BOSTON - Joe McDermott (right), an employee from the Coast Guard Base Support Unit in Boston, helps Amanda Merritt (left) pick out a Christmas tree to take home Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Merritt was selected to receive a free Christmas tree through the Trees For Troops program since her husband, Seaman Benjamin Merritt of the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba, is out at sea and won't be home for the holidays. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen