CHICAGO (WLS) -- The city's 111th Annual Chicago Christmas Tree lighting ceremony happened Friday night. With hearts fluttering and a flip of a switch, Chicago's official Christmas tree was aglow ...

Prior story:Several Christmas trees begin their journey from northern Michigan to Chicago The cutter was due to be unloaded on Saturday by volunteers including sea cadets, venture crews ...

Some of Chicago's most famous ... Once lit, the tree will remain illuminated through Jan. 8. The event takes place in Millennium Park, near Michigan Ave. and Washington St. The following street ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Over a thousand Christmas trees are on the way to Chicago from northern Michigan for the annual Christmas Tree Ship run. The U.S. Coast Guard says the cutter Mackinaw is stocked ...

CHEBOYGAN, MI – The traditional Christmas Tree Ship is underway with more than 1,000 Northern Michigan conifer trees bound for Chicago. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw WLBB 30 pushed off on ...

CHICAGO — One of the country’s oldest holiday traditions will happen in Chicago this week. The 111th City of Chicago Christmas Tree will be lit up Friday night, Nov. 22, during the annual Tree ...

For years, his family had been among the two dozen schooner crews doing late-season Christmas tree runs, bringing evergreens from Northern Michigan and Wisconsin to Chicago’s docks. The ships ...

(Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard) More than 1,000 Christmas trees are loaded onto the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw to be taken from northern Michigan to be donated to families in need in Chicago.