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PHOTOS: Denver rings in the Holidays with Tree Lightings and Christkindlmarket

By November 22, 2025 | updated 3 months ago

Bri Seifert, 5 and a half, watches the lights from inside the Mile High Tree after the lights were switched on during the opening night celebration of the Christkindlmarket on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Bri Seifert, 5 and a half, watches the lights from inside the Mile High Tree after the lights were switched on during the opening night celebration of the Christkindlmarket on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Lucia Renteria Valtierra, 5, dances to the music after helping the mayor turn on the light show outside the Denver City and County building on the opening night in Denver on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Samatha Halason shops for Christmas ornaments on the opening night of the Christkindlmarket on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Kids help Denver Mayor Mike Johnston light the Mile High Tree on the opening night of the Christkindlmarket on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
People shop for ornaments and other Christmas gifts on the opening night of the Christkindlmarket on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Lucia Renteria Valtierra, 5, looks at a picture of Santa on the side of a giant light switch as she helps the mayor turn on the light show outside the Denver City and County building on the opening night in Denver on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Cairo Kennedy, 8, melts a stick of glass as he hand makes his own Christmas ornament on the opening night of the Christkindlmarket on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
People watch a light show from inside the Mile High Tree on the opening night of the Christkindlmarket on Auraria Campus in Denver on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
Lucia Renteria Valtierra, 5, dances to the music after helping the mayor turn on the light show outside the Denver City and County building on the opening night in Denver on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)
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