December means Christmas at Disney

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- December at Disney World means Christmas, Mickey, and this year, Narnia.

"Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party" takes place at the Magic Kingdom Dec. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18 and 20. Separate admission to the event is required.

The "Osborne Family Spectacle of Lights," a display that started in an Arkansas home 18 years ago and was brought to Disney in 1995, can be seen through early January.

The World Showcase at Epcot features holiday celebrations from around the world and across various cultures, from Kwanzaa and Hanukkah to Pierre Noel and Santa, through Dec. 30.

A candlelight processional, choir and celebrity narrators telling the Christmas story unfold each night through Dec. 30 at Epcot's America Gardens Theatre at 5 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.

Disney's 22nd annual Christmas Day parade will be hosted by Regis Philpin, Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest. If you can't make it to Florida to watch it in person, don't worry -- it airs live on ABC on Dec. 25.

Finally, opening Dec. 9 at Disney-MGM Studios, is a walk-through experience based on the new film "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Guests will enter the set through a giant wardrobe to find the wintry landscape of a frozen world, and will exit through a gallery showcasing props and costumes from the film.