BELIEVE! Lights the Night at Shreveport Aquarium

BELIEVE! Lights the Night is Shreveport Aquarium's holiday night, when the Clyde Fant Parkway building turns into a walk of lights, characters, and animals. A motion-activated Christmas wand, yours to keep, lights trees, sparks a fireplace, starts a fountain, brings Santa to life inside the shark tank, and checks the Naughty or Nice list. The path also includes snow, Glacielle the Snow Mermaid, elves, a photo with Santa, cookies and hot cocoa with Mrs. Claus and Sprinkles the Elf, a wish on a starfish, and Christmas Tree Lane, all among sharks, stingrays, turtles, and hundreds of other animals.

Our take: Use the wand at every stop, and save the shark tank for last so Santa comes to life inside it as a finale.