The presents are wrapped, the tree is lit, and the cookies are decorated. With all that work behind you, there’s just one thing left to go—the table setting. And what better way to add holiday cheer than with a dish of Christmas tree-shaped butter. Produced by Keller’s Creamery (the makers of the popular turkey-shaped butter), the 4-ounce Christmas tree butter sculpture stands all on its own, with four spreadable evergreen tree branch layers cascading over a sturdy base. The beautiful butter is bound to get your guests’ attention. With the equivalent of about eight tablespoons of butter, there’s plenty for everyone at your holiday bash to spread on their rolls, melt atop their green beans, or add to their cornbread casserole. Looking for a little butter tree of your own? Keller’s Creamery has a store locator with a complete list of locations selling the Christmas butter tree. The website doesn’t…
Putting up your holiday decorations early can make you happier
If you’re one of those people who scoffs at the neighbors for putting up holiday decorations before Thanksgiving has even arrived, you may want to reconsider your Scrooge-like stance. There is reason to believe that setting up your tree and lights early could make you happier. “In a world full of stress and anxiety, people like to associate to things that make them happy, and Christmas decorations evoke those strong feelings of the childhood,” psychoanalyst Steve McKeown told Unilad. “Decorations are simply an anchor or pathway to those old childhood magical emotions of excitement. So putting up those Christmas decorations early extends the excitement!” The Journal of Environmental Psychology shows that decorations can cue your neighbors that you are accessible, and accessible people are regarded as friendlier. In the study, participants were shown houses either decorated or not and asked to assess the homeowner’s sociability. Those with the decor were deemed more…