Ronald Beloin cut a Christmas tree for a customer at Beloin Tree Farm in Columbia, N.H.

The bare branches of a tree were silhouetted against the Arctic region on a 28-foot outdoor globe of the earth on the grounds of Babson College in Wellesley.

Phyllis Minehan was hidden behind wreaths she was hanging at a Christmas tree stand on Route 1 in Topsfield.

Nick King, dressed as Santa Claus, played the tuba during the Annual Christmas Parade in Quincy.

Evan Theroux, 9, Smithville, R.I., wore a Santa hat as hundreds of people attended the Christmas tree lighting and Macy's windows ceremony at Downtown Crossing.

Governor Deval Patrick dropped by the home of 106-year-old voter Elizabeth Hinton to present her with a copy of The Boston Globe signed by Patrick and President Obama which lauded her for making it to the polls to vote.

Dorothy, a resident of New Bridge on the Charles Assisted Living in Dedham, played a percussion instrument to accompany therapist Sally Harrison during a music session for Alzheimer’s patients.

Mayoral spokeswoman Dot Joyce and Dr. Charles Morris held a press conference about Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s health problems at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Debbie Baker of East Boston looked at Powerball tickets at Lanzilli's Groceria in East Boston on the day before the drawing for the game’s biggest jackpot ever.

A police car lighted the way as students walked through Harvard Yard during a power outage that plunged much of Cambridge into darkness.

An endangered Kemp’s Ridley turtle received attention at the New England Aquarium Animal Care Center in Quincy after washing up on shore in Cape Cod Bay.

Bryant's Frankie Dobbs (left) and BC's Ryan Anderson had different reactions after Anderson's last-second shot would not fall, giving Bryant a 56-54 victory over the Eagles.

Steam rose from the players as Wayland quarterback Matt Goddard (4) gave his teammates the play during a fourth-quarter huddle as Westwood and Wayland met in a Division III semi-final high school football game at Reading High School.