Whether you’re spending your holiday season in the Mushroom Kingdom, at Hogwarts Castle, or in Whoville, Universal Studios Hollywood has plenty of treats to unwrap this year; with festivities in full swing November 29th, each of these individual lands and Universal Studios Hollywood as a whole has decked the halls with Christmas cheer to welcome families from all over the world for a holiday celebration like no other!
From new and exclusive merchandise like the Snowman Mario Christmas sweater, a Snowman Mario plushie or headband, or other Christmas-themed drink ware, apparel, and accessories featuring your favorite plumber or princess, to the brand new holiday treats featured at the Toadstool Cafe in Super Nintendo World, there’s plenty of holiday cheer to go around the Mushroom Kingdom! The entire kingdom has been decked out in holly jolly decor, and there’s no Christmas vacation that’s more fun than the gamified Mushroom Kingdom at Universal Studios Hollywood! Complete challenges with friends and family to earn coins for your Power-Up Band, and then enjoy a holiday treat at the Toadstool Cafe. Do your best to win, or the losing team might end up buying lunch!
The Mushroom Kingdom isn’t the only place at Universal Studios Hollywood decked out for the holidays this year! Head over to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter for a spellbinding collection of new gifts and treats to behold that will make any witch, wizard, or muggle feel the magic of Christmas. With Hogsmeade fully decorated in traditional Christmas flair, Universal has released a new line of sherpa items to keep you as warm as a fire-dwelling salamander this holiday season! Blankets, backpacks, hats, as well as custom-made ornaments, stationary, apparel, and home decor.
Yes, custom-made! Items like robes, key chains, wands, scarves, journals, and hats can be engraved or embroidered with names, a service that is available at select locations within The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at at the Universal Studios Store inside the park. These items can be perfect stocking stuffers (though you might have a hard time fitting robes in a stocking) and can be personalized to truly dazzle the person you plan to gift them to!
While there’s certainly an impressive amount of new and customizable merchandise this season, souvenirs aren’t the only holiday treats to be found in the Wizarding World! Guests can stop into the Three Broomsticks to partake in a traditional English holiday meal, a returning holiday favorite at the park. In the past, this has been a plate of roasted turkey breast and sourdough stuffing, with sides of glazed carrots, Brussels sprouts, bacon-wrapped sausage, gravy, and cranberry sauce. Paired effortlessly with a hearty cup of hot, cold, or frozen Butterbeer, this holiday meal is the perfect indulgence during this cozy time of year.
And, of course, once you’re full of lunch from the Toadstool Cafe and dinner from the Three Broomsticks, where you’ve enjoyed all the holiday offerings Universal Hollywood can put on a plate, be sure to head over to Whoville to enjoy the sweeter side of holiday cheer – in a town that prepares for Christmas all-year long, if anyone knows how to do a holiday sweet, it’s the Whos!
Check out Grinchmas for whimsical treats like Who Pudding, Whoville Present Cookies, Cocoa Cookies, Grinch Donuts, 2 Sizes Too Small Cupcakes, Who-bilicious Cinnamon Rolls, the Heart Grew 3 Sizes Sugar Cookie and a sip of a Whoville delicacy, The Grinch Heart Lemonade. Then, be sure to catch story time at the Production Plaza in Universal Studios Hollywood’s upper lot, where Cindy-Lou Who retells the story of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
There’s so much to do this season at Universal Studios Hollywood! It’s a good thing their holiday celebrations roll all the way through to January 6th, or there might not be enough time to see everything! Be sure to stop by Universal Studios Hollywood starting November 29th, and experience all the holiday cheer that Universal Studios Hollywood has to offer, for an unforgettable holiday experience!
