{"id":12511,"date":"2015-12-03T17:28:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T22:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/?p=12511"},"modified":"2015-12-05T17:43:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T22:43:37","slug":"christmas-tree-lighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/2015\/12\/03\/christmas-tree-lighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Tree Lighting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we were in Halifax Nova Scotia recently, we learned about the reason that Halifax sends a ginormous Christmas tree to Boston every year, so this year, we decided to attend the annual Christmas Tree Lighting in Boston Common, with a gajillion other people.<\/p>\n<p>In 1917, two ships collided in Halifax harbor, and since one was fully loaded with explosives, this caused the second largest man-made explosion in history. Since the city of Boston provided lots of support to the devastated city, they have been sending us a Christmas tree every year since.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of people gathered on the Common for a festive Christmas concert, followed by an exciting countdown, the tree-lighting, lots of fireworks right near the big tree that seemed destined to start another explosion, and then a Christmas carol sing-a-long. 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