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Visitors head in to the Toledo Zoo to take in the lights Thursday, December 3, 2015.

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Brooks Hinton, 18, gets up high to snap a photo of himself and his fellow members of the Liberty Center High School Chamber Choir near the Conservatory's lily pond during the Toledo Zoo Lights.

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Kyronee Jackson, center, lifts up Kelsey Emahiser, both of Sylvania, to snap a photo of them together in front of the big tree at the Toledo Zoo Lights.

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Trees are illuminated to change in time with the song "Carol of the Bells" during the Toledo Zoo Lights.

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Uriella Coley, 6, of South Toledo, smiles as she takes a run down the ice slide.

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Spectators take in the lights near Arctic Point. This is the 30th anniversary of the zoo's Lights Before Christmas, which are put up freshly with new designs each year.

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Riley, 1, keeps an eye on the lights as his father Michael Gregor of North Toledo waits for the rest of their family.

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Lights illuminate the Toledo Zoo's Tembo Trail.

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The Reptile House features a moving lizard display that has been nominated for USA Today's 2015 10Best Readers Choice Awards for Best Zoo Lights.

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Josh Nelson of Port Clinton and his son Griffin, 8, learn about elephants with an interactive display as they take in the lights.

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The conservatory and the lily pond are both decked out festively during the Toledo Zoo Lights.

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Cierra Hammond, 15, left, and Tyler Cilley, 14, both of Temperance, stroll through the Toledo Zoo.

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Reindeer attract spectators at the Toledo Zoo on Thursday, Dec. 3.

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An Amur Tiger stalks past lights in the bushes near its enclosure during the Lights Before Christmas event.

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