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Green Mountain Falls Yule Days: Community, nostalgia, merriment – and horses!
Remember the days of carolers singing at your door, yule log hunts, hot cocoa and roasted chestnuts by the fire along with the gleeful sounds of children? Green Mountain Falls (GMF) Yule Days invite you to relive some memories, and to create new ones of your own!
On Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 7 and 8, seven Ute Pass area organizations welcome people of all ages for merriment with a host of activities designed for family fun and entertainment, holiday shopping, community friendship, and the introduction to Elite Equine CO Horse Wellness Meadow opening in GMF. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, all, other, or none of the above, you’ll be welcome in Green Mountain Falls!
Yule Days are offered through the collaborative efforts of Green Box Arts, Building Ute Pass Community, Outlook Lodge, Cantina Verde, the Town of Green Mountain Falls, Elite Equine CO. and The Painted Bear. To find out more, go to GreenBox.org; BuildingUtePassCommunity.org; OutlookGMF.com; CantinaVerdeGMF.com; GreenMountainFalls.Colorado.gov; EliteEquineCO.com.
Saturday, December 7
9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Holiday Craft Sale, Church in the Wildwood
11 a.m., Grilled Cheese Food Truck, across from Church in the Wildwood
6 p.m., Elite Equine CO Horse Wellness Meadow Ribbon Cutting, behind Joyland Church
6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Elite Equine CO Boots and Bling Gala, Joyland Church
Sunday, December 8
1 to 4 p.m., Ornament Painting with The Painted Bear, Green Box Studio
1 to 4 p.m., Cookie Decorating with Building Ute Pass Community, Green Box Studio
2 p.m. Santa, Green Box Learning Center
3 p.m. Yule Log Hunt, Green Box Campus and Gazebo Park
4:15 to 4:45 p.m. Cookies and Fellowship, Church in the Wildwood
5 p.m. Tree Lighting with Carillon Bells, Gazebo Park
After Tree Lighting, Nite Caps with Santa, Green Box Learning Center
S’mores at Outlook Lodge, Hot Chocolate and Wassail at Cantina Verde
Tweeds Holiday Home Tour
This year’s Holiday Home Tour takes place during Yule Days, Dec. 7 and 8 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., and features a home in Cascade as well as a home in Green Mountain Falls along with others in the Greater Ute Pass area. This event benefits local nonprofit organizations that provide a variety of services to the residents of Ute Pass. Silent auction bidding, which is hosted by Reserve Gallery at 400 Midland Avenue, Suite 120 in Woodland Park, takes place between December 2 and December 14. To purchase tickets and find out more about the homes featured this year, go to WPHHT.org.
Elite Equine CO Horse Wellness Meadow Ribbon Cutting followed by Boots & Bling Gala
As part of the Yule Days celebration, Elite Equine CO invites the community to celebrate hope, healing and second chances for injured and unwanted horses at their signature fundraising event, the Boots and Bling Gala, on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Joyland Church in Green Mountain Falls. Preceding the gala, at 6 p.m., will be a ribbon-cutting at the new Horse Wellness Meadow behind Joyland Church.
Elite Equine CO provides rehabilitation, re-homing and aftercare to equine athletes in jeopardy of being discarded, neglected or abused. This year’s gala holds special significance as it celebrates the addition of the Green Mountain Falls Horse Wellness Meadow, a new facility dedicated to helping performance horses recuperate and transition to new careers.
Located behind Joyland Church, the Horse Wellness Meadow is a partnership between Elite Equine CO and Historic Green Mountain Falls Foundation, with support from the Kirkpatrick Family Fund. The facility, featuring an eight-stall barn, multiple fenced pastures, and specialized rehabilitation areas, represents a significant milestone in Elite Equine CO’s mission to provide comprehensive care for horses in need.
Gina Hluska, President of Elite Equine CO, states, “The completion of our new Horse Wellness Meadow facility marks a transformative moment in our ability to serve more performance horses. This gala not only celebrates this achievement but also provides an opportunity for our supporters to tour the new facility and witness firsthand how their contributions are making a difference in these horses’ lives.”
For tickets, go to EliteEquineCO.com. To inquire about volunteer opportunities, email eers.outreach@gmail.com or call 719-428-0104 ext. 2.
