BOSTON — With Christmas a little more than a month away, Boston is gearing up for the delivery of its Christmas tree.
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 Hugh and Liz Ryan.
The Canadian Province donates a tree every year as a thank-you for Boston’s assistance during the Halifax Explosion in 1917. Boston sent supplies and medical personnel within hours of the explosion.
I’m ready for the annual trek to @CityOfBoston for the tree lighting event on Dec. 5. I’m a white spruce tree from Mattie Settlement, Antigonish Co. donated by my owners, Hugh & Liz Ryan, as a thank you to Boston for sending help to N.S. following the Halifax Explosion in 1917. pic.twitter.com/BYIW2lpOyA
— Tree for Boston (@TreeforBoston) November 12, 2024
“We have watched this tree grow from a young sapling …