PHOENIX — One of the biggest holiday traditions in the Valley, ZooLights at the Phoenix Zoo, is set to return Thanksgiving weekend, and tickets can be reserved now.

One of the notable additions to this year’s iteration is a virtual reality adventure with 360-degree animal interactions that also utilizes extended reality.

There will also be a new Storybook Nook, where guests can hear tales from a talking tree with the nightly “Mabel’s Fables” attraction.

Guests can also expect to see longtime favorites such as the light show on the lake, centered around a massive digital floating tree billed as the largest in North America. There’s also the return of the 200-foot light tunnel that has become a staple of the celebration.

The celebration utilizes more than 4 million lights in total, with

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