Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw begin loading more than 1,200 Christmas trees onto the ship in its home port of Cheboygan, Mich., Nov. 25, 2013. The Mackinaw, serving as this year's Christmas Ship, will arrive in Chicago Dec. 6, where the trees will be unloaded to community organizations, designated by the Chicago Christmas Ship Committee, and distributed to deserving families.