Described as the very first campaign event at his home, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Pricilla Chan, will host an intimate evening with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. The two became close relationship ever since the 28-year-old billionaire donated $100 million Newark public schools. They've been curiously tight ever since.

"Mark and (his wife) Priscilla have worked closely with Governor Christie on education reform in the Newark school system," Facebook spokeswoman Sarah Feinberg sort of explained. "They admire his leadership on education reform and other issues and look forward to continuing their important work together on behalf of Newark's school children."

The reception for the Republican governor will take place at Mark's Palo Alto home on February 13, "and the guests will draw from the couple's circle of friends and colleagues."

The Christie-Zuckerberg bromance does seem like a strange fit. Mark, who grew up in White Plains, New York and attended Harvard, donated to Barack Obama's 2012 campaign, even though he has never publicly disclosed his political affiliation. In 2010, during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, he explained why he choose to donate to the struggling New Jersey school system, saying, "Newark is really just 'cause I believe in these guys," speaking of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker.

As to just why their relationship is so close -- outside of the aforementioned and suspicious PR-handled explanation -- the ACLU also wanted to know why as well. In 2011, they filed a lawsuit to get to the bottom of Zuckerberg's seemingly bizarre yet generous $100 million donation to the city's school system last year.

Anyway, we hope the fundraiser is a good one. We can only hope to catch Zuckerberg and Gov. Christie sipping PBRs amongst the hipster sect at Dolores Park come summertime.

[WSJ]