Happy Life Day!

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Dec 21

Happy Life Day! Life Day is a Star Wars holiday celebration and long-standing Wookiee tradition celebrating family, joy, and harmony.

Life Day was traditionally celebrated at the Tree of Life on Kashyyyk but is now celebrated in Star Wars by people across the galaxy. Celebrations include singing, festive decor, unique food and drink, twinkling lights, music, and Life Day activities. Everyone gathers to sing songs and celebrate family, freedom, harmony, peace, and their love for one another, no matter how different they appear.

**Star Wars Holiday Special** — ©Star Wars

Life Day debuted in 1978’s Star Wars Holiday Special and is celebrated on November 17th. The holiday has been mentioned over the years in various games and stories including The Mandalorian, the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, the junior novel Join the Resistance: Attack on Starkiller Base, and various games including Star Wars Galaxies, Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, and Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Celebrating Life Day at Home

If you’re looking to celebrate Life Day in your home, Star Wars has a guide to hosting a Life Day Celebration. Check it out if you’d like to create your own Tree of Life, set your Life Day table scape, and create your own Life Day Orbs- plus a recipe for Beebleberry Ice Cream!

StarWars.com also has many Life Day recipes from resident Star Wars master chef Jenn Fujikawa. From Bantha Surprise to Cirilian Noodle Salad, Wookiee Cookie Brownies to Mudhorn Eggnog, there are tons of recipes to try for your Life Day celebration.

Additionally, Jenn Fujikawa and Marc Sumerak have an entire book of Life Day recipes that came out this year! Check out Star Wars: The Life Day Cookbook: Official Holiday Recipes From a Galaxy Far, Far Away here or wherever you buy your books.

**Wookiee Cookie Brownies** — ©Star Wars

**Star Wars: The Life Day Cookbook** — ©Star Wars

Celebrating Life Day with Disney

For Life Day this year, Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and shopDisney joined in the celebration with exclusive merchandise and food offerings celebrating Wookiee culture and galactic harmony.

At Walt Disney World, exclusive Life Day merchandise was available for purchase at Galaxy’s Edge in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. If you were lucky enough to visit Batuu on Life Day, you would have found Life Day T-Shirts, a Life Day Chewbacca Plush, your own Life Day Orb, Life Day Orb Ornaments, and exclusive pins.

Over at Batuu West at Disneyland, Life Day brought a number of new food offerings! These treats joined the menu on November 12th and are still available as Life Day Specialties!

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge (Disneyland) Food Offerings

Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo

Pork Broth Noodles — Angel hair pasta, bok choy, mushrooms, roasted pork, and yuzu-tomato compote in a pesto-tonkotsu broth ($15.49)

Kat Saka’s Kettle

Potato Hand Pie — Tikka masala spiced potato hand pie served with mint-cilantro yogurt sauce ($6.79)
Black Sesame Macaron — Toasted macaron with passionfruit buttercream and sesame praline ($5.49)

Oga’s Cantina

Kaadu Pork Belly Slider — Skewer pork belly, bao bun, zucchini sauce, Calabrian chili compote, and za’atar spice ($15)
Tarkenian Night Flower — Gin, Elderflower liqueur, and flavors of ginger and huckleberry garnished with a sweet hibiscus flower ($18)