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"Not our job to change people, Cal.

People change themselves.

We just show em' that we believe in 'em.

All of 'em.

'Cause we know who they really are, down deep.

We know that somewhere inside every lost grown-up is the kid they once were.

Our gift is that we can see that even when they can't."

- Nick, Red One

Once Upon A Toy Christmas Tree

The Christmas Tree Stroll in Disney Springs is always a holiday joy. There are so many delightful hidden things to discover in each tree. This tree for the Once Upon a Toy store is covered in old-fashioned decorations. From a spool and bead garland to peanut reindeer, baubles that look like they were made from old Christmas cards and handmade toys around the base, there so much to see.

Christmas Treats At California Adventure

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Christmas is everywhere at Disneyland, including throughout California Adventure. That means a plethora of seasonal sweets and treats have arrived as well. Most of the following delicious delights will be available through January 7th.

Hollywood Land

Schmoozies!

• Red Velvet Mickey-shaped Waffles filled with cream cheese and topped with whipped topping 🎄 
• Dulce de Leche Shake with whipped topping and caramel sauce 🧋 
• Elf Mickey Shake: mint and chocolate cookie shake garnished with green whipped cream and crushed peppermint candy 🧋 
• Castellum Ciders Ube Cider 🎄 
• Latitude 33 Brewing Honey Hips Ale 🎄 
• Seaborn Wild Berry Lime Margarita 🎄 

• Tiramisu Cold Brew Cocktail with coffee liqueur and mascarpone cold foam, dusted with cocoa powder and garnished with a ladyfinger 🎄 
• Unsung Brewing Co. Mimosa Hard Seltzer 🎄 

Award Wieners

• Yuletide Carnitas Torta: Warm telera bread with carnitas, chorizo beans, cotija, lettuce, pickled onions and jalapeños, and guacamole spread served with fries 🎄  

• …Don’t forget the Milk & Cookies: Battered and fried crème-filled cookies with whipped topping, chocolate drizzle, and crushed peppermint candy 🎄 
• Artifex Brewing Company Hollywood Sunset IPA 🎄 

• Seaborn Blood Orange Cinnamon Margarita 🎄 
• Modelo Especial 

Hollywood Lounge

• Filipino Feast Burrito: Pork belly adobo fried rice, pancit, and lumpia in a warm flour tortilla with sweet chile dipping sauce 
• Apple-Tamarind Agua Fresca garnished with a dried apple slide 🎄🧋
• Brooklyn Brewery Brown Ale 🎄 

• Spiced Pomegranate Cocktail 🎄 
• Study Break Beverage Company Cranberry Mule 🎄 
• Unsung Brewing Company Blood Orange Seltzer 🎄 
• Seaborn Cocktails CranMerry Lime Margarita 

Studio Catering Co.

• Filipino Feast Burrito: Pork belly adobo fried rice, pancit, and lumpia in a warm flour tortilla with sweet chile dipping sauce 
• Apple-Tamarind Agua Fresca garnished with a dried apple slide 🎄🧋

Buena Vista Street

Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream

• Chocolate-Peppermint Sundae: Chocolate and peppermint ice cream in a waffle cup, topped with whipped cream and peppermint candy 
• Peppermint Ice Cream 
• Mango Hard Float: Golden Road Brewery Mango Cart, mango sorbet, chamoy, and chile-lime seasoning  

Fiddler, Fifer & Practical Cafe

• Mickey Gingerbread: Soft gingerbread Mickey cookie

Mortimers Market

• Christmas Tree Pull-apart Sourdough Bread 🥬 

Willie’s Churros at Buena Vista Street

• Carrot Cake Churro: Classic churro topped with carrot cake pieces and cream cheese 

Avengers Campus

Pym Test Kitchen

• The Chimichanga with seasoned beef, charred poblano, refried beans, and shredded cheese, on a pool of guajillo sauce with a pico de gallo side salad  
• Asgardian Apple Cold Brew: Caramel cold brew, green apple cold foam, and caramel sauce with a caramel apple lollipop 🧋 
• Blueberry Matcha Iced Latte: Matcha latte topped with blueberry cold foam and blueberry popping spheres 🧋 
• Newtopia Cyder Soiree Five Apple Blend 🎄 

Performance Corridor

Wine Country Trattoria

• Chocolate Crème Brûlée Tart: Raspberries and coconut chantilly cream 🥬 
• Mulled Wine: Holiday-spiced warm wine 🎄 

Cars Land 

Cozy Cone Motel 1 – Churros

• Apple Pie Churro: Classic churro with graham cracker sugar, apple pie filling, whipped topping, and caramel 🎄 
• Pumpkin Crème Brûlée Cold Brew: Joffrey’s Pumpkin crème brûlée cold brew coffee with pumpkin sauce topped with cold cream foam 🧋 

