A+Bikini+Bottom+Christmas+Carol+CLM

http://www.unitedspongebob.com/page.php?page=characters http://cgi.turnerlearning.com/tntlearning/christmascarol/characters.html Scrooge – Squidward Fred (nephew) – Fred Scrooge’s niece – Scooter (changed to nephew) Fan (little sister) - Pearl Squilliam Fancy Son – Jacob Marley Spongebob Squarepants – Bob Crachit Sandy Squarepants – Mrs. Crachit Plankton Squarepants – Tiny Tim Crachit Mr. Krabs – Ghost of Christmas Past Patrick – Ghost of Christmas Present Bubble Buddy – Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come Lary – Fezziwig


 * A Bikini Bottom Christmas Carol **

 Squilliam was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register for his burial was signed by Squidward himself. Old Squilliam was as dead as a door-nail. Squidward knew he was dead. He was his only friend. As Squidward pasted people in the street no one would talk to him. No one wouldn’t even say, “How is your day?” or, “How are you doing?” Children would never ask him what time it was. They wouldn’t even look up at him. People would just look at him with weird looks.    He carried his low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas. Squidward was a cold-hearted man. When he walked in the door he spotted Spongebob putting in an extra piece of coal in the fire place. “What do you think you are doing?!” demanded Squidward. “I’m just putting one more piece of coal in the fire. My hands are freezing and I don’t think I can work like this,” Spongebob said frightened. “Well, never do that again. Coal is at its highest right now.” “Fine.”  One day his nephew, Fred, walked in the door. “A Merry Christmas Uncle! How are you doing?” asked Fred. “Bah! Humbug!” replied Squidward. “You must get into the Christmas spirit!” confessed his nephew. “Never!” “But you will come and have Christmas dinner with us tomorrow, right?” enforced Fred. “Good afternoon,” said Squidward. “I want nothing from you but to come over and see the family.” Good afternoon,” said Squidward. “And a Happy New Year!” Fred came back with. “Bah. Humbug!”  Once his nephew left, two men came in looking for Mr. Squidward and Mr. Squilliam. “I’m Mr. Squidward,” he replied, “but poor Squilliam died seven years ago on this very day.” “Oh well, I’m very sorry to hear that,” said the chubbier of the two men. “But we are here to ask for a donation,” the other gentlemen input. “Are there no more prisons for you to get money at?” insisted Squidward. “Plenty of prisons,” said the gentlemen. “Well then you don’t need me to donate anything.” “Would you like to be anonymous?” enforced them both. “No, I would like to give nothing! Now leave my sight at once!!”, yelled Squidward.  When Squidward was trying to clear his head after the big ruckus, there was a knock on the door. He opened the door and there was a caroler. The face of this boy reminded Squidward of Old Squilliam. So he shut the door in his face and ran away, afraid of what might happen. Squidward went upstairs and got ready for bed. He went up to his dark non-lit room, and tried to fall asleep. But before he could, he was haunted by the ghost of Squilliam. This started Squidward greatly. When he looked at him, he was not as he used to be. Squilliam had chains all over him that looked as heavy as ever.  “Squiiiiiiddddwwwarrrrrddddd!” “What? What? Who’s there?” asked Squidward to the mysterious noise. All he heard was the pitter, patter of feet on the ground. “It is me! Squilliam Fancy Son!” “Is it really? Why are you here?”, Squidward asked Squilliam. “I’m here to tell you that if you don’t start being more nice to people than you are going to end up like me. You will have great heavy chains all over you that you will have to carry in the after life. And on these chains are a loaded cash register, loads of cement money, and a bunch of heavy diamonds. Also you will have to travel all over the Earth.  <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">And trust me, it is not as great as it sounds.” “Ooo-ooo-ookkk then,” shuddered Squidward not knowing what to say. “You will be visited by three ghosts. One is the ghost of Christmas Past, ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. It is important that you listen to what they all have to say, or else you will look like me,” warned Squilliam. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: green; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">After the horrific sight of his partner, Squidward tried to fall asleep. Once he did he was awoken by the first spirit. “Hello Squidward, I’m the Ghost of Christmas Past. I’m here to show you some of your past Christmases. Take my hand,” said Mr. Krabs. “Wait, Mr. Krabs, you’re the Ghost of Christmas Past?” he asked. “Yeah, not only am I your boss, but also I’m here to tell you what you have done wrong.” “Okay,” Squidward replied not knowing what to say. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">“Do you know where we are?” Mr. Krabs said once they got to their first destination. “Yes, I do. This is where I grew up has a child,” replied Squidward. And when all of the young little kids ran by he named every one of them. Then they went across the street to a little house. There the both of them saw a little boy sitting all by himself on Christmas. This boy was Squidward. And when he saw himself he thought back again to last night with the caroler. “I should have given that boy something last night,” confessed Squidward. “Oh….let us see other <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Christmas then,” said the ghost.

