Top Twenty-one Facts & Trivia
1/ 24 Light Displays and 300 images in year one
2/ 67 Light Displays and 960 images in year twenty-one
3/ Over 11 kms of LED rope light
4/ Over 1 million lights
5/ 64 kms of power cords
6/ Over 2.5 kms of light displays
7/ Tallest display – the Christmas Star 90’
8/ Largest display – Noah’s Ark 160’ long x 70’ high
9/ Most lights on one display – Noah’s Ark – 36,000 lights & 3000’ of rope light
10/ Amount of steel in Noah’s Ark – 9,000 linear feet
11/ Number of forest animal images – 96
12/ Number of hours to set up the displays – 2100
13/ Electrical power bill in 2000 was $13,000 with incandescent lights
14/ Electrical power bill in 2014 after conversion to LED lights – $2,200, an amazing savings of $11,000 annually
15/ Giant Evergreens – 65′ tall with 14,000 lights
16/ New light display added each year
17/ Voted Saskatoon’s Best Winter Event – Planet S Magazine
18/ $290,000 in net proceeds shared by the Zoo Foundation and the City Hospital Foundation in 2018/19
19/ Approaching $4,000,000 in net proceeds shared by the Zoo Foundation and the City Hospital Foundation in twenty years
20/ The total number of gifts given during the Twelve Days of Christmas – 364
21/ A Saskatchewan Family Christmas Holiday Tradition for 21 years
