There is probably no busier time in department stores and city streets around the country than Christmas, with last-minute-rushes, shoppers buying dozens of presents and people deciding what to buy. But at Disneyland. this is no problem. Not only is the Magic Kingdom more comfortable and less crowded in the winter, but it also provides the world's most unusual assortment of merchandise for everyone from ...

In the days before Disneyland 's official opening, Walt Disney held a private party at the Golden Horseshoe, the Old West-themed restaurant in Frontierland. Called the “Tempus Fugit Celebration,” the 300-person event had two functions: to toast Walt and Lillian Disney 's 30th wedding anniversary and to kick off the festivities surrounding the July 17, 1955, grand opening of the world 's first truly ...