The year is 3015. The
earth is gone and we were forced to find a new world to live on.
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Year 100AE (After Earth)
It took a hundred years to find this planet. The ones who set off on the long journey have
long since passed away. We are their descendants. Our grandparents and parents have left us
with many traditions. Many colored faces
fill our ships. Traditions have become
mixed and together we are now forming new traditions of our own.
The songs from long ago also have a different tune. Mixed with new instruments and odd tones, our
songs still sing of troubled times, but good times too. Yes... there are good times even on the
ships. We do our jobs and survival was
our number one priority.
Maybe this planet will be our new home. It is being tested to see if it will hold our
species. Our scientists are
hopeful. We will not know for a few
days. Until then we celebrate our
Christmas tradition in the silence of space.
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Year 300AE For over
three hundred years we have been searching for a new home. We are learning how to survive in our metal
ships.
Our species is now so mixed no one knows what the originals
looked like. We are all the same. Small of stature, to conserve space, our
bodies have become.
Every little corner of our ships is needed for crops and
growing food. Plants have been
genetically altered to grow in space.
Fruit is bigger and can feed more of us.
Earth's dirt loves space and we nurture and cultivate it.
A tree for Christmas is a long tradition not forgotten and we
celebrate... again... in the silence of space.
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Year 500AE Five
hundred years have past. Many planets
have been explored. We take what we need
from the planets we visit and our species has grown. We have the will to live. More grandparents and parents have left
us. The vastness of space is littered
with their bodies. Will we ever find a
new home?
We have learned to adapt our bodies to space. We sleep longer so we live longer. Time has no meaning. Everything is automated in the ships, so very
few are needed to run it. The great
minds have invented new medicines and we are told to sleep if we want to live
longer.
To help us sleep, we dream.
We are given dreams of planet earth so we don't forget it. Bright blue skies, majestic mountains, and
flowing oceans flood our sleeping world.
It keeps us calm and there is no need to breathe as often.
We awake for Christmas and enjoy our holiday... again... in
the silence of space.
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Year 800AE Eight
hundred years now seems like an eternity.
All that is left are our memories of earth our in our dreams. Earth does not seem real anymore. It is hard to hold on to a dream.
Tunes are still hummed and instruments are still played. It is mandatory now to learn an
instrument. The great minds tell us that
learning an instrument will keep us calm and give us something to do. Everyone on the ships knows how to play. The ships are filled with music and
laughter.
This Christmas we will be descending to a new home. A planet that is habitable and will sustain
life. No one knows what the future will
hold but they are glad to be off the ships.
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Year 200EA (Earth Alpha)
It's been a thousand years since our people left the earth, but we have
finally made a home for ourselves on this new planet. It is cold and dark. It does not remind anyone of our earth of
legend. The air is thick to breathe and
we can't be outside without our life suits.
Not much grows here, but we have managed to cultivate some of earths'
greenery in the foreign soil.
This new world tries to freeze out every last bit of humanity,
but we fight back. We keep planting and
harvesting and now this planet is heeding our commands. Bits and pieces of earth are starting to take
hold and dig deep into the soil.
We ourselves have started to change. We grow stronger and are learning to breathe
the heavy air. Many of our children can
play outside without their life suits for small periods of time. Humanity is taking hold of this planet and it
is finally listening.
Now living in our cold ship buildings we can appreciate what
our earth had. We did not take care of
her and it is hoped that we have learned our lesson with this new world. We have a second chance to save
humanity. We must care for this planet
and cherish her, or she too will be gone.
Christmas has a new meaning on our new Earth. The years on the ships have taught us that it
is a season of tradition, love, hope, and joy.
We of Earth Alpha wish you all, who may be reading this, a
Happy Holiday this Christmas!
Year 3015 Historian Number 1532 – Mery Crist
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