"Then perhaps you will consent to celebrate it here with the rest of the crew?" he queried, and, if he had not attempted to school his features, he would have appeared almost eager. Though he did not know why he found Christmas so intriguing, he could not shake his intense desire to celebrate it.

"I will not select decorations that will interfere with the operations of the bridge, Captain," he assured him, though the statement was made for his own benefit rather than Kirk's. Christmas was not logical or practical, but Spock was and he was struggling to combine the two contradictions.