Rein in the winter static

Read this review: https://www.stereotimes.com/post/cs-port-static-demagnatizer

Also DS Audio makes a similar product.

Put a highly diluted mixture of fabric softener and water in a spray bottle and spray the floor around the stereo. That will take care of it.

IMHO, the Prime sounds much better with the LP placed directly on the metal platter, no mat, YMMV. Good luck and happy holidays.

Get yourself a Vicks warm mist humidifier. It works great and is enough to bump up the humidity in small rooms by a good 4-10%. We ran them overnight on our counters at our last house. I have one in the basement sitting on the bar counter to take care of basement, not just one room. Rooms are averaging about 41% when running. Seems to take the edge off. 
 

https://www.vickshumidifiers.com/products/humidifiers/vicks-warm-mist-humidifier-1/

If you don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on the CS Port or DS Audio gadgets, a Zerostat, used as directed, will remove the static electric charge from an LP surface just prior to playing,for much less money. Do not assume that any kind of de-static tool or technique, no matter how costly, is a permanent cure. You have to de-stat prior to each play, in an environment such as yours. Then you have to de-stat again, when you flip the LP over.

Good call on a humidifier @audioquest4life i use a Vesync here and beyond static it also keeps your skin and throat from getting dry!

I had a Zerostat in the 70's didn't realize they were still around. I think I'll start with a small humidifier. Thank you.

" I have a VPI prime table with the stock felt mat. The static is so bad that the mat clings to record when I remove it."

Gasp!

A VPI user that uses a MAT?!! 

                    It's all about the humidity, during Winter!

https://www.vinylmeplease.com/blogs/magazine/how-to-deal-with-static-electricity-and-your-records?srsltid=AfmBOorWtWO4r_Ng4QFXbuLOg2hUPEJr4sZwqlOudkOXncSIx4etlklJ