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Subject: Santa Claus

  • Getting Off on the Rocks

    July 31, 2006
  • Weekend Update

    April 20, 2007
  • Ho-Frickin'-Ho: Christmas Specials No One Should See

    December 21, 2007
  • Days Four and Five: Wherein I Play Blackjack and Get Sneezed On

    December 22, 2007
  • Christmas Packages

    The best holiday discs, as well as others that will make you pity the yule.

    December 10, 1998
  • Beck

    Midnite Vultures
    (Geffen)

    December 16, 1999
  • Santa rappels safely (damn it!) at the Denver Pavillions

    I trekked to the Denver Pavilions today for the same reason dozens of others did: on the off chance that we could witness a man dressed as Santa Claus explode. Unbeknownst to me, there is actually an annual event wherein St. Nick rappels down the giant "Denver Pavilions" sign to inaugurate the holiday season; a press release reveals that this tradition is in year four. If you're like me, you cannot picture Santa rappelling down the D without laughing your ass off like some thirteen-year-old a

    November 24, 2008
  • Beyond Playlist presents Xmas-rated, part two: Reissues and Retreads

    This year, we've wrapped our roundup of holiday albums a bit differently. Instead of delivering it to you in one big lump (like coal), we're parceling out the reviews online, with a blog each weekday through December 24 devoted to recordings in a different category. Part two features "Reissues and Retreads," which spotlights a re-release from (yippee) New Kids on the Block, as well as discs by Tony Bennett, Harry Connick Jr., Natalie Cole and Brian McKnight, all of whom have done this Christma

    December 18, 2008
  • Beyond Playlist presents Xmas-rated, part four: Variety Packs

    This year, we've wrapped our roundup of holiday albums a bit differently. Instead of delivering it to you in one big lump (like coal), we're parceling out the reviews online, with a blog each weekday through December 24 devoted to recordings in a different category. Part four features "Variety Packs" -- six new compilations that draw from styles like metal, pop, alternative (sort of), Latin music and, well, sexiness. Slip that in your stocking.

    December 22, 2008
  • Is a lump of coal a good thing?

    Gas is less than half what it was a few months ago, and Xcel is actually planning to lower rates after the new year. But savor those cheap energy prices while you can. Like Santa Claus, painful new hikes are coming to town, probably sooner than later.  One lump of coal in the stocking comes courtesy of this story in the Rocky, in which alternative energy activist Leslie Glustrom contends that Xcel's expansion of the Comanche coal-fired power plant in Pueblo is going to have trouble with its c

    December 24, 2008
  • Best Second Coming of Santa

    April 4, 2002
  • Drink of the Week

    December 18, 2003
  • Best Oldies DJ

    March 25, 2004
  • Best Day Trip

    March 24, 2005
  • What does Santa Colorado do in the off-season? Chug wine and fight dogs

    It's nice to see that Santa likes to unwind in the Rocky Mountains after a tough holiday season. But I'm thinking that ol' Kris Kringle has a little too much time on his hands after watching this video of "Santa Colorado" pounding Columbia Crest wine on his back porch and dancing/fighing with his dog Dixie. "I'm so winded I need some liquid!" says Santa Colorado, a white-bearded fellow known also as Richard "Sandy" Hamilton. "It gets me through the days of working around the house." No sig

    April 9, 2009
  • Alps in Rosso at Osteria Marco

    December 25, 2008
  • Does Christmas ever end for Mexicans?

    December 25, 2008
  • Ciné Cult Classic

    Francophiles gather at Starz to watch a festive French film.

    December 11, 2008
  • Off Limits

    The shining

    August 28, 2003
  • Hate State Sets New Record: 365 Days of Rage!

    January 1, 1998
  • December to Remember

    A Child's Christmas in Wales waxes nostalgic.

    December 6, 2007
  • No Chubbies? Fat Chance

    The Anti-Gym's Michael Karolchyk says he wants you to hate him, and the media's eating up every word — even the little white lies.

    January 24, 2008
  • Sanity Claus

    Separating holiday-music gifts from seasonal disorders.

