Singer Lee Murdock sings “The Christmas Ship” during the annual voyage of Chicago’s Christmas tree ship, the USCGC Mackinaw, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Bros. Park in Chicago. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was met by a small group of protesters as she made an appearance at the annual voyage of Chicago’s Christmas tree ship, the USCGC Mackinaw. The Christmas trees, unloaded at Polk Bros. Park on Chicago’s Lake Michigan, are donated to local families in need.
A member of the U.S. Coast Guard picks up a Christmas tree for a local family in need during the annual voyage of Chicago's Christmas tree ship, the USCGC Mackinaw, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Bros. Park in Chicago. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)Members of the U.S. Coast Guard unload Christmas trees for local families in need during the annual voyage of Chicago's Christmas tree ship, the USCGC Mackinaw, Dec. 6, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks to Coast Guard leaders and Christmas tree ship organizers during the annual voyage of Chicago's Christmas tree ship, the USCGC Mackinaw, Dec. 6, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks during the annual voyage of Chicago's Christmas tree ship, the USCGC Mackinaw, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Bros. Park next to Chicago's Lake Michigan. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)Volunteers drop off Christmas trees that were unloaded from the USCGC Mackinaw before they were to be delivered to families in need during the annual voyage of Chicago's Christmas tree ship on Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Bros. Park in Chicago. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem carries a Christmas tree to load into a truck during the annual voyage of Chicago's Christmas tree ship, the USCGC Mackinaw, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Bros. Park. The Christmas trees were later donated to local families in need. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)Protesters sing parody Christmas carols about the appearance of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the annual voyage of Chicago's Christmas tree ship, the USCGC Mackinaw, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Bros. Park next to Chicago's Lake Michigan. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)Protesters sing parody Christmas carols about the appearance of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the annual voyage of Chicago's Christmas tree ship, the USCGC Mackinaw, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Bros. Park next to Chicago's Lake Michigan. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)Protesters sing parody Christmas carols about the appearance of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the annual voyage of Chicago's Christmas tree ship, the USCGC Mackinaw, Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Bros. Park next to Chicago's Lake Michigan. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)
A Chicago Fire Department helicopter flies over the USCGC Mackinaw before dropping a ceremonial wreath into Lake Michigan during the annual voyage of Chicago's Christmas tree ship on Dec. 6, 2025, at Polk Bros. Park in Chicago. The ceremonial wreath is dropped in the lake to honor the crew of the Rouse Simmons, a Christmas tree ship that sank in the lake while delivering Christmas trees in 1912. There were no survivors. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)
