Comments on: Treknobabble #46: A World Without Christmas http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/12/24/treknobabble-46-a-world-without-christmas/ Blog And Podcast Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:43:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reed Farrington http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/12/24/treknobabble-46-a-world-without-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-510964 Reed Farrington Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:15:11 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14031#comment-510964 Guess what?!?! By some weird coincidence, my brother ended up getting me Star Trek Pez for Christmas. I had managed to pick it up earlier at a store near where I work, but I had not seen it anywhere else in Canada. He got it for me from California on a business trip. And I hadn't mentioned Star Trek Pez to my brother at all. (Thx for your comment, Paul. A comment is the greatest gift of all. :-) ) Guess what?!?! By some weird coincidence, my brother ended up getting me Star Trek Pez for Christmas. I had managed to pick it up earlier at a store near where I work, but I had not seen it anywhere else in Canada. He got it for me from California on a business trip. And I hadn’t mentioned Star Trek Pez to my brother at all.

(Thx for your comment, Paul. A comment is the greatest gift of all. :-) )

]]> By: Paul http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/12/24/treknobabble-46-a-world-without-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-510314 Paul Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:52:38 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=14031#comment-510314 I think even if you could have anything you want, people would still give gifts as a symbolic gesture. Hell, wasn't Picard given archaeological related things... and didn't Kirk get a book? Rich people get gifts right? I don't know, I'm not rich, but I think they do... Anyway, even if people stopped being religious I could see Christmas surviving. You can celebrate the holiday without any religious over tones. There's enough secular stuff in there that separates it from every other holiday that started as a religious thing. I think even if you could have anything you want, people would still give gifts as a symbolic gesture. Hell, wasn’t Picard given archaeological related things… and didn’t Kirk get a book? Rich people get gifts right? I don’t know, I’m not rich, but I think they do…

Anyway, even if people stopped being religious I could see Christmas surviving. You can celebrate the holiday without any religious over tones. There’s enough secular stuff in there that separates it from every other holiday that started as a religious thing.

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