An Enchanted Evening Along the Creek
Photo by Carol Freza
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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Saturday, Dec. 13th
- Golden History Tours
- Golden Sports
- 8AM - Run and Social Walk
- 9AM and 10AM - TriceraTOTs
- 10AM and noon - The Nutcracker
- 10AM-3PM - Brunch at the Rose
- 10AM-5PM - Holiday Art Market
- 10AM-4PM - Toy Drive
- 10:15-10:45AM - Family Time
- 10:30-11AM - Holiday Parade
- 12-12:30PM - Quick Class: Extraordinary Cranberry
- 12-2:30PM - Walk With a Geologist
- 12-2PM - Free Holiday Carriage Rides
- 1-3PM - PAWS for Reading
- 1-3PM - Photos with Santa 2025
- 2PM - It's a Wonderful Life
- 2-6PM - Cookies & Cocoa with Santa
- 5-6:30PM - American Legion Dinner
- 7:30PM - Stocking Stuffers
- 8-10PM - First Class Laughs Holiday Show @ Gnarly's
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
10:30AM Olde Golden Holiday Parade
Courtesy of Visit Golden
Join in the holiday spirit and watch floats, clowns, festive holiday characters, and Santa Claus on the firetruck parade down Washington Avenue. The parade winds down Washington Avenue between 10th and 13th Streets with lots of activities before and after. Learn more.
Location:
Historic Downtown Golden (map)
12-2PM Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides Downtown
Carriage rides pick up on 12th Street, just west of Washington Avenue by Bella Colibri. This festive holiday tradition is open to everyone. Free!
Location:
12th Street, next to the Old Capitol Grill (map)
10AM-2PM The Miracle Shop Toy Drive @ Parfet Park
The Miracle Shop, a project of the Rotary Club of Golden, is an annual holiday popup store in Golden, Colorado. This store allows financially struggling parents the ability to shop for new and quality toys at garage sale prices. In fact, each shopper decides what he/she can afford to pay. Over five-hundred children receive holiday gifts chosen and purchased by their parent/guardian who in turn receive the gifts of a gleeful child and reinforced sense of community and personal dignity.
The Miracle Shop has been hugely successful. Adjusted pricing allows a population of underserved adults to purchase items they normally wouldn’t be able to afford, and more importantly, it creates dignity. There is no handout but, instead, a varied shopping experience. Popularity has grown, evidence that this works.
Help fill Santa's bags with new, unwrapped toys for local children this holiday season. Drive-Thru or Drop Off! More information
Location:
Parfet Park
10th St. and Washington Ave. (map)
1-3PM Photos with Santa 2025 @ Foothills Art Center - Astor House
Spend some time with Santa before he drops down your chimney! He’s stopping by Foothills Art Center for pictures from 1-3 pm! There are limited tickets, so snag your spot for Santa today! Register
Location:
Foothills Art Center - Astor House
1133 Arapahoe Street (Map)
The Golden Word - 12/13/25
Live Music for Saturday, Dec. 13th
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
7-10PM Captain Insano DJ Set @ Etta Jeanne
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Embellished Golden Postcards
Contributed by Bill Robie
Many publishers of postcards in the early 1900s often embellished their images. They added features not really there, removed features they felt unattractive, incorrectly placed features in the wrong location and even moved features from out of view into the scene to enhance the visual.
The example above adds the image of an Indian chief in the lower right corner. They thought probably was that the Indian will make the card more saleable. No one worried about where or on what the Indian is standing. Notice the five mounted horsemen on the top of Castle Rock. Probably real.
Look closely at this scene of Golden and you will notice that the winding Lookout Mountain road passes behind the front face of Mt. Zion, rather than in-front as constructed. Also, the approach route to the base of the mountain, at least in part, seems imagined. And the alignment of the “Incline RR” (Lookout Mountain Park Funicular) was actually constructed up the ridge to the right of where shown. Were the snow-capped mountains on the distant horizon added?
In this interesting photo image of Golden, everything looks true and accurate, but wait. Notice that the School of Mines Guggenheim Hall building has been repositioned about three blocks to the north (visually to the right of the old South School) perhaps to show Golden has even more impressive buildings than would otherwise be shown.
This is an unmodified photo of Washington Avenue except for the blue sky color wash.
This is the same photo (colorized) with a number of additions and deletions. The four people in the middle of the street have been added. Apparently, the telephone or electric poles and the wagon tracks were all considered unattractive and removed.
Weather
Overnight: Partly cloudy. Low around 46, with temperatures rising to around 48 overnight. West wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny. High near 60, with temperatures falling to around 50 in the afternoon. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear. Low around 35, with temperatures rising to around 37 overnight. West wind around 6 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly Clear, 35°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny, 63°F
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 41°F
Monday: Sunny, 63°F
Monday Night: Mostly Clear, 39°F
Tuesday: Mostly Sunny, 63°F
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 42°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Light Rain, 64°F
Wednesday Night: Slight Chance Rain And Snow, 35°F
Thursday: Mostly Sunny, 54°F
Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy, 39°F
Friday: Mostly Sunny, 63°F
News About Golden - December 13, 2025
Calvary Flats in downtown Golden receives $2.75 million city grants
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
After a lengthy debate at its Dec. 9 meeting, the Golden City Council has approved up to $2.75 million in grant dollars for the Calvary Flats affordable housing project in downtown Golden.
The council is awarding a full $2.25 million grant as well as a $500,000 matching grant, which Calvary Flats organizers will need to find new funding sources and/or donors to match... Read more...
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