People who decorate for the holidays appear friendlier, study finds
By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #HomeGarden If you haven’t already started decorating for Christmas, get to it. People who decorate for the holidays are happier and appear friendlier to their neighbors, according to research listed in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. The study is based on previous and present research where participants were asked to rate the friendliness of strangers based on pictures of their houses. The homeowners self-reported their sociability by rating their social contact with neighbors as low or high. Homes that were decorated with twinkling lights and bows, even if the people who lived there were…