Camp Christmas Takeover at Stanley Marketplace

Christmas may be over, but things are still pretty holly jolly at Stanley Marketplace in Aurora.

And it’s all thanks to Camp Christmas, which has taken over the entire market place this holiday season.

After a year away in Texas, Camp Christmas is back home in Colorado and there are still a few more days left to check out all of the camp, festive fun!

We visited a few days before Christmas and I’m excited to share it all with you today.

Let’s take a look…

22+ Holiday Events in Denver 2023

The holiday season is upon us, and Denver sure knows how to celebrate!

There's something extra magical about the holidays here in Denver. The city lights up with twinkling lights, there are immersive displays and exhibitions, fun events for all ages, holiday markets, and so much more.

Today I'm sharing more than 20 of my favorite family friendly holiday activities in and around Denver. In this post you'll find details for:

🎄 Blossoms of Light at Denver Botanic Gardens

✨ Trail of Lights at Chatfield Gardens

❄️ Christmas at Gaylord Rockies

🎄 Camp Christmas

✨ Luminova Holidays at Elitch Gardens

❄️ Zoo Lights at Denver Zoo

🎄 Denver's Mile High Tree

✨ Krampus: Fright Before Christmas

❄️ Christmas in Color

🎄 Denver Christkindl Market

✨ A Hudson Christmas

❄️ Denver's Union Station

🎄 Parade of Lights

✨ Downtown Denver Rink

❄️ Light the Lights at Denver City Council Building

🎄 Lights throughout Denver

✨ Winter Wanderland at Cherry Creek

❄️ Light up the Holidays in Boulder

🎄 Louisville Parade of Lights

✨ Olde Golden Christmas

❄️The Polar Express at Colorado Railroad Museum

🎄 Ice Castles

 

Let's take a look and make sure to read through to the end for a Winter favorite that makes a return this year! 

Camp Christmas 2022

Christmas has come and gone for another year, but I still have a few holiday posts to share with you.

Just like last year and 2019, one of my favorite holiday events was Camp Christmas. It has finished for the season, but I still wanted to share our visit here on the blog - inspiration for next holiday season, right?

So, just what is Camp Christmas? It's an immersive exhibition that takes visitors back to the holidays of the past. Think lots of kitsch holiday decor from the 60s and 70s, tinsel trees, twinkling light displays, and pun trees. It's colorful, it's campy and it's everything I dream the holidays could be!

Lola, Mathilde and I headed to Camp Christmas on Tuesday before the cold, cold weather hit on Wednesday night. We were excited to see many of our favorite installations from the past including the carousel, the pun trees, and all the fun campy vintage decorations, as well as some new exhibits such as the bus below and the interactive guilt repellant spray. The kids had fun blasting that one in each other's faces!

 

Let's take a look at all the fun...

 

Christmas in Denver 2022

The holiday season is upon us, and Denver sure knows how to celebrate!

There's something extra magical about the holidays here in Denver. The city lights up with twinkling lights, there are immersive displays and exhibitions, fun events for all ages, holiday markets, and so much more.

Today I'm sharing more than 20 of my favorite family friendly holiday activities in and around Denver. In this post you'll find details for:

🎄 Blossoms of Light at Denver Botanic Gardens

✨ Trail of Lights at Chatfield Gardens

🎄 Christmas at Gaylord Rockies

✨ Camp Christmas

🎄 Luminova Holidays at Elitch Gardens

✨ Zoo Lights at Denver Zoo

🎄 Denver's Mile High Tree

✨ Christmas in Color

🎄 Denver Christkindl Market

✨ A Hudson Christmas

🎄 Denver's Union Station

✨ Parade of Lights

🎄 Winter Wanderland at Cherry Creek

✨ Downtown Denver Rink

🎄 Light the Lights at Denver City Council Building

✨ The Immersive Nutcracker

🎄 Dr Seuss Experience

✨ Light up the Holidays in Boulder

🎄 Olde Golden Christmas

✨ The Polar Express at Colorado Railroad Museum

🎄 Berthoud Snow Fest 

Let's take a look...

Camp Christmas 2021

Denver sure is a festive city when it comes to the holidays!

If you've been following along here on the blog or over on Instagram you'll know that I've already shared quite a few holiday events going on around the Denver area. Today I'm sharing another one with you, and it just happens to be one of my absolute favorites. It's Camp Christmas and it's back after a year off in 2020!

You may remember our visit to Camp Christmas at Stanley Marketplace back in 2019. You can see it here. This year Camp Christmas is a mostly outdoor extravaganza of twinkling lights, vintage decorations, memorabilia, music, and holiday cheer spread over six acres at Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park, in Lakewood. The new outdoor location brings so many extras to Camp Christmas this year. There's a vintage carousel. There are trees wrapped in thousands of twinkling lights lining lighted walkways. There are vintage buildings decorated in a festive manner inside and out. Most importantly, there's space to spread out away from other visitors, which we all know is important right now.

While there are plenty of new things on offer at Camp Christmas, many of the favorites from our previous visit are still on display, and that same sense of whimsy and magic is definitely there. Dare I say, maybe even more of it!

We could all do with some whimsy and magic in our lives right now, so let's take a look at our visit to Camp Christmas...