“I’m honored this year to visit our neighbors to the north for the first time and deliver a personal thank you on behalf of the people of Boston,” Mayor Michelle Wu said.
By Asher Klein • Published November 9, 2025 • Updated on November 9, 2025 at 12:30 pm
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Every year for decades, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia provides Boston Common’s Christmas Tree as a gift. Thi…
“I’m honored this year to visit our neighbors to the north for the first time and deliver a personal thank you on behalf of the people of Boston,” Mayor Michelle Wu said.
By Asher Klein • Published November 9, 2025 • Updated on November 9, 2025 at 12:30 pm
NBC10 Boston
Every year for decades, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia provides Boston Common’s Christmas Tree as a gift. This year, Mayor Michelle Wu will attend the tree-cutting in person.
It’s a personal note of thanks for the long relationship, which pays tribute to the city of Boston for sending aid in the wake of the deadly explosion of a supply ship carrying explosives in Halifax Harbour in 1917, during World War I. It was the largest manmade explosion until the advent of the atomic bomb.
“For well over a century, Boston and Nova Scotia have shared a special bond of neighborly care and friendship,” Wu said in a statement. “I’m honored this year to visit our neighbors to the north for the first time and deliver a personal thank you on behalf of the people of Boston for continuing this partnership and connection that transcends boundaries and generations.”
A 45-foot white spruce now stands on Boston Common after its annual delivery from Nova Scotia, a decades-old tradition.
On the trip, which comes amid trade tensions between Washington and Ottawa, Wu will meet with officials, discuss trade, tour local innovation hubs and exchange gifts with the mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia’s capital.
The tree headed to Boston Common, a 45-foot-tall white spruce, will be cut down in Lunenburg County on Wednesday, according to Wu’s office. It will be trucked onto Boston Common on Tuesday, Nov. 18, during a ceremony that will feature Santa Claus.