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By Teresa Plowright, About.com

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Christmas at Disney World

Photo courtesy of Disney World Resorts.

You won't find Christmas package promotions during the Holiday Season at Disney World: this is the season of peak demand, and also peak prices at the Disney World resorts.

Guests staying at a Disney World resort can purchase a Dining option with their theme park tickets, as a way to package meals into your Christmas vacation; the Dining option is generally considered to be a good deal, and a Value Dining option was added in fall 2009.

Also -- once you've paid for your Disney resort and theme park tix-- guests get many free extras that make the season bright.

For starters, the resorts have beautiful holiday decorations: giant Christmas tree in the grand lobby at the Grand Floridian, giant gingerbread house... see photos of Disney World Christmas decorations.

In the theme parks, the year-round Disney magic gets dazzling, with spectacular decorations, special parades. Castle Dream Lights at Cinderella's Castle, and other special events. Your regular park pass is also your ticket to the Spectacle of Lights, Holidays Around the World, the Candlelight Processional, and other Disney Christmas events.

You do need to buy special tickets -- and buy early!-- for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, which happens on multiple nights in the Magic Kingdom. (And for part of the season, Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade can only be seen as part of the Party.)

Any and all of the Disney World resorts will be decked out for Christmas, and guests at all -- from Value to Luxury resorts -- enjoy the same perks of staying at a Disney World resort, including Extra Magic Hours at the theme parks, free Disney buses, and more.

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