For 11 months of the year, Vasona Lake County Park is a perfectly beautiful spot in Los Gatos where you can enjoy a picnic, walk the creek trail or just chill out by the lake. But every December, it’s transformed into something so wildly different, it’s easy to forget you’re in the same park.

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I’m talking about “Fantasy of Lights,” the annual light display that is equal parts sentiment and silliness. It’s truly spectacular for the very young, and then for many families — including mine — it’s something you keep doing because you’ve always done it. That’s the literal definition of tradition, and that’s why we love it.

Fantasy of Lights first took place in 1999, though it feels like there never was a time without it. My wife Amy and I remember visiting it for the first tim

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