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Christmas comes but once a year. Fortunately, if you happen to be at Disneyland Paris, it lasts for two months! But even if a trip to Paris isn’t on your holiday calendar, it’s always fun to know what’s happening throughout the big world of Disney. This year, some new surprises await guests, and some wonderful traditions continue. Here are some of the highlights of Disney’s Enchanted Christmas, Paris-style!

Disney is turning a regular day at the movies into an event to remember. Audiences taking in their new animated film, “Tangled,” at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, will be treated to an all-new live stage show before each screening from November 24 until December 16.

Three new characters have been spotted in Anaheim’s Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. OCWeekly is reporting that Princess Rapunzel and Flynn Rider made their debut at Disneyland on Friday. Meanwhile Duffy the Disney Bear debuted at Disney’s California Adventure earlier this week.

If you’re reading this right now, I hope you’ll take 6 minutes and change to view this video that spends a little time introducing the faces behind the animators who brought us Disney’s Tangled. Some of the talented crew at Walt Disney Animation Studios spend hours toiling in front of a computer screen, so it’s great that they get a few moments in the sun here.