Boston Common Christmas Tree Lighting 2024 Olympics. The city of boston is kicking off the holiday season with the 81st annual boston common tree lighting. Thousands of people filled boston common on.

Since the 1970s, the tree has been provided every year by nova scotia in gratitude for boston’s assistance after the 1917 halifax explosion. This year’s official christmas tree for the city of boston, an annual gift from the canadian province of nova scotia, has arrived in massachusetts.