ka ʻeleʻele e hōʻike i ka waiwai i ka wā e hoʻopaʻa ai i nā helu puke o kēlā me kēia lā (a ʻulaʻula e hōʻike ai i kahi poho), ua kapa ʻia ka lā ʻo Black Friday—a i ʻole ka lā i ʻike ai nā mea kūʻai aku i nā loaʻa a me nā waiwai maikaʻi "ma ka ʻeleʻele."

I ka makahiki 2020, ʻaʻole i kāpae ʻia ka Pōʻalima ʻeleʻele, akā ʻokoʻa ka ʻike kūʻai i kēia manawa ma mua o ka wā ma mua. Inā hoʻolālā ʻoe e kūʻai i loko o ka hale kūʻai i kēia makahiki, makemake ʻoe e kelepona i mua a hōʻoia e wehe ʻia lākou i ka lā nui. Ma ke ʻano maʻamau, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā hale kūʻai nā protocol palekana COVID-19 a me nā palena i ka nui o ka poʻe e ʻae ʻia i loko o ka hale i ka manawa hoʻokahi, no laila e lilo nā laina pau ʻole a me nā stampedes pani puka i mea o ka hala. (E like me nā manawa a pau, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo e kūʻai palekana ana ʻoe a e hoʻohana ana i kahi mask!)

ʻO kēlā ʻōlelo, i nā pule i hala iho nei ua ʻike mākou i ka hapa nui o nā hale kūʻai e koi nei i kā lākou kūʻai aku ma ka Pōʻalima ʻeleʻele ma mua o ka wā - a ke hana maoli nei lākou i kēia manawa.