I walked from the Tattered Cover Bookstore on East Colfax Avenue to Denver's Union Station - and the light rail train home - yesterday afternoon, and along the way walked through two of Denver's Christmas markets. The first one was the Christkindl Market, seen in the photograph on the left, which has been an annual event here in Denver for years, but which I have never before explored. It is modeled after the Christmas markets in Germany, and has shops selling gifts, ornaments, and a variety of foods. Plus, it even has an enclosed beer garden, which at 4:25 P.M. on a Wednesday afternoon was already doing a brisk business.
I then walked over to Larimer Square, an historic late 1800s era block that was saved from the wrecking ball by Dana Crawford during the urban renewal madness of the 1960s. I was surprised to find that the street was blocked off and that still another holiday market was set up, as seen in the photograph on the right. The entire block was filled with booths selling various gift items, and in the center was - get ready for this - still another enclosed beer garden, this one operated by the Denver Beer Company and featuring a stage with a group singing Christmas carols. Are you beginning to see a pattern here? I suspect that Denver - promoting it's reputation as one of the microbrewery capitols of the world - has added a few New World tweaks to an Old World tradition. Me thinks.
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