{"id":26423,"date":"2019-12-01T20:12:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T20:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=26423"},"modified":"2019-12-01T20:12:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T20:12:21","slug":"zoo-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/zoo-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoo Lights, Sights and Holiday Sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/xmaoakz2.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: Oakland Zoo Lights<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s become an annual tradition for many of California&#8217;s zoos to celebrate winter holidays with illuminating lights experiences. While the zoo occupants and famous, star animals seen and photographed by millions don&#8217;t participate in most of these events, they are the beneficiaries who get the meals they require and top medical care in one of the world&#8217;s most desirable places to live (California). Granted, the animals don&#8217;t really have a choice as to their residency but some are being saved from extinction through zoo programs that help them stay alive &amp; thrive!<\/p>\n<p>From glitzy attractions to reindeer interactions, special crafts, overnight campouts and special animal feedings, California&#8217;s zoos offer fantastic family entertainment this Winter. If zoos move you, then buy memberships, gifts in their shops, and\/or donate to help them.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/zoos\/christmas.html\">California Zoo Christmas<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>ALPINE: Alpine: Lions Tigers and Bears Holiday Open House<br \/>\nDec.14<\/p>\n<p>ATASCADERO: Charles Paddock Zoo Holiday Magic Dec.21, 2019<\/p>\n<p>BAKERSFIELD: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/zoos\/christmas-bakersfield-calm.html\">CALM Holiday Lights<\/a>\u00a0 Nov.30, 2019-Jan.4, 2020<\/p>\n<p>FRESNO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/zoos\/christmas-fresno-zoo.html\">Fresno Chaffee Zoo Lights<\/a> Nov.29-Dec.30<\/p>\n<p>FOLSOM: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/zoos\/christmas-folsom-zoo.html\">Folsom Zoo Sanctuary Wild Nights, Holiday Lights<\/a> Dec.6-30<\/p>\n<p>LODI: Micke Grove Zoo Lights Dec.6-21<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/zoos\/christmas-los-angeles.html\">LA Zoo Lights<\/a> Nov.15, 2019-Jan.5, 2020<\/p>\n<p>MERCED: Applegate Zoo Park Lights Before Christmas Dec.13-14<\/p>\n<p>OAKLAND: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/zoos\/christmas-oakland.html\">Oakland ZooLights<\/a> Dec.6, 2019-Jan.5, 2020<\/p>\n<p>SACRAMENTO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/zoos\/christmas-sacramento.html\">Sacramento Zoo Holiday Magic <\/a>Dec.14<\/p>\n<p>SAN DIEGO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/zoos\/san-diego-zoo-jungle-bells.html\">San Diego Zoo Jungle Bells<\/a>\u00a0Dec.13, 2019-Jan.5, 2020<\/p>\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/zoos\/christmas-san-francisco.html\">San Francisco Zoo Lights<\/a>\u00a0Nov.30-Dec.29<\/p>\n<p>SAN MATEO: CuriOdyssey&#8217;s IlluminOdyssey &#8211; Winter Light Experience Nov.9, 2019-Jan.5, 2020<\/p>\n<p>SANTA ANA: Santa Ana Zoo Snow Days with Critters Dec.14-15<\/p>\n<p>SANTA BARBARA: Santa Barbara Zoo Snow Leopard Festival Dec.8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured: Oakland Zoo Lights It&#8217;s become an annual tradition for many of California&#8217;s zoos to celebrate winter holidays with illuminating lights experiences. While the zoo occupants and famous, star animals seen and photographed by millions don&#8217;t participate in most of these events, they are the beneficiaries who get the meals they require and top medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26423"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26424,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26423\/revisions\/26424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}