Is Holiday Decorating Good for You?
What do psychologists have to say about
holiday decorating?
By
Jeanette Joy Fisher
December gives us
the perfect excuse to pamper ourselves with holiday
cheer. No matter which holiday tradition you celebrate,
decorating your home is good for you. Psychologists
report that change, planning, and entertainment make
people happy. Change your environment for the holidays
and plan to entertain yourself as well as guests.
Holiday decorations change stagnant rooms. When your
accessories and mementos stay in the same place day
after day, you soon get used to them and no longer
notice your treasure in the same old location. Moving
things around and adding holiday decorations to your
spaces makes everything feel new again.
You increase your happiness when you decorate your home
for the holidays. If you take out the stress. When you
make a huge production out of decorating your home for
the holidays, you can easily become overwhelmed and turn
a happy event into a stress-filled ordeal. Balance, the
key to happiness, will help you keep holiday decorating
FUN. Don't take on too much. It doesn't take a lot of
decorations to instill holiday cheer!
Have you ever noticed that when you plan a party that
the actual planning makes you happy? Psychologists say
that's because people love to daydream and plan. An
added bonus, the more time you take to plan a party, the
more organized the event, and the better the result.
Guests love to come to a home decked out in holiday
splendor. The festive air created with candles,
decorations, and music provides the backdrop for happy
interactions. It's hard for someone to not be happy when
they enter a home in celebration mood.
Take some time for yourself and enjoy your holiday
decorating. Pamper yourself and your guests.
Copyright © Jeanette J. Fisher. All rights reserved.
Jeanette Fisher, author of Joy to the Home Journal and
interior design and real estate books, has researched
the effects of environment on emotions for over 15
years. Besides flipping houses, Jeanette teaches college
courses on Design Psychology and professional real
estate investing seminars. For free Design Psychology
ebooks, visit
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