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It was fun while it lasted, but the Mile High Tree won’t be around to welcome the new year.
That eight inches of snow that hit the city mid-week knocked down big branches and even trees around town. The biggest casualty: the Mile High Tree, a 110-foot-high illuminated extravaganza covered by 60,000 LED lights that has become a holiday tradition over the last few years. It was moved to Civic Center Park this year, where it was damaged by the winter storm; as a result, the attraction is now done for 2022.
The New Year’s Eve countdown planned for the Mile High Tree is off, and it will remain dark until it’s removed from the park and stored for next year’s celebrations.
Downtown Denver’s New Year’s Eve fireworks shows are still on, though, with displays planned for 9 p.m. and midnight. Get details on that and more here.
And in a final holiday wrap-up: You didn’t imagine that a much more long-running holiday tradition, the Parade of Lights, was reduced from two nights to one this year. The move wasn’t just budgetary, but also logistical: It’s tough to close downtown streets two nights running. Even so, 300,000 people saw the forty-float parade in-person on December 3, and more caught it on the 9News telecast. You can still see it here.
