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Come home for Christmas, hang out with stars
  
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By Norma Engelberg
Dec. 5 will be a busy day, as Woodland Park kicks off the holidays with “Home for Christmas.”
Activities will range from the Kiwanis annual Breakfast with Santa 8-11 a.m. to the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at 7 p.m., both at the Ute Pass Cultural Center.
After breakfast, visitors are welcome to participate in the 11th annual Sounds of the Season Holiday Home Tour 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Seven local homes will be festively decorated for the holiday. Tickets are available in advance and at the doors. For more information visit www.pprmc.org or call Paulette Krueger at 719-686-9819.
The U.S. Forest Service is opening designated areas of Pike National Forest for Christmas Tree Cutting, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., to those who have permits. Meet rangers at Woodland Park Middle School before going out on a tree-cutting expedition. For information, call 719-686-1602.
Also on tap for the day is the third annual Yule Log Hunt at Aspen Valley Ranch . The event is sponsored by the Gordon Jackson Foundation and American Cancer Society’s Teller County Relay for Life organization.
Gates open at 11:30 a.m. The hunt starts an hour later. This is an opportunity to have photos taken with Santa, shop for food and crafts and participate in family fun. There is a $5 per car entrance fee. Proceeds from entrance fees, vendor fees, Chili Cook-Off fees and Christmas tree sales will help the Relay raise money to fight cancer. For information, call Joy Reis at 719-963-3996.
Dec. 5 also will be a busy day for shoppers participating in “Shop at Home for Christmas,” the annual month-long shopping event that kicked off with Day of Giving, Nov. 28. Shoppers who continue to shop in participating businesses will have their names entered in a drawing for a gift basket that in the past has been valued at $1,000 to $1,500.
Some businesses are participating in the BLING Mobile Payment System. For more information about Shop at Home and BLING, call Park State Bank & Trust at 719-687-5250.
The stars will shine for what many consider to be the highlight of the day, the 2009 Lighter Side of Christmas Parade at 6 p.m. on U.S. 24 in downtown Woodland Park.
This year’s theme, “A Star-Studded Christmas,” was chosen because 2009 is the anniversary of a variety of star-studded historical events — it’s the Year of Astronomy in honor of the 400th anniversary of Galileo, the anniversary of the Academy Awards, Barbie’s 50th birthday and the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
Local astronomer Dimitri Klebe, who is a space sciences content specialist and curator at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and an oft-featured speaker at the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, is this year’s grand marshal. Other parade stars include Joey Truscelli, star of “One Good Turn with Joey T” and local Olympic star and children’s book writer Erin Mirabella.
Once again, local Fire Corps and Teller County Sheriff’s Posse volunteers will be keeping parade-goers warm with “Warm Your Bum Fires” along the parade route.
Trophies will be awarded for: Best Use of Lights; Best Use of Theme; Grand Marshal Award, Spirit Award, and Most Unique. There also is a traveling trophy awarded each year for the best decorated business.
The parade beneficiary this year is Charitable Treasures Workshop, a local non-profit organization that works with young adults who have special needs. For more information call Tracie Bennitt at 719-6861820, ext. 112, or visit www.charitabletreasuresworkshop.org.
After the parade, people can gather at Ute Pass Cultural Center for music, the presentation of parade trophies, refreshments, photos with Santa and, of course, the tree lighting ceremony.
Activities will range from the Kiwanis annual Breakfast with Santa 8-11 a.m. to the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at 7 p.m., both at the Ute Pass Cultural Center.
After breakfast, visitors are welcome to participate in the 11th annual Sounds of the Season Holiday Home Tour 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Seven local homes will be festively decorated for the holiday. Tickets are available in advance and at the doors. For more information visit www.pprmc.org or call Paulette Krueger at 719-686-9819.
The U.S. Forest Service is opening designated areas of Pike National Forest for Christmas Tree Cutting, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m., to those who have permits. Meet rangers at Woodland Park Middle School before going out on a tree-cutting expedition. For information, call 719-686-1602.
Also on tap for the day is the third annual Yule Log Hunt at Aspen Valley Ranch . The event is sponsored by the Gordon Jackson Foundation and American Cancer Society’s Teller County Relay for Life organization.
Gates open at 11:30 a.m. The hunt starts an hour later. This is an opportunity to have photos taken with Santa, shop for food and crafts and participate in family fun. There is a $5 per car entrance fee. Proceeds from entrance fees, vendor fees, Chili Cook-Off fees and Christmas tree sales will help the Relay raise money to fight cancer. For information, call Joy Reis at 719-963-3996.
Dec. 5 also will be a busy day for shoppers participating in “Shop at Home for Christmas,” the annual month-long shopping event that kicked off with Day of Giving, Nov. 28. Shoppers who continue to shop in participating businesses will have their names entered in a drawing for a gift basket that in the past has been valued at $1,000 to $1,500.
Some businesses are participating in the BLING Mobile Payment System. For more information about Shop at Home and BLING, call Park State Bank & Trust at 719-687-5250.
The stars will shine for what many consider to be the highlight of the day, the 2009 Lighter Side of Christmas Parade at 6 p.m. on U.S. 24 in downtown Woodland Park.
This year’s theme, “A Star-Studded Christmas,” was chosen because 2009 is the anniversary of a variety of star-studded historical events — it’s the Year of Astronomy in honor of the 400th anniversary of Galileo, the anniversary of the Academy Awards, Barbie’s 50th birthday and the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
Local astronomer Dimitri Klebe, who is a space sciences content specialist and curator at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and an oft-featured speaker at the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, is this year’s grand marshal. Other parade stars include Joey Truscelli, star of “One Good Turn with Joey T” and local Olympic star and children’s book writer Erin Mirabella.
Once again, local Fire Corps and Teller County Sheriff’s Posse volunteers will be keeping parade-goers warm with “Warm Your Bum Fires” along the parade route.
Trophies will be awarded for: Best Use of Lights; Best Use of Theme; Grand Marshal Award, Spirit Award, and Most Unique. There also is a traveling trophy awarded each year for the best decorated business.
The parade beneficiary this year is Charitable Treasures Workshop, a local non-profit organization that works with young adults who have special needs. For more information call Tracie Bennitt at 719-6861820, ext. 112, or visit www.charitabletreasuresworkshop.org.
After the parade, people can gather at Ute Pass Cultural Center for music, the presentation of parade trophies, refreshments, photos with Santa and, of course, the tree lighting ceremony.
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