Fantasy of Lights returns to Vasona Lake County Park in Los Gatos this weekend with two days of walking tours before the popular light show opens to cars next week.

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Virtual spin on San Jose’s Mexican Independence Day celebration The walk-through tours take place Saturday and Sunday from 4 to 9 p.m., and visitors can get an up-close look at the animated displays featuring playful penguins, blazing cannons, Santa shooting basketballs and a whole bunch of dinosaurs, which have nothing to do with any holiday I’m aware of but are cool nonetheless. A couple of tips from veterans: Dress warmly and wear comfortable shoes for the 3-mile loops. A flashlight’s not a bad idea, either.

While there’s no parking available at the park itself, Netflix will provide parking and a shuttle service for the walk-through weekend at 121 Albright Way in Los Gatos.

Drive-through tours start Dec. 5 through Dec. 30, with the park closed Christmas Day. Remember that you have to buy tickets in advance for the day and time you want to visit. Walk-through tickets are $5-$10 and drive-through tours are $20 for most vehicles. Go to www.parkhere.org for tickets and other information.

MAYOR GOES VIRAL: San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo‘s choice of headwear on Thanksgiving made him a social media sensation over the holiday weekend. The mayor wore a Silicon Valley Turkey Trot race T-shirt as a “do-rag” at the downtown San Jose event Thursday morning, and Los Gatos High grad and UCLA student Emma Shahabi noticed the uncanny resemblance between Liccardo and “Prison Mike,” one of the nutty personas adopted by Steve Carell‘s inept manager on “The Office.”

“Why does san jose mayor look like prison mike at our turkey trot??” she tweeted with a side-by-side photo comparison. The tweet had gotten more than 64,000 likes and 21,000 retweets by Monday afternoon.

Liccardo took the ribbing well — certainly better than a certain other elected official who frequents Twitter would — pinning Shahabi’s tweet to his own timeline and responding “Nailed it.” Looks like potential re-election campaign material to me.

Why does San Jose’s mayor look like prison mike at our turkey trot?? Lmk pic.twitter.com/dqUuMA8Lai — Emma Shahabi (@eshahabz) November 23, 2017

MAGICAL SUPPORT: You could say that Phil Ackerly‘s third annual Night of Comedy & Magic at Rooster T. Feathers last month was an enchanted success. The sold-out show raised $3,471 for the South Bay Blue Star Moms, which is nearly double last year’s total. Ackerly emceed the show, which featured comedian Jeff Applebaum, mentalist David Gerard and comedy juggler Frank Olivier.

Ackerly delivered a check to South Bay Blue Stars Moms President Donna Zolezzi last week that will go toward shopping costs of 600 care packages the Moms and their volunteers will be putting together Dec. 9 at the American Legion Post in Santa Clara.

“I’m still beaming with gratitude for all the support I received from the community to make this event a success,” Ackerly said. “I have a gift to entertain and put smiles on people’s faces, and it feels good to help bring a little ‘home’ to our service men and women during the holidays. That is the real magic”

HOLIDAYS WITH HISTORY: History Park in San Jose is getting gussied up in its Christmas best in time for the Children’s Heritage Holiday event on Saturday. The festivities from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. will be a real step back in time, as visitors can ride a wagon pulled through the park by a pair of Clydesdale horses or see demonstrations on blacksmithing, glass-blowing, woodworking and printing.

Carolers from Carden Academy of Almaden and Holy Spirit School will be roaming the grounds spreading holiday cheer, and Santa will arrive on a historic trolley to take pictures with young fans starting at noon. Admission is $8, with kids 2 and under and History San Jose members free. Get more details at www.historysanjose.org.