Chinese artisans who make the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center are welcomed to the resort on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Chinese artisans work, during a media preview of the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
A Chinese artisan carves a toy airplane, during a media preview of the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Welcome ceremony for the Chinese artisans who make the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Chinese artisans carve an elf and a dog during a media preview of the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Welcome ceremony for the Chinese artisans who make the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Members of the Wah Lum Kung Fu Temple Demo Team perform a Chinese lion dance as part of the welcome ceremony for the Chinese artisans who make the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Media preview of the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
A Chinese artisan carves Hermey the Elf during a media preview of the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Chinese artisans work, during a media preview of the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Members of the Wah Lum Kung Fu Temple Demo Team perform a Chinese lion dance as part of the welcome ceremony for the Chinese artisans who make the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
An incompleted Rudolph, during the media preview of the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Chinese artisans carve an elf and a dog during a media preview of the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
A Chinese artisan works, during a media preview of the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Chinese artisans and Gaylord Palms staff pose for a photo after a ceremony to welcome the artisans who make the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Chinese artisans work during the media preview of the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Chinese artisans work on the nativity scene, during the media preview of the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Chinese artisans work on the nativity scene, during the media preview of the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
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Chinese artisans who make the annual Ice! event at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center are welcomed to the resort on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel)
Originally Published: October 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM EDT