by Jim Smith | Dec 12, 2023 | Beyond Disney, Seasonal Holidays, Spotlight
“Christmas had come officially. We plunged into the cornucopia quivering with desire and the ecstasy of unbridled avarice.” To say A Christmas Story is my all-time favorite holiday film is not at all a stretch. It is a certain, unquestionable fact. I first saw the...
by Jim Smith | Dec 2, 2023 | Disney, Disney Parks & Resorts, Extinct Disney Attractions, Spotlight
(A version of this article was shared with Pirates & Princesses and published on December 2, 2023.) One fateful day in 1986, a young girl asked her father if he could please decorate their house with lights for Christmas. Dad said “yes.” But this was no ordinary...
by Jim Smith | Nov 27, 2023 | Disney, Disney Parks & Resorts, Lists, Role Call - The Best of Disney
(A version of this article was shared with Pirates & Princesses and published on November 27, 2023.) The holidays are upon us here at Walt Disney World. Plenty of festive decor adorns the theme parks, both water parks, Disney Springs, and all the resorts (if you...
by Jim Smith | Dec 22, 2022 | Disney, Media, Role Call - The Best of Disney
(A version of this article was shared with Laughing Place on December 22, 2022.) Ho Ho Ho! It’s Christmastime again. That time of year when Santa invades almost every television and radio station – not to mention billions of homes worldwide. Santa – also...
by Jim Smith | Dec 20, 2022 | Bits & Pieces, Disney, Disney Spotlight Series
Every December (and November, and sometimes October) the jolly mug of Santa Claus appears on television, in films, in shopping malls, outside big box stores, and on countless front yard lawns. It’s hard to escape Jolly Old Saint Nick (thankfully I’m quite fond of the...
