Little Bit of Disney in Your Decorating

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It’s that time of year…the days are shorter, the nights are colder, and mailboxes are filled with catalogs and sale ads. When the President starts pardoning turkeys we know it’s time to start rooting around in our closets, attics, and storage units and pulling out the holiday decorations.

I have a lot of Disney-themed decorations…my favorite character is Tigger, so I have Tigger stockings (and stocking holder), stuffed holiday-themed Tiggers of mulltiple sizes, Tigger Christmas tree ornaments, etc. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but if I HAD to (and for this blog, I do have to), I’d have to say it’s an “animated plush”. It’s Tigger and Pooh in a red sleigh, and when you turn it on, they bounce and move from side-to-side as they sing “Jingle Bells”. It always makes me smile.

What about the rest of you? I’m sure some of you have entire rooms and/or Christmas trees with a Disney holiday theme. How do you bring Disney into your holiday decorating? What are some of your favorite Disney decorations? I’ll share your favorites and holiday ideas in a future blog.

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Laura Gilbreath is a native of San Diego, CA. She has been making the trek up Interstate 5 to Disneyland since she was a small child and terrified of talking tikis and hitchhiking ghosts. She and her husband Lee enjoy trips to Disneyland and Walt Disney World, as well as sailings on the Disney Cruise Line.

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8 Replies to “Little Bit of Disney in Your Decorating”

  1. Hi Laura. My wife Karin & I are long time Disneyworld enthusiasts ( my first visit was one week after opening )
    We decorate our entire 8 foot tree with Disney ornaments of every type that we’ve collected over the last twelve years. We generally add 4-5 ornaments a year and are getting to the point have having to pick and choose what will fit !!! Every visit ( usually 4-5 times per year ) we hit the Christmas store in the Marketplace to see whats new. In addition we have a niche in one of our living room walls that I use to build a Disney Christmas village every year using pieces bought over the years.
    Everything goes up Thanksgiving weekend and comes down after New Years so we celebrate a month Of Disney Christmas

  2. Hi Laura! We don’t have a separate “Disney Tree” but I’d say about 40% of our ornaments are Disney, all pretty much by accident. Whenever we travel we always pick up an ornament (or 2 or 5!) and it seems that Disney ornaments have prevailed over every other vacation we’ve taken!! Other than that, we have a small Disney themed train and a plush Eeyore we picked up a couple years ago who likes to sit in front of our fireplace. Thankfully our pets never thought he was a toy and accepted him into our home!

  3. We have an entire xmas tree with Disney ornaments! These have only been accumulated in the last 6 years, so I’m not sure what I’m going to do in the future…I’m running out of room!

  4. We also have the Tigger & Pooh sleigh. :-))

    We have numerous decorations from WDW. We went to WDW on our honeymoon and bought doves from the Christmas Tree store at Downtown. They go on our tree each year. We have the Mickey ornament with our name on it. I have a Minnie stocking. We also have a door hanging of Tinkerbell which goes on the front door. Oh and can’t forget my Mickey Santa hat and the Mickey head flashing necklace.

  5. We have an Alice in Wonderland themed Christmas Tree. It’s upside down and has a tea party set up underneath of it. We also put a “hidden mickey” on each of our six themed Christmas trees.

  6. Nearly all of our tree decorations are Disney-related! We have a Mickey & Minnie tree-topper rather than a star or angel; I have bought sets of baubles from the Disney Store – and each trip to WDW we buy one more decoration for our tree 🙂

    Happy Holidays!

  7. Most years, I just love to put out the monorail and circle it around the tree. We also have the Polynesian, Grand Floridian, and the Contemporary where the monorail circles, and right in the middle in front of the tree…. Why, Cinderella’s castle of course! The Christmas tree varies from year to year, but my favorite is the theme of magenta, teal, and purple!

    We got married one year ago this weekend, and I am planning on getting at least one Disney Christmas ornament each year. Our first one was the Bride & Groom Mickey & Minnie sitting in a ring, and for this year, I have these adorable snowglobe ornaments!

    As you can probably tell, we love Disney and I cherish each and every time we go, which is at least once a month!

    Melissa 8(:-)

  8. Disney Christmas ornaments are my favorite way to incorporate my two favorites: Disney and Christmas!

    As a young child (5 years old, actually), I apparently begged enough that my mother bought.my brother and I each an ornament. His was Mickey and some presents stuffed in a stocking. Mine was Tinkerbell. Every year, these were my favorite ornaments to find on the Christmas tree.

    Sadly, those ornaments are no more (thanks Katrina). However, I went to WDW last Christmas, and bought a new special ornament: a glass ball shaped like Mickey with a bride Minnie and a groom Mickey. It says “Just Married” and I got it personalized with our wedding date. It doesn’t match ANY of my other ornaments, but I don’t care! It is my new favorite. Who knows what kind of ornament I’ll come home with this year!