It was Christmas day, and the bridge crew was gathered around the tree in the middle of the rec room. It was practically empty apart from them, since most of the rest were either on shore leave, in their quarters comming their family, or on duty as it was not one of their own holidays. Technically, Spock should have been on duty too, as it wasn't a Vulcan holiday, but Jim had insisted. Someone, probably Sulu, had previously rigged the alert system so it played songs appropriate to each holiday celebrated by the crew every time they came around, so it was currently playing 'Winter Wonderland'. Chekov giving Sulu one of his presents was interrupted by Scotty laughing uproariously at something Uhura had just said in Andorian. "Let us in on the joke?" Jim asked, smiling. She repeated it, and Jim and Chekov chuckled. Sulu looked around. "I feel so left out." "I saw a-" Uhura started. "No, it doesn't translate well." "Fine, I'll go on being left out." Sulu smiled. Chekov leaned over and kissed him on the nose. "Open your present." he said. "Okay." he said, starting to unwrap it. He shook out what looked like a standard Starfleet shirt from the back and bent over laughing. Chekov grinned at him. He turned it around to show a Starfleet shirt, but a tiny rainbow unicorn holding a dueling sword in its mouth had replaced the insignia. "I love it." he laughed at Chekov. He stood up and took off his command shirt and put it on. Spock nudged Jim in the side when he stared. "Hey, I'm allowed to look!" "You're insufferable." Bones groaned. Chekov glared at Jim. "It's like being stared down by a puppy!" Chekov immediately changed his look into a 'really?'. "Sorry." Jim said with a grin. "Besides, I am allowed to look." "No, you're not." "I concur with Ensign Chekov." Spock said. "Great, I'm being assaulted from all sides. Can we keep doing presents?" Bones handed Jim a large, rectangular package. "Thanks, Bones." He unwrapped it and pulled out a tome on the philosophies of a few of the major races in the Federation. He immediately opened it and started reading. "Thanks." Could just be heard from inside the pages. "Don't read it now." Bones exclaimed, pulling it from his hands. He pouted at him, then shrugged and stuck the bow on Spocks head. When Spock frowned at him, he just grinned at him. "You're obviously an elf. Isn't he an elf?" "Possibly a leprechaun, actually." Scotty mused. "Same difference." "I am not participating n this discussion for fear of being maimed." Uhura declared.