Jackie Wallace, zoo spokesperson, tells us that with a total of 2 million lights, this year’s Zoo Lights is bigger than ever. “It’s doubled in size,” she says. Among the features that are new this year are a walk-in snow globe and more toy train scenes. Past visitor favorite Holly Berry, a 1958 Cadillac that’s been heaped with holiday decorations and lights, is back, playing seasonal favorites. (Someone must have left her radio on.) The zoo’s live oak trees, covered in twinkling lights, are a must-see. Most evenings, local choirs perform holiday carols. “Most families take about two hours to see the entire [exhibit],” Wallace says. “There’s a path for you to follow; that way you make sure and see everything.” That “everything” won’t include many live animals. “A lot of them are sleeping in their [quarters],” Wallace explains.
Giant turkey legs, pizza, funnel cakes, s’mores, hot chocolate — with or without a shot of Baileys ® — beer and wine are on the menu at the zoo’s Macaw Cafe and Cypress Circle food court.
6 to 10 p.m. Daily. Through January 4. 6200 Herman Park Drive. For information, call 713-533-6500 or visit houstonzoo.org. $10.95 to $12.95.
Nov. 24-Dec. 23, 6-10 p.m.; Dec. 26-Jan. 4, 6-10 p.m., 2014