Mountain Village: Holiday Prelude

07 Dec Mountain Village: Holiday Prelude

T’is the season and Mountain Village is joining in the celebration. For this year’s Holiday Prelude the weekend of December 12-14, 2014, “uptown” is being transformed into the North Pole. Holiday Prelude, previously known as Winter Fest, is a collaborative effort between TMVOA, Town of Mountain Village, Town of Telluride and local merchants to transform Mountain Village and Telluride into the regional destination for holiday cheer with a full two weeks of holiday activities.

Mountain Village is taking out all of the stops this year, adding some world-class events to the Holiday Prelude schedule.

The magic starts at the Oak Street gondola station where the free gondola is being transformed into a Trip to the North Pole on Friday, 12/12 and Saturday, 12/13. 3-6 pm. Children of all ages will delight in the decorations and lights galore as our elves send you on your way to visit Santa in his workshop in Heritage Plaza. Children get to tell Santa what they want for Christmas, make an ornament with one of his elves, decorate a cookie, and enjoy free hot chocolate.

While at the North Pole, catch a ride on the North Pole Express! Children and adults will be dazzled by the free train ride through Mountain Village’s festival of lights, with more decorations throughout the village than ever before.

The culmination of this year’s holiday happening will take place at the Mountain Village Ice Rink outside of the Hotel Madeline. The North Pole on Ice professional skating performance will feature international and national ice skating medalists with two pair teams, two female soloists, and a male soloist. You don’t want to miss this show filled with triple jumps, dizzying spins, creative pair lifts, death spirals, and more. Shows are scheduled for both Friday, 12/12 and Saturday, 12/13 at 6:30 p.m.

For those who need to get some last- minute Christmas shopping done, Mountain Village merchants are bringing back Jingle Jam. Similar to Telluride’s Noel Night, Jingle Jam is all about Mountain Village Center businesses extending discounts and specials to their customers. This year’s Jingle Jam is scheduled for Friday, 12/12, with stores staying open until 9 pm.  Shoppers will receive some of the best discounts of the year, along with raffles, give aways, food and drink specials, and more. Parents can take advantage of the free Kid’s Night Out from 7-9pm at the Hotel Madeline with holiday movie classics, games and snacks. While the young ones are having fun, parents can enjoy the shopping and dining specials throughout the village, or flaunt their stuff at local’s favorite Ugly Sweater Party at Hotel Madeline, an event that includes live music and drink specials throughout the evening.

The fun continues on Saturday with a free snowshoe excursion, sledding and skating, or say hello to Frosty or the Grinch from 3-5pm in Heritage Plaza. It’s a roller rink flashback on the Mountain Village Ice Rink on Saturday night from 7-9pm, when families can get their groove on with a free Skate Party with Soul Atomic. Tomboy Tavern will feature live music and drink specials all night.

There is no better way to end your weekend of holiday fun than a pajama breakfast with Santa. The Palmyra Restaurant at the Peaks is creating a special holiday breakfast menu on Sunday from 10am-12pm, giving children one last opportunity to get a picture with Santa and tell The Man what they want for Christmas!

The Town of Mountain Village will be providing free parking in the Gondola Parking Garage all weekend. Lodging and ski packages are available for those who want to extend the holiday fun.

For more information, visit http://www.visittelluride.com/holidayprelude.

Event Schedule:

Friday, December 12, 2014:

Saturday, December 13, 2014:

Sunday, December 14, 2014:

Jingle Jam Merchant Specials for Friday, 12/12/14: