had some delicious Chinese food for dinner.

dentist

My least favorite thing is a visit to the dentist.

diminutive

I put the church in the diminutive Christmas village.

INTEGRAL

Turkey is an integral part of Thanksgiving.

PRINCIPAL

The principal reason for Thanksgiving is to be truly Thankful

PUNCH

I will serve a nice punch before dinner.

typewriter

My old typewriter is still used after many years.

MELTED

My icecream melted when we lost power.

mistletoe

I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe last night.

stomachache

That's two words but you're forgiven

I woke up this morning with a stomach ache

Bothered

I'm bothered by all the negativity at the meeting.

administration

Sometimes the cost of administration of charitable organizations is too high compared to program costs.

decorate

It is time that the committee got busy and started to decorate the town hall.

EMERGING

Move over to the left lane to help the emerging taffic.

LEVERAGE

Many companies try to leverage their investments.

Living

Living well is the best revenge.

mistletoe

It's time to hang the mistletoe.

PONTIFICATE

Politicians love to pontificate.

RAINBOW

After the storm , there was a beautiful rainbow.

creche

The Catholic church near my house always puts up a creche at Christmas and I enjoy seeing it.

Traffic

The holiday traffic makes me crazy.

sweater

I could not wear my Christmas sweater because it is much too hot here.

faucet

The hot water faucet was labeled incorrectly.

acrimonious

The meetings of the Board at my library are acrimonious because we cannot agree on needed renovations.

Chimney

We had the chimney sweep clean our chimney. (2 times in one sentence)

eggnog

I bought eggnog and totally forgot about it.

mistletoe

Don't get under the mistletoe with anyone else but me.

celebration

I will have a quiet New Year's celebration.

Libation

What is your libation of choice to celebrate the new year?

contemplation

New Year's is a day for contemplation.

frog

Kermit is a very large frog.

BONANZA

I hope 2013 proves to be a bonanza for all of us!

Resolution

My number one resolution is be on time.

result

Retirement is the result of my many years of work.

pugnacious

My Dachshund is a pugnacious little guy.

landscape

The landscape of the moon is more than awesome.

primp

Primp and circumstance, or was it, pomp amd circumstance?

Decoration

I only have one decoration to take down.

forever

Forever is not a word to use lightly.

sojourn

My sojourn to Europe allowed me to learn about my family roots.

development

There's a new development going up in the next town...

procrastinate

To delay answering this post would be to procrastinate.

CONSTRUCTIVE

The meeting was held to provide constructive information.

DIVERSIONS

Sometimes there are so many diversions in the day, I am led down many paths.

GADABOUT

Who is your favorite Hollywood gadabout these days?

tailspin

Her head was in a tailspin when she heard the news.

Widespread

I have widespread hips.

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