BOSTON—Another sure sign that the holiday season is approaching: Boston is getting ready to welcome its official Christmas Tree.
The 46-foot white spruce begins its journey from Nova Scotia this week and is scheduled to arrive at the Boston Common on Friday morning.
Nova Scotia gives the city the gift of a Christmas Tree each year as thanks for the relief efforts offered by Boston after a munitions ship exploded in Halifax Harbor in 1917. The resulting fireball killed an estimated 2,000 people and destroyed countless homes and buildings along the waterfront.
A train loaded with emergency supplies and relief workers left Boston within 24 hours of the disaster.
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