Tag: happy holidays
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Train rides create magic for families, kids this Christmas season
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than trendy toys and hordes of cookies, something special makes the Christmas season come alive in the eyes of a child – magic. This year, give your family the gift of a truly magical…
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Train rides create magic for families, kids this Christmas season
More than trendy toys and hordes of cookies, something special makes the Christmas season come alive in the eyes of a child – magic. This year, give your family the gift of a truly magical Christmas with a ride on the Train to Christmas Town – a 60-minute train ride that features storytelling, live characters…
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Denver Botanic Gardens light up winter nights
Winter may mean quiet and still gardens for most, but winter just means a different look at the Denver Botanic Gardens, at both the York Street and Chatfield locations. And it’s not too late to catch the annual displays of electrical magic at the gardens.Blossoms of LightFrightful weather or not, it’s worth being outdoors even…
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Brighten the season with glittery winter house
ST. LOUIS • Craft Mom Julia Sandvoss of South St. Louis County, Mo., is an expert at easy holiday projects. This week, she brings us a winter house.“When I go shopping I notice a lot of winter houses, but sometimes they are a little too fancy for a normal household, at least for ours because…
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Make your list, check the dates when shipping presents
It’s thrilling to get a package in the mail, but not so great if the box looks as though it has been through the mulcher. Here are ways to make sure your holiday gifts get to their destinations in one piece:THE BOXUse a sturdy corrugated cardboard box that can handle being tossed about and is…
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CHRISTMAS SERIAL: Chapter 1
Editor’s note: This is the first chapter in a daily Christmas serial that runs through Dec. 24.In the early morning hours, Rafiki jerked awake, startled by something. A noise? A light? He wasn’t sure. Rafiki, a silverback lowland gorilla at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, looked around in confusion. He first saw his troop of female…
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HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT PLANNER
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SPECIAL EVENTS White Lights Ceremony Celebration — 4:30 p.m. Saturday, “Love Lights a Tree” for the American Cancer Society, The Broadmoor, 1 Lake Ave., 577-5775 or broadmoor.com. Manitou Springs Holiday Kick-Off — fireworks, hot chocolate…
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HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT PLANNER
SPECIAL EVENTS White Lights Ceremony Celebration — 4:30 p.m. Saturday, “Love Lights a Tree” for the American Cancer Society, The Broadmoor, 1 Lake Ave., 577-5775 or broadmoor.com. Manitou Springs Holiday Kick-Off — fireworks, hot chocolate and cider, and Santa lighting the town, 5 p.m. Friday, Manitou Springs, free; 685-5089. Southern Teller County Holiday Headframe Lighting…
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Good Tunes: The holiday hit list
For the past several years, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has been tracking the radio play of its clients’ holiday songs, and each November the organization announces its 25 most-played list over a five-year period. (Not all songs are represented by ASCAP; John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”…
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Collectors make room in homes for elaborate holiday setups
Robert Binkley owns 48 buildings, two trains, a Cracker Barrel restaurant and a Harley shop, and he never has to leave his home to manage them. The vast kingdom he oversees resides in his living room, a sprawling manifestation of his passion for the Christmas village. Since Thanksgiving, if not before, Binkley and others bitten…