Create a Tinker Bell Ornament

If you want to add a little “pixie dust” to this year’s Christmas tree, look no further than our Tinker Bell ornament! Feel free to personalize this ornament by using your favorite colors—for the glitter and sequins, for the sticker letters, and even for the confetti snowflakes. Just make sure you use a clear bulb, …

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Mickey's Christmas Carol through Windows of Main Street

Mickey’s Christmas Carol, as told on Main Street, U.S.A.

For decades, families have enjoyed the Emporium’s whimsical window displays on Main Street, U.S.A., both at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. One of the most memorable of these is a series of vignettes telling the story of Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983), the Academy Award®-nominated featurette based on the classic tale by Charles Dickens. Here, we …

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Double chocolate yule log

Double Chocolate Yule Log

Disney Cruise Line sails over this decadent recipe that’s sure to warm you up for the holidays. Ingredients Chocolate Sponge Cake ¼ cup dutch-process unsweetened cocoa powder ¼ cup all-purpose flour 4 large eggs, room temperature ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar Chocolate Ganache 6 ounces (about ¾ cup) chopped bittersweet chocolate ½ cup hevy …

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Build a Mickey Mouse Pop-Up Clubhouse

This whimsical craft celebrating Walt Disney’s original Mickey Mouse Club was created by the Walt Disney Productions character merchandising division in Toronto and sent to company business partners in the 1960s. With Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Ludwig Von Drake, and Pinocchio greeting recipients, the piece was inspired by the unique clubhouse set piece originally …

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Popular toys of disney past

Popular Toys of Disney’s Past

The year was 1929. A young Walt Disney is sitting in the bustling lobby of a New York City hotel when a man approached with an intriguing offer. Soon after, the very first licensed Mickey Mouse merchandise item was born: a children’s writing tablet featuring the world-famous mouse. In the years that followed, Christmas would …

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gingerbread cookies

Gingerbread Cookies from Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

Makes 36 cookies Ingredients 2 sticks softened butter 2 ½ cups confectioner’s sugar, sifted 2 eggs 1 ¼ tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. salt 3 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour 2 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon 2 ¼ teaspoons ground coriander 2 teaspoons ground star anise 1 teaspoon ground fennel 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground …

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Make a Mickey Mouse Santa Hat Ornament

Round out your Christmas ornament collection with this festive paper spin-off of the signature mouse-eared beanie. To help make fashioning this ornament a snap, we whipped up an easy-to-use template for those of you who prefer to forego freestyle hand drawing. Click here to download the template. When selecting paper for crafting your ornament, consider selecting …

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Watch Eric Goldberg Create Unique Holiday Artwork—Just for You!

Watch animator Eric Goldberg—whose hand is behind some truly “animated” stars from the Genie (Aladdin) to Louis the alligator (The Princess and the Frog)—draw favorite Disney characters in an exclusive piece of artwork! After watching, don’t forget to download your own copy of this piece—created by Eric especially for D23 Days of Christmas.

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Brioche encrusted ham

Brioche Encrusted Ham

Make your meals extra special with this mouth-watering recipe from ABC’s The Chew. Similar to beef wellington, this dough-encrusted ham is a great holiday alternative to turkey! For more recipes and crafts, visit TheChew.com and tune in WEEKDAYS 1e|12c|p on ABC. Servings: 12 Cooking time: 2+ hours Ingredients 7-10 pound smoked boneless ham 2 pounds …

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Download an Eric Goldberg Artwork Printout

Longtime Disney animator Eric Goldberg lent his talents to The Princess and the Frog, Hercules, Fantasia/2000, and The Emperor’s New Groove—but he’s probably best known for bringing the Genie to life in 1992’s Aladdin. Today’s craft is truly special; it’s an exclusive image drawn just for D23 by Eric himself, featuring the Genie and some …

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