6: Star Wars
Star Wars doesn’t have Christmas, but like many fictional settings it has festivals that look a bit like it, Life Day first appeared in The Star Wars Holiday Special but hasn’t been thrown out despite this, being referenced in The Mandalorian, and in The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special it happens to look a lot like Christmas. Life Day in the original Special is a decidedly nebulous mystical thing which is probably something to do with the Force, but let’s not poke at that. Star Wars already has a miraculous birth in the desert, robed Magi, and plenty of stars to follow.
The basics of gathering with family stay the same, which in this setting can involve interstellar travel and blockade running in most eras. So follow the “trying to get home” model used in Han and Chewie’s little adventure and exemplified in Planes, Trains And Automobiles.
I’ll Be Home
Even in the depths of the war against the Empire, Rebels celebrate these small, familiar traditions to keep up morale. And the team is charged with getting a diplomat to an Outer Rim planet to lead Life Day celebrations and show that Imperial propaganda about her isn’t true. But it’s not going to be an easy journey. The diplomat’s ship has drive problems, a smuggler they know isn’t answering their calls, they might have to get a commercial flight, those are all booked up...
It’s a Life Day miracle!
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