Christmas ships are boat parades held at Christmastime, typically featuring boats festooned with Christmas lights or winter/holiday decorations. In the United States in the nineteenth century, German and Irish immigrants shipped trees from Michigan and Wisconsin down to Chicago via boat to satisfy the large demand for Christmas trees. Among these ships was the Rouse Simmons, a Christmas tree ship which sank in Lake Michigan in 1912. Christmas tree shipping continued to occur in Chicago into the 1930s. Ships laden with Christmas gifts for distribution were also referred to as "Christmas ships" in the early twentieth century, even inspiring a popular World War I-era song, "Hurrah! Hurrah for the Christmas Ship".
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