Disneyland at Christmas/Holiday Season Superthread #4

[DisneylandPlanner]

More reading of the first page in necessary!

 

[pattyduke34]

mine is "Peppermint" and the funny thing is I have a client that refers to me as "Peppermint Patty" all the time!

 

[Phoenixrising]

My formal Elf name is: Peppermint, but if I use the name everyone calls me, my Elf name is: Tinselita. What a fun website!

 

[figment_jii]

My elf name is Sprink!

 

[lorijohnhill]

I haven't taken the time yet to read through this thread, so I apologize if this question has already been answered.

What are the Three Kings Day activities? Anything special I should focus on?

 

[krispin41]

My elf name is Kewpsy!

 

[Sherry E]

I'm chuckling at all of the Elf Names -- the only ones so far that have turned out, more or less, like what I expected them to be are Sugarplum and Peppermint. All of the others are interesting. I might have expected "Jolly" but not "Jolli." I might have expected "Sprinkles," but not "Sprink."

I haven't taken the time yet to read through this thread, so I apologize if this question has already been answered.

What are the Three Kings Day activities? Anything special I should focus on?

Welcome, lorijohnhill!

It's good to see you here!

Let's see -- well Three Kings Days used to take place in Frontierland -- up until this past January, when it moved to California Adventure to be integrated into the Viva Navidad festivities. I know there are special performers, some special food items, and music.

This post about California Adventure's holiday festivities has a section for Three Kings Day (in the Paradise Pier section) and for Viva Navidad, and maybe some of those videos and links will explain it a bit better than I can.

This Dining post has categories for Three Kings Day and Viva Navidad as well.

 

[DharmaLou]

my elf name is Kazzy

 

[tksbaskets]

My elf name is 'Twirlina' I kind of like it.

I just got done watching "Recipe for Love" that was on last weekend. It was so cute and there were commercials for Northpole. Can't wait for the holiday movies to begin.

 

[DisneylandPlanner]

Introducing elf butterscotch!

 

[Sherry E]

My elf name is 'Twirlina' I kind of like it.

I just got done watching "Recipe for Love" that was on last weekend. It was so cute and there were commercials for Northpole. Can't wait for the holiday movies to begin.

TK --

Twirlina is very cute!

I did not have time to watch Recipe for Love just yet, but I cant wait for the 2-month marathon of movies to begin on 10/31! It seems like only yesterday I was saying that there were 7 months until the Countdown begins, and now it's almost here! There is -- or was -- also a brand new non-holiday movie on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel, with the ever-present Cameron Mathison (star of The Christmas Ornament) and Sarah Lancaster (star of Fir Crazy). It was either just on this past weekend, or it is about to air this upcoming weekend.

On that same subject -- today I received my box of DVDs: A Snow Globe Christmas (the "extended version"!); The Most Wonderful Time of the Year; The Christmas Ornament; and A Very Merry Mix-Up! I had Amazon gift card cash and it came in handy! I hate to take the nice, protective plastic off of the boxes, but I feel like I need to check the DVDs inside and make sure they're okay -- and then I can take all 4 of those movies off of the DVR. It has now become essential for me to remove as much from the DVR as possible, as my cable company will no longer let me record in Standard Definition. Everything has to be recorded in HD, which takes up a lot more hard drive space on the DVR. If I don't start freeing up some space, I won't be able to record any of the new Hallmark, UP, Ion, INSP or Lifetime movies!

I have a bit of gift card money left over and I might use it to get Trading Christmas and The 12 Men of Christmas, so I can clear those off of the DVR as well. Staying on the DVR for the time being, however, will be: Snow Bride, Let it Snow, A Bride for Christmas and Farewell, Mr. Kringle, as none of those are to be found on DVD.

Introducing elf butterscotch!

DisneylandPlanner --

That's a good name too! I like that as an Elf name! It works!

 

[rentayenta]

I'm Jazzi. Feels a little elfie.

 

[lorijohnhill]

Welcome, lorijohnhill! It's good to see you here! Let's see -- well Three Kings Days used to take place in Frontierland -- up until this past January, when it moved to California Adventure to be integrated into the Viva Navidad festivities. I know there are special performers, some special food items, and music. This post about California Adventure's holiday festivities has a section for Three Kings Day (in the Paradise Pier section) and for Viva Navidad, and maybe some of those videos and links will explain it a bit better than I can. This Dining post has categories for Three Kings Day and Viva Navidad as well.

Thanks! I will check those out!

I'm in final countdown panic mode for our surprise birthday trip this weekend. We leave Friday! Once I get back I will dig into preparations for our January trip.

 

[Luisa]

Elf Lolli stopping by to say hello!

 

[JadeDarkstar]

Twirlina is my elf name LOL

 

[Orbitron]

Hi there, Gooseberry is my new name!

 

[dolphingirl47]

My elf name is Cotton.

Corinna

 

[Karin1984]

It just occured to me, I haven't been in any Disney park during the Holiday season since 2008! After 2008 we went when was either low season in February or September or we went with Halloween!

I can't even remember any of the decorations. All I remember is one show...

 

[tksbaskets]

Sherry - what a coincidence - Amazon sent me the same movies yesterday. Plus Princess for Christmas. Freed up quite a bit of space on my DVR too.

Twirlina

 

[mom2rtk]

If I'm not mistaken, the gingerbread house is different this year:

IMG_5126 by mom2rtk, on Flickr

WOC Honor Choir:

IMG_5870 by mom2rtk, on Flickr