There was a light glowing around Phoebe Buffay. She was wearing a silver silky gown and her blonde hair was piled up onto her head. It was secured in place by a jeweled crown.
"This must be one hell of a dream." Chandler said. "First Ross, now you." "I am not Phoebe, I am the Ghost of Christmas Past." Chandler held his head and bent it foreward. "No ! No ! No! You are a figment of my imagination. " Phoebe took his chin in her hands. "Now look Bing. We don't have time for this. I only have a limited amount of time and then I have to wander over to the Will and Grace Christmas special. I have to show Karen the true meaning of Christmas. So haul it in gear." Chandler shrugged his shoulders and followed the ghost.
Suddenly they were in the middle of a drag club in New York. The colored lights danced around as a bunch of gay men and drag queens danced to a dance version of Wham's Last Christmas.
"Do you recognize this place?" Phoebe asked. "Of course , I do. It's the drag club my father started at before he moved to Vegas." On a stool by the bar, a young kid was sipping on a glass of soda. He had sandy brown hair and blue eyes. "Boy you were a cute kid." Smiled Phoebe. "But weren't you kind of young for a place like this? " Chandler sighed . "That was the point. My father and mother were sharing custody and it was my father's turn. He brought me to this club a lot as a kid." A large woman wearing a red beaded gown and a red boa walked over and started talking to the little boy. "Are you having fun yet Chandler.?" She asked. "Yeah I guess, Daddy." Another of the drag queens came over. "Isn't he a cute little boy?" she said as she stroked Chandler's young face. "Helena he is just so adorable." The drag queen said as he smiled.
"This was where I spent a lot of my time when I was a kid. I guess I do have some happy memories. The other drag queens were always nice to me. But why is me and a bunch of queens so important to this story." Phoebe smiled and then said. "Even when you were a little boy, you were happy at this time of year. " "Until my dad left one Christmas eve, thanksgiving may have been the day my parents announced their divorce, but Christmas was when my dad left." Phoebe wiped a tear from her own eye as she remembered the death of her own mother. "Enough here, we have another place in your past to visit." She lifted her gown and they left the small bar.
"Nice touch." Chandler nodded. Before long, they were in the living room of a house. Chandler recognized it immediately. "This is the Geller living room. It must be back in the eighties or something."
Phoebe laughed. "This was where you spent your happiest holidays. You never knew that the little girl who was nice to you would be the woman you loved someday. " Chandler smiled as he thought of Monica.
The scene was quite different. Jack Geller had dark brown hair and Judy had her teased. They were laughing and drinking egg nog. Jack had made a special batch of his famous concoction. They had even let their kids have some. Of course, both of them were drunk and trying to take advantage of the mistletoe.
"Oh come on Chandler. I'm under the mistletoe so now you have got to kiss me. "Chandler had his flock of seagulls hairdo and he was being chased around the living room by fat Monica. She wore a red sweater with a santa on it. "It's Christmas ." she sang. Chandler ducked behind a chair. "But you're Jewish." He corrected her. "Half Jewish."she smiled. "So you still have to kiss me."
"That is so sweet that she had feelings for you even then . It just proves that you do need to be back in New York. She has loved you for a long time." Phoebe said. "And look who else had feelings way back then."
Chandler saw Rachel before she had her nose job. She had her hair in a pony tail as she tripped on her high heels. She was being chased as well.
"Get away from me you loser." She squealed. Chandler started to laugh as Ross had his hair permed and he was obviously very drunk.
"Aw Rach, I love you, let me show you how much." He slurred as he tripped over the chair in the living room "In your dreams, dino geek." Rachel ran around the chair in her high heels and Ross followed her clutching a cup of his father's egg nog.
"Well I knew he liked her. I mean he used to go on and on about how she was so beautiful. And she was the perfect woman. But man, I didn't know Mon liked me. I mean she cut off my toe." Chandler admitted.
"She cut off your toe by accident , and she was very hurt when you called her fat the Thanksgiving before. Monica thought you were cute and funny, long before you liked her." Phoebe explained.
Monica started to run toward Chandler and then she tackled him. Suddenly Chandler saw his younger self under a wall of flesh . She tumbled on top of him and then kissed his face over and over again. Ross looked over and to him , it looked like Chandler was doing the attacking . He fell onto the floor and then tried to run over to them. "Chandler, have you lost your mind? Get off her, she's still in high school and she is my sister." Ross pulled him off of Monica. "Dude, she attacked me." Chandler said. Rachel walked over to where Ross was and slapped his face. "Jerk." She announced. "Monica, your brother is a pervert." Judy walked over to see what was going on next. "Kids, now , " she picked up Monica's glass and smelled it. "Jack, you gave our teenage daughter alcohol and you probably gave it to our son too." She yelled.
Jack was leaning on the punch bowl and feeling no pain. He started to take another drink. Obviously he was ignoring his wife. "Honey, it's Christmas and Ross is an adult. He is a college man now. There is nothing wrong with a little drink for a man. " Judy came over and stood in front of him. "There is something wrong with him attacking Monica's friend. " "Why she's hot." Jack smiled. "But she isn't as hot as you. "he smiled as he took his wife in his arms. Jack began to make out with Judy. "Ohh Jack, not in front of the kids." She cooed.
Chandler covered his eyes. "You brought me back here to see this! I don't want to see my mother and father in law make out. It's weird."he whined.
Phoebe put up her arms. "Have you seen enough now? " she asked. "I think I have seen enough to last a lifetime. I am ready to go back to New York right now." He said.
"You can't . There are still two other spirits that are supposed to come. I mean they have cleared their schedules and they have been planning this for weeks." Phoebe said. "And one of them is due very soon. We have to get back to Tulsa." Phoebe held Chandler's hand and before he knew it., he was back in the bed.
Chandler walked over and turned on the television. "Oh look , The Whole Ten Yards is on. I love the guy who plays the dentist. " He got a beer from the mini bar and got comfortable. He wondered when the next spirit would appear. Before long , the clock struck one and then the room lit up again.
The next spirit appeared.
Hey everyone…hope you are enjoying my Mondler Christmas story. I know I usually write Ross and Rach but this year decided to write a bunch of them… a Joey one, a Will and Grace , and definitely a Ross and Rachel one. So keep reviewing and enjoying…and to Mondler love
It is Chandler because it is the year they are in Tulsa… and this is the reason he comes home…
