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Christmas in Georgetown
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? After today… been there, done that. Song might be more nostalgic than the actual taste. Ick. Next year, a second try at fruitcake 😊
Christmas in Georgetown… been long on my Colorado to-do list. Nestled along the Divide, easy access off I-70. Hot chocolate, homemade bread, hearty omelet. ‘Happy Cooker’ breakfast. Main Street Georgetown decked Old School Victorian. Chestnuts roasting ($5/bag), horse-drawn wagons, local mountain stores all a bustlin’.
High noon. Lined to watch another tradition (60+ years)… the town’s St. Lucia procession. Children dressed in Christmas past, wreath-adorned heads. One girl chosen to pass thru with traditional candles. Well done. LOVE LOVED.
Purchases made, strudel consumed. Quick walk-thru the Museum of Miniatures (think: doll furniture). Motored home before ski-traffic snarls our lone east-west highway.
Dinner theatre evening. Holiday Inn. Singing, dancing, White Christmas ♪ ♫ ♬
Whatta weekend! holiday spirit OVERLOAD 🎄❄️🎅
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- Happy Cooker breakfast
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- roasted CHESTNUTS
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- Main Street Market
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- St. Lucia Procession
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- Holiday Inn 🎄
Christmas in Georgetown
Each December the town of Georgetown transforms into a bustling Christmas scene reminiscent of Christmas of long ago. Thousands come to this tiny mountain town to experience a traditional holiday where Christmas hasn’t changed in 100 years: roasted chestnuts, holiday shopping, horse-drawn wagon rides through historic Georgetown, and wonderful sights and smells. Visitors enjoy appearances by St. Nicholas in his traditional dress and the daily procession of the Santa Lucia. Carolers in Victorian costume, dancers, and other family entertainment provide hours of memorable performances. Adorned with lights and Christmas greenery and blanketed with snow, the quaint, historic town of Georgetown, Colorado has been a Christmas tradition for generations of Colorado families.
Who doesn’t LOVE a parade? Main Street in your Colorado hometown 😊
After a rough week of Asian jet-lag & Black Friday work-retail (notta lotta sleep) – the weekend! Bring it on! Two Colorado days jammed-packed with Christmas.
Friday nite downtown Louisville. Tacos @ Picas & my hometown’s annual Parade of Lights. Penguins, snowmen, holiday tunes blaring. the Grinch, Santa’s workshop, school marching band & Native Americans. Gosh. Sure is GREAT to be home.
Saturday hike w Pup, church in the evening.
Sunday plans? Apple cider, chestnuts, holiday shopping & SNOW. Christmas in Georgetown with Ash & Tom. Gotta/hafta/must GO ❄️
Jingle Bells, Silver Bells, Carol of the Bells.
LOVE LOVE this time of year. Rocky Mountain Christmas 🎁🎄🎅
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- pre-Parade tacos 🌮
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- downtown Louisville
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- parade LOVE ❤️
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- Holiday hometown
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- weekend Worship
Parade of Lights 2019
“You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.” ― Sir Edmund Hillary
7 Continent FINISHER.
2013 my first marathon – BIG WILD Alaska. Three years later (Banff Nat’l Park), first outside the U.S.A. Weekend last… the WORLD. 26.2 miles, EVERY continent. Regular people doing extraordinary things.
DREAM. LIVE BIG. BELIEVE.
Massive physical feat, marathoning 7 continents. Lotta travel/time zones/weather, different cultures/foods. But what I’ll long remember… the incredible/inspiring people on my journey. Other runners. Their stories, their paths. Family, friends, neighbors who worried/encouraged & sometimes even accompanied.
And… my work family.
Marathon uno, race 100, marathon last. Same Boulder-based employer. PS Audio. It’s where I found BALANCE. All the gimongous corporations in [my] career past – whole lotta talk of work/life balance.
Reality? It’s a 50-person family-owned company that sets the bar. Talks the talk, walks the walk.
Cake, lunchroom celebration. Super nice. Thanks work family ❤️
Champion of the World!
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- marathon EVERY continent
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- work family LOVE
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- extraordinary journey
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- next Challenge?
