Don't eat the Christmas ornaments!
Thousands of people end up in the emergency room every Christmas. Here is a list of the Ten most common Christmas accidents.
- Every year at least 3 people are reported with broken arms due to pulling Christmas crackers.
- Over 200 people are admitted to hospital after not removing all the pins from new shirts
- Over the last 10 years 27 people have died testing batteries on their tongue.
- Hundreds of people cut themselves with knives and scissors they are using to open presents.
- Last year 2 people died eating Christmas decorations they thought were chocolates.
- Since 1997 26 people have died watering Christmas trees with the the Christmas lights on.
- In 2007 12 people sustained burns when trying on a new sweater with a cigarette in their mouth.
- Last year 52 children were admitted to hospital after swallowing the contents of perfume and cologne bottles.
- 5 People suffered 3rd degree burns last year when trying to flame torch their Christmas pudding.
- Every year hundreds of people fall off ladders and break bones while hanging Christmas decorations.
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Source: collected from various health news reports that seem to appear every December warning consumers about the dangers of the Christmas season. filed under Weird World News
