Discover the amazing annual Christmas season tradition that binds Halifax to the city of Boston—whose generous citizens came to the aid of the Canadian maritime city of Halifax, capital of the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia, when it suffered a catastrophic event that nearly destroyed it when two ships collided in the harbor starting off a chain of events that would create the largest explosion before the atomic bomb in 1917. 

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Audio Credit: The BackTracker History Show with Alice Hill (Season 3 Episode 45 titled The Halifax Explosion & Season 5 Episode 1 titled New Year’s Day Special, BSR FM103.4)