Colorado: Breckenridge

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This mountain town is always easy on the eyes, but during the Holidays, Breck boasts the type of wintry backdrop usually only reserved for Hallmark movies and Christmas commercials. The big day is December 3, as that’s when the town’s remarkable lights are turned on, but only after the annual Holiday Dog Parade and the Running of the Santas. The 59th annual Ullr Fest–a legendary annual party dedicated to the Norse god of snow in order to procure a winter full of powder–takes over the town on December 8-10 and The Breckenridge Backstage Theatre will be performing A Christmas Story all month long, too. (December 7-30).