Tag: holiday
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Experience a vintage holiday train ride in Colorado’s mountains
The historic Georgetown Loop Railroad has many quirks to its classy passenger train experience, but the Christmas train ride brings the holiday joy of the North Pole to a tucked away Colorado mountain town. The vintage holiday train ride out of Georgetown, about 13 miles east of Loveland Ski Area, runs from mid-November to the…
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Festival of Lights Parade, Family Fun Day kick off holiday festivities
Tejon Street will be transformed from a busy thoroughfare to a magical holiday wonderland on Saturday as the 41st annual Festival of Lights Parade brings brightly colored floats, marching bands and Christmas joy to downtown Colorado Springs. “It’s a long-standing Colorado Springs tradition that brings families together,” said spokeswoman Abragail Arnold. “You get to see…
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Downtown Colorado Springs parking elf spreading holiday cheer for the 10th year
The downtown parking elf returned for the 10th year Saturday. Richard Skorman and his sidekicks, Sonja Walker and Molly the puppy, keep parking meters fed around the 300 block of North Tejon Street in downtown Colorado Springs every year during the week before Christmas. Skorman said he started the tradition after seeing the public get frustrated with parking…
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Kids with Down syndrome become stars during Christmas variety show in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When the curtain goes up on “Christmas This Year,” an annual holiday variety show featuring performers born with Down syndrome, it will mark the 10th year of an adventure that has blossomed from a small show with just a handful of performers to a sold-out…
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Kids with Down syndrome become stars during Christmas variety show in Colorado Springs
When the curtain goes up on “Christmas This Year,” an annual holiday variety show featuring performers born with Down syndrome, it will mark the 10th year of an adventure that has blossomed from a small show with just a handful of performers to a sold-out holiday spectacular at the Ent Center for the Arts in…
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PHOTOS: NORAD Tracks Santa
Each year on Christmas Eve, more than a thousand volunteers donate two hours of their time to work as Santa trackers with the NORAD Tracks Santa program. The tradition was born from a misdialed phone call in 1955, during which a young child reached the combat operations center at Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) in Colorado…
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Reporter Carol McKinley discusses the Christmas toy drive going on at the Littleton Life Center
Reporter Carol McKinley discusses the toy drive going on at the Littleton Life Center
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NEWS | Salvation Army preps free Thanksgiving meals for nearly 3,000 people
The Salvation Army in partnership with Fort Carson prepped and delivered meals for residents around the region on Thursday. According to Captain Doug Hanson, the El Paso County Salvation Army coordinator, approximately 3,000 meals were prepared. Food for the holiday was provided to the Culinary Academy of Fort Carson, which then cooked it and returned…
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SCENES FROM | Bear Creek Easter Egg Hunt
Scenes from Saturday’s Easter egg hunt held at Bear Creek Nature Center in Colorado Springs. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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LIFE | One Colorado family’s passion for helping seniors find ‘forever homes’
Donna, Rob, and Taylor Walker took their passion for helping others to a new level in 2020. After 15 years working in long-term care, Donna and Rob decided to create their own host home in Calhan, Colo., where their residents—or as Donna calls them, family— have found their ‘forever home.’ (Video by Skyler Ballard)