Colorado Springs Festival of Lights Parade

The Colorado Springs Festival of Lights Parade is downtown's lighted holiday parade on Tejon Street, beginning at Boulder and continuing south to Vermijo. Earlier that day the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum holds a free Family Fun Day, with cocoa outside the museum later in the evening. It pairs a museum afternoon with a lighted evening march.

Our take: Do the free Pioneers Museum Family Fun Day first, then return for cocoa and a Tejon curb spot before the lighted parade.