Narrators of the 2025 Candlelight procession have been announced

Walt Disney World has announced the narrator for the 2025 Candlelight Prosessional, a long-term holiday event in Epcot. The list includes eight first-timers, including actors Henry Winkler, Jennifer Garner and Cheryl Lee Ralph.

Performances that are part of the Epcot International Festival of the Holidays include a mass choir, a 50-piece orchestra, and a celebrity narrator who tells Christmas stories with celebrity narrators. Candlelight starts running the day after Thanksgiving until December 30th, and occurs three times each night.

Other new narrators of the year include Constance Woo, Leslie Ugums, singers Lauren Daigle, Joel Smallborn (King & Country) and Brie Larson.

Favorite comebacks include Gary Sinnes, the record-breaking 14th read, and Marley Matlin, who didn’t take part in the 2024 festival but is in Epcot for the 13th procession this year.

The narrator list for the full 2025 candlelight procession is subject to change.

•November 28-29: Constance Woo

•November 30th – December. 2: Jordan Fisher

•December 3-4: Jennifer Garner

•December 5-6: Ashley Eckstein

•December 7-8: Ralph Macchio

•December 9-10: Leslie Ugumsu

•December 11-13: Marlee Matlin

•December 14-15: Henry Winkler

•December 16-17: Lauren Daigle

•December 18-19: Gary Sinise

•December 20-22: Brendan Fraser

•December 23-24: Louis Fonsi

•December 25-26: Joel Smallbone

•December 27-28: Brierson

•December 29-30: Cheryl Lee Ralph

Candelight starts at the American Gardens Theatre at 5pm, 6:45pm and 8:15pm each night. This event is included in your regular Epcot admission. Reservations for dining packages that include line-shaped reserved seat badges will be on sale on October 14th.

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Original issue: September 18, 2025 10:01am EDT