tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-734769081735169113.post6962571102234804217..comments2024-02-22T02:39:50.232+00:00Comments on The Trek Collective: Borg Cube advent calendar on the way from EaglemossUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-734769081735169113.post-22429711814575683892021-05-13T21:40:55.721+01:002021-05-13T21:40:55.721+01:00Really they're no more overtly religious than ...Really they're no more overtly religious than most other aspects of christmas, which is in large part just a massive exercise in commercialisation and over-indulgence, and for many (maybe most?) is wholly divorced from the religious celebration. Many non-religious people celebrate christmas, as indeed do many non-christian religious people. In the UK at least advent calendars are most often filled with little chocolates, and appeal to people with a devotion to chocolate probably far more than with an affinity for any deity!<br /><br />Also, there's loads Star Trek Christmas stuff every year: Christmas decorations, Christmas jumpers, Christmas cards, etc. Christmas is one of the biggest commercial opportunities where it is celebrated, and Star Trek is most popular in countries that are historically and culturally christian where christmas still has a lot of cultural capital (US, Canada, UK, Germany, Brazil); that translates into profits for Star Trek licensees that can tap into it.8of5https://www.blogger.com/profile/16702128515118267859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-734769081735169113.post-15503206304917709382021-05-13T01:04:11.676+01:002021-05-13T01:04:11.676+01:00I had to google the term just to find out what an ...I had to google the term just to find out what an "Advent calendar" is:<br /><br />"An Advent calendar is a special calendar used to count the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas." "Advent is a season of the liturgical year observed in most Christian denominations as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for both the celebration of the Nativity of Christ at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming."<br /><br />It seems rather peculiar and surprising for a Star Trek licensee to be selling an overtly religious item such as this.<br />Moshe Z. Matityahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994638164674154635noreply@blogger.com