#3. Visit Reindeer at the Zoo

We did indeed visit reindeer at the LA Zoo and we had a great time, though the animals were somewhat overshadowed by this year's incredible holiday lights display. 

The zoo has taken over for the old DWP light show we always loved to see every year in Griffith Park - but where the DWP lights were sweetly old-fashioned, the new zoo show is an intense psychedelic experience including pulsating electronic music and lasers.  Definitely a new tradition.