What Hawaiian Christmas song written by an American composer who died in 1995, gets it's title from a Hawaiian phrase meaning 'Merry Christmas'?
Robert Alexander Anderson (composer) Robert Alexander Anderson (R. Alex Anderson) (June 6, 1894 – May 29 or 30, 1995) was an American composer who wrote many popular Hawaiian songs within the Hapa haole genre including "Lovely Hula Hands" (1940) and "Mele Kalikimaka" (1949), the latter the best known Hawaiian Christmas song.
Lyle Moraine Lyle Moraine (February 7, 1914 – February 13, 1988) is best known for writing "Christmas Island" (1946), a song recorded by The Andrews Sisters, Leon Redbone, Jimmy Buffett, Bob Atcher, Bob Dylan, and Petty Booka among others. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and died in Glendale, California.