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Epcot Christmas Celebration Begins Friday

Author Roxanne Wilder

Christmas celebrations are beginning to kick into high gear. Epcot’s International Festival of the Holidays begins Friday, November 25.

It’s another way to celebrate the Christmas season at Walt Disney World. Epcot will debut a new light show on Spaceship Earth. The lights will feature images of the season. Snowflakes, the northern lights and candles will adorn the ride at night. The ride “Living with the Land” will be decorated with glimmering greenhouses. The new “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind” will feature a holiday remix.

Here’s a taste of last year’s light show on “Spaceship Earth”

This joins the annual “Candlelight Processional,” a tradition Disney has presented for decades. Celebrity narrators present the Christmas story. The show includes a live 50-piece orchestra, a choir and the Voices of Liberty backing the narrator. Below you can find the full schedule of narrators for 2022.

Check out “Living with the Land” with the Christmas lights

[Source: Disney Parks Blog]

Epcot Announces Narrators For Christmas "Candlelight Processional"

Among the most popular shows at Walt Disney World is the Christmas “Candlelight Processional” each holiday season at Epcot. The shows have celebrity readers to present the story to the audience.

As part of the Epcot International Festival of the Holidays, the “Candlelight Processional” has been part of Walt Disney World tradition since 1971. The show, featuring the Voices of Liberty singers, celebrity readers, 50-piece orchestra and choirs, now has its home in Epcot.

The celebrity readers tell the traditional Christmas story, accompanied by Christmas songs. Here’s the list of readers for the 2022 Christmas season:

  • 11/25 – 11/26: Simu Liu

    Simu Liu

    Star of ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ for which he also won the People’s Choice Award for ‘The Action Movie Star of 2021’
    (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

  • 11/27 – 11/29: Edward James Olmos

    Edward James Olmos

    Starred on ‘Miami Vice’, ‘American Family’ and ‘Battlestar Galactica’.
    (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

  • 11/30 – 12/1: Raul Esparza (NEW)

    Raúl Esparza

    Best known for ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’.
    (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

  • 12/2 – 12/3: Whoopi Goldberg

    Whoopi Goldberg

    So many great movie roles, such as in “Ghost” and “Sister Act”.
    (Photo by Dominik Bindl/Getty Images for Tribeca TV Festival)

  • 12/4 – 12/6: Isabella Rossellini

    Isabella Rossellini

    Martin Scorsese’s ex, Ingrid Bergman’s daughter.
    (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Brooklyn Academy of Music)

  • 12/7 – 12/9: Daymond John

    Daymond John

    Businessman, investor and one of the sharks on TV’s ‘Shark Tank’.
    (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

  • 12/10 – 12/12: Josh Gad (NEW)

    Josh Gad

    Kids know his voic as “Frozen”‘s ‘Olaf’.
    (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

  • 12/13 – 12/14: Gloria Estefan (NEW)

    Gloria Estefan

    Lead singer for Miami Sound Machine before a successful solo career.
    (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)

  • 12/15 – 12/18: Neil Patrick Harris

    Neil Patrick Harris

    Star of “Doogie Howser, M.D.” and “How I Met Your Mother”
    (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

  • 12/19 – 12/20: Mariska Hargitay (NEW)

    Mariska Hargitay

    Olivia Benson in over 500 episodes of ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’.
    (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

  • 12/21 – 12/23: Cal Ripken Jr.

    MLB Hall of famer Cal Ripken Jr.

    MLB ironman, with MLB record 2,632 consecutive games played.
    (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

  • 12/24 – 12/26: Marie Osmond

    Marie Osmond

    Of ‘Donny and Marie’ fame, she put up with having EIGHT brothers.
    (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)

  • 12/27 – 12/28: Courtney Vance

    Courtney Vance

    ADA Ron Carver in over 100 episodes of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”
    (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

  • 12/29 – 12/30: Angela Bassett

    Angela Bassett

    Award winning actress, including a Golden Globe for “What’s Love Got To Do With It” in which she played Tina Turner. As a youngster, Angela lived in St. Petersburg and went to Boca Ciega High School.
    (Photo by Momodu Mansaray/Getty Images)

Roxanne is a co-host on the MJ Morning Show and host of Middays on Q105 in Tampa Bay. She also hosts segments on The Current, which features local feel-good stories and health and wellness segments, and airs on five of the six Tampa-based Beasley Media Group stations. Roxanne has conducted hundreds of interviews, from athletes to Oscar winners, including Matt Damon, Christian Bale, and Chadwick Boseman. She also specializes in media training, having worked with clients in the NFL, NBA and WWE for television, in print, and online. Roxanne is a published author and will be releasing a thriller novel in 2024. Her favorite thing in the world is being with her two daughters and husband. As a content creator for Q105, Roxanne writes about family activities in the Tampa Bay area, as well as reviews for local restaurants and travel.

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