Christmas
Christmas is ahuman holiday celebrated annually onDecember 25th. Christmas commemorated the birth ofreligious figureJesus Christ, though it also incorporated the traditions of other winter solstice celebrations predating the rise ofChristianity.
Curtis Wellborn, a former lover ofRoberta Lincoln, was killed in action in theVietnam War on Christmas Day,1970. (TOS -Star Trek: Assignment: Earthcomic: "My Name Is Legion")
The personnel of theUSSEnterprise's science lab held a Christmas party in late2266, whichCaptainKirk attended. After the party, he spent the evening withHelen Noel. (TOSepisode: "Dagger of the Mind")
In2293,James T. Kirk sentSpock a Christmas card. The inscription only read, "HappyWinter Solstice". (TOSnovel:The Fearful Summons)
LieutenantSam Redbay of theUSSVoyager regularly celebrated Christmas. (VOYnovel:The Final Fury)
DuringCaptainJean-Luc Picard's time in theNexus, he experienced a traditional Christmas celebration with his (illusory) family. (TNGmovie:Star Trek: Generations)
Hikaru Sulu observed Christmas as a child. (STnovel:Excelsior: Forged in Fire)
William Ross thought that the secret message forBenjamin Sisko on a ribbon around a present forMorn's mother was Christmas ribbon. (DS9 -The Dominion Warnovelization:...Sacrifice of Angels)
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- Christmas article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.
- Christmas article atWikipedia, the free encyclopedia.