The Monument Independent has opened a holiday headquarters for the Tri-Lakes: tree lightings, Santa visits, holiday markets, concerts and Christmas services, grouped by day and plotted on a map. It is free to read and free to be listed in, and it grows as hosts send in their plans.
It opens with 60 listings, from the first holiday markets on Saturday, Nov. 14, to a New Year’s Eve show at Phil Long Music Hall. The Palmer Lake Star is lit on Nov. 28 after the Palmer Lake Firefighters Association’s 91st chili supper. Monument lights the trees in Limbach Park on Dec. 5, when Santa arrives by fire truck at 5 p.m., and the Black Forest Community Club lights its own tree that evening after an afternoon market. Palmer Lake’s Yule Log Hunt sets off from Town Hall on Dec. 13.
Each entry carries its date, its times, what it costs where the host says so, and a link to whoever published it. Filter by the kind of event or by town, and every pin on the map is listed underneath with its details. Listings drop off at the end of their day, so the page always opens on what is still to come.
Where to go this season See Every Holiday Event → Tree lightings, Santa visits, markets and concerts across the Tri-Lakes, mappedChristmas Eve and Christmas Day services are on the guide as churches post them. Eight had published 2026 times by Nov. 10: St. Peter Catholic, The Ascent, Monument Community Presbyterian, Tri-Lakes United Methodist, Trinity Lutheran, Family of Christ Lutheran, Larkspur Church and Academy Christian. Others will be added as their schedules appear.
If you are running something, send it in. The form asks for the event name, the date, a start time, where it is and a way to reach you. An editor checks each listing before it appears on the guide and on the Independent’s community calendar. Listings are free.
Running one yourself? Add Your Event → Free, takes a minute, and it appears on the guide and the community calendarThe guide runs through Sunday, Jan. 3.
Sources & further reading
The Independent’s own coverage: the Tri-Lakes Holiday Headquarters, where every listing names the source it came from · add a holiday event · the community calendar, which carries the same events alongside everything else happening in the Tri-Lakes · Palmer Lake Historical Society Tells the Yule Log’s Story on November 19, on the tradition behind the Dec. 13 hunt · Tri-Lakes Women’s Club Opens Five Decorated Homes for Its Holiday Home Tour on November 20 and 21.
Spotted an error, or running something the guide has missed? Email [email protected].
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