Set Phasers to Twinkle

Here’s the thing about the holiday season: I love the holiday season. There isn’t a tree I won’t trim, a menorah I won’t light, a heartwarming made-for-television movie I won’t DVR. And like the characters featured in many very special holiday presentations, I’m prone to holiday-themed fever dreams featuring a Winter-in-Wonderland-like cast of cartoon elves with self-esteem issues, talking mice in coordinated scarf/boot ensembles, and more triumphs of the human spirit than a Klingon can shake a bat’leth at. So in that spirit, and the spirit of the season, follow me down a wormhole as I transform from a mild-mannered author/fanboy into the Enterprise’s most festive elf.If anybody knows what the Enterprise is capable of, it’s good ol’ Scotty. So he gets this bottle opener, with which he can use his beloved ship to open his beloved lager:For Uhura, who has been very good all year, I gift her this ring, which will sparkle perfectly in the bridge lights every time she reaches for her earpiece:For Sulu, who knows that it’s important to keep hydrated, whether you’re in the gym practicing fencing or stuck on a freezing cold planet during an away mission, this water bottle: Star Trek