Colorado Christmas

This song played on the Christmas radio station the other day and having not heard it before, I was thrilled to listen to the lyrics. To Dave and I, they couldn't be more true. We just LOVE this state. And while we've had 50-60 deg weather all month and the ground has no snow, the mountains have seen quite the opposite. It's dumping snow up there and I hear it's just magical. It's one of our favorite places to escape to from the front range. And I totally agree that there's no place closer to heaven on this planet than Christmas in Colorado!

If you haven't heard the song by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, here are the lyrics:

Looking out the window of this hollywood hotel,
You'd never know that it was Christmas eve.
The billboards and the neon took the place of silver bells,
And the temperature is 84 degrees.
I can hear the traffic on the crowded strip below
As the palm trees poke their heads above the scene
There's not a single reindeer and it hardly ever snows,
And santa drives a rolls royce limousine.

But all along the Rockies you can feel it in the air
From Telluride to Boulder down below
The closest thing to heaven on this planet anywhere
Is a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow