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November 15, 2007
Melanie and Albin: Once Again Manhandled by Fame
From the Denver Post:
LoDo Santas fuel up on holiday spirits
By Bill Husted
Albin Ulle has seen a lot of things. After all, he and his wife, Melanie Ulle, starred in the Travel Channel show "1,000 Places To See Before You Die" this summer, visiting 13 countries in 14 weeks. And Melanie is about to have a baby. Any second. (True! She was due November 5th! - ed.)
But still, Albin Ulle says you haven't seen anything 'til you've seen Denver's annual Santa Claus Pub Crawl.
Ulle, a mortgage broker, started the crawl in Denver six years ago with Will Hamilton. The Santa Claus Pub Crawl gathers hundreds of Santas to Fadó Irish Pub on the afternoon of Dec. 1. All the guys come as Santa, the full get-up. The women come as Santa, or Mrs. Claus or reindeer or Santa's Helpers. Everyone brings an unwrapped new toy, which goes to SafeHouse Denver and Samaritan House.
This year, more than 250 people have already RSVP'd with a "HO, HO, HO!" After the Santa brigade gets in the mood at Fadó, it moves onward to Code-3, then the Tavern Downtown, then Wynkoop Brewing Co. - finishing off the night at the chimney at Jackson's. That's some sleigh ride.
It's fun at Fadó, says Ulle. "But all the Santas moving on the sidewalk is one of the funniest things you'll ever see in LoDo. It's about three blocks of solid Santas. People go crazy. It's a wild night of stumbling Santas."
Posted by Bree at November 15, 2007 12:56 PM