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Categories: Holidays, Lifestyle

Holiday Hot Cocoa Bar

Add this to your list of holiday traditions! We had so much fun setting up a Hot Cocoa Bar with countless toppings and holiday snacks while we played our Christmas playlist and decorated our tree. If you’re feeling extra festive, you can top off your night with a Christmas movie!

Some fun topping option ideas:

  • Start with the hot cocoa – we loved the Good & Gather brand from Target Double Chocolate packets. The new and trendy hot cocoa bombs are fun too!
  • Marshmallows – the minis are our favorite, but I also found some peppermint flavored ones at Target to add to the mix.
  • Crushed peppermint
  • Sprinkles
  • Chocolate and white chocolate chips
  • Peppermint sticks to stir it all together!
  • Peppermint or regular whipped cream – clearly I LOVE peppermint flavored anything, so finding this seasonal item at Target was super exciting
  • An array of fun holiday snacks like a nut mix, pretzel rods, and seasonal candies

You’ll definitely need mugs to help get you in the spirit too! Check out some of these cute ones if you need some inspiration.

Now, on to the movies, here is a great list of some holiday movies and specials you can stream on Disney+ this season:

  • Disney Holiday Singalong
  • Disney Holiday Magic Quest
  • The Wonderful World of Disney Magical Holiday Celebration
  • Godmothered
  • Home Alone 1, 2, and 3
  • The Santa Clause 1, 2, and 3
  • The Muppet Christmas Carol
  • Noelle
  • Miracle on 34th Street
  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
  • Decorating Disney Holiday Magic
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Prep and Landing
  • Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas and Twice Upon a Christmas
  • Snowglobe
  • The Christmas Star
  • Babes in Toyland
  • One Magic Christmas
  • I’ll Be Home for Christmas

I hope you all are able to still find magic this holiday season! What is your favorite Christmas movie of all time?

xoxo Shannon

Categories: Holidays, Lifestyle

Gift Guide for Her

More holiday shopping help is here! Some of these items in this gift guide are my longtime favorites and others are on my own Christmas wishlist. Let me know what you’re asking Santa for this year!

xoxo Shannon

Categories: Holidays

Stocking Stuffers Gift Guide

These are some of my favorite little items and they are perfect to stuff stockings with! They are all useful and make a cute little gift at great prices too.

Is there something you always get in your stocking each year? I always get a bar of peppermint bark to enjoy on Christmas Day!

Need other gift ideas? Check out these other gift guides:

Hallmark Gift Guide

Disney Gift Guide

Gift Guide for Him

xoxo Shannon

Categories: Holidays, Lifestyle

Hallmark Christmas Movie Gift Guide & Bingo Card

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If you’re anything like me, then this time of year might be your favorite! I love to curl up on the couch with a blanket and hot chocolate and play one of the many new Hallmark Christmas Movies airing on TV (you might include Lifetime TV Christmas Movies too!) and feel all of the cheerful vibes.

Hallmark Christmas Movie Gift Guide

I also got the new Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas book and it’s full of fun ideas for holiday traditions, recipes, DIYs, and more!

Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas Book

Want to add some more fun to your Hallmark Christmas Movie watching? Download my FREE printable Hallmark Christmas Movie Bingo Card and play along!

Hallmark Christmas Movie Bingo Card Download

I would love to hear your favorite movies! I know we can all use a little extra holiday cheer this year. Wishing all of you love and special memories this holiday season!

xoxo Shannon

Categories: Disney, Holidays

Enjoying the Holidays at Walt Disney World 2020

Disney has announced their plans for holiday offerings at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. Even though some of my favorite festivities won’t be happening this year, for obvious reasons, there are still some fun things to get excited about! Here’s how we can celebrate the holidays at Walt Disney World in 2020:

Fall decor on Main Street U.S.A.
Source: Disney Parks Blog

Beginning September 15th and going until October 31st you will be able to “fall” in love with Magic Kingdom all over again. Main Street, U.S.A. will be decked out in its typical fall décor. Gosh, I love seeing those Mickey pumpkin wreaths!

There sadly won’t be any Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Parties, but you can check out a special Halloween-themed cavalcade with Mickey, Minnie, Pluto and pals wearing their cute Halloween costumes. You’ll be able to spot Chip ‘n’ Dale in costume in Frontierland, as well as other Disney character friends dressed up and riding the horse-drawn trolley down Main Street.

Something new! Get your costumes ready because for the first time, guests of ALL ages can wear their own costumes during Magic Kingdom’s regular operating hours from September 15th to October 31st. It is important to note that costume masks are not permitted for adults; only children younger than 14 years old are permitted to wear costume masks. In addition, ALL guests are required to wear approved face coverings during their visit. You can check out the Costume Guidelines here.

Some of my favorite fall treats are making their comeback, like the DELICIOUS pumpkin spiced waffle sundae!

Fall treats at Magic Kingdom
Source: Disney Parks Blog

I’ve been eyeing some of the new Halloween-inspired merchandise on ShopDisney. I’m a sucker for Mickey pumpkins and ghosts! Check out all of the goodies here and make your list of what you plan on trying!

Mickey Mouse Jack-o’-Lantern Halloween Candy Bowl

The Dapper Dans will be coming back to Main Street on September 20th, performing as their spooky alter egos, The Cadaver Dans. One of the character dining experiences will be opening up at Hollywood Studios for Minnie’s Halloween Dine at Hollywood & Vine starting September 25th for some socially distant character interactions.

The parks will switch over to winter and Christmas beginning on November 6th until December 30th. The magic will be in full force across all four theme parks and Disney Springs. Santa Claus will make time for special appearances at each location.

Guests can enjoy festive flotillas at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, holiday promenades at EPCOT, and merry motorcades at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Character cavalcades at Magic Kingdom Park will take on a special holiday twist, with Christmas friends on festive floats in their holiday attire. Gingerbread Men, Elves, Reindeer, and the Toy Soldiers will join the Main Street Philharmonic marching through Magic Kingdom spreading Christmas cheer!

Holiday projections Cinderella Castle Magic Kingdom
Source: Disney Parks Blog

There will be special projection effects giving Cinderella Castle a festive look this year. This will make for some great holiday photos! Sadly, this is in place of the Castle Dream Lights which I always love to see. Holiday experiences that draw big crowds will be on hiatus this year as well, like Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party and Candlelight Processional at EPCOT. 

Minnie Mouse will be hosting her yuletide gathering for all her friends at Hollywood & Vine at Disney’s Hollywood Studios starting November 6th. Santa Goofy will be there, along with Minnie and more in their holiday best.

At Disney Springs, festive Disney Christmas trees will be spread throughout and in the evenings, guests will encounter a magical snowfall! 

Disney Resort hotels will also be decked out for the holidays, with their lobbies featuring iconic trees. The thing I am probably the most heartbroken about is that the resort gingerbread displays will not be returning this year.

Later in the season, on November 27th, the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays will be back. Holiday kitchens will return around World Showcase as well as holiday entertainment in the World ShowPlace and American Gardens Theatre.

ShopDisney has started to add a little bit of their holiday merchandise online. I’m sure there will be more to come!

Mickey and Minnie Mouse Holiday Fleece Throw
Mickey and Minnie Mouse Holiday Fleece Throw

Are you looking to celebrate the holidays at Walt Disney World in 2020? Fill out this quote form and I can help you get a trip on your calendar…I’m a travel agent specializing in Disney Destinations and my planning services are 100% free to you to use!

xoxo, Shannon

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