Christmas Events
Epcot Presents Holidays Around the World – International holiday traditions unfold throughout World Showcase Nov. 28-Dec. 30 when storytellers portraying cultural icons of the season – such as France’s Pere Noel, Italy’s LaBefana and America’s Santa Claus – spread messages of goodwill. Nighttime sparkles with a luminous light bridge adorning the breezeway to World Showcase Plaza, where guests can see a magnificent holiday tree. And to cap off the day, Epcot’s kaleidoscope of lasers, lights, fireworks and music – “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth” – takes on a spirited holiday finale.
During the holiday season, the theater hosts the Candlelight Processional. This show follows in the footsteps of the show first performed in Disneyland in 1958, and which was duplicated at the Magic Kingdom in 1971. The show relocated to the America Gardens Theater in Epcot in 1994. The show includes an orchestra and massed choir that perform traditional holiday songs while a guest celebrity retells the biblical story of Christmas. Some of the celebrities who have taken part in the Processional over the years include John Stamos, Marlee Matlin, Corbin Bleu, Haley Joel Osment and Jim Caviezel. The Candlelight Processional is a major part of Epcot’s Holidays Around the World celebration, running from the Friday after Thanksgiving until December 30 each year.
2008 Schedule of Narrators*:Celebrity narrators scheduled to appear include
Dates Narrators
November 28-30 — John O’Hurley
December 1-3 — Patti LaBelle (Tentative)
December 4-6 — Brian Stokes Mitchell
December 7-9 — Virginia Madsen
December 10-12 — Monique Coleman
December 13-15 — TBD
December 16-18 — Chita Rivera
December 19-21 — Abigail Breslin
December 22-24 — Steven Curtis Chapman
December 25-27 — Edward James Olmos
December 28-30 — Marlee Matlin
