Kathyryn Janeway sat in her ready room, deep in thought as she read numerous PADDS that surrounded her. Everyone decided to deliver their work early so they could relax during the Christmas season. Janeway was pleased that her 400 plus crew still enjoyed celebrating Earth holidays, and she was even more pleased that Neelix was enduring all races had some input into the festivities. Meanwhile, Janeway wasn't too sure how jolly she would be with so much building up in front of her. Chakotay offered to help but she politly declined. She knew he was quite interested in helping Neelix finalize the party plans, ensuring his own version of celebrations were honoured at the party.

So Janeway continued to plod through her work, unheeded. She picked up three very familiar PADDS, and sighed. They were Seven's and she seemed to out do her self this year. Seven had completed more work than any other crewmember, and it seemed she had more come. As she glanced over the work relayed on the PADD, she could see Seven had no intention of stopping her work for the Christmas break. Since there was no empirical data on Christmas and Seven believed it to be "Earth Mythology", she refused to acknowledge it. Naomi Wildman had even tried to get Seven involved, but to no avail. It seemed as if Seven had lost all interest in her own humanity this year. Janeway was unsure why.

"It is neither logical nor relevant to my work." Seven said quietly as she stood before Janeway weeks before. Janeway rolled her eyes and sighed. "It's not about relevancy or logic, Seven. Holidays are usually about celebrating life." Seven cocked one eyebrow up and looked at Janeway with almost a pitying look. "Relevancy is important to me. I will not pretend to 'enjoy' myself while I know work needs to be done. I will not burden others with my work ethic. I have 236 experiments ready to begin in Astrometrics. I will run them on my own and use only a small amount of power." Janeway shrugged and handed Seven back her work proposal without giving it a second glance. "Fine, fine. But I insist you make an appearance to the party. Even the Doctor is coming and performing some classic Christmas pieces." Seven nodded and looked at her PADD. She seemed to be struggling with her own desire to say 'no' to the Captain, but she didn't know how to say it without sounding rude. "I am sure the Doctor will understand that I have a lot of work to do. I am sure he will record the event. I can listen to it once my work is complete." Janeway wanted to give up, get back to her own work so she could at least enjoy herself for a few hours but she could see something in Seven's eyes.Sorrow? Remorse? She wasn't sure but she thought maybe Seven was having issues and that she was keeping it hidden - well.