Volunteers from various youth organizations, including the Sea Cadets, Sea Scouts and Young Marines, help unload more than 1,200 Christmas trees from the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw in Chicago during a two-day re-enactment of a Chicago tradition dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900s. The tall ship Rouse Simmons, known as the original Christmas Ship, brought Christmas trees to the people of Chicago from northern Michigan for more than 30 years before perishing off of Wisconsin in November of 1912 during a winter storm. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Alan Haraf)