Holiday Season at Universal Orlando Theme Parks

"Grinchmas" returns to the Seuss Landing area in 2008, with a special holiday musical show. Seuss Landing is in the Islands of Adventure theme park; meanwhile, in the adjacent Universal Studios Florida theme park, Macy's Holiday Parade -- complete with giant balloon figures-- rolls every night.

And to start off the season: the Mannheim Steamroller group --which has sold more than 30 million albums-- sings Christmas music in two live concerts. Mannheim Steamroller's two concerts take place in the Universal Studios Florida theme park, on Saturday, December 6. The Grammy Award-winning group will play songs created for the holiday show "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," plus new music from a recent album. Founder Chip Davis will join the group. The concerts happen at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the New York area of Universal Studios Florida, and -- great deal!-- are included in park admission.

(A "mannheim", by the way, is an 18th-century German musical technique.)

The live stage show "Grinchmas" features an original musical score by Mannheim Steamroller. The show has six songs, performed by the Grinch and the Whoville Who's. Theme park guests get a chance to meet the Grinch, as well.

Grinchmas and the Macy's Holiday Parade run from December 6 2008 through January 1 2009, as do other Holiday Season events at Universal Orlando, such as nightly Christmas tree lighting, and holiday shows including The Blues Brothers, Woody Woodpecker's Kidzone and Barney.

See also, for the Holiday Season:

• Great Places to See Santa
• Christmas Train Rides- including The Polar Express
• Holiday Lights- places with a million sparkles
• Holiday Season Packages- 10 ideas, around the US
• First Nights- family-friendly New Years Eve festivities
• Disney Christmas

^{Photo courtesy of Universal Orlando.}