When Camp Christmas took a year off from Denver in 2024 — having pulled up its candy-cane stakes and moved to Dallas — creator Lonnie Hanzon’s influential holiday show left a lot of good cheer in its wake.

That’s because the kitschy, maximalist (and, yes, immersive) installation was something special, artfully collecting decades of pop-culture ephemera while finding a balance of spectacle and sentiment. That tone, while not unique, is still present at events both traditional and innovative.

Good news: Camp Christmas is back in a big way for 2025, with an expanded footprint over its previous incarnations at Aurora’s Stanley Market place. That includes a trio of themed bars, scavenger hunt, free Santa visits, shorter “Express” version of the tour, and of course, countless baubles and lig

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