The Christmas tree on the Green was lit on Friday, Dec. 6. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Singers from the New England School of the Arts, conducted by Jennifer Chambers, serenaded community members on the Green as the Christmas tree was lit. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

Families from the Hanover area gathered on the Green for the annual Christmas tree lighting on Dec. 6.  (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

(Photo by Robert GIll)

Each year, the Hanover Inn bakes and decorates an elaborate gingerbread display. This year’s theme is Snoopy and Friends. (Photo by Robert Gill)

Each year, the Hanover Inn bakes and decorates an elaborate gingerbread display. This year’s theme is Snoopy and Friends. (Photo by Katie Lenhart)

A fresh new layer of snow fell on Dec. 5.  (Photo by Robert Gill)

Former Dartmouth professor Victor Ambros, left, receives his Nobel Prize for physiology from Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf during the Nobel award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 10. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP) 

(Photo by Aiden Sandvig ’28)

Snow fell on the Green a few days before the annual Dartmouth Christmas tree lighting.  (Photo by Aiden Sandvig ’28)

Students presented at Technigala, an end-of-term showcase of student work from the DALI Lab and computer science and engineering departments.  (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)

Director of Engineering and Utilities Abbe Bjorklund gives a tour of the central chilled water plant to members of the Dartmouth Climate Collaborative Advisory Council. As part of Dartmouth’s decarbonization program, the facility will be transitioned to a geo-exchange heating and cooling plant.  (Photo by Robert Gill)

 The statue of Robert Frost looked right at home in the first snow of the season. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)

The first snow of the season fell on Thanksgiving Day. (Photo by Kata Sasvari)