Holiday Cheer in Northern Colorado
I don’t want to alarm anyone here…but Thanksgiving is NEXT WEEK. And that makes Christmas just over a month away…which means that the holiday season is basically here!
One of my favorite things about the holidays is all the things to do with your kiddos around Northern Colorado. I remember when my oldest was 18 months for his second Christmas … the WONDER I got to experience through his eyes was pure magic. So, here is a list of the magical things around Northern Colorado during the holiday season.
Spring Creek Garden of Lights
Friday, December 10 - Sunday, December 26, 2021
5 - 9 p.m. each evening (except December 25)
Garden of Lights features a half-mile loop of perennial flower beds, huge sculptural flowers, grapevines, butterflies, a holiday village, and other favorite garden creatures—all constructed entirely from holiday lights. Additionally, the Color Blossom Show will be returning to the Great Lawn, with 700 lighted blossoms adding vibrant colors and movement to your holiday experience. Click here for ticket information and purchasing.
Fort Collins Old Town Lights
Whether you head downtown to attempt to ice skate at the rink, or get Ben and Jerry’s ice cream…the lights are magic. Every evening from the first week in November through Valentine’s Day on February 14, 22 block-faces of Downtown will be illuminated with thousands of strands of brilliant white lights stretching through the alleyways, sidewalks, and tree-tops of historic Old Town Fort Collins. Downtown Holiday Lights Info Here
Realities for Children Tree
Realities for Children local nonprofit will be illuminating a giant “tree” of blue lights as part of its annual NightLights fundraising push to raise money for our area’s at-risk children. The tree — located at First Presbyterian Church, 531 S. College Ave. — will light up each night in December and features a light show every 30 minutes from 7 to 10 p.m. Realities for Children Tree Info
Lights for Habitat
Our light display will play every night from Thanksgiving to New Years Day. The show starts at 5:30 p.m. every night of the week. Monday through Thursday, the show will end at 8:30pm. Friday, Saturday, Sunday and the week of Christmas the show will end at 10:00pm On Christmas Eve we're on until Midnight. Visit Lights for Habitat Online
We are located at 321 and 325 Albion Way in Fort Collins, Colorado
Winter Wonderlights™
Winter Wonderlights™ returns for the 2021 holiday season from Saturday, November 13, 2021 through Sunday, January 2, 2022 at the Chapungu Sculpture Park at Centerra in Loveland, Colorado just east of the Promenade Shops retail center at U.S. Hwy. 34 and I-25. Visit Winter Wonderlights Online
Denver Zoo Lights
As the brilliant capstone to 125 Years of Love, our 2021 event promises to be brighter than ever—with a colorful crop of NEW installations and offerings, PLUS our most festive favorites, including nightly ice-carving demonstrations. As you wander through our winter wonderland, be on the lookout for new opportunities to light up the night: including the Champagne Toast (Hospital Plaza), the Watering Hole (Giraffe Meadows), the Blue Lagoon (in front of our new penguin exhibit) + more.
