My Christmas traditions have been the same for 21 years. A big all
day Christmas party with family and friends on Christmas Eve, church at
midnight, early morning travel on Christmas Day to my family in NY,
watching the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade with my cousins, and a
huge family feast with cookies for breakfast the next day. It's a
routine I could do in my sleep. This year was not so routine. I worked
with the Fairy Godmother from Cinderella during the day on Christmas
Eve, then met up with my four closest friends here to exchange presents
and feast at the classiest restaurant...Denny's (yes, that is sarcasm
but it was delicious), watched the parade on Christmas morning and knew
many people in it, and then went to work with Mickey, Minnie and Goofy
in Epcot that evening.
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| Gifts for the Fab 5 (my 4 best friends on the program and myself) |
Even though I didn't get to celebrate my
traditions, I was able to help so many families celebrate their own
holiday traditions. Mickey and friends have the tradition of course of
welcoming everyone to the parks with the Christmas Day parade. They all
get dressed up in their best holiday apparel and saunter down Main
Street USA giving out happy holiday greetings. Even Santa came around
for the big day! It was truly magical. Everyone working was in high
spirits too because even though we couldn't be with our families on the
holiday, we were with our Disney family. Even some of the other College
Program participants in my apartment complex were able to keep their
spirits high by caroling throughout the complex. But they were not
singing traditional holiday tunes, but rather in true Disney fashion,
they were singing verses from one of the new songs from Frozen "Do You
Wanna Build A Snowman". It was absolutely adorable and appreciated by
all.
I was told by all my friends and family back home
that it snowed for the holidays. Well it snowed here too! During
Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party Main Street USA was filled with big
snowflakes that looked perfect for everyone's holiday Christmas card
pictures and every night in Hollywood Studios during the Spectacle of
Dancing Lights snow would descend from the tops of the buildings as
Christmas lights danced to the classic holiday tunes. I was lucky enough
to work during one of the evenings. Goofy, dressed up as Santa would
turn on the lights each night and meet and greet with guests during the
evening. And one of the funniest things I have ever seen is Goofy
dancing to songs from the Nutcracker while dressed as Santa. If you hang
around long enough you never know what you'll find in Walt Disney
World!
Hope you're having a magical day, I know I am!
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