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Stroll down Memory Lane! On this page, we'll talk about Disneyland's Christmas activities back in 2005. Disneyland's Christmas celebration is always the same...in one way. It's ALWAYS beautiful. It's ALWAYS heartwarming. And, it's ALWAYS Character-filled.
Still, Christmas at Disneyland in 2005 was EXTRA special---it was the theme park's 50th Anniversary! Maybe it was the first year ever that it was hard to keep one's mind on the Christmas decorations and celebrations! Many of us were entering the famous theme park for the first time since Disneyland's 50th Birthday celebration began---and the nostalgia was overwhelming! For example, in the picture to your left, you can see Dumbo the Flying Elephant's golden "photo op" ride car. These golden ride cars are only a memory NOW...but they really helped to make our Christmas season special THEN.  Then, there were "hidden 50's," (remember them?) which were fifty little signs bearing the number 50...a little "treasure hunt" that was a fun and unusual diversion to enjoy. And there were pennies to squish, too--to fill the special Disneyland 50th Anniversary squished-penny albums!
If was a busy, fun, and...just as they claim...a "magical" time. If you find yourself forgetting what the Disneyland Christmas celebration was like in 2005, you may refresh yourself by reading through this page. But if you want Disneyland Christmas details for 2007, please visit the Disneyland Christmas Events 2007 page of this website for an updated look at what you'll enjoy THIS year!
December 2005, Disneyland's 50th Anniversary Christmas
Disneyland for Christmas 2005 was a beautifully-decorated, glowingly-lit beehive of family holiday activities! There was plenty of holiday fun to be had...and all of the Disneyland 50th anniversary sights to behold.
***Santa's Reindeer Roundup in Frontierland You could have a country-styled holiday in Disneyland for Christmas 2005 when you headed over to Frontierland for a special celebration there. A number of separate events happened in Frontierland this year, and they included... .......The Holiday Ho-Ho-Hoedown, your special place to learn country line dancing and get involved in holiday family sing-alongs. .......Nightly tree-lighting ceremony led by Pluto the Red-nosed ReinDOG. Only ONE Christmas tree in Disneyland at Christmas time? Not on your life! Frontierland had its OWN special tree-lighting ceremony led by Mickey's faithful pet, Pluto, dressed up in hilarious holiday garb. .......Family Christmas activities. You could bring the kids and have fun watching as they decorated their own Christmas cookies and made holiday crafts. .......Character Greeting, Western Style. You could meet and greet Western Goofy, Western Chip and Dale...and even that rare Disney character, Clara Cluck, in the Santa's Reindeer Roundup area of Frontierland. Christmas at Disney California Adventure 2005
In December, 2005, Disney's California Adventure offered its own "sunny California" brand of Christmas activities for the holidays.After you entered the turnstiles and stepped into the park's Sunshine Plaza area, you noticed SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT here! Santa had come to California for the holiday season---and was he ever having fun basking in the sun! ***Santa's Beach Blast was the name given to this area filled with Santa's vacation fun. Visitors strolled around and enjoyed activities centered around the odd idea that Santa would LIKE a break from the cold and snow! Some guests took part in a limbo contest...or played a number of games, such as trying to throw a Christmas wreath around the spires of a "sand" castle. ***There was a daily Christmas tree lighting ceremony at 5 P.M. ***Whimsical holiday decor filled "A Bug's Land." Remember---things are seen from a "bug's eye view" in this creative section of the park...and so, the ornaments were GIANT-sized. That's how it WOULD seem if you were a bug! ***That fabulous parade extravaganza, the "Block Party Bash" continued on most days throughout the season. ***Sadly, the very popular Disney's Electrical Parade did not begin for the holiday season in 2005 until December 16th. (Note: Nevertheless, in 2005, the Electrical Parade actually stared earlier in the holiday season than it will in 2007; for '07, the parade won't begin until December 21st!) Then, the parade ran nightly through January 2nd...before retiring completely for the park's "slow season." Pictures of Disneyland's 50th AnniversaryIf you'd like to see a slide show of photos taken during the Disneyland 50th Anniversary Celebration...you're in luck! It's running to your left in the Google Widget. Some of the photos were obviously taken during the Christmas 2005 celebration, and others weren't. Most of them...well, it would be difficult to say! California's weather stays warm enough for short sleeves year-round, so we can't tell when these folks actually made their Anniversary-year Disneyland visits! These photos were all taken by members of the Flickr photo-sharing website. After returning home from their vacations, they uploaded their snapshots into Flickr's photo banks...and now "the whole world" is free to admire them! Disneyland's 50th Anniversary on EBayDid you get all the souvenirs you wanted during your visit to Disneyland Park's 50th Anniversary celebration? If not, you've probably discovered that it can be difficult to find the items you wanted to buy at Disneyland during the special celebration...but didn't.Fortunately, the EBay auction website is still one place you can find the mementos that will bring your treasured memories to mind once more. In the widget below, you can view current auctions going on right this minute on EBay. Plus, when one auction ends, a fresh one takes its place in the widget---giving you new things to view the next time you return to this page!
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***Main Street USA's fabulous holiday decor From the moment we entered Disneyland Park and stepped onto Main Street USA, we were transported to the magical world of Christmas Past. Old-fashioned holiday decorations were everywhere! Christmas carolers in long dresses or sporting stovepipe hats made their way around Main Street singing the songs & carols of the season.
***A 100 foot-tall "goldenized" Christmas tree! Every year, Disneyland has a special Christmas tree...and in 2005, it was even MORE spectacular. In honor of Disneyland's 50th Anniversary, the tree in 2005 featured special golden touches!
***The Haunted Mansion Holiday. Jack Skellington and The Nightmare Before Christmas gang visited the Haunted Mansion in 2005...as they have every year since 2001. Jack Skellington left all sorts of ghoulishly fun decorations in place for us to admire---and mountains of visitors came to enjoy the Haunted Mansion's special holiday decor!
There were a few things to note about the holidays in Disney's California Adventure.
