How about an early Christmas story?
Why did I get married? The answer is easy. I married John because he is amazing, exceptional and always full of surprises. When he encounters things in life that aren't exacly in the game plan, he never lets them get him down. He always seems to find the best in the worst situations.
It was Christmas Eve and we were putting the finishing touches on preparations for the next day. My whole family had been invited to dinner. That in itself could be very stressful because my family has its share of oddballs and obnoxious personalities. But, God bless them, I love them just the same. Besides, if I cooked dinner this year it wouldn't be my turn again until 2014!
John was wrapping the last present. It happened to be for my nephew Jared. John often teased me, saying that Jared was a Martian child. He had wide, staring blue eyes and an oversized head that could be a bit disconcerting. His parents were also more than a bit weird. My sister Susan swore she could get radio signals from as far away as France before they replaced the fillings in her upper molars. Her husband Abraham...well, I am sure he came from across the universe. Anyone who would listen to him was regaled with his personal accounts of alien abductions.
It was getting near midnight as we tidied up the living room. Shadows from the TV screen mixed with the blinking colored lights on our freshly cut spruce tree. I collapsed on the couch, exhausted. "What is that you're watching?" I asked, only half interested. "Is it another showing of 'It's a Wonderful Life?" John shook his head, eyes glued to the screen. "Nah. It's a horror flick. A bee movie." "Oh? What kind of "B" movie? The Head that Wouldn't die? Ha ha!! Marley and Scrooge meet the Wolfman?" I giggled. "No, honey, it's a movie about bees." "Well, that's a strange thing to play on Christmas Eve!" I said, yawning. "I'm headed for bed. Coming?" "Yeah," said John absently. I trudged up the stairs.
It was a good thing he stayed an extra five minutes, or things might have turned out differently. The nightmare before Christmas had just begun. A string of Christmas lights shorted out with an audible POOF. A spark must have caught the tree on fire. Soon the whole thing was ablaze! John leapt up and away, slamming the door behind him. Then he was at the bedroom door with our coats and boots in hand. "There's a fire!" he yelled. "We've got to get out of here!" We opened the window of our second story bedroom and climbed out onto the roof. We could hear things popping and exploding beneath our feet. He grabbed me by the shoulders. "JUMP!" he commanded, and we both did. Luckily for us, there was a deep mound of snow next to our house. We lived in a densely wooded area and often had to use snowmobiles when the weather was really bad. Once we landed, we were up on our feet, running into the wild.
By the time the fire truck got up the hill, our house was in ruins. I was too devastated to even talk. John looked into my eyes. "Don't worry about it, Carrie," he said. The only irreplaceable thing in that house was you. The rest is just details." With that, he went to our unattached garage and started up the snowmobile. "Hop on," he said simply. I did. The full moon on the snow made brilliant diamonds as far as the eye could see.
After about twenty minutes we came to a little cabin nestled between some tall pines. "Do you remember my friend Pete?" he asked. I nodded slowly. "This is his place. I watch it for him sometimes. Anyway, he gave me a key to it years ago." We opened the door and let ourselves in. Before long, John had a roaring fire going. We found some hot chocolate and sat to warm ourselves. After we finished, John got up and put his arms out. I went to him. There in the firelight, we began to dance. There was no music, of course, but we kept rhythm to a personal music within. "Oh," I murmured, "What are we to do about the things we lost in the fire? Everything's gone." "Maybe a few material things," John murmured back, "But we have everything we need. We own the night. We own our love. Besides, you really didn't want to serve Christmas dinner to a bunch of extraterrestrials this year, did you?" I smiled and looked into his fathomless eyes. "Oh, and I did save one thing." He reached into his pocket, pulled out a piece of mistletoe and held it above his head. "Merry Christmas," he said.
2007-11-09 18:03:47
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answered by Rikki 6
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(1) The game plan did not call for me to run (6) into the wild. It was supposed to be a nice quiet Christmas Eve instead it is turning into (10) “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” (2) Why did I get married to this airhead anyway? I should have known that anyone crying at the (9) Bee Movie was probably a few slices short of a loaf. If she had only told me earlier that her mother wanted to be with us for Christmas, I could have run over there yesterday. Instead, here I am at 11:00 PM on Christmas Eve driving half way (8) across the universe to pick up a woman who reminds me of one of those creatures you see in a sci-fi movie saying (5)“We own the night.” Well I hope she’s happy when I finally get her back to her (3) Martian child. That space cadet is still wondering why I wasn’t brimming with joy to head out this late on Christmas Eve.
OK, I am done with my little rant. I will be OK by tomorrow. Coming up the steps to the house, I can hear the (7) music within (Here Comes Santa Clause) and it warms my heart knowing how much my space cadet loves Christmas. And I know she will have a “special present” for me on Christmas night, especially when she sees I bought gifts to replace all the (4) things we lost in the fire she started when she thought adding a little gasoline to the logs in the fireplace would help warm the house more.
