Tree of light

The Copley Square Tree Lighting lit up the city with a little help from Santa, the Boston Pops Esplanade Brass Ensemble, the Boston Children’s Chorus, vocalist Ackeem Hill (below) and the Berklee College of Music’s Daniela Gomez Munguia.

Boston Parks and Recreation Department was the host Monday eve along with Mariama White-Hammond, Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space, and Parks Commissioner Ryan Woods and Police Officer Stephen McNulty. Rudolph and the Grinch (below) also made an appearance.