Santa Claus

Snowflakes to Melt You

What questions would YOU ask John Waters?

​What's better than Santa Claus coming to town? John Waters coming to Denver. He's a lot like Santa, except his bag of toys is for adults only, his trademark mustache is neatly trimmed, and his elves include Patty Hearst, Traci Lords and Liz Renay. Waters will be presenting An Evening with Jo ... More >>

Santa shreds the slopes: Six sick shots from ski country

Photo courtesy Copper Mountain Resort​Santa didn't bring much in the way of fresh snow for Christmas (apparently some of you skiers and snowboarders out there have been naughty this year) but he did manage to get some turns in after making his rounds in Colorado, shredding his way into the Fac ... More >>

Michael Buble's Christmas raises the bar for all holiday tracks, plus a breakdown of the charts

It's going to be a holly, jolly Christmas with Michael Buble's new collection of holiday classics.​Michael Buble put out a killer Christmas record, and it could not have come at a better time. While the charts are currently flooded with dance-pop beats, synthesizers-laden hooks and auto-tuned ... More >>

Bad Santas

OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder enlists the Fray and other friends for a holiday concert at the Ogden

​Fresh off a stint entertaining the President and First Lady at the White House for the annual National Tree Lighting ceremony with Ellie Goulding and Kermit the Frog, OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder is back in the Mile High City and ready to ring in the holidays with us. And the dude comes bearing ... More >>

Occupy Christmas: What protesters could learn from the true meaning of the holidays

Please don't steal Christmas, Occupy Movement.​There once was a Grinch who hated Christmas. By extension, he also hated a group of creatures called Whos who loved Christmas, and so one night he snuck into their village and stole all of their Christmas presents, which did not deter them from ce ... More >>

Dear Mall Santa: Get here already. And bring that guy who smelled like Christmas with you.

Quit hiding the Ice Palace. Gimme Santa.​The Ice Palace will open its doors at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center at 5 p.m. today -- which means that Santa Claus will finally be in the house. Er, the mall. The Ice Palace -- a fancy name for a faux icicle-covered indoor forest -- will feature six ... More >>

Q&A with Kosher Chinese author Michael Levy

​In September 2005, the Peace Corps shipped Michael Levy to Guiyang, the largest city in southern China's relatively rural Guizhou Province. He didn't speak Chinese, but he tried to immerse himself in the culture during his two-and-a-half years there, and while he arrived in Guiyang as a veget ... More >>

Santa's appearance at DIA was the crappiest Christmas miracle ever

Photo courtesy Denver Int'l Airport​If you think about it, Santa is kind of like God: He's omniscient (he knows when you are sleeping), he's omnipresent (how else does he deliver presents to everyone except for kids in third-world countries all in one night?), not to mention he sits in judgmen ... More >>

Trashy yard shines the cold light of day on holiday decorations: Kenny Be's Yard Arteology

Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through their lawn decorations... Holiday 2010: Santa Down!​ By day, the white electrical cords that power the lights of the holiday yard display pictured above look like an alien plant species that has slithered across the yard to strangle Santa Claus an ... More >>

Here's a Juggalo Christmas card

​Juggalos celebrate just like the rest of us, only Insane Clown Posse Santa Clauses wield meat cleavers, just because, really. Backbeat received this holiday greeting from the folks at Pscyhopathic Records and we're sharing it with you. This card could be a collector's item one day. If you w ... More >>

Ten non-traditional Christmas records you should listen to this year

Stop! You don't have to!​So we're well into the Christmas season, and chances are good you're getting a bit tired of Nat King Cole and Bing Crosby and the Time-Life Christmas collection in general. What had been a charming return to familiar holiday standards -- and perhaps the only reason to ... More >>

Top five foods to leave Santa instead of cookies

"You'd better watch your ass, Rudy -- Palin's got a gun"​ Over the years, poor St. Nick has been subjected to countless glasses of room-temperature milk and endless holiday plates of instantly-stale-out-of-the-oven sugar cookies dotted with those tiny silver-ball decorations (they're actually ... More >>

Tonight: Eddie Money at Grizzly Rose

​Although the flier touts Eddie Money's appearance tonight at the Grizzly Rose as a chance to see a live performance of "Everybody Loves Christmas" from the Santa Claus 2 soundtrack, we know why you really want to go. It's the same reason we would go -- to see Money sing "Take Me Home Tonight" ... More >>

Parking ticket Scrooge: Has the holiday spirit expired?

Scrooged!​When I pulled up in front of the Denver Motor Vehicle office on Welton yesterday, the parking lot was full and the line was spilling out the front door. With what looked like a long wait ahead of me, I loaded the parking meter to the max. Good news: an hour and 53 minutes later, I di ... More >>

Coffee at The Point is officially open for business

J. WohletzCoffee at The Point​Coffee at The Point opened for business this week, with the full beverage, food and dessert menu available to Crossroads Theater patrons next door and anyone else who needs a kidney-punch of espresso made with Denver's own Novo coffee. Owners Ryan Cobbins, his wi ... More >>

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of December 21, 2009

​As music critics -- and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music -- the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to right now?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For ... More >>

A creche course in why the Nativity gets to stay on the steps of Denver's City Hall

Fire on the Mountain

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 holi ... More >>

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 co ... More >>

Becherovka at Sobo 151

Alps in Rosso at Osteria Marco

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 court ... More >>

Light Bright

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.

Ho-Frickin'-Ho: Christmas Specials No One Should See

Two Mittens Up

Santa hosts a holiday movie screening.

December to Remember

A Child's Christmas in Wales waxes nostalgic.

Weekend Update

Our top DVD picks for the week of December 12

Getting Off on the Rocks

Pause for Santa Clause

A cheeky Christmas tale.

Religious Rite

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

Talking Shop

The early bird gets the bargain

Drink of the Week

Succo Vaffanculodi Mario

Tights Fit

Elf has all the trimmings of a holiday standard.

Off Limits

The shining

Free For All

Highlighting the week's greatest gratis event

Crosstown Traffic

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

Miracles Happen

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

Radiohead

Kid A
(EMI/Capitol Records)

X Marks the Spot

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

Beck

Midnite Vultures
(Geffen)

Feedback

KIDS SEE THE DARNEDEST THINGS

OFF LIMITS

CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF

SUBURBIA HELD HOSTAGE