Guests at the 2023 Magic HAP-Pins event at Walt Disney World have been treated to a first look at many holiday pin designs for the 2023 season. Some of these designs will be featured on other merchandise available this year on shopDisney and in the parks, resorts, and destinations around the globe. Let’s peek under the wrapping of each of these early holiday gifts.
Disney Holiday Pins
Happy Holidays Disney Vacation Club Pin
This pin features a piece of this year’s holiday art, with Mickey offering Minnie a gift. Mickey is wearing a Santa hat, and Minnie’s peppermint-striped dress is trimmed in white. The two are celebrating around a large Christmas tree. A snowman wearing sunglasses stands to the left, and he has a packed suitcase next to him. The top of the pin reads, “Happy Holidays.” The Disney Vacation Club logo is also printed at the top of the pin.
Genie Holiday Pin
Genie appears in cutout on this pin, offering a wrapped green and red package.
Good Tides We Bring Disney Cruise Line Holiday Pin
This pin features a piece of this year’s cruise line holiday art. Captain Minne and Captain Mickey are on this pin, enjoying the season. The pin reads, “Good tides we bring”, and the bottom of the pin features an outline of a Disney Cruise Line ship and the Disney Cruise line logo.
Merry Sithmas Holiday Pin
This pin features a festive holiday scene with Darth Vader and a young Leia & Luke exchanging gifts around the tree. A heavy Death Star ornament weighs down the top of their tree bowing it over. The pin reads, “Merry Sithmas” in red at the bottom. The children are playing with The Force as Darth Vader looks on, and a gift is on a slider in the middle of the pin to pass between the two children.
Aloha Kalikimaka Pin
Mickey and Minnie enjoy a holiday in the sand on this festive pin. The words, “Aloha Kalikimaka” are written over the beach scene. The famous mice are dressed for the Hawaiian weather and have donned Santa hats.
Stitch Laughing All The Way Holiday Pin
Everyone’s favorite little blue alien, Stitch, is going cruising in his new ride with the bow still attached on this pin. Presents fly out of his space cruiser, and the large text reads, “Laughing All The Way.”
Alice and Cheshire Cat Two Pin Set
This two pin set features Alice with a Cheshire-striped gift and Cheshire Cat with a gift decorated to look like Alice’s dress.
Aloha Kalikimaka Aulani Pin
Duffy and Shelly Mae decorate a palm tree with beach-like ornaments on this pin. The bears wear festive hats and beach attire. The text on the banner reads “Aloha Kalikimaka” and features the Aulani logo in white beneath the pin’s image.
Simba Holiday Pin
Simba stands on a red wrapped gift, recreating his “I Just Can’t Wait To Be King” leaf mane moment with a festive holiday wreath.
Minnie Mouse Holiday Pin
Minnie is featured solo on this pin in her 2023 Holiday art design. She wears a burgundy capelet over her red, white, and cream striped dress. She is holding a sack over her shoulder, and the whole outfit and pose is a subtle reference to the Tightrope Walker from The Haunted Mansion attraction.
Mickey Mouse Holiday Pin
Mickey has his own pin with his 2023 Holiday art design as well. He wears a Santa coat and hat over his vest, tie, and slacks. He is balancing a gift on one finger in this pin design.
Happy Holidays Countdown Limited Release Pin
This pin has Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, and Pluto enjoying the snow in the pin’s snow globe design. The pin is a spinner and the countdown calendar can be altered with the dials.
Happy Holidays Limited Edition Holiday Pin
This pin has the full scene of this year’s holiday art. It reads “Happy Holidays” and shows Pluto, Daisy, Donald, Minnie, Mickey, and Goofy celebrating around the Christmas tree and in front of a fireplace. This art will appear on other merchandise throughout the season.
Disneyland Limited Edition Magic Key Holder Happy Holidays Boxed Pin and Ornament Set
This Limited Edition set features the Magic Key logo in the corner of the packaging. Pluto is the star of the pin in the set, and his banner reads, “Holiday Greetings.” The ornament in the set has a domed snow-filled glass front and a red ribbon hanger. Inside the snow globe, we see this year’s Mickey and Minnie holiday art.
Walt Disney World Limited Edition Annual Passholder Happy Holidays Boxed Pin and Ornament Set
This Limited Edition set is identical to the set above, except for the branding on the packaging. Pluto is the star of the pin in the set, and his banner reads, “Holiday Greetings.” The ornament in the set has a domed snow-filled glass front and a red ribbon hanger. Inside the snow globe, we see this year’s Mickey and Minnie holiday art.
Happy Holidays Goofy Limited Edition Pin
The following three limited edition pins all have scenes enclosed within a green “Happy Holidays” wreath dotted with red Mickey Mouse ears and a red bow with the Disney Pins logo beneath. For the first pin, Goofy can be seen with a large stack of presents in his hands, with more gifts totally surrounding him.
Happy Holidays Minnie Mouse Limited Edition Pin
In the next scene, Minnie stands contentedly over a massive holiday banquet of cakes, pastries, and sweets.
Happy Holidays Mickey Mouse and Pluto Limited Edition Pin
The last in this set depicts Mickey on a sleigh, as Pluto dashes forward through a snowy winter wonderland.
Donald Holiday Wreath Pin with Bell
This pin depicts Donald Duck with a gleeful holiday expression resting his arm on a wreath. The wreath is adorned with a yellow bow and candy canes, while a miniature bell dangles from the bottom.
Happy Holidays Limited Edition Character Pins
These limited edition character pins all share the same basic style with varying classic Disney and Pixar pals. All have a wooden-looking frame with a red ribbon ornament hook attached. The green board the pins are attached to are designed to make it look as if these pins are dangling from a Christmas tree. “Happy Holidays” and “2023” are written on each. Character choices include Belle & Beast, Lilo & Stitch, Anna & Elsa, and Mike & Sulley.
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