Ginger Burch, left, a social worker with Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, presented a hookupu of a baby kukui nut tree Thursday during the opening and blessing of the new U.S.VETS Kulia ...

So, KHON2.com decided to explore how families in Hawaiʻi can use native plants like kukui nuts, plumeria and other tropical flora to create beautiful and meaningful holiday decorations.