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The Bronx Zoo\u2019s Holiday Lights display returns to fill the park with a glowing tribute to the animal kingdom this holiday season. <\/p>\n
Photo: Wildlife Conservation Society<\/p>\n
\t\t Search our comprehensive guide to things to do in the Bronx<\/a> for more local events \u2014 or submit your own<\/a>!<\/p>\n Starting Friday on select evenings through January, the Bronx Zoo will display a different kind of creature once the sun goes down.\n<\/p>\n The zoo\u2019s Holiday Lights display transforms trails through the park into a festive, holiday party, decorated with illuminated lanterns depicting plants and wildlife from all over the world. The intricate display sprawls across six different trails through the park, each representing a different geographic region with over 400 lanterns of around 100 different species park-wide.<\/p>\n Visitors can also enjoy other returning<\/a> holiday favorites including a tree synced to lights and music, ice-carving demonstrations, the kids\u2019 holiday train, Wildlife Theater shows, and plenty of seasonal snacks such as s\u2019mores and holiday drinks.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s edition adds several new features, most notably the Freeze Zone, a winter-themed area packed with oversized snow-tube slides, an instagram-worthy ice throne, talking snowmen, and a digital snowball-toss. The Bronx Zoo also expanded its Enchanted Sea installation, returning with more interactive elements and new puppetry meant to immerse visitors in an underwater world.<\/p>\n The Holiday Lights display, sponsored by Con Edison is open from 3 p.m. until the park closes at 9 p.m. Guests arriving at 3 p.m. can also stop by animal exhibits before they close at 4 p.m., then watch the zoo light up as the sun goes down and the Holiday Lights trails open at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Holiday Lights is a ticketed event, with children\u2019s\u2019 tickets starting at $26.95, $36.95 tickets for visitors 65 and over and adult tickets at $41.95. Flexible tickets that are good for any of the publicly available dates are offered at a premium rate at bronxzoo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Reach Sadie Brown at\u00a0sbrown@schnepsmedia.com<\/a>\u00a0or (214) 994-6723<\/a>. For more coverage, subscribe to our\u00a0newsletter<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/a>!<\/p>\n \u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Visitors](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Terria-Clay_2335_Holiday-Lights-Visitors-with-Smores_BZ_20241201.jpg\")
Visitors of all ages can roast marshmellows for s\u2019mores and enjoy a cup of hot cocoa while at the Bronx Zoo\u2019s Holiday Lights event through January. Photo: Wildlife Conservation Society<\/p>\n