Ice artisans carve Nightmare Before Christmas at Gaylord Rockies (glendalecherrycreek.com)

Forty ice artisans from Harbin, China, are carving more than 2 million pounds of ice into scenes from Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas for the ICE! attraction at Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora. The 17,000-square-foot display opens November 20, 2026, and runs through January 3, 2027, kept at 9 degrees Fahrenheit, using roughly 6,000 blocks of ice over 12,000 hours of work. Tickets and hotel packages are available at ChristmasatGaylordRockies.com.