This holiday season will be filled with even more Disney Parks magic as the company announced plans for three upcoming specials. On ABC Dancing with the Stars sibling duo Julianne Hough and Derek Hough will host specials on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. The two programs will be titled “The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration” on Thursday, November 24th, and “The Disney Parks’ Magical Christmas Celebration” on Sunday, December 25th. Additionally, the Disney Channel will air a Descendants-themed special on Black Friday (November 25th) featuring the stars from the hit DCOMs as well as recording artists Forever In Your Mind and Sofia Carson, who will also perform holiday songs.
UPDATE: Some of the material for these specials is expected to be shot in Disneyland Park on Saturday, November 5th.
Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks join the festivities, performing on all three holiday specials as will multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Kelly Clarkson. On each of the specials, ABC and Disney Channel stars will also grant wishes to families throughout the Disney theme parks, part of Disney’s “Share the Joy” campaign, inspiring families to spread goodwill this holiday season by giving back and volunteering to help others.
Lastly Disney Channel Holiday Hits, an album featuring holiday songs performed during “Disney Parks Presents: A Descendants Magical Holiday Celebration” will be released from Walt Disney Records on Friday, November 18. The album features four songs: “Jolly to the Core,” a holiday rendition of “Rotten to the Core” from “Descendants” (performed by Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce and Booboo Stewart); “Silent Night” (performed by Sofia Carson); “This Christmas” (performed by China Anne McClain) and “Celebrate,” an original song from Forever In Your Mind.