BOSTON - Monday, November
29, 2021- Mayor Michelle Wu has announced final details for the City of
Boston’s signature holiday celebration, the Boston Common Tree Lighting, as
it returns on Thursday, December 2, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mayor Michelle
Wu, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, and title sponsor Province
of Nova Scotia will host the 80th Annual Boston Common
Tree Lighting adjacent to the Visitor’s Information Center at 139 Tremont
Street. Grammy Award winner Darlene Love will headline the holiday
celebration.
Mayor Wu will be joined by
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston for the event, marking the 50th year that Nova Scotia has given a tree to the people of
Boston as thanks for relief efforts following the December 6, 1917,
explosion of a munitions ship in Halifax Harbor. Within 24 hours of
the disaster a train loaded with supplies and emergency personnel was
making its way from Boston to Nova Scotia.
“After last year’s virtual
celebration, I’m delighted to welcome residents and visitors of all ages
back to Boston Common for this very special tradition,” said Mayor Michelle
Wu. “As we light the tree to launch our holiday season, I’m thankful for
community and the chance to be together. We as a city are grateful to Nova
Scotia for this wonderful gift of a tree, enjoyed by Bostonians for half a
century.”
WCVB Channel 5’s CHRONICLE
Co-Anchors Anthony Everett and Shayna Seymour will once again host Channel
5’s live broadcast of the event beginning at 7 p.m. featuring headliner
Darlene Love, legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Grammy Award
winner. In addition, the cast of “A Christmas Story: The Musical,” Nova
Scotia singer-songwriter Heather Rankin with the critically acclaimed folk
group Beolach, R&B sensation Keonte Beals, the cast of “Summer: The
Donna Summer Musical,” Boston’s own a capella group Ball in the House,
Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, and Frosty the Snowman will
join the 80th annual tree lighting program.
The official holiday season
kick-off in Boston includes the lighting of the City of Boston's official
Christmas tree and trees throughout Boston Common and the Public Garden.
Boston’s official 2021 Christmas tree is a 60-year-old, 48-foot white
spruce tree from Orangedale, Municipality of the County of Inverness, Cape
Breton. The tree has been donated by the landowner L’Arche Cape Breton
Community, a non-profit organization that creates safe, supportive homes
and meaningful work for people with disabilities.
The holiday lights
throughout both parks will light up in sequence shortly before 8 p.m. when
Mayor Wu is joined onstage by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and Frosty the
Snowman. The show will close with a pyrotechnic display by Atlas
PyroVision.
The event is supported by
title sponsor, the Province of Nova Scotia, presenting sponsor Amazon,
key sponsors Exelon Generation and Bank of America, and media sponsors WCVB
- Channel 5 and The Boston Globe. A sampling village will feature giveaways
from Xfinity, Dunkin’ seasonal drinks and a donut decorating kit, cookies
from Levain Bakery, eggnog provided by H.P. Hood, LLC, and Drake’s Cakes
famous pastries.
Sponsors of the “Make the
Common Glow for the Holidays” appeal that makes lighting of the Common and
Public Garden possible include The Lynch Family Foundation and The Greater
Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau.
For more information please
call (617) 635-4505 or visit www.boston.gov/boston-common-tree-lighting. For Boston Common parking
information go to www.massconvention.com/bcg.html.
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