<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: green; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">This next Christmas, Squidward was a little older. Through the door came his little sister Pearl. “Dear, dear brother,” she said, “I’ve come to take you home.” “Home little Pearl,” replied Squidward. “Yes, father has a sea horse drawn carriage outside waiting for you!” she said with excitement. Squidward ran outside and they went on to have a wonderful Christmas. Little Pearl had died, but had one child. This one child is Squidward’s nephew Fred. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">The last place where the spirit took him was to an old warehouse. It was so cold that the wind was whistling. Once Squid saw it he knew where he was. This was the place where he was an apprentice for Lary. “Oh, Squidward, you must stop working. Why it is Christmas Eve! Shut all doors and put the shutters up,” Lary announced. Before he could tell him other wise Squidward had everything ready to go. Once it was all done people started come down the stairs. Music was playing and people were dancing. Everything was so merry. Squidward remembered it all and was cheerful with the past events. But soon this was all gone. He was back in his bed alone, with no one around him. Soon after, he was back in the present of a new spirit. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: green; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">This was the second of the three spirits. “Hello Squidward. Do you know who I am?” asked Patrick. “You are Patrick. Why are you here?” “No, I’m the Ghost of Christmas Present. Now grab on to me so I can tell you what is going to happen this Christmas,” he yelled at him. The first place they went was to a little town. There were people shoveling away at house tops with glee. They looked so happy doing the chores. While doing this they were talking to one another exchanging snowballs fights, back and forth. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Their next stop was to Spongebob Squarepants’ house. There was Sandy and the children waiting for Spongebob and Plankton to come home. “Where is your father and Tiny Plankton? They have never been a half hour late before for the Christmas Day dinner,” announced Sandy Squarepants. Then finally the two of them were home. “How did little Plankton behave today?” asked Mrs. Squarepants. “As good as gold,” replied Mr. Squarepants, “and better.” <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: green; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Once everything was settled, the dinner was set on the table ready for everyone to eat. There was plenty of goose to go around and mashed potatoes and apple sauce. Then at the end of dinner there was the best pudding you could possibly think of sitting on the table. “Oh what a wonderful pudding!” they all said at once. When they were finished with the pudding the table was cleared, all the dishes were washed, and the fire was made up. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">The Squarepants went over and sat by the fire. Then Spongebob proposed to his family, “A Merry Christmas to us all, my dears. God bless us!” Then all the family echoed. And at the end you hear Tiny Plankton, “God bless us, every one!” After this event Squidward asked Patrick, “Will Plankton live?” And to that the spirit said, “If the future does not change then there will be a crutch without an owner.” “No, no, Plankton must not die. Why he is so young.” “I can not do anything unless the future is to change,” said Patrick. And to this Squidward could take no more. He wanted to leave now. “Take me home now,” he enforced. But to that the spirit could only say, “I have one more place to take you to see.” <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: green; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">This place was his nephew’s house. And there were people there talking about him. “Ha, ha, ha,” cried his nephew, “he said that Christmas was a humbug! He’s a funny guy.” “I’m sure that he is a very rich man,” said Scooter, “at least that is what you told me.” “Oh well his wealth is of no use to him,” replied Fred. And to that statement everyone is sorry for him. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">After that, the Ghost of Christmas Present was about to leave. That is before two young children attached to his legs. “Are those your children?” asked Squidward. “They are Mans,” said Patrick. “This boy is Ignorance and the girl is Want. Beware of both of them.” And then the ghost left and Squidward was back by himself. He was waiting for whenever the last ghost would come. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: green; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">The next ghost approached Squidward slowly, gravely, and silently. “Bubble Buddy? Why are you here?” All the ghost did was point his arm. “Oh, are you the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?” he guessed. And then once, again all he did was point his arm. “Okay, lead on then,” said Squidward. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">They seemed to be in the city now. And in front of them were two men. They were talking about someone. “When did he died?” the first man asked. “Last night I believe,” said the other. “Why, what was the matter with him? I thought he’d never die,” he asked. “God knows what.” “What has he done with his money?” asked the first man. “No one has heard yet,” replied the second man. