Disneyland has covered Sleeping Beauty Castle in glimmering snow, put up a 60-foot-tall Christmas tree and will soon flip the switch on 400,000 twinkling lights on It’s a Small World during what has become one of the busiest times of the year.
The winter holiday season will return to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure from Nov. 13 through Jan. 6 with parades, fireworks, live music, seasonal foods and holiday decor.
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Disneyland tends to lather, rinse and repeat when it comes to the holidays.
The entertainment lineup has been fairly locked in for the past few decades at Disneyland with A Christmas Fantasy parade and the “Believe in Holiday Magic” fireworks show returning every holiday season.
Disney California Adventure has freshened up the holidays a bit more in recent years with the Viva Navidad Street Party, Mickey’s Happy Holidays cavalcade, “Mirabel’s Gifts of the Season” featuring Encanto characters, “A Musical Christmas” starring Coco characters and the “World of Color — Season of Light” water show.
Disney chefs will cook up a new menu lineup for DCA’s annual Festival of the Holidays food festival.
DCA’s Paradise Garden Bandstand will feature a daily program of rotating live bands and cultural performances throughout the holiday season.
Haunted Mansion and It’s a Small World in Disneyland and Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree and Luigi’s Rollickin Roadsters in DCA will return again in holiday overlay mode.
Downtown Disney will have Christmas carolers and nightly “snoap” snowfall in front of the stage next to the Parkside Market.
Santa Claus will be a pretty busy guy — making stops at Mickey’s Toontown Trolley Barn in Disneyland, DCA’s Redwood Creek Challenge Trail, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel, Pixar Place Hotel and Disneyland Hotel.
One of the few things that consistently changes each holiday season are the costumes worn by Mickey, Minnie and their pals during character dining experiences at the Storytellers Cafe in Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel.