If it makes you feel better, Walt wasn’t entirely a curmudgeon… he did enjoy setting up train sets and toys for the girls for Christmas. 🚂 His lack of finesse at gift-giving didn’t stop with his family. According to WED Imagineer Joyce Carlson, “At Christmas time, we’d have a little party and he’d bring little compacts, face powder, nylons, cosmetics, and he’d go around to all the girls, and you could pick what you wanted. Merry Christmas!” 😂 I also wonder if Walt wasn’t a bit of an introvert at heart, beyond being simply a workaholic who hated taking a day off (which Isadly relate to all too well 🙈), especially with Lillian’s comments about how he’d retreat to being alone after social functions. “Walt didn’t like holidays because he couldn’t work on them. Everybody took off for the day, at the studio. Christmas didn’t mean a great deal to him. When he got through with the festivities he went to his room and read, usually. He never wasted time. He liked to set up the children’s toys as he did the train one year. But he couldn’t just sit and visit with people. ”- Lillian Disney
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