Ah, Christmas time. A time of cookies and chocolate, trees and tinsel, annoying songs and annoying movies that, if they were gone, we'd still strangely miss. Yes, we all have those certain somethings that NEED to be seen or heard at Christmastime, otherwise it's not Christmas.
I haven't felt too much in the Christmas spirit yet, and I know why. It's because I haven't been home to see the decorated Christmas tree yet... or, rather, the two special ornaments on it.
My family's always been kind of sci-fi oriented. With good reason, I suppose. My parents' very first date was going to see The Empire Strikes Back at the movie theater. Our Christmas tree, thus, is decorated accordingly, with numerous Star Wars and superhero ornaments. But the two special ornaments that really usher in Christmas are one notch above--they have SOUND.
When you see the famous picture of Neil Armstrong on the moon, you probably don't think of Christmas... but I do. You see, we have this amazing ornament of him, standing on the surface of the moon, holding an American flag... and when you press a button on the side of his back pack, you hear him say, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." What this has to do with Christmas, I'll never know, but I'll tell you one thing, it just isn't Christmas without Neil on the tree.
But personally, Christmas for me REALLY begins when I hear our other sound ornament. It's just a box-like shuttlecraft from Star Trek. I'll be honest, I really know nothing about Star Trek, so I couldn't tell you if this particular spacecraft was ever even on the show or movies at all, but it's certainly on our tree every year! This one has a button on the bottom that, when you press it, you hear a very loud, "Shuttlecraft to Enterprise, Shuttlecraft to Enterprise! Spock here! Happy holidays! Live long--and prosper."
My younger brother and I always prefered this ornament to Neil, because on Shuttlecraft, every time you pressed the button, Spock started his whole holiday schpeel all over again, regardless of if he was already in the middle of it. We were able to make a rap out of it, forcing poor Spock to say, "Sh-sh-sh-SHU-sh-sh-sh-SHU-sh-sh-SHU-sh-sh-SHUTTLECRAFT to Enterprise..." Our parents always told us to stop because we would break the ornament, but we were doing a good thing, really, by helping Spock get in touch with his inner Porky Pig.
Have a very happy holiday season, to both the sh-sh-shuttlecraft and all the inhabitants of Earth. Live long... and prosper.
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