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: green; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Then they went to another place that was unknown to Squidward. There were three people in a room. All three of them were talking about something. It too was about someone who had died. “What are the odds? Every person has a right to take care of themselves, he always did!” said Mrs. Puff. “No man more so,” said the laundress. “If he wanted to keep them after he was dead, a wicked old screw, why didn’t he have people watch him once he got older?” asked the woman. “That is very true,” stated Mrs. Puff. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Squidward listened to this in disgust. And all he could say was, “I see, I see. These people talking of this unhappy man just might be about me. My life tends to be like this now.” <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> The ghost brought Squidward to a house. And in there was a bed with a person under the sheets. Bubble Buddy wanted him to take off the sheets and expose the face. But he didn’t. All he said was, “If there is a person who has grief by this show me them.” <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: green; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">That is how they ended up at the Squarepants. Everyone was sitting around the table giving thanks once again for the food they had on their plant this Christmas. Then everyone thought of Plankton. How he was here just last Christmas but now he is not. Spongebob went upstairs and walked into Tiny Plankton’s room. He sat down by the bed to recollect his thoughts. He wished that Plankton would come back. All that was left was a crutch with no owner. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Bubble Buddy had to show Squidward one more area. The two of them went to a graveyard. The spirit pointed to one headstone in particular. When Squidward peeked precautiously to see what it said, he was startled. “S-s-squidward T-t-tentacles?” he read with confusion and aw. This one grave was like someone punched him in the stomach. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: green; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">“Spirit, is this is going to happen or might happen if I don’t change my ways?” And once again there was no answer. “But I don’t want to die. This can’t be true, not me!” he yelled. But there was no mistake. That was him. After that Squidward said, “I will honor the three spirits in my heart. I will live in the past, present, and future. All three spirits shall live in me forever.” <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Then, all of a sudden, he was back home. Home in his nice warm bed, safe and sound. “Don’t worry Squilliam, I will listen to you and all of the three spirits,” he yelled to no one in particular. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> Then the bell rang. It was nine o’clock. He went out to the window and yelled at a boy, “What day is it today boy?” “Why it is Christmas Day!” he replied. Oh wow! The three of them did it in one night. “Hey little boy,” he yelled down, “is that turkey still down at the store?” “Yes! Hanging up and ready for someone to buy,” he answered. “Ok then. Go down there, buy it and bring it back to me!” “Ok!” <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: green; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Squidward rushed to get dressed and went downstairs. By the time he got there the turkey was there too. “Bring it down to Downtown Bikini Bottom to the Squarepants family and tell them it is from a friend,” he told the little boy. “Ok.” <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: green; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> After this great experience Squidward was being much nicer. He was saying 'Lord bless you!' to everyone he saw. The next thing he did was go to his nephew's house. When he opened the door Squidward said, "Fred!" Fred was baffled beyond belief. "Do my eyes lie to me. Why it is, uncle Squidward!" "It is I. I've come to have dinner with you. Do you mind?" "No, no, come in." <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Everyone had a great time at the Christmas dinner. It was a night they would never forget. And the next morning, at work, Spongebob was surprisingly there bright and early. Ready to do his work, and in spite of Squidward's great generosity, from the spirits, he gave Mr. Squarepants a raise. And he was now informed that the world is a stage whatever you do people takes notice to. He also realized that life is a precious possession. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">  <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: green; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">After this great experience Squidward was never mean again and he thanked the spirits ever night for their great job on changing him. <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: green; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: red; font-family: 'Century Schoolbook'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';">Merry Christmas to everyone and a happy New Year!! This book is dedicated to Riley. I hope that all of your dreams, wishes, and hopes come true. Never let anything get you down. Keep your head up high and stay strong. I hope you get everything that you want for Christmas. Hopefully you’ve been a good girl and Santa will treat you well. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!