    December 13, 2007
  • Santa Baby...

    Some culinary wishes and dishes for the new year.

    December 21, 2006
  • Our top DVD picks for the week of December 12

    December 14, 2006
  • Off Limits

    The Santa Clause

    December 16, 2004
  • Season's Bleatings

    Thanks to these CDs, it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas.

    December 9, 2004
  • Religious Rite

    Denver's Christmas display could use a new coat of hay.

    December 9, 2004
  • Talking Shop

    The early bird gets the bargain

    November 25, 2004
  • Well Trained

    Polar Express is a kids' action movie that parents will warm to.

    November 11, 2004
  • This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    December 18, 2003
  • Mistletunes

    Rounding up holiday discs that offer season's greetings -- and beatings.

    December 18, 2003
  • Xmas Marks the Spot

    A guide to new holiday discs, from surprise presents to Tannen-bombs.

    December 12, 2002
  • The Latest Noels

    'Tis the season to rate another avalanche of holiday discs.

    December 13, 2001
  • Crosstown Traffic

    Community-radio advocates and the Colorado Department of Transportation wind up in gridlock.

    December 13, 2001
  • Holidaze

    Unwrapping our annual roundup of musical season's greetings -- and beatings.

    December 14, 2000
  • Miracles Happen

    Nomad Theatre's production of Miracle on 34th Street evokes the proper responses.

    December 14, 2000
  • X Marks the Spot

    Former SST producer Spot brings underground Celtic sounds into the light.

    August 24, 2000
  • Time of the Season

    This year's holiday CDs alternately inspire joy, nausea and terror. Which would you prefer?

    December 9, 1999
  • Music for the Holidaze

    Digging out from a blizzard of seasonal CD releases.

    December 11, 1997
  • Big Bang Theory

    December 26, 1996
  • Christmas Seasoning

    Hark! The Herald Angels are practically the only group without a holiday CD this year.

    December 12, 1996
  • CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF

    December 27, 1995
  • JUST SAY NOEL

    THIS YEAR'S CHRISTMAS DISCS PROVIDE SOME ROUGH SLEDDING.

    December 13, 1995
  • YULE'S GOLD

    THE GOOD, THE BAND AND THE UGLY CHRISTMAS ALBUMS FOR 1994.

    December 21, 1994
  • SUBURBIA HELD HOSTAGE

    March 16, 1994
  • Becherovka at Sobo 151

    July 30, 2009
  • Kenny Be's Sign Language: Sexy Santa seeks gift buddy for casual Christmas

    ​ Handmade decorations allow celebrants to use traditional holiday images to craft deeply personal messages. In the painting pictured above (spotted on South Cherokee Street), the typically pudgy Santa Claus appears as a muscular hunk who wears a sexy off-the-shoulder tank top and summons that special someone with a glowing hand gesture and an emo plea, "It's in me. Give me truth. Nothing seems to be the way that it used to..." One can only hope that this holiday decoration is a part of

    November 18, 2009
  • Tweetup for tots tonight

    ​The holiday season is in full swing, and even Denver's monthly Tweetup is getting in on the action. The November meeting of the Twitter faithful is pairing up with the Denver Santa Claus Shop for the latest event, to help ensure a merry Christmas (or other culturally appropriate winter holiday) for less privileged families. The organizers behind this particular event are going all out: In addition to the usual Tweetup activities of cheap drinks and cheaper socializing, this one also has

    November 19, 2009
  • Jobbed: Here comes Santa Claus

    ​ The Job, as posted online: Santa Claus Qualifications: You must look the part and have a jovial personality to thrill the kids. Responsibilities: Being Santa Fri, Sat & Sun evenings from 12/4 through 12/20 and the 21st, 22nd & 23rd in downtown Denver. Costume furnished. Pay: N/A, but a contract is required What it doesn't say: You will be coughed on, peed on and cried on. Children will be afraid of you; parents will hope you're not a perv. Elves are not real elves. No one asks Santa

    November 19, 2009