DENVER Ð NOV. 29: Icicles drip from Union Station's 40-foot-tall Christmas tree glows outside the station during the Great Illumination tree-lighting celebration. (Photo by Andy Colwell/Special to The Denver Post)
DENVER Ð NOV. 29: Union Station's 40-foot-tall Christmas tree glows brightly against the station's famous signage during the Great Illumination tree-lighting celebration. (Photo by Andy Colwell/Special to The Denver Post)
DENVER Ð NOV. 29: Holiday lights are pictured atop a building at 17th and Wynkoop streets across from Union Station during the station's Great Illumination tree-lighting celebration across the street. (Photo by Andy Colwell/Special to The Denver Post)
DENVER Ð NOV. 29: The Union Station outdoor Christmas tree glows during the Great Illumination tree-lighting celebration at Union Station. (Photo by Andy Colwell/Special to The Denver Post)
DENVER Ð NOV. 29: Seven-year-old Hazel Counter sits atop the shoulders of her father Ben Counter, 37 as they sing along to holiday songs during the Great Illumination tree-lighting celebration outside Union Station. Pictured with them are Hazel's sisters Stella Counter, 12, left, and Esme Counter, 10, far right, and their aunt, Ben's sister, Kate Counter, second from right. (Photo by Andy Colwell/Special to The Denver Post)
DENVER Ð NOV. 29: Five-year-old Hudson Christian of Topeka, Kansas, looks at the glowing lights of the giant Christmas tree inside Union Station while visiting Denver with his family during Union Station's Great Illumination party. (Photo by Andy Colwell/Special to The Denver Post)
DENVER Ð NOV. 29: Members of the Couch family take a selfie as the Union Station Christmas tree is illuminated during the Great Illumination tree-lighting party. Pictured from left to right are Cartier Couch, 23, of Moscow, Idaho; her parents Aaron Couch, 46, and Kelli Couch, 47, both of Parker; and Cartier's siblings Caleb Couch, 20, of Spokane, Wash. and Ellie Couch, 14, also of Parker. (Photo by Andy Colwell/Special to The Denver Post)
DENVER Ð NOV. 29: Denver's Union Station glows in holiday lights after the Great Illumination Christmas tree-lighting celebration. (Photo by Andy Colwell/Special to The Denver Post)
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DENVER Ð NOV. 29: Icicles drip from Union Station's 40-foot-tall Christmas tree glows outside the station during the Great Illumination tree-lighting celebration. (Photo by Andy Colwell/Special to The Denver Post)
ExpandBy Andy Colwell | Special to The Denver Post
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The Grand Illumination 2019 lit up Union Station Friday night in downtown Denver.
Performances by local groups accompanied a 40-foot-tall Christmas tree for the lighting ceremony.











