A beloved East Bay Christmas tradition will return on Dec. 15, when volunteers will set up the Sundar Shadi Holiday Display on the hillside at 7501 Moeser Lane, near Sea View Avenue, in El Cerrito.

The dozens of pieces in the display — people, animals and buildings — were created by Sundar Shadi, a Sikh who emigrated from India to study subtropical horticulture at UC Berkeley in 1921.

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