St. Louis Zoo Christmas Lights
It’s becoming a Nemec family tradition that every year we leave the comfort of our own home and brave the weather to visit the St. Louis Zoo in December to view the Christmas Lights. From what we could remember this year was our 4th trip and it was just as fun as ever.
Normally we find another couple to go with us to the Zoo but this year we blew everyone we knew off and decided to go as a family, alone. That may sound a bit rude or mean, but sometimes you just need sometime together without the influence of the outside world. We could travel the Zoo at our own pace and leave when we wanted.
This was the first year I could remember paying to see the lights, but it has been a year and I could be wrong. Not that it was much money, I believe I paid about $15 for the wife and I and the kiddo was free. But the lights seemed nicer this year. They got rid of the Christmas frogs what would “ribbit” Jingle-Bells’ and added a giant glowing Santa and Frosty.
There were a lot of ‘light sculptures’ this year. I really don’t know what else to call them. So if you have a better name (or an official one) let me know, but they are not lights wrapped around a tree or an object, but lights that are the object.
There were plenty of traditional lights as well. My son found a new favorite, just outside of the penguin house there were lights hanging from the trees. The lights were rigged in such a way that they looked like they were melting icicles dripping to the ground. He made me carry him while lying on his back so he could watch them as we walked under. Looks like I’m going to have to find some for next year and hang them in my tree.
As always, about halfway through the Zoo we stopped to warm up in the Penguin House, which every year makes me silently laugh to myself. During the summer months we have to practically run through the Penguin House because it’s too cold. But now, when it’s 28 degrees outside, we hangout in there as long as we can, not ever complaining about the Red Lobster dumpster smell.
We walked the circle once, which took us about an hour, not counting the occasional stop for coffee and coco and penguins, and is the perfect amount of time. It’s a nice walk and the cool air feels great. It’s never crowded like it is in the summer months, so the walk is peaceful which seems to help you forget that you still need to buy hundreds of dollars worth of Christmas gifts still. It is by far one of the better family traditions we have and I look forward to visiting the St. Louis Zoo Christmas Lights again next year.
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