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  • 'Inclusive' Name Change Needles N.S. Tree Grower

    11/24/2005 6:08:34 AM PST · by NorthOf45 · 41 replies · 1,301+ views
    CBC ^ | November 23, 2005 | CBC Online Staff
    'Inclusive' name change needles N.S. tree growerCBC News November 23, 2005 A spruce tree grower in Nova Scotia isn't happy his 16-metre Christmas tree has become a "holiday" tree in Massachusetts. Every fall, the province sends a tree to Boston as a thank-you gift for the help the New England city gave Halifax after the devastating 1917 ship explosion that levelled parts of Nova Scotia's capital. Officials with Boston's parks department decided it would be less offensive to some people and generally more inclusive if the word "Christmas" was dropped when they referred to the tree. "A lot of people...