Holiday Attractions Add Major Light Displays

Holiday attractions are opening or preparing to open across the United States and Canada, including major light displays at Oglebay Park in West Virginia, Airdrie’s Nose Creek Regional Park, Fort Wayne Zoo and Big Bear Alpine Zoo. The displays feature hundreds of thousands to millions of lights, with walk-through and drive-through experiences; Airdrie’s festival is free, while the zoo events charge admission. Fort Wayne Zoo’s Wild Lights runs Nov. 13 through Jan. 3 and includes themed displays, rides, interactive wands and fire-pit s’mores. Big Bear Alpine Zoo’s Wild Lights returns Nov. 13, 2026, with nearly 2 million lights, themed areas, fire-pit s’mores and a new artisan winter market; proceeds benefit the zoo and local conservation efforts. Oglebay has added new displays, a holiday pop-up bar and an expanded Santa’s Village, while other seasonal offerings include films and holiday fundraising at Utah’s Clark Planetarium, a Thanksgiving buffet for a black bear at Dickerson Park Zoo, a townwide Festival of Lights in Big Bear and a drive-through Christmas display at Roaring Springs in Meridian.