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E GUIDE
EATING
. ENTERTAINMENT
. EVENTS
Sunday Monday
Holiday trivia... The history of the words Yule and Yuletide goes back to a time before these terms referred to a Christian festival. Yule was derived from the Old Norse jól, which was the name of a pagan festival for the winter solstice. It then became a Scandinavian greeting god jul, Good Yule or Merry Christmas. https://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-yul1.htm
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Tuesday Wednesday
Historic Persse Place Open House
Hike the Fountain Valley Trail Roxborough State Park https://cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/parks/Roxborough/
Rudolph Ramble 5K
Denver City Park
Colorado Blvd. &
E. 17th Street (Pavilion) www.rundenverseries.com/rudolph-ramble-5k
Photographing Roxborough’s 13 Landscapes and Flowers
9 a.m. – Noon
https://cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/parks/Roxborough/
Arapahoe Community College Castle Rock Virtual Open House
5 p.m. – 7 p.m. https://www.arapahoe.edu/events/
Christmas Sweater 5K 20 Washington Park
Denver
https://www.coloradorunnerevents.com
Winter Solstice
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Holiday Trivia... 23 “The Little Drummer Boy” was composed by American teacher and composer Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941.
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National Fruitcake Day
Is this a person or a cake????
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Sharing Help And Research Experience via Zoom Webinar Douglas County Libraries – Castle Rock, December 7, 14 and 21, 10 a.m. – Noon www.crcgs.org
Mile High Tree 1
December 1 – January 2, 2021
16th Street Mall at
Welton Street, Denver
www.denver.org/milehighholidays/tree/ www.parkmeadows.com/en/visit/holiday.htm
Cherry Creek Holiday Market
December 1 – 23
Fillmore Plaza, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, Denver www.cherrycreeknorth.com/holidays
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Denver Virtual Career and Job Fair, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
Photos with Santa at 2 Park Meadows Mall continues through December 24 (in person and virtual)