gbhnews🎄This year's #Boston Christmas tree comes from Christmas Island, #NovaScotia.
It's a 105-year-old thank you tradition; Boston sent medical personnel to Halifax in the wake of a catastrophic explosion.
Thanks #NovaScotia!
Here's a piece from #CuriosityDesk reporter Edgar B. Herwick III on the Boston/Halifax Christmas connection: https://www.wgbh.org/news/2016/12/01/bostons-christmas-tree-tradition-rooted-canadian-thank-you
Got a question that Google isn't doing a good job of answering for you? Let me know...Edgar might just look into it for you.
Questions by you, answered by Edgar: https://www.wgbh.org/news/the-curiosity-desk
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