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Holiday Storytellers Return Around World Showcase for 2024 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

December 4, 2024November 29, 2024 Katie Francis

Collage of four festive scenes: a Chinese lion dance, a Japanese storyteller with Daruma dolls, an elderly performer in colorful attire, and Santa Claus posing in front of gift boxes.

EPCOT has welcomed back the holiday storytellers across World Showcase for the 2024 International Festival of the Holidays. The storytellers invite guests to join them in the traditions of their cultures. The vast majority of holiday storytellers appear throughout the park until the end of the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, which runs through … Read more

PHOTOS, VIDEOS: Holiday Storytellers Return Around World Showcase for 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays

December 5, 2023 Kyle Silagyi

The 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays commenced on November 24, bringing with it the return of holiday storytellers across the World Showcase neighborhood of the park. The performers, who are a staple of the annual event, invite guests to join them in the festive traditions of their respective cultures, sometimes through spoken word … Read more