Saturday, December 7 • 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
39 YEARS OF HOLIDAY MAGIC!
Families are invited to experience the joy of the season at the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum’s annual FREE holiday celebration! Before heading to the downtown parade, join us for our Festival of Lights Family Fun Day from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. Enjoy musical performances, creative crafts, face painting, and a host of family-friendly activities. As the evening approaches, warm up with delicious hot chocolate and cookies, served right outside the museum’s entrance starting at 6:00 p.m. Don’t miss this beloved tradition that has added a touch of magic to the Pikes Peak region for 39 years!
To prepare for the festivities, the CSPM will close to general visitation on Saturday, December 7 at 1:00 p.m. and reopen for the event at 2:00 p.m.
Join us for the Festival of Lights Family Fun Day!
The CSPM's Festival of Lights Family Fun Day is on
Saturday, December 7 from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
The event is FREE; please pre-register to help us prepare for the festivities
Saturday, December 7 from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
The event is FREE; please pre-register to help us prepare for the festivities
2024 Performance Schedule
- 2:00 – 2:45 p.m.
- Almagre Saxophone Quartet
- 2:45 – 2:55 p.m.
- Bear Creek Nature Center Puppet Show
- 3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
- Professor Higgins’ Magic Show
- 3:45 – 4:30 p.m.
- Heritage Ringers Handbell Choir
- 4:45 – 5:15 p.m.
- Snow Sisters’ Holiday Celebration Performance and Meet & Greet (Fairytale Fable)
- 5:15 – 6:00 p.m.
- Christmas Brass Quartet
2024 Activities
- Letters to Santa (United States Postal Service)
- Festive Friendship Bracelets (Girl Scouts of Colorado)
- Nature’s Wonders Activity & Craft (Bear Creek Nature Center)
- Knull Family Snowman Ornament (CSPM)
- Scratch Tree Ornament (CSPM)
- Face Painting (CSPM)
- 50% of the Story Artist Demonstration (Artist, Vashti Mims)
- Make a Sheep Ornament (Rock Ledge Ranch)
- Awesome Archaeology (City of Colorado Springs’ Archaeologist
- History of the Printing Trade and Typesetting Activity (Union Printers Home)
Sing Along to Holiday Favorites
The Front Porch Singers perform Winter Wonderland
The Front Porch Singers perform The Parting Glass
The Front Porch Singers perform Silver Bells
The Front Porch Singers perform Let it Snow
More Ways to Celebrate
The 8 “Ates” of Winter – Learn More
Former Mayor John Suthers reads “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
Holiday Cookie Baking at Rock Ledge Ranch
From the CSPM Collection
Memories from the Palmer Holiday Parties
Amazing Artifact: The Knull Family Christmas