• Hot Chocolate Vodka Cocktail with vanilla vodka topped with whipped cream and peppermint candy 🎄 

Cozy Cone Motel 2 – Ice Cream Cones

• Cars-mas Tree Cone: Peppermint soft serve decorated with holiday sprinkles 
• Peppermint-Chocolate Twist Soft Serve 
• Peppermint Soft Serve 

Cozy Cone Motel 3 – Chili Cone Queso

• Jerry’s Junk Truck Cone: Chopped fried chicken, garlic mashed potatoes, corn, chicken gravy, and cheese topped with green onions 🎄 

Cozy Cone Motel 4 – Frozen Cone-Coctions

• Mission Brewing Cookies and Milk Ale 🎄 
• Rad Gingerbread Seltzer 🎄 
• Second Chance Brewing Frosty the Hazeman IPA 🎄 
• Unsung Brewery Poison Apple Seltzer  

Flo’s V8 Cafe

• Apple Crumble topped with vanilla chantilly cream 🎄  

San Fransokyo Square

Aunt Cass Café

• Chicken Pot Pie Soup topped with crispy fried wonton shell 
• Candy Cane Sourdough Bread 🥬
• Christmas Tree Pull-apart Sourdough Bread 🥬 
• Snowman Sourdough Bread 🥬 
• Milk and Cookies Cold Brew: Cookie butter cold brew, cereal milk, and chocolate cookie foam 🧋 

Boudin Bread Cart

• Candy Cane Sourdough Bread 🥬 
• Christmas Tree Pull-apart Sourdough Bread 🥬 
• Snowman Sourdough Bread 🥬 

Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop

• Ghirardelli Mexican Style Hot Cocoa: Warm cinnamon and nutmeg along with a subtle bit of spice from cayenne mixed with Ghirardelli hot cocoa, topped with hot fudge whipped cream 🎄🧋 

Lucky Fortune Cookery

• Santa Baymax Macaron filled with peppermint buttercream, chocolate ganache, and dark chocolate crunchies  

Pixar Pier

Lamplight Lounge – Boardwalk Dining

• Brewery Ommegang Everything Naughty: White chocolate imperial blonde stout 🎄 
• Java Martini: Tequila, coffee and vanilla liqueurs, and hazelnut cream cold foam 🎄 

Lamplight Lounge

• Herb-roasted Chicken with turnip purée, rainbow carrots, and chicken jus 
• Prime Rib: Salt-crushed with whipped potatoes, grilled rainbow carrots, wasabi cream, and au jus  
• Thai Seafood Pasta: Thai curry cioppino, coconut-steamed clams and mussels, shrimp, pan-seared fish, spaghetti, sourdough breadcrumbs, crispy shallots, Thai basil, cilantro, and a lime wedge 
• Lamplight Delight Donuts 🎄 
• Java Martini: Tequila, coffee and vanilla liqueurs, and hazelnut cream cold foam 🎄 
• 2 Towns Ciderhouse Cosmic Crisp 

Poultry Palace

• Chipotle Chicken Drumstick Box served with slaw 

Bayside Brews

• Brewery X Spiced Sangria Seltzer: Fruity and light spiced sangria seltzer (Michelada option available) 
• Rincon Reservation Road Rez Dog Hefeweizen (Michelada option available) 
• Watermelon Pineapple Margarita: Tequila, watermelon schnapps, and pineapple juice with a chile-lime-seasoned rim 

Paradise Gardens Park 

Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta

• Cookie Butter Trifle: Cookie butter base, cookie butter cheesecake mousse, and vanilla chantilly cream topped with a cookie 🎄 

Corn Dog Castle

• Fried Elote Corn on the Cob dipped in batter and fried to golden brown, drizzled with chipotle aïoli, and topped with chile-lime queso fresco and cilantro served with Cuties Mandarin Orange or small bag of chips 

Churros near Redwood Creek Challenge Trail

• Fluffernutter Churro: Classic churro with peanut butter sauce, marshmallow sauce, and chocolate chips  

Grizzly Peak

Smokejumpers Grill

• BearPaw Basin Cold Brew: Joffrey’s Pecan cold brew coffee, salted maple cold foam, caramel drizzle, and waffle pieces 🧋 
• Peppermint Mocha Shake: Joffrey’s Peppermint, chocolate, and coffee shake with whipped topping and peppermint candy pieces 🧋 
• Karl Strauss Aurora Hoppyalis IPA 🎄 
• Kona Brewing Co. Longboard Island Lager 🎄 
• Caramel-Pecan Irish Cream Cold Brew Cocktail: Irish cream liqueur, Joffrey’s pecan cold brew coffee, salted maple cold foam, caramel drizzle, and waffle pieces 

