Boston's Christmas tree is a thank-you gift from Canada for help the city provided a century ago, ... the Mont Blanc, was preparing to head overseas to fight in World War I, when it ran into trouble.

Boston and Halifax bound by 98-year Christmas tradition 01:54. On the morning of December 6th, 1917, a French cargo ship the "SS Mont Blanc" -- carrying tons of munitions bound for the allies ...

On Dec. 6, 1917, the Mont-Blanc, a French munitions ship, and the Imo, ... The first Tree for Boston was donated in 1971 by Joseph Slauenwhite from Lunenburg County.

Boston's official 2016 Christmas tree, like others that have come before it, is a thank you gift for events a century ago in the Nova Scotia's Canadian province's coastal capital of Halifax. On Dec. 6 ...