[the-disney-elite]

[waltyensid]

The holiday season is celebrated in many ways, in many different countries.

[weirdlandtv]

Vintage Disney Christmas cards. I’ll be featuring a large collection of them in the run-up to Christmas. Most of them will be company/studio cards from the 1950s and 1960s, with a few exceptions. I just love the style of these.

Two years ago I featured Lucasfilm company cards, then it was Jim Henson and weird vegetables, so now it’s Disney.

[disneyphotoshare]

[the-disney-elite]

[weirdlandtv]

Vintage Disney Christmas cards—last part.

Happy Christmas!

[the-disney-elite]

[memezandaesthetics]

[kawaii-holiday]

🎄🎁

[philliplight]

Missing Halloween time at Disneyland so I drew a Sally

[risarodil]

Toured my prints around Walt Disney World ❤️

[anniemay-af]

“Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me!” “Why are you so happy?” “Cause we get to be pirates again!”

Tribute to Kingdom Hearts 3! Pencil & Ink by @giacomoboni-art, Color by me 💖 Are you excited for KH3? We totally are!

[yodaprod]

The Contemporary Resort at Disney World in the 70′s

[themousefromfantasyland]

Guardians of Childhood by William Joyce is one of the best book series I've read.

I really would love to see Dreamworks adapting the books into a Netflix series. Rise of the Guardians was good, but these books expanded that world in such a way that I want a series to delve into it.

[themousefromfantasyland]

How it feels coming from October 31th to November 1th

Art by Joey Chou

[themousefromfantasyland]

"The Skellingtons" Art by DarkmatterNova

[themousefromfantasyland]

On this day, in 1928, the groundbreaking "Steamboat Willie" debuted, catapulting Mickey and Minnie Mouse to stardom. Disney celebrates November 18th as Mickey's birthday, and today he and Minnie complete 92 years.

Mickey's status as Disney's corporate mascot must be one of the greatest tragedies of the company, since he became a spokesperson for their worst and most ruthless business practices. Mickey is now a symbol for corporate greed, and to many, nothing more than that.

But to me Mickey means so much more.

Mickey Mouse is the ultimate underdog hero. He's just a small mouse caught in a world too big for his own sake. He's a trickster, a mischievous rascal that refuses to loose his spark, refuses to loose his cheerfulness. He's optimistic, he's full of dreams, he's youthful. He has a heart bigger than himself.

Walt once said:

"When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity. I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by a mouse."

Early concept art for Mickey

During PBS' "American Experience: Walt Disney", writer Ron Suskind had this to say about Mickey:

"Mickey's a little bit in your face. Mickey's like, 'Hey! I'm smart, I can do anything, I get into trouble, but I can get out of it... I'm sort of rebellious, you know. I live by my own rules.' He's an adolescent dream, is what he is. Rebelling and making it work, that's Mickey."

Mickey Mouse is and will forever be may favorite Disney character. He, Jaq and Gus are actually the reason why I call myself the "Mouse".

Happy birthday, Mickey!