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The Boston Christmas Tree is the City of Boston, Massachusetts' official Christmas tree. A tree has been lit each year since 1941, [1] and since 1971 it has been given to the people of Boston by the people of Nova Scotia in thanks for their assistance after the 1917 Halifax Explosion. The tree is lit in the Boston Common throughout the ...
Nova Scotia sent Boston a Christmas tree as a gesture of thanks in 1918 — a gift repeated in 1971 and every year since.
Boston's official Christmas tree, an annual gift from the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, arrived in Boston Common on Tuesday, and was put into place.
The tree is Boston's official Christmas tree and is lit on Boston Common throughout the holiday season. Knowing its symbolic importance to both cities, the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources has specific guidelines for selecting the tree.
This year marks Boston's 81st annual tree lighting celebration on the Common and the 51st year that Nova Scotia has gifted a tree to the people of Boston.
In 2002, a bill was introduced in the California Senate to rename the State Holiday Tree the California State Christmas Tree; [139] while this measure did not pass, at the official lighting of the tree on 4 December 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger referred to the tree as a Christmas tree in his remarks and in the press release ...