2007-11-09 14:56:19
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answered by ghouly05 7
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THE GAME PLAN was not to get married. So I still ask myself to this day "WHY DID I GET MARRIED?" First, the MUSIC WITHIN me died. Then we had a MARTISN CHILD. I'm not kidding, that kid was crazy. It was like he came from somewhere ACROSS THE UNIVERSE. Walking into his room was like going INTO THE WILD. When that kid goes to grandmas it is like WE OWN THE NIGHT. On one such occasion we went to watch the BEE MOVIE. While we were away the little brat snooped through the attic for christmas presents. He started a fire with the candle he used. Oh, the THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE. It was a total lose. And what a NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. I should have stuck to the game plan.
2007-11-09 13:01:52
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answered by Anonymous
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Why did we get married? Because the things we lost in the fire, they went into the wind.That was the nightmare before Christmass. so we went to a bee movie across the universe. On the trip we heard the music within and came up with the game plan. Thats how we got the martian child. It's so cute!
2007-11-09 11:37:12
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answered by whatshisname 3
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My name is Yerluk from the planet Quandash. I am from across the universe. My wife Thula and I were forced to leave when the terrible Iklis destroyed our home and drove us into the wild. Fortunately, upon our return, my ZX-79 starfighter was not one of the things we lost in the fire. I found it by listening to the music within the cockpit (I just installed some new subs on it), and fortunately the Iklis did not detect it. We fled our planet on the nightmare before Christmas, as another wave of Iklis began to bombard our homeworld. Usually, we own the night, but this time they had the game plan. After a long journey, we stopped at Zog's Burgers on Mars. It was excellent, as always, but more importantly, I saw a poster for a Martian child who was up for adoption. I implored my wife to pick up this abandoned green infant, but she refused. "Why did I get married to you?" she screamed. I thought she was overreacting. Anyways, she eventually came around, and we adopted the boy before moving to Manhattan. This weekend, I'm taking the kid to go see Bee Movie starring Jerry Seinfeld. It's supposed to be pretty good. So yeah, that's how we all got together: myself, my beautiful wife, and little Marty.
2007-11-09 11:36:55
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answered by Dan in Real Life 6
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Well be prepared for your eyes to burst.
as I'm watching the game plan i realize i had a lingering question why did i get married? it was like the nightmare before Christmas. I've had a martian child and I've made a list of the things we lost in the fire.i realized we own the night!so i went out into the wild, dicovered the music within ,and went acroos the universe and seen the famous bee movie only to realize i was still next to my boyfriend.
are your eyes bursting yet? lolz!
2007-11-09 11:31:44
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answered by <3 sarah <3 2
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10. In my homeland we'd call this kind of thing, bad voodoo. 9. Do you even KNOW where Hoboken is? 6. Uhhhh, 25 blocks is NOT just around the corner. 4. Hey... Sponge Bob! Where do you think YOU'RE going? 12. Okay.You can keep the femur, but I want the skull. Capice? 8. Hey!! It would bruise the hell out of me...... That's all I'm saying. 1. Oh my GAWD!!!! What's next....... Paranormal visits from The Three Stooges?!! 7. I have no response to that totally inane comment of yours. 2. For I am.......... Spartacus !! 3. I am sinking into a depression only Hamlet and Woody Allen would understand. 11. Cute, yet paranoid. 5. At last!! This whole thing is coming into focus.
2016-04-03 04:36:17
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answered by Anonymous
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Nightmare Before Christmas
Have you ever gone out with a bimbo? That seemed to be my lot this Christmas. We had found ourselves on a blind date. She was a beautuiful woman and the cynosure of all eyes at our Bee Movie rendezvous. I was proud and impressed by her sultry and mesmerizing looks. Her long, jet-black hair framed her beautiful oval face. This set off beautiful music within my heart. She wore an elegant gown that was designed to hug every curve of her amazing figure. This threw me into the wild world of fantasies. She had a presence and seemed to set off a light across the universe with her warm, friendly smiles. Her piercing, mesmerizing eyes and pointed nose were complimented by luscious lips that reminded me of the picture of a Martian child that I had seen in a picture.
The game plan was to get her home for a romp in the hay. But I got drunk and we ended up in Las Vegas where we got married. The minute I got sober and heard her nagging, shrill voice, I knew I had a nightmare on my hands.
Just why did I get married?
2007-11-10 01:40:00
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answered by violeo 5
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Across the universe came the Martian child's moan: "Why did I get married? The game plan was for a holiday honeymoon, but it turned into a nightmare before Christmas! And our wedding night?--it was supposed to be an epic, but it turned out to be a "bee" movie---She was waiting for the music within, but I started sneezing and everything went into the wild...."
Okay, eight titles instead of six....so sue me!
2007-11-09 11:31:46
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answered by Palmerpath 7
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In a deep planet across the Universe it was a nightmare before christmas..... as i take you into the wild of a bee movie.....
Bee's" hmm things we lost in the fire"
Bee2" WE OWN THE NIGHT"
bee1" AY BAY BAY
bee2" ok guys heres the game plan"
Martian child"what????"
bee3 ahhh get him
*kills martian child*
THE END
2007-11-09 11:28:23
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answered by Persian Prince 1
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What is the game plan and Why did we get married said the martian child... Across the universe to the wild thats where he lived!!! See he had a nightmaare before Christmas that had music within.. He was like what the he didnt understand!!! He got so frustrated and decided why not go with the dream and own the night with their hunny moon... So they lived happily ever after!!!!
The End!!!
2007-11-09 11:28:22
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answered by Azelia Nicole 1
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