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Ronald Beloin cut a Christmas tree for a customer at Beloin Tree Farm in Columbia, N.H.
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David L. Ryan/globe staff
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.
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John Blanding/globe staff
Phyllis Minehan was hidden behind wreaths she was hanging at a Christmas tree stand on Route 1 in Topsfield.
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Yoon S. Byun/globe staff
Nick King, dressed as Santa Claus, played the tuba during the Annual Christmas Parade in Quincy.
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Essdras M Suarez/globe staff
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.
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Suzanne Kreiter/globe staff
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.
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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.
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Jim Davis/globe staff
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.
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Yoon S. Byun/globe staff
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.
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Yoon S. Byun/globe staff
A police car lighted the way as students walked through Harvard Yard during a power outage that plunged much of Cambridge into darkness.
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Jonathan Wiggs/globe staff
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.
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Jim Davis/globe staff
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.
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Jim Davis/globe staff
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.
