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After a successful debut last year, "Solstice: Reflections on Winter Light" returns to Mount Auburn Cemetery Dec. 9. with light and sound installations. (Courtesy Aram Boghosian)

'Solstice' returns to illuminate dark December nights at Mount Auburn Cemetery

A large-scale, luminescent art installation returns this weekend Mount Auburn Cemetery. Last year, in its debut, it attracted more than 8,000 visitors. Now, what started as an experiment, has been dubbed a holiday tradition.

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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell speaks in Worcester, Mass. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin flips the coin before the first half of an NCAA college football game between Army and Navy in 2021. (Adam Hunger/AP)

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A hat from the previous night's celebration on Boylston Street on New Years Day in Boston, 2016. (Jessica Rinaldi / The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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Rabbi Elaine Zecher of Temple Israel in Boston (Simon Rios/WBUR)

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Lewiston shooting memorials to be to be displayed at museum

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Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California announced on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, that he is resigning from his congressional seat and will leave by the end of the year. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

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An illustration inspired by Nancy Schön's "Make Way For Ducklings" sculpture. The ducklings in the illustration are dressed for winter weather and events. (Midoriko Grace Abe for WBUR)

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