Outdoor Vending Locations

• Honey-baked Turkey Leg with a pineapple ring 
• Dulce de Leche Pull-apart Bread with pecans 🎄 
• Jalapeño-Cream Cheese Bread 
• Mickey-shaped Gingerbread Cookie 
• Mint Chocolate Chip Cotton Candy 🎄 
• Hot Chocolate 
• Coronado Brewing Company Costa Azul Grapefruit 🎄 
• Study Break Cherry Burst Seltzer 🎄 

🎄 - New 

🧋 - Non-alcoholic 

🥬 - Plant-based

Happy Thanksgiving!

"Freedom From Want" by Norman Rockwell, 1943

A little more happiness,

A little more cheer;

With much cause for Thanksgiving

Every day in the year.

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 

Christmas Treats At Disneyland

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It's that time of year again at Disneyland. Christmas decorations are everywhere, as are lots of holiday sweets and treats. Most of these delicious delights will be available until January 7th.

Main Street, USA

Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe

• Gingerbread-Cranberry Cheesecake Trifle: Layers of gingerbread cake, cheesecake, and cranberry compote topped with gingerbread crunch, white chocolate mousse, and a mini gingerbread man 🎄

• Orange-Cranberry Loaf topped with cream cheese glaze and dried cranberries drizzled with white chocolate 🎄

• S’mores Cheesecake: Chocolate cheesecake with chocolate ganache topped with marshmallow mousse and a torched marshmallow 🎄

• Sticky Toffee Bundt Cake with toffee sauce topped with vanilla chantilly cream 🎄 

• White Mocha-Peppermint Tree-shaped Macaron filled with peppermint buttercream and a coffee bundt cake center (Available through December 14) 🎄 
• Roast Beef and Cheddar on a Hoagie Roll: Tomato, lettuce, pickled red onion, and whole-grain mustard aïoli served with house-made chips 
• Thanks-mas Sandwich: Oven-roasted turkey breast, stuffing, gravy, and cranberry sauce on rustic bread served with house-made chips 
• Turkey Pot Pie Soup: Tender turkey breast, potatoes, peas, and carrots topped with pie crust pieces 
• Mickey Gingerbread: Soft gingerbread Mickey cookie 
• Mickey-shaped Holiday Cookie: Shortbread cookie dipped in white chocolate with holiday sprinkles, and a chocolate Mickey decoration 
• Pumpkin Muffin topped with cream cheese icing 
• Peppermint Cold Brew topped with vanilla foam and holiday sugar 🧋

Carnation Café

• Holiday Dinner Special: Petite New York medallions, herbed Yukon Gold mashed potatoes, haricots verts, onion straws, and cabernet demi-glace 🎁
• Cosmopolitan: Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Cointreau, and cranberry and lime juices
• Eggnog Old Fashioned: Buffalo Trace Bourbon, bitters, orange-infused brown sugar syrup, and candied orange peel topped with eggnog cream

Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor

• Peppermint Holiday Sundae: Two scoops of peppermint ice cream with whipped cream, crushed peppermint, and crème-filled cookies in a candy-topped waffle bowl 
• Peppermint Ice Cream 

Little Red Wagon

• Chili Cheese Corn Dog: Classic corn dog topped with spicy chili, jalapeño-cilantro crema, cheddar cheese, and crispy onions served with choice of Cuties Mandarin Orange or potato chips 
• Blood Orange & Hibiscus Limeade garnished with dried fruit 🧋

Market House

• Mickey Gingerbread: Soft gingerbread Mickey cookie

Plaza Inn  

• Apple Bundt Cake filled with caramelized apples, topped with cream cheese glaze and green mousse, and finished with chocolate ears and a red bow 🎄🎁 

• Peppermint Chocolate Tart: Chocolate tart shell filled with chocolate ganache and mint marshmallow, finished with chocolate lines, whipped topping, sprinkles, and a chocolate-filled cookie 🎄
• Gingerbread Cake with cream cheese filling and gingerbread crunch, finished with buttercream, glaze, and a chocolate gingerbread cookie

Refreshment Corner

• Philly Cheese Potato: Baked potato filled with Italian sausage, thinly sliced steak, bell peppers, pepperoncini, cheese sauce, and cherry pepper spread 
• Warm Spiced Apple Tea with hints of cinnamon and clove topped with vanilla cream foam 🧋

