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Why does Nova Scotia send Boston a Christmas tree every year?
Within hours of the Halifax explosion on 6 December 1917, Boston dispatched a relief train of doctors, nurses, supplies, and money. Nova Scotia sent a thank-you tree in 1918. The official annual tree tradition began in 1971 and continues every November. Nova Scotia's Department of Natural Resources personally selects the tree each year.
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The Tree Halifax Sends Boston Every Year Every November, Nova Scotia cuts down a 45-foot white spruce and ships it to Boston Common. The tradition is a thank-you for a relief train that arrived in 1917.
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