There is, improbably, a giraffe coming out of the tree, his legs poking out front, his sweet face a less-than-angelic tree topper. A few aisles over, on a table, there's a dragon made of gingerbread that quite amazingly bellows smoke. And across the wide room, fairies are flying in an upside-down tree. ...

As for that giraffe tree, it was — wait for it — created by the Tall Club of SLC, with support from Federal Financial Group. Decidedly not "short" on humor, it includes a bikini-clad giraffe (one of about 50 different long-necked creatures), giraffe-skin wrapping paper on the gifts and other whimsical touches.