“Christmas is a sad season for the poor”

By John Cheever

Vocabulary

 Coarse-adj. rude
 Doze-v. light sleep
 Sullen-adj. bad-tempered
 Stout-adj. heavy built, fat
 Plaint-n.-complaint
 Wreath-n.-arrangement of flowers or leaves
 Shriek-v.- to scream
 Cripple-n. disabled person , the one who lames
 Beatific-adj. -heavenly