Churros near Town Square and Sleeping Beauty Castle

• Apple Pie Dipping Sauce: Cream cheese frosting topped with spiced apple compote 🎄 

Adventureland

Bengal Barbecue

• Vietnamese Iced Coffee with brown sugar spheres and cold foam 🎄🧋
• Iced Pandan Cooler with brown sugar spheres and ube cold foam 🧋

Frontierland

Churros and Pretzels near Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

• Chocolate Peppermint Dipping Sauce 🎄 

Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante

• Arepa de Cochinita Pibil: Crispy corn arepa with refried beans, cochinita pibil (Yucatán Peninsula-inspired Pulled Pork), avocado salsa, cotija cheese, and spicy pickled red onions served with tortilla chips 🎄 

• Pozole Blanco: Pork pozole, onions, cabbage slaw, lime wedge, and sliced radish, served with corn tortilla chips 🎄 
• Chocolate Cake Flan: Chocolate cake and flan topped with caramel sauce, whipped cream, and cinnamon dust 
• Hibiscus-Pomegranate Cooler: Spiced hibiscus tea, pomegranate and orange juices, and honey 🧋 

River Belle Terrace

• Buttermilk Chess Pie: Custard pie filling, graham cracker crust, vanilla chantilly cream, and raspberries 🎄 

• Gingerbread Pancakes: Gingerbread sauce, spiced streusel, and vanilla chantilly cream, with choice of bacon or sausage 🎄
• Sticky Toffee Pudding: Vanilla pudding, sticky toffee cake, and candy pecans 

Stage Door Café

• Wreath Funnel Cake: Green funnel cake with caramel sauce, apple filling, whipped topping, and holiday sprinkles 

The Golden Horseshoe

• Gingerbread Sundae: Gingerbread cake with vanilla ice cream and whipped topping 

New Orleans Square

Blue Bayou Restaurant

• Sticky Toffee Cake soaked in bourbon toffee sauce and garnished with candied walnuts and vanilla ice cream 🎄 
• Roasted Beet and Citrus Salad: Crema, herbs, almonds, fennel, and poppy seed vinaigrette 🥬 
• Holiday Sangria: Cocktail-inspired seltzer with cinnamon 🎄 

Cafe Orleans

• Cherry Cream Soda: Sprite, cherry syrup, and cream 🧋 
• Holiday Sangria: Cocktail-inspired seltzer with cinnamon 🎄 

Churros near Haunted Mansion

• Straw-batty Churro: Strawberry-filled churro rolled in chocolate cookie dust, drizzled with cream cheese sauce, and topped with a chocolate bat 

Harbour Galley

• Gingerbread Cookies: Fresh-baked gingerbread cookies
• Holiday Royal Icing Dipping Sauce 🎄 

Mint Julep Bar

• Peppermint Mickey-shaped Beignets dusted in peppermint powdered sugar
• Whipped Chocolate-Peppermint Dip 
• Cranberry-Pomegranate Mint Julep with mixed berry-flavored popping spheres 🧋 

Popcorn near Haunted Mansion

• Holiday Treats Mix-in: Add on a scoop of holiday candy mix to classic buttery popcorn, complete with red and green M&M’S Milk Chocolate Candies and mini marshmallows

Royal Street Veranda

• Meatball Slider: IMPOSSIBLE meatballs, marinara sauce, and parmesan 🥬 
• Roasted Vegetable Salad: Roasted Brussels sprouts, beets, butternut squash, yams, and burrata cheese with herbed balsamic vinaigrette 
• Coffee Fritters rolled in cinnamon sugar, drizzled with white mocha sauce, and garnished with praline sugar streusel 
• Hot Spiced Apple Cider topped with caramel whipped cream 🎄🧋

Tiana’s Palace

• Black Eyed Pea Stew with Chicken and Corn Bread Croutons: Slow-simmered black-eyed peas with smoked turkey, braised chicken, bell peppers, celery, and onions served with heritage rice and cornbread croutons 🎄 

Bayou Country 

Hungry Bear Barbecue Jamboree

• Mint Chip Funnel Cake Fries: Spiced hot cocoa sugar-dusted funnel cake fries, mint chip ice cream, whipped cream, and chocolate chips 🎄 
• Snickerdoodle Cold Brew: Snickerdoodle cookie-flavored cold brew garnished with whipped topping, snickerdoodle cookie dust, and a snickerdoodle cookie 🧋 

Fantasyland

Red Rose Taverne

• Holiday Butter Cake Sundae: Warm chocolate butter cake, peppermint ice cream, chocolate sauce, and crushed peppermint 🎄 
• Mickey Gingerbread Cookie: Soft gingerbread Mickey cookie

• Holiday Stuff: Traditional grey stuff with holiday sprinkles and a white chocolate star 
• Peppermint Cold Brew with chocolate-peppermint topper and crushed peppermint 🧋 

Churros near Casey Jr. Circus Train

• Gingerbread Churro: Classic churro rolled in gingerbread sugar dust 
• Butterscotch Dipping Sauce: Butterscotch caramel dip 

Edelweiss Snacks

• Black Forest Cake: Chocolate sponge cake filled with cherries and topped with chocolate ganache, chantilly crème, chocolate curls, cherries, and powdered sugar 

Maurice’s Treats

• Chocolate Chip Cookie with holiday sprinkles 

Pretzels at small world Promenade

• Butterscotch Dipping Sauce: Butterscotch caramel dip 

Troubadour Tavern

• Santa Breakfast Potato: Scrambled eggs, shredded cheese, country sausage gravy, and green onions 🎄
• Celebration Dinner Potato: Baked potato with pulled smoked turkey, whipped cream cheese, stuffing, cranberry sauce, gravy, and fried onions 
• Holiday Beef Dinner Potato: Sliced tri-tip steak, spinach artichoke dip, demi-glace, and crispy onions 
• Holiday Popcorn: White chocolate-dusted butter popcorn with a mix of M&M’S Milk Chocolate Candies, pretzel sticks, and crushed peppermint 
• Holiday Cookie Cold Brew: Joffrey’s Dark chocolate Cold Brew Coffee with cookie butter topper and a sugar cookie 🧋 

Mickey's Toontown

Café Daisy

• Daisy’s Goody-Goody Donuts: House-made mini apple cider donuts with spiced apple sugar 
• Very Merry Cran-Peary: Minute Maid Zero Sugar Lemonade with cranberry and pear syrups garnished with cranberries and a fresh rosemary sprig 🧋 
• Peppermint S’mores Cold Brew: Joffrey’s French Roast Cold Brew Coffee with peppermint and chocolate syrups topped with whipped cream, mini marshmallows, graham cracker dust, and crushed candy cane 🧋 
• Peppermint S’mores Hot Chocolate: Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s and peppermint syrup, topped with whipped cream, mini marshmallows, graham cracker dust, and crushed candy cane 🧋 

Good Boy! Grocers

• Strawberry Slushie with Fanta Strawberry 🎄🧋

Tomorrowland

Alien Pizza Planet

• Al-ien Pastor Pizza: Spiced red sauce, mozzarella cheese, roasted corn, and al pastor-marinated chicken garnished with crema and tomatillo sauce drizzle, and cilantro 
• Claw-sagna Pasta: Campanelle pasta tossed in ricotta and mozzarella sauce, topped with bolognese sauce and garnished with toasted breadcrumbs, parmesan, and basil 
• Apple and Pecan Salad: Mixed greens with frisée, candied pecans, Granny Smith apple, feta crumbles, and maple dressing 
• Alien Reindeer Macarooooon filled with salted caramel buttercream, chocolate ganache, and brownie pieces 
• Holiday Green Drink: Apple-flavored beverage topped with caramel cold foam and sprinkles 🧋 

Churros near Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters

• Breakfast Churro: Classic churro rolled in coffee-flavored sugar served with maple and bacon dipping sauce 🎄

Galactic Grill

• Merry Cranberry Crispy Chicken Sandwich: Fried chicken sandwich with cranberry-orange marmalade BBQ sauce, provolone, onion rings, and arugula served on a toasted brioche bun with your choice of Cuties Mandarin Orange or French fries  
• Mushroom and Swiss Burger: Angus beef and vegetable patty, roasted herb mushrooms, caramelized and fried onions, Swiss cheese, and blue cheese sauce served on a toasted brioche bun with your choice of Cuties Mandarin Orange or French fries 🎄  

• Holiday Parfait: Layers of chocolate cake, edible cookie dough, marshmallow mousse, chocolate crunch, chocolate mousse, and ganache finished with colored mousse, star glitter, and truffle shell 🎄 
• Holiday Punch: Pomegranate, cranberry, and orange juices and Sprite, garnished with cranberries, orange wedge, and a rosemary sprig 🧋 
• Holiday Chocolate Foam Cold Brew: Joffrey’s Cold Brew Coffee with a splash of hazelnut syrup, topped with hot chocolate foam and garnished with cinnamon-flavored cereal 🧋

Pretzels near Star Tours – The Adventures Continue

• Toffee Pretzel: Cream cheese-filled pretzel with toffee sugar 

🎄 - New

🧋 - Non-alcoholic 

🥬 - Plant-based

🎁 - Available December 1 - January 7