We went on the 17th. It was warm enough on the 15th to swim, but turned colder. By the Christmas party, we were all bundled up with gloves, coats, etc. We had a good time, but it was our 1st one. I don't know how to compare it to the ones in Dec., but I was in the Christmas mood, then to come back home and wait 6 weeks until Christmas is kind of hard. I'm ready to go back to WDW!