TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: The video above is WTOL 11's live coverage of the 2023 kickoff for Lights Before Christmas at the Toledo Zoo.
Do you think the Toledo Zoo's Lights Before Christmas is the best holiday zoo lights in the country? You can vote for it in USA Today's 10Best competition.
Lights Before Christmas, which begins on Nov. 22 and runs through Dec. 31, is up against 19 other contenders from across the country.
Voting in the 10Best contest is open now. You can vote for your favorite contender once per day until noon on Dec. 2. USA Today will announce the top 10 holiday zoo lights on Dec. 6.
To vote, click here.
The last time Lights Before Christmas won first place in the contest was in 2016, according to USA Today. It has finished second every year since to the Cincinnati Zoo, which has been on a seven-year winning streak.
The Toledo Zoo's annual event will feature over 1 million lights, the award-winning Big Tree and over 200 illuminated animal images.
WTOL 11 will provide live coverage on Nov. 22 beginning at 5 p.m. leading up to the tree lighting that you can stream on WTOL 11+ and watch on air. Click HERE to learn how to download our free streaming platform through your Roku, Amazon Fire TV or Apple TV devices.
The 19 other contenders in USA Today's competition are as follows:
- Christmas at the Zoo at Indianapolis Zoo
- Christmas in the Wild at ZooTampa
- Dallas Zoo Lights
- Electric Safari at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
- Holiday Lights Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo
- Holiday Magic at Brookfield Zoo
- Holiday Nights at Zoo Montana
- L.A. Zoo Lights: Animals Aglow at the Los Angeles Zoo
- Lights of the Wild at Hattiesburg Zoo
- LumiNature at Philadelphia Zoo
- Oklahoma City Zoo Safari Lights Presented by OG&E
- PNC Festival of Lights at Cincinnati Zoo
- Saint Louis Zoo Wild Lights presented by Commerce Bank
- Wild Lights at Detroit Zoo
- Wild Lights at Riverbanks Zoo & Garden
- WildLights at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
- Zoo Lights at Houston Zoo
- Zoo Lights at San Antonio Zoo Powered by CPS Energy
- Zoolumination at Nashville Zoo and Grassmere