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Boston’s official Christmas tree in the Boston Common stands 45 feet tall. Nova Scotia has sent a Christmas tree to Boston every year since 1917. SAM BETSKO/DFP STAFF. Towering 45 feet over the Boston ...
The following year, Nova Scotia sent its first gift tree to thank the city for the help. Then, in 1971, they sent another to commemorate the occasion and bond between the cities.
Nova Scotia sends Boston a soaring evergreen Christmas tree 06:01. About 40 miles outside Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the Gourley family's fifth-generation dairy farm, a tree stands so tall it still ...
The tree is an annual gift from Nova Scotia to the city to show appreciation for Boston's help after the Halifax Explosion in 1917. This will be the 50th year that Nova Scotia has sent Boston a tree.
One hundred years later, Nova Scotia is still saying thank you. Officials from Nova Scotia’s Department of Natural Resources announced Monday that a 53-foot-tall white spruce has been selected ...
BOSTON (WHDH) - Boston’s official 2023 Christmas tree arrived at Boston Common from Nova Scotia Tuesday ahead of this year’s scheduled tree lighting later this month.
The 49-foot Christmas tree destined for the Common is kicking off its trip from Nova Scotia on Wednesday, November 18, with a sendoff ceremony in Halifax. From there, it will take a two-day-long ...
A 45-foot white spruce from Nova Scotia was selected for the province's annual gift to the city of Boston. The tree is an annual gift to show appreciation for Boston's help after the Halifax ...
The Nova Scotia Government announced a 45-foot white spruce is being donated to be this year’s “Tree for Boston” The tree will come from the Mattie Settlement in Antigonish County owned by ...
Boston’s official Christmas tree is an annual thank you gift to the city from Nova Scotia for the help that Boston provided after a deadly explosion in Halifax on Dec. 6, 1917.
Boston’s Christmas tree arrives Friday on the Common after a three-day, 660-mile haul from Nova Scotia. The tree arrives, as it has every year for the last 45, free of charge.
The 49-foot Christmas tree destined for the Common is kicking off its trip from Nova Scotia on Wednesday, November 18, with a sendoff ceremony in Halifax. From there, it will take a two-day-long ...