Evasive...
F-
Evasive...
F-
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more!"
Fastidious
G
The holly's up, the house is all bright, The tree is ready, the candles alight; Rejoice and be glad, all children tonight.
Another good one Mistletoe.
Galvanized (after he saw what his life should have been)...
H-
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more!"
Wow! Nice, Bishop. This game is good for my vocabulary.
Harrowed (when the ghosts started appearing)
I
The holly's up, the house is all bright, The tree is ready, the candles alight; Rejoice and be glad, all children tonight.
Icy-especially ion the beginning to those collecting for the poor...
J-
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more!"
I know I'm reaching here, since it was a temporary state and it's a verb, but Juxtaposed (his past self, compared to his current self)
K
The holly's up, the house is all bright, The tree is ready, the candles alight; Rejoice and be glad, all children tonight.
Nice reach indeed!!! Knavish (that definition really hits home in the first part of the story)...
L-
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more!"
Good one! I had to look that up. I 've heard the word, but didn't know the exact meaning.
Lout
M
The holly's up, the house is all bright, The tree is ready, the candles alight; Rejoice and be glad, all children tonight.
Miserly...
N-
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more!"
Nitpicking
O
The holly's up, the house is all bright, The tree is ready, the candles alight; Rejoice and be glad, all children tonight.