Christmas tree from Belmont shines over Boston Harbor

BELMONT — A Belmont resident helped a Boston company continue their tradition of displaying a New Hampshire Christmas tree on the harbor this year — and solved a problem in the meantime. 

Tony Tine, who works for DC Beane and Associates Construction Company of Boston, posted an unusual query on a Belmont Facebook page a few weeks before Thanksgiving: Did anybody know where he could find a massive Christmas tree? 

Danielle St. Onge of Belmont saw the post and as it turns out, she knew exactly where one could be procured — right on her property. She was scrolling the website late at night when she saw Tine’s post.

“It just so happened that we had one in my yard,” she said Friday afternoon. “It was a pretty cool chance” to participate in a unique holiday tradition. 

The balsam fir stands somewhere in the neighborhood of 27 feet high, and St. Onge said she’d wanted it removed for quite a while, even joking around with coworkers that they were welcome to come take it if they’d like.

But as fate would have it, the folks at DC Beane had just the right plan for the tree: they were going to come and cut it down, load it onto a truck and ship it down to their property in Boston, right on the harbor.

They came to cut the tree Dec. 3, and it arrived in Boston the next day.

“We went and cut the tree down and loaded it onto a trailer,” Tine said Friday. “We hauled it down to Boston and used a crane to lift it up so we could put the lights on top.”

They used the crane to swing the massive fir into position, attached cables to it and then finished decorating it with lights. Now, it’s in place right on Boston’s historic and picturesque harbor. 

“We have had numerous people tell us how they appreciate us putting a tree up every year, and this is the nicest ever,” Tine said. 

“They had it down in like, 10 minutes,” St. Onge said.

The company invited St. Onge and her family down to the property to see the tree and go out for dinner. 

Tine said they gave a neighbor, who was fond of the tree, some of the bottom bows which needed to be trimmed. That person intended to use the bows to create Christmas wreaths. 

Danamary Beane, director of communications and business development for DC Beane, said Friday they bring a New Hampshire tree to their property for Christmas each year, and were happy to continue the tradition. 

“A family had it in their front yard,” she said. “It’s probably the most beautiful tree we’ve ever had.”

The tree will be broadly visible across the harbor because of its location and should make for quite the festive spectacle right in the core of Boston. 

“We’re super lucky to have a spot on the dock,” Beane said.