(XII)

This was going to be a Christmas unlike any other she had experienced not that she had ever actually experienced this thing they called 'Christmas' before, because she had grown up on the Planet Mars with twenty-five million reindeers

But this year would be her first on earth, so she gathered all her essentials and headed for the spacecraft, she wondered, as she boarded the craft, whether they'd appreciate the gifts she had brought with her, which were all from the everything five pound website, so she had high hopes that the Earthlings would enjoy the Pineapple Baileys, the leather red skirt and the gigantic reindeer who plays the magic flute.

**

(XIII)

She walked into the room with her arms full of presents and a troop of zombie reindeers behind singing 'merry Christmas' with their rotting teeth dangling out of their mouth.

It was a night they would never forget. And just behind them came the zombie banjo playing elves who started singing all the hits like, 'It will be lonely this Christmas' (because all your family are dead) and other classics such as 'walking in a winder zombie land' The festive tunes echoed around the streets and then suddenly an old lady's voice quivered through a pause in music, "My dears, I think...

You will find it is still November…and Christmas has been cancelled! then she turned into a zombie and ate them all.

(Another great session with my workshop tonight produced these two consequences piece where we all took it in turns writing a line each. Thanks to Amanda, Antonia, Mike, Sarah and Reggie also for making such a good laugh)