The kitschy, eye-popping Camp Christmas installation is returning to the Stanley Marketplace this year after a 2024 tryout in Dallas, but it won’t look the same.

In addition to the fact that its producer, Off Center, is going away at the end of the year, the installation will now be spread throughout Aurora’s Stanley Marketplace — where it debuted in 2019 — as opposed to setting up an elaborate wonderland tour that’s confined to the Stanley’s 10,000-square-foot hangar and event space.

The Camp Christmas Express tour, as it’s called this year, opens on Friday, Nov. 21, and runs through Dec. 24, with a new, 15-minute walk-through experience “designed to take folks from ‘meh’ to ‘merry’ in six dazzling cycles, from ‘Pre-Soak’ to ‘Fluff & Buff,’ with interactive installations and playful p

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