Tree Cozy

While I'm on the subject of random photos . . . I had to share this one too. I can't decide how I feel about this tree cozy. First of all, I can't tell for certain if this is real or not. Do you think someone actually knitted this ON the tree? I've wanted to learn to knit for quite some time now, but I don't know if this makes me want to more, or less. I think this falls too much under the yard decoration category, which most of you know I have a huge aversion to.