Holiday lights are back: Zoo Lights, Delray’s 100-foot tree, and Sandi lead the season

The holiday light season opens with three big returns across the county. Zoo Lights: Magic in the Wild runs Nov. 20 to Jan. 3 at Palm Beach Zoo, reimagined this year as a single route through three illuminated worlds, with Santa photos, a polar projection experience and a nightly menorah lighting space during Hanukkah. Delray Beach lights its 100-foot Christmas tree on Tuesday, Dec. 1, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Old School Square, with Santa flipping the switch at 7 p.m., and the tree has just been nominated for a USA TODAY 10Best Best Holiday Tree Display award. West Palm Beach follows on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 6 to 10 p.m., lighting Sandi, its 700-ton sand Christmas tree, at the Waterfront Commons as part of Holiday in Paradise, which runs Nov. 27 to Dec. 31.