Chicago-area holiday lights extravaganzas make ideal winter break outings for all ages

Visitors walk among the branching paths of Lincoln Park Zoo admiring the lights and displays including a 65-foot Ferris Wheel near the Southern end of the zoo during Zoo Lights. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

What to do? Where to go? What to see?

How many times have you heard (or thought) that over the course of the past few weeks? And with schools’ winter breaks just around the corner, it might be a good time to survey the landscape for some serious holiday fun.