Sullen: As he remembered how he treated his clerk...
T-
Sullen: As he remembered how he treated his clerk...
T-
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more!"
Another good one.
Thankless (for his good employee, his nephew's invitation every year...)
U
The holly's up, the house is all bright, The tree is ready, the candles alight; Rejoice and be glad, all children tonight.
A good lesson for all of us.
Unabashed: At the beginning and end of the story. At first he was not ashamed of his feelings of distain for Christmas & at the end, he was not ashamed of his joy...
V-
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more!"
Nice one!
Vivacious (Christmas morning)
W
The holly's up, the house is all bright, The tree is ready, the candles alight; Rejoice and be glad, all children tonight.
Woozy (come Christmas morning)...
X-
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more!"
Xenial (at his nephew's on Christmas Day)
Y
The holly's up, the house is all bright, The tree is ready, the candles alight; Rejoice and be glad, all children tonight.
Impressive... Yielding (to what the spirits revealed)...
Z-
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more!"
Zany (when he first woke up and realized it was Christmas morning)
A
The holly's up, the house is all bright, The tree is ready, the candles alight; Rejoice and be glad, all children tonight.
I'll keep that Christmas morning theme with the added word... animated.
B-
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more!"
Boyish (in his happy enthusiasm when he realizes it's Christmas morning and he's hopping all over the room)
C
The holly's up, the house is all bright, The tree is ready, the candles alight; Rejoice and be glad, all children tonight.