Christmas in Star Trek???

[Warped9]

I can recall only three instances of Christmas being mentioned in Trek.

The first is in TOS' "Dagger Of The Mind" where there is reference to a ship's Christmas party. This little bit does tell us that at least some of humanity still celebrates Christmas in the future.

The next reference, albeit indirect, is in a TNG episode (I can't recall which one) where Data is playing Scrooge on the holodeck. Christmas isn't actually mentioned, but the fact that Data is participating in a holodeck version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol suggests Christmas might still be around.

The third reference, and the last one I know of, is in Generations where Picard imagines himself at home with a family for Christmas. This rather cements that Christmas is still celebrated in the 24th century.

Any other mentions or references?

 

[SchwEnt]

I do not like nor watch VOY, but wasn't there an eps where Q turns the ship into a Christmas tree ornament?
Indirectly a Christmas thing.

 

[B.J.]

There's a Memory Alpha entry for Christmas, which mentions a couple other references, but mostly in a historical setting.

 

[Captrek]

Presumably the Christians in Bread and Circuses celebrate Christmas, but it’s not directly addressed in the episode.

 

[Gaith]

The third reference, and the last one I know of, is in Generations where Picard imagines himself at home with a family for Christmas. This rather cements that Christmas is still celebrated in the 24th century.

Hardly. It only suggests that he knows what Christmas is, and that some part of his unconscious thinks it could be a charming ritual.

 

[Finn]

Janeway mentioned her messy ready room as like a Christmas Day morning when they were docked at a spacestation.

 

[C_Miller]

I'm not religious (Not really sure what I am in terms of the whole God question, but I know I'm no fan of religion), but I do celebrate Christmas and when I have children, I will celebrate Christmas with them as well. From my stand point, Christmas is a very important cultural holiday that teaches giving, peace on Earth and goodwill towards men. At least that's what the decidedly secular Charlie Brown Christmas taught me.

So in that sense, it would still make sense that Christmas would be celebrated in the secular world of Star Trek. Especially since those "themes" are pretty much the themes of Star Trek. Plus, seeing as Ben Sisko still holds on to his African and Creole roots, wouldn't it make sense that other characters may hold on to their Christian roots or their Jewish roots or their Muslim roots?

 

[scotpens]

Presumably the Christians in Bread and Circuses celebrate Christmas, but it’s not directly addressed in the episode.

It would depend on how closely the development of para-Christianity on that planet followed Earth history. In “Bread and Circuses,” we're never told how long ago the Christ-figure was born. But since, unlike on Earth, the religion arose in a time of modern mass communication -- the printing press, radio and television -- we can assume it spread and developed even more quickly than its counterpart on Earth. (Christians in the Roman Empire first celebrated the Nativity in the fourth century C.E. )

 

[Capt_Pickirk]

I can imagine the crew of the starship enterprise celebrating christmas. Spock would probably say it was illogical and everyone would laugh at him or something. They'd probably celebrate it in TOS but not in TNG. Well. maybe

 

[Therin of Andor]

Issue #2 of the first DC Comics mini-series featured Christmas on the Enterprise-D, an green alien race resembling the Grinch, and a big reveal about the true identity of Santa Claus!

 

[Freman]

I can imagine the crew of the starship enterprise celebrating christmas. Spock would probably say it was illogical and everyone would laugh at him or something. They'd probably celebrate it in TOS but not in TNG. Well. maybe

Of course, the laughing bit would be at the end of the episode, right before the end credits roll.

 

[The Wormhole]

A very minor and indirect referance, in Voyager's Caretaker while discussing his past and what motivated him to fess up to his crimes, Tom Paris says the ghosts of three dead Starfleet officers appeared to him and "taught him the true meaning of Christmas." Of course, this does not necerssarily suggest Christmas is still being celebrated, just that A Christmas Carol is still familiar enough to everyone that you can randomly insert referances to it in any conversation.

 

[barnaclelapse]

I wouldn't be surprised if Christmas continued on. For some people space exploration isn't necessarily going to kill their idea in a God or their desire to engage in traditions. In fact if anything I would imagine people being more eager than ever to continue the customs of their past in the face of such dramatic universal change.

 

[barnaclelapse]

I wouldn't be surprised if people wanted to hold onto certain traditions and customs in the face of such dramatic change to their world and what lies beyond. That's pretty human.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Alan Dean Foster's novel adaptation of TAS' "The Survivor" in Star Trek Log 2 includes a christmas party scene.

In TOS, we're told that Kirk Kirk'd Helen Noel at a Christmas party.

 

[Capt_Pickirk]

In TOS, we're told that Kirk Kirk'd Helen Noel at a Christmas party.

Kirk'd is a word now??? I'm in.
Used in a sentence.

'I kirk'd the hell outta that.'

It would be funny if the enterprise went back in time, and Kirk Spock and McCoy end up at the nativity, revealing that they are the three wise men

 

[Kadratis]

In VOY The Swarm:

JANEWAY: Report.
KIM: We've been hit with some sort kind of polaron burst.
TUVOK: The energy expenditure was not high enough to cause any damage. It may not have been a weapon.
PARIS: Captain, that little ship is high-tailing it out of here.
JANEWAY: So it scanned us, sent out a polaron burst that caused no damage and then took off.
KIM: Captain, the burst has changed the shield polarity. It's now rotating at ninety two gigahertz.
JANEWAY: That means if anyone wanted to find us it's a lot easier now.
CHAKOTAY: I'll say. As far as anyone's sensors are concerned we're lit up like a Christmas tree.

 

[BillJ]

In TOS, we're told that Kirk Kirk'd Helen Noel at a Christmas party.

No we're not. That part was implanted into his memory by suggestion...

KIRK: Yes. Pick something unusual, an unusual suggestion, something we can both be sure of.
NOEL: (light turns) At the Christmas party, we met, we danced, you talked about the stars. I suggest now that it happened in a different way. You swept me off my feet and carried me to your cabin.

 

[B.J.]

It would be funny if the enterprise went back in time, and Kirk Spock and McCoy end up at the nativity, revealing that they are the three wise men

Heh. I created this 2 years ago for the Art forum's monthly challenge. I won it that time, too!

 

[sbk1234]

In TWOK, Scotty compared the energizer as "bypassed like a Christmas tree."