You’re telling me Scotty doesn’t like an occasion to drink?
He’s pissed he had to wait for Kirk’s speech to finish
Now that I can believe. “SHUT UP ABOUT FREEDOM, YE OLD WINDBAG! I WANT FREEDOM TO DRINK SOME SCOTCH!”
But only certain regions of that one planet too.
Well, personally, I didn’t choose to celebrate this planet arbitrarily. I chose it because I live there.
I should also point out that beginning the new year on January 1 is arbitrary as well. We could have chosen any day, in any season. We also could have standardized on a lunar new year from one of many cultures that use lunar calendars.
Lastly, we could have instead chosen to standardize on the Sidereal year which differs from the Solar year by 20 minutes, 24.5 seconds, but nevertheless would be another interesting way of operating a calendar!
Was this actually a New Year’s Day thing or was it just a wrap party thing?
Well, they’re all humans from Earth, so it makes sense that they’d continue to observe their own traditional celebrations. I’m sure the Klingons also have their own holidays, tied to their own calendar, and I don’t see any problem with that. Same for every other group.
