02/12/2025
Well its Christmas .. albeit December .. The start of December even..
So its December ..
The season of goodwill and giving .. The month of mince pies and all that malarky ..
To be honest ive been tucking into mince pies since September when Christmas seems to have been started.
Ive started to get sick of them now, and moved onto rhubarb pies ...
