In the wake of Halloween, excitement for theholidaysis becoming increasingly palpable.
Some say you should wait until December 24, or Christmas Eve, to put up your tree.
Many people, however, switch their minds to the holidays as soon as Halloween is over.
Bogdan Kurylo
Christmas decorations are simply an anchor or a pathway to those old childhood memories filled with magic and excitement.
So it would be mostly about maintaining and prolonging that excitement.
Nostalgia connects people to their past and helps them understand who they are, she says.
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This can literally change the body’s hormones, as psychologist Deborah Serani explains.
It creates a neurological change that can produce happiness, she says.
Putting up the Christmas decorations will cause a spike in dopamine, a feel-good hormone.
Finally, theJournal of Environmental Psychologypoints out that holiday decorations are cues to communicate one’s accessibility to neighbors.
And afterward, when should you take down your decorations?
But in reality, there are no established rules or studies on the subject.
This story was originally published inVogueFrance.
