CHICAGO - A member of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw slides a tree down the Mackinaw's ladder for offload by more than 100 volunteers aboard the 240-foot icebreaker at the Navy Pier in downtown Chicago, Dec. 5, 2009. The Coast Guard Cutter Macknaw delivered more than 1,000 Christmas trees from northern Michigan to Chicago-area needy familes in cooperation with the Chicago Christmas Tree Ship Committee and several charitable organizations. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Bill Colclough.