She hadn’t been in a festive mood and hadn’t done any decorating all season, causing her neighbors to start calling her Scrooge. But when her soldier husband called the day before Christmas Eve and said he would be able to come home for Christmas after all, she was zealous in her efforts to get all the decorating done.
This day-late post is part of the Tuesday Use It In A Sentence prompt, “zealous”:
https://stephaniecolpron.wordpress.com/2021/11/24/tuesdayuseitinasentence-zealous/