THROUGH JAN.

The 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., and continues through Dec.

As holiday lighting displays and winter markets begin to sparkle, so do the season’s weirder gifts. One of our favorites is from immersive art and digital animation pioneer

whose art installation and selfie-heaven has grown from an indoor romp in Aurora to a 6-acre, mostly outdoor fever dream in Lakewood.

This year’s expanded version, which opened Thursday and runs through Jan. 2, features a kiddie carousel, audio tours, themed cocktails, Santa pic tickets and more. Despite that, the curation is as selfaware and savvy as ever, heaping gobs of music, lights and old-school decorations on surreal, interactive features (yeah, it’s a bit Meow Wolf-y).

The event is produced by Denver Center for the Performing Arts and suitable for all ages. Tickets are $8-$25, based on date and time.

801 S. Yarrow St. Visit denvercenter.org/tickets-events/camp-christmas for tickets and information on bilingual Santa dates and this weekend’s first-look previews. — John Wenzel

Directed by Gavin Mayer, production of represents its first major holiday production since 2019. That’s true of most other shows in town, but it promises a surfeit of energy for the return of this 2010 Broadway adaptation, itself based on the popular Will Ferrell film comedy about a human raised as an elf who’s suddenly dropped into New York City.

It’s also among the first Christmas-themed shows to launch this season, beating most “Nutcrackers” and “Christmas Carols” by a solid week or two. Sweet and anxious and a little twisted, as all good holiday shows should be, it debuts Friday, Nov. 19, at the Main Stage Theatre at