If you’ve ever been to Vasona County Park for the annual Fantasy of Lights, you know that it’s been one of the amazing spectacles of the holiday season for 17 years now. Dozens of colorful light displays, many of them animated, delight kids and adults alike as carloads of visitors travel the route through the park amid volcanos, dinosaurs and a pirate ship.

Of course, if you’ve been here, you also know it can be incredibly congested, with lines to get into the park practically stretching into Campbell (and kids stuck in a car aren’t the most patient of people, you know).

That may all change this year as the Santa Clara County Parks Department has instituted a reservation system for Fantasy of Lights, which runs Dec. 6 through Dec. 31. Visitors in regular vehicles need to purchase a $20 ticket for a 30-minute window on a specific date at www.parkhere.org (Vehicles that hold 13 or more people pay $50).

Sounds like a good plan, right? It’ll be interesting to see how it works out. Fantasy of Lights runs rain-or-shine, and usually that means lighter crowds on rainy nights, rare as they’ve been lately. But there aren’t any refunds on the prepaid tickets, so if it rains, you’re stuck going. Also, anyone who doesn’t have a computer — such people do exist! — needs to buy an advance ticket at the Parks Administration Office, 298 Garden Hill Drive in Los Gatos, or by calling 408-355-2201. Anyone who gets up to the gate without a prepaid ticket is supposed to be turned away. Can you imagine what that would be like?

There are two alternative ways to experience Fantasy of Lights, by the way. For the third year, there’s a “walk through” night from 4 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 5, with food trucks and holiday music available for visitors. Tickets — again, they need to be purchased in advance — are $6, with parking (and a free shuttle) available at Netflix.

And on Dec. 10, the Art Docents of Los Gatos have seats available for their party bus fundraising visit. More than 50 people will be on the bus, enjoying holiday music and cheer, as well as raising money for the Los Gatos Union School District. Get more details or reserve a seat at https://form.jotform.com/52935909925974.

AGENCY GETS A BOOST: The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation of Palo Alto has donated an unsolicited $25,000 grant to the Grateful Garment Project, which provides victims of sexual violence with whatever clothing, toiletries, snacks or other items they may require. It was the largest grant ever received in the four-year history of the San Jose-based organization, which stocks closets and supplies local service providers at 61 places in 25 California counties.

“The grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation was a beautiful and unexpected surprise. To date it is our largest single grant. I began to cry tears of joy upon reading the letter and seeing the check,” said Lisa Blanchard, executive director of the Grateful Garment Project.

The grant is also great news for the 25 organizations that are on a waiting list for the Grateful Garment Project’s services. For more information on the group, go to www.gratefulgarment.org.

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