Epcot Presents Holidays Around the World – International holiday traditions unfold throughout World Showcase Nov. 27-Dec. 30 when storytellers portraying cultural icons of the season – such as France’s Pere Noel, Italy’s LaBefana and America’s Santa Claus – spread messages of goodwill. Nighttime sparkles with a luminous light bridge adorning the breezeway to World Showcase Plaza, where guests can see a magnificent holiday tree. And to cap off the day, Epcot’s kaleidoscope of lasers, lights, fireworks and music – “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth” – takes on a spirited holiday finale.

During the holiday season, the theater hosts the Candlelight Processional. This show follows in the footsteps of the show first performed in Disneyland in 1958, and which was duplicated at the Magic Kingdom in 1971. The show relocated to the America Gardens Theater in Epcot in 1994. The show includes an orchestra and massed choir that perform traditional holiday songs while a guest celebrity retells the biblical story of Christmas. Some of the celebrities who have taken part in the Processional over the years include John Stamos, Marlee Matlin, Corbin Bleu, Haley Joel Osment and Jim Caviezel. The Candlelight Processional is a major part of Epcot’s Holidays Around the World celebration, running from the Friday after Thanksgiving until December 30 each year.

The 2009 Candlelight Processional narrator list has been released.

Isabella Rossellini – Nov. 27-29
John O’Hurley – Nov. 30 – Dec. 2
Steven Curtis Chapman – Dec. 3-5
Anika Noni Rose – Dec. 6-8
Andy Garcia – Dec. 9-11
Vanessa Williams – Dec. 12-14
Abigail Breslin – Dec. 15-17
Whoopi Goldberg – Dec. 18-20
Brian Dennehy – Dec. 21-23
Edward James Olmos – Dec. 24-26
Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance – Dec. 27-30

Also, you can purchase a Candlelight Processional Dinner Package, which will give you dining at an Epcot restaurant and a reserved seat at one of the three daily shows. Check back for updates. Narrators are subject to change.

For more information about Walt Disney World visit www.disneyworld.com or call 407.WDW.INFO.