Has there ever been christmas on star trek

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

Cant think of any episodes, unless theres one they snuck in the idea without being overt

[DarkCrystalMethod]

There may have been some scenes where it was "the holiday season" in ten-forward but it was never truly acknowledged.

[Apollo702]

That might not be a good idea in any fiction.

The reason is it might be too specific and that could detract and pull focus from the fantasy world.

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

Data did the duckens bah humbug thing in a dickens play

[Fajita Jim]

This is as close as it gets:
https://youtu.be/BZlRt05RY9Y?si=5cOtDQudrQIvo6FZ

[kingjames488]

what series?

not that I recall specifically, in the future people have realised religion is a farce and only work to better themselves and their culture as a whole... or are just criminals.

[Apollo702]

I think that it might be a better idea to go with made up sci-fi nonsense and use words such as "frack" and say gibberish such as "It has been many bleems since..."

[DarkCrystalMethod]

Originally posted by Apollo702:

I think that it might be a better idea to go with made up sci-fi nonsense and use words such as "frack" and say gibberish such as "It has been many bleems since..."

I haven't heard anyone say frack in over 10 thousand rels!

[Apollo702]

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

Originally posted by Apollo702:

I think that it might be a better idea to go with made up sci-fi nonsense and use words such as "frack" and say gibberish such as "It has been many bleems since..."

I haven't heard anyone say frack in over 10 thousand rels!

You may have failed to take your pbrmlbip. You could be low on it.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

Originally posted by Beltneck:

If you tried to reconcile all human and alien holidays, nobody in starfleet would get any work done.

Imagine we told the borg not to assimulate us when it is a holiday.
And then we flood our calendars where every day is some goofy holiday like what we have now.

[Apollo702]

Originally posted by Beltneck:

If you tried to reconcile all human and alien holidays, nobody in starfleet would get any work done, because every single day would be a holiday.

The stardate system in ST may have been the closest solution to issues such as this.

People would need to keep two sets of time. The stardate would be the common time.

The other would be local time as not every world would have Earth's 24 hour/52 week/365 days... timing.

Even being slightly off would present all kinds of issues without the independent and universal stardate system.

[kbiz]

I like the idea of Christmas. Doesn’t have to be Christian.

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

Originally posted by Beltneck:

If you tried to reconcile all human and alien holidays, nobody in starfleet would get any work done.

Imagine we told the borg not to assimulate us when it is a holiday.
And then we flood our calendars where every day is some goofy holiday like what we have now.

the collective does what is best for the collective.

we are borg :S

[kingjames488]

I mean... christmas is christian.

no one would say that haunica isn't jewish or that kwansa isn't african.... (unless I'm wrong about those... they aren't my native holidays :S)

[Apollo702]

Originally posted by kbiz:

I like the idea of Christmas. Doesn’t have to be Christian.

A big issue should there be any alien cultures(for the moment I am suspending disbelief) is that upon discovery they would need to hire a lot of Daniel Jacksons.

It would be wise to study first and learn the cultures to avoid making cultural faux-pas.

[kbiz]

Originally posted by Beltneck:

Originally posted by kbiz:

I like the idea of Christmas. Doesn’t have to be Christian.

uuuuh...kinda does have to be tho. Christmas is about Christ, and Christians are his fanboys.

Call it something else.