'Tis the future. Humanity
has made immense progress. There is no other civilization on this
side of the Galaxy, but we have managed to colonize hundreds of
planets, some even terraformed. These terraformed ones are a stain on
our history and those who stay there have dealt with much shunning.
No longer. Humans are well beyond malice and spite. We're so far into
the utopic reach, there is no sense of begrudging inequality or
discrimination, there's no logic for superstition or religion. But
far on an old home, our planet Earth enjoys a blissful ice age and
the longest lasting pagan tradition mankind has ever celebrated:
Christmas.
