Updates for the Month of December

Happy New Year to all!  I hope you and yours have a wonderful 2017 - 2016 has flown by!

DisneyBound posted a great outfit idea!  And a few Evil Queen outfits and one for the prince.

Disney Parks Blog put up a great piece of art counting down the 12 days of Christmas.  They also had a vote earlier this month on which new Alex and Ani bracelets to release - sadly, Snow White was not in the top three.

Andreas Dejas posted a beautiful Snow White Christmas card.

Speaking of Christmas Cards - D23 did an article on a variety of Christmas Cards.

Disney Parks App has some new princess key-chains.

Disney Style came up with some great Villains gifts - including some cool Evil Queen items.

I love finding great Snow White fan art and Dylan Bonner has posted an adorable Snow White and a really fun take on Disney Characters in classic Christmas movies.

Oh My Disney has a recommendation on how to make 2017 great - including advice from our favorite princess.

I love this picture of Snow White operating her ride at Disneyland.

Have you ever read Touring Plans Outlet report?  I have to admit, it is one of my favorite things to read.  This month there is a dwarfs Tee at the outlet.

Chip and Co showed off some of the new merchandise coming that includes a beautiful Snow White picture.

Jamberry nail wraps featuring Snow White are about to retire.

ABC family has a cute article on last minute shopping featuring Snow White.

Helzberg Diamonds has some beautiful Snow White jewelry!

Looking for something with a bigger price tag?  Check out this auction.  It brought in 1.3 million.

Filmic Light had some great posts these last few months:
Check out these baby rattles
Newspaper ad from Ireland
Cheese labels from Italy
Snow White 50th anniversary cup
1938 Candy wrappers
Sears Tree ornament
Check out these Christmas window displays
Costume Department buttons
I love this Dutch comic
1940 Christmas card

Getting Ready for the Holidays with the Disney Store

November has flown by and we are now well into December.  I have been putting up the tree this weekend and that got me to thinking about the fabulous Snow White ornaments available from Disney Store online (many of which are currently on sale).  Check them out:

Isn't Dopey too cute?  Love that he moves.

Dopey is thinking about making those jewel eyes he is so famous for...

The queens robe looks so regal - even on a hangar.

This one is on my list!!

Snow White - so lovely.

All images Disney

Disneyland Resort Snow White Holiday Mug

Last week I made it to Disneyland for the final week of the holiday decor.  I was surprised to find that the Snow White holiday mug was still available!

They also made a popcorn bucket but it was no longer available when I was there.

WDW radio Holiday Ornament exchange

For the last three years I have participated in the WDW radio ornament gift exchange.  When you sign up you can give your favorite Disney character, and while you are not required to send an ornament that is that character, I have been lucky enough to receive Snow White ornaments all three years.   The first year I received some handmade ornaments that featured Snow White.  In 2014 I recieved this boxed set that was avaliable at Target:

This year I got this beautiful light bulb shaped ornament.  I am so impressed with this ornament!  It was actually made from a light bulb. 

If you are interested in participating next year, be sure to watch WDW radio blog around November for the sign ups.

Happy New Year Whistle While We Blog readers!  May this year bring you and your family much happiness and health.

Trim Your Tree

As the holiday season is upon us, I wanted to take a look at ornaments available this year featuring our favorite gal and here crew from Disney Store:

This one is my favorite: It's Doc! $12.95

This Snow White is also from the sketchbook series $12.95

The hat and shoes have been around for awhile for $24.95 but there are often sales to mix and match 3 for a small discount.

D23 Light up the Season Event

On December 4th I had the opportunity to attend the D23 Light up the Season event at the Burbank Studio Lot.  I had a wonderful time.  You could have a photo taken with Pluto (dressed as a reindeer), Sorcerer Mickey, and Santa.  The studio theater was playing holiday classics.  There were a variety of vendors selling wares and a Mickey's of Glendale pop up shop.  The studio Disney store was open as well.  The D23 choir performed and they had a lighting of the tree ceremony.  Every guest got a hot chocolate and a cookie and there was cotton candy and popcorn available for free and food to purchase in the commissary.  The studios was all decorated; including my favorite building.

I was surprised at the amount of space guests could wander around in - the studio was open from the Legends Plaza to past the commissary.

 

 Speaking of commissary - I learned that the eating areas have Snow White artwork!  Check out the wall.

 

In another section we did not get into there were pictures of Snow White on the wall.  I will definitely have to be on the look out next time I am on the lot.

One other surprise was that they had a Snow White Tweet Suite where you could have a commemorative photo taken in a Snow White background.

They also had four activity sheets that you could take

We had a terrific time snapping pictures and wandering around - in fact, they even had some Disney magic where it snowed!! I was just sad that it was such a short time (2 hours).  We spent a long time waiting to visit the studio store and in retrospect, I wished we had skipped that.  I hope they do it again next year!

Disney Parks Blog Wallpapers

Merry Christmas from Whistle While We Blog!

Check out these downloadable holiday wallpapers from D23!

Disney Parks blog also has a whole page of downloadable wallpapers.

Finding Snow White in Downtown Disney, Walt Disney World

Downtown Disney is undergoing a lot of change right now, but there are a lot of Snow White references throughout the area.

First stop is Disney's Days of Christmas where you will find on the seventh day of Christmas (of course) the dwarfs!

 In Once Upon a Toy, you will find the Wishing Well on a monopoly board behind a cash wrap

 In the Market Place Co-Op, the Beautifully Disney logo featuring the queen and Snow White is on the wall

 If you go into Guest Realtions, Snow White is on the wall with other sample photos

 Next stop is the World of Disney:

Villains Room

Princess Room

Princess Room

Some of the windows outside feature dresses made out of dolls (no Snow White) but look closely at the frame - yup- the mirror

 Outside the Lego store are a few of my favorite Lego displays...ever!

 In D- Street you can find the magic mirror on a vinylmation cutout.

 Disney's Candy Cauldron is just awesome!

Even with the signage, there is still a line to buy apples...

Speaking of candy, a walk back to where we started will get you to Goofy's Candy Company where you can find the periodic table of elements - Disney Style!  This is one of my favorites!