<Star Trek: The Next Generation Style>
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FROM JEAN-LUC PICARD (to the tune
of "Let It Snow"):
Oh, the vacuum outside is endless,
Unforgiving, cold, and friendless,
But still we must boldly go--
Make it so, make it so, make
it so!
FROM WILLIAM RIKER (to the tune
of "Deck the Halls"):
Here's a vexing Christmas riddle:
(Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la la)
Why must I play second fiddle?
(Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la la)
How can I impress Deanna
(Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la la la)
When I'm number two banana?
(Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la la)
FROM WESLEY CRUSHER, Starfleet Cadet
(to the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen"):
I'm at Starfleet Academy,
And I'd just like to say
I miss the opportunity
To weekly save the day--
To make things worse, I have
to be
In some dumb Christmas play!
Yes, I'm bright, though I'm
just a teenaged boy,
Only a boy,
And the Enterprise was my most
favourite toy!
FROM DATA:
(to the tune of "Jingle Bells")
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh--
or so I am reliably informed;
lacking a subjective
and intuitively perceived referent
for the term "fun,"
I am able only to report the
phenomenon as experienced
by others, whose individual
perceptions somewhat colour the--
yes, sir.
WORF E-MAILED two different greetings.
The first appears to be to the tune
of "White Christmas":
I'm dreaming of a dead Pakled,
Just like the one in Rec Deck
Eight.
They all think they've hidden,
But this one didn't,
And I'm using him as bait.
I'm dreaming of a dead Pakled--
Their mental skills are rather
lame.
May your foes die sonless, in
shame--
And I hope you're wishing me
the same!
The second is most easily sung to the tune of "The Christmas Song"
("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open
Fire"):
Phasers flashing in the depths
of space,
Ripping up an airtight hull;
Signs of fear on your enemy's
face,
And life-support signs reading
null!
Ev'rybody knows a Romulan's
a spineless foe
Who lacks the Klingon will to
fight!
Phaser beams set his torso aglow--
He'll find it hard to breathe
tonight!
He knows that Worf is on his
way!
And soon he'll be the object
of the verb "to slay"!
And ev'ry slinking Rom and Pakled
spy
Will soon become the subject
of the verb "to die"!
And so I'm offering this simple
threat
To Roms, and all Ferengi, too:
You'll be as dead as a life-form
can get--
Merry Christmas to you!