Poll How do they celebrate Christmas in the Trekverse?

[BillJ]

The same as we do, some do, some don't, some mark the day the Jebus was born, others don't. And it still would occur on different days.

This. Christmas isn't a monolithic holiday, and I imagine it would continue like it is now.

 

[1001001]

Kirk famously flirted with Helen Noel at a Christmas party on the Enterprise, as mentioned in "Dagger of the MInd."

But was she...



...the first?

 

[Greg Cox]

I got the impression it went further than that.

We don't know what actually happened, but we do know that they DIDN'T go back to his quarters afterwards because that was explicitly a false memory she implanted in Kirk's mind via the Neural Neutralizer.

(Which, honestly, always struck me as kinda unprofessional for a trained psychiatrist.)

 

[Tenacity]

With the festivals and celebrations of 150+ species in the Federation then it wouldn't be any more important than any other.

But on ship that's mostly Human, that wouldn't be the case.

I doubt anyone believes in Jesus anymore

I grew up in a hispanic community, a quarter of the guys I went to school with were named Jesus.

 

[1001001]

I grew up in a hispanic community, a quarter of the guys I went to school with were named Jesus.

I don't believe that.

 

[Tim Thomason]

I mean, not believing in gods would seem to be a sure sign of debilitating insanity in Trek. A bit akin to not believing in daffodils.

Mankind has no need for gods. We find the one quite adequate.

 

[Kilana2]

I don't believe that.

Jesus is a normal name in Spanish speaking countries. But a quarter of the guys? I don't know. I guess it depends how many guys 'a quarter' constitute.

 

[1001001]

Mankind has no need for gods. We find the one quite adequate.

Hail Zeus.

 

[Kor]

Jesus is a normal name in Spanish speaking countries. But a quarter of the guys? I don't know. I guess it depends how many guys 'a quarter' constitute.

I have also frequently encountered Hispanic males named Jesús. It's interesting that it's almost nonexistent in cultures that speak other European languages. A cursory online search hints that historically it may have to do with different views in Catholicism vs. Protestantism.

Kor

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

. . . (Which, honestly, always struck me as kinda unprofessional for a trained psychiatrist.)

Except that they were both consenting participants in an experiment to test the capabilities of the machine, and if she'd given him advance details of the false memory she was planting, the experiment would have been meaningless.

 

[Kilana2]

The name Jesús only sounds good as given name when pronounced the Spanish way. Pronouncing it German or English it is simply Jesus as we know it.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

. . . Not sure how Spock would interact. I'm sure he knows enough about Christmas traditions from his mother.

Assuming she's Christian. She could be Jewish, or Muslim, or Buddhist, or . . . .

Then again, even if Amanda didn't celebrate Christmas, she would likely explain all major Human celebrations and observances, religious and secular. She was, after all, a teacher.

I would say that all cultures in the Federation would respect, tolerate, and even cherish each other's traditional celebrations and observances.

 

[Kilana2]

A Christmas tree in Quarks would only be fair considering all the Bajoran festivities that were celebrated there. And: I guess Christmas is good for business....

 

[Terok Nor]

It's been proved over and over by Kirk, Picard, Sisko and Janeway that God like beings exist in the universe. I think Jesus could see a resurgence in popularity by the 23rd/24th centuries. I mean the stuff Jesus did is plausible if you have proof of the Organians, the Q, the Prophets, the Caretaker and so on.

 

[Kor]

The name Jesús only sounds good as given name when pronounced the Spanish way. Pronouncing it German or English it is simply Jesus as we know it.

Well... in Spanish the given name and the religious name sound exactly the same, as Spanish speakers know it.

Kor

 

[Kilana2]

Well... in Spanish the given name and the religious name sound exactly the same, as Spanish speakers know it.

Kor

I just gooled: German courts approved the name Jesus for a child, but reasonably declined Judas and Satan. Which begs the question: who wants to give children these names anyway?

 

[Terok Nor]

I just gooled: German courts approved the name Jesus for a child, but reasonably declined Judas and Satan. Which begs the question: who wants to give children these names anyway?

Devil worshippers?

 

[Kilana2]

Devil worshippers?

It's only logical. Like a Spock worshipper wants to call his son Spock. Has it ever been tried by someone by the way?

 

[Terok Nor]

It's only logical. Like a Spock worshipper wants to call his son Spock. Has it ever been tried by someone by the way?

If not it should be.

Spock I mean. Not Satan

 

[Kor]

Since "Spock" was already a human name before Star Trek, it would be feasible.

Kor