haunted mansion walt disney world's magic kingdom

Initially, Disney considered doing a retelling of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, but decided against it due to the attraction's setting in New Orleans Square and the incongruity of bringing Santa Claus into the eerie environment of the Haunted Mansion. Two similar overlays – Country Bear Christmas Special (1984) and It's a Small World Holiday (1997) – had already been successful for some time when Haunted Mansion Holiday was developed. The overlaid attraction is then open to guests from September through early January before being closed again to remove the overlay. The Haunted Mansion typically closes for two and half weeks in late August so it can be converted into the Haunted Mansion Holiday.

Taking inspiration from ' The Night Before Christmas', the attraction retells the story of Jack Skellington (as ' Sandy Claws') visiting the Haunted Mansion on Christmas Eve, leaving holiday chaos in his wake. Haunted Mansion Holiday is a seasonal overlay of The Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland that blends the settings and characters of the original Haunted Mansion with those of the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Haunted mansion walt disney world's magic kingdom