BOSTON - Boston's dreams of a white Christmas have come true for 2024. The National Weather Service defines a "white Christmas" as having an inch or more of snow on the ground for Christmas morning.

They recount the events of December 16, 1773, when 5,000 colonists braved the December night to protest by dumping tea into ...

Merry Christmas, Boston sports fans! Deck the halls. Light the tree. Set out the cookies and milk. Sit down in front of the TV and get ready to watch sports all day, including the Celtics’ 5 p.m ...

How a lively market on Boston Harbor became part of many defining moments of the Colonial and Revolutionary eras ...

If there’s one question asked every holiday season in Boston, it’s whether we’ll have a white Christmas. No one seems to agree on what exactly defines a white Christmas. The Cambridge ...

The National Weather Service says 2019 was Boston's last white Christmas, based on areawide observations from co-operative weather observers), but I say it's 2017 and the purists actually say 2009.

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Boston Common Tree Lighting Ceremony Join the community for the annual illumination of Boston's official Christmas tree ... Blink! at Faneuil Hall Marketplace Marvel at the synchronized light ...

BOSTON - Are you dreaming of a white Christmas in Massachusetts? Most folks would agree that some snow on the ground Christmas morning helps to set the mood as long as it doesn't disrupt getting ...

Weather for Christmas Day and the first night of Hanukkah looks quiet and seasonable. Expect highs in the lower 30s in Boston, with mostly sunny skies for much of the day. By the evening ...

For an archbishop, there is no bigger moment than delivering Christmas Mass. This holiday, surrounded by red and white poinsettias and evergreen trees, Boston’s newly installed Archbishop ...