The holidays are quickly approaching, and Boston is getting ready to spread some cheer with the city's official Christmas tree lighting - a Boston tradition now in its 83rd year.

A Christmas tree from Nova Scotia arrives on the Boston Common Tuesday Nov. 26, 2024 for the holiday season (State House News Service photo). State House News Service ...

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting Once the tree is set up in New York, it will be decorated with 50,000 multi-colored lights and topped by a Swarovski crystal star. The lighting will take ...

Boston's tree lighting ceremony on Boston Common is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 5, and the event will be broadcast during WCVB Channel 5's Holiday Lights special, which begins at 7 p.m.

Almost ready for its closeup: Today at 11 a.m., Boston police will escort a 30-year-old, 45-feet-tall white spruce to the spot of its new seasonal gig as the Boston Common’s official Christmas tree.

BOSTON — Santa, American Authors and many others visited Boston Common on Thursday night for Holiday Lights, performing for a crowd and celebrating the lighting of Boston's official Christmas tree.

There is also a lovely tree lighting in Boston Common (December 5), North End Waterfront Trellis Lighting on November 24th at 5pm, and in the Massachusetts State House (November 21).

Boston’s official Christmas tree arrived at the Boston Common Tuesday morning after a two-day journey from Nova Scotia, Canada. Spectators gathered to welcome the annual gift, a symbol of long-held ...

So, in thanks, Nova Scotia sent Boston a tree for Christmas the next year, and then another in 1971. Since then, they haven’t stopped.

Boston Christmas Trees, which has been selling fresh cut trees on Harvard Avenue in Allston since 1972, opened their lot on Friday with thousands of balsam and Fraser firs imported from Quebec. “The ...

PEABODY - Some Massachusetts farms are now selling Christmas trees at a discount a week before the holiday. At Brooksby Farm in Peabody, trees are on sale for $20 off. It's a last ditch effort for ...