We’ve just begun our winter walk when a man behind us pulls out a guitar. I hear the simple sounds of “Silent Night” fill the cold night air, and soon everyone around me is singing. Holding a lit candle in my mittened hands, I join in. The light of my single candle joins hundreds of others, illuminating our footsteps as we walk through historic Golden, Colorado. It’s all part of the Olde Golden Candlelight Walk, a beloved tradition in this little town of 20,000 nestled against the Colorado Rocky Mountains some 25 minutes from Denver. Mining History Golden has been celebrating Christmas with gusto for more than 160 years. Founded in 1859 as a gold rush town, Golden grew in the two-mile-wide Clear Creek Valley between two large mesas and the foothills of the Rockies. The small town was the last stop for gold seekers before they headed into the …
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