ORLANDO, Fla. -- Disney World has released the names of narrators for this year's edition of Epcot's Candlelight Processional.

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  • Processional takes place three times a night during holiday season

The list includes returning celebrities Whoopi Goldberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Jodi Benson and Gary Sinise.  Other narrators include Chita Rivera, Blair Underwood, Pat Sajak and Edward James Olmos.

Additional narrators are set to be announced soon.

The annual holiday event features a mass choir and live orchestra a celebrity narrator who provides a retelling of the traditional Christmas story. Performances are scheduled for three times a night - - 5 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. at the America Gardens Theatre.

The narrator schedule, which is subject to change, is as follows:

Nov. 22 – Nov. 23: Chita Rivera

Nov. 24 – Dec. 2: TBD

Dec. 3 – Dec. 6: Neil Patrick Harris

Dec. 7 – Dec. 9: Whoopi Goldberg

Dec. 10 – Dec. 12: TBD

Dec. 13 – Dec. 14: Blair Underwood

Dec. 15 – Dec. 17: Gary Sinise

Dec. 21 – Dec. 23: TBD

Dec. 24 – Dec. 25: Edward James Olmos

Dec. 26 – Dec. 27: Jodi Benson

Dec. 28 – Dec. 30: TBD

Other holiday entertainment, food and festivities will be available at Epcot as part of the theme park's International Festival of the Holidays.  

Candlelight Processional takes place Nov. 22 through Dec. 30.

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