BOSTON (WHDH) - Officials gathered on the Common Sunday to mark the first night of Hanukkah by lighting the first candle on the Boston Common menorah.

Governor-elect Maura Healey was on hand for the event.

The lighting of the National Menorah in Washington, D.C. also took place on Sunday.

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