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Photos: Reid Park Zoo prepares for ZooLights
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Photos: Reid Park Zoo prepares for ZooLights

  • Rebecca Sasnett
  • Dec 2, 2020
  • Dec 2, 2020 Updated Dec 3, 2020

Employees finish decorating for Reid Park's annual ZooLights at Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Ct., in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 2, 2020. 

ZooLights begins at 5:30pm this Friday, Dec. 4, and ends Wednesday, Dec. 30.

Reid Park Zoo will offer a socially-distance meeting with Santa, said Chelo Grubb, marketing and communications supervisor. Children can talk to Santa and take pictures but children won't be able to sit on Santa's lap, added Grubb.

Tickets, which will need to be purchased in advance due to limited capacity, are $11 adults, $9 seniors, $7 children and Free for ages 0 to 1. Tickets are available for 5:30 and 7 p.m. entry times.

For more information, contact info@reidparkzoo.org.

ZooLights preparation

ZooLights preparation

Doug Stelldaga, events and projects specialist, works on fixing a strand of lights on Santa's sleigh inside the North Pole Village at Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Ct., in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 2, 2020. Reid Park Zoo's annual ZooLights begins at 5:30pm this Friday, Dec. 2, and ends Wednesday, Dec. 30.

Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star

ZooLights preparation

ZooLights preparation

Doug Stelldaga, events and projects specialist, works on the backdrop for the Santa set inside the North Pole Village at Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Ct., in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 2, 2020. Reid Park Zoo's annual ZooLights begins at 5:30pm this Friday, Dec. 2, and ends Wednesday, Dec. 30.

Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star

ZooLights preparation

ZooLights preparation

Cory Artin, events and projects lead specialist, staples a new strand of lights on Santa's sleigh inside the North Pole Village at Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Ct., in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 2, 2020. Reid Park Zoo's annual ZooLights begins at 5:30pm this Friday, Dec. 2, and ends Wednesday, Dec. 30.

Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star

ZooLights preparation

ZooLights preparation

Cory Artin, events and projects lead specialist, moves one of the Christmas trees inside the North Pole Village at Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Ct., in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 2, 2020. Reid Park Zoo's annual ZooLights begins at 5:30pm this Friday, Dec. 2, and ends Wednesday, Dec. 30.

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ZooLights preparation

ZooLights preparation

Cory Artin, events and projects lead specialist, walks past a line of lit up Christmas tree decorations near the North Pole Village at Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Ct., in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 2, 2020. Reid Park Zoo's annual ZooLights begins at 5:30pm this Friday, Dec. 2, and ends Wednesday, Dec. 30.

Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star

ZooLights preparation

ZooLights preparation

Cory Artin, events and projects lead specialist, staples a new strand of lights on Santa's sleigh inside the North Pole Village at Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Ct., in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 2, 2020. Reid Park Zoo's annual ZooLights begins at 5:30pm this Friday, Dec. 2, and ends Wednesday, Dec. 30.

Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star

ZooLights preparation

ZooLights preparation

Strands of icicle lights surround Santa's set up inside the North Pole Village at Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Ct., in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 2, 2020. Reid Park Zoo's annual ZooLights begins at 5:30pm this Friday, Dec. 2, and ends Wednesday, Dec. 30.

Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star

ZooLights preparation

ZooLights preparation

Cory Artin, events and projects lead specialist, takes a picture of decorations on his phone of the Santa set up inside the North Pole Village at Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Ct., in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 2, 2020. Reid Park Zoo's annual ZooLights begins at 5:30pm this Friday, Dec. 2, and ends Wednesday, Dec. 30.

Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star

ZooLights preparation

ZooLights preparation

Cory Artin, events and projects lead specialist, staples a new strand of lights on Santa's sleigh inside the North Pole Village at Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Ct., in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 2, 2020. Reid Park Zoo's annual ZooLights begins at 5:30pm this Friday, Dec. 2, and ends Wednesday, Dec. 30.

Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
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