Greg McNaughten

DCA's 2009 Christmas Tree

Disneyland's 2009 Christmas Tree

When I visited the Disneyland Resort on Thursday, November 12, 2009 I wasn’t to surprised to see Christmas decorations up around the resort. My daughter had visited the Resort on November 2 for her birthday and told me many decorations were up. She also told me the Christmas Tree could be seen backstage and would soon be moved on stage soon.

Why not start the Christmas season so soon, Home Depot has had Christmas decorations for sale in my neighborhood since mid October.

When I worked at Disneyland those many years ago the Park went under a transformation the night of Thanksgiving and the Christmas season started the next day. To me, thats traditional. It seems in the 21st Century we cannot wait to get to the seasons that keeps giving as soon as possible. Don’t get me wrong I love the Christmas season and I have always enjoyed the Disney parks at Christmas.

I am pleased I have also experienced Walt Disney World during the Holiday Season. It only took me about 31 years from my first visited to Walt Disney World to visit during Christmas 2006.

Disneyland has a wonderful tradition for the Holidays as does Walt Disney World and I encourage anyone who has not visited a Disney park during the Christmas Season to do so if they can. Please visit my Flickr for more Disneyland 2009 Christmas Season photos. I will be updating the site with more Holiday photos as the Season continues to capture my imagination.