LP: This was wonderful

Harris: Isn't it wonderful, this was a thrill for all of us here

LP: So this lighting is the first of an annual tradition?

Harris: Yes, we hope to be able to start this as an annual tradition because, as you've probably noticed, over the last several years we keep adding more lights to the park and so what a wonderful way to really kick off he season. And to do it someone special to help us really celebrate this. We couldn't be more thrilled than to have Mr. Hope join us this evening.

LP: How did Bob Hope come to be chosen for this and do you have a favorite Bob Hope Christmas memory?

Harris: I think that there's no one single person that - if you said Christmas - that wouldn't associate it with Bob Hope. And I think many of us had the chance to sit and watch the Christmas specials and when he entertained the troops, and as you saw we have many Cast Members here actually were in the audeince. I think his personal generosity at the Christmas season is unrivaled so consequently he was certainly our first and only choice to start this off and we were thrilled he would come and be a part of it.

LP: Do you have a personal favorite aspect of The Merriest Place on Earth?

Harriss: I actually think it's this right here, right at dusk, when we turn the lights on and it just becomes this magical twinkling place and there's so many wondeful things to do here. I think this looks like a fairyland, it truely does. There's a part of you that says we should do this all year around, but it may not mean as much at times other than at Christmas.

LP: And then there are some who think Christmas comes too soon to Disneyland.

Harriss: But how else would you get your Christmas pictures that you have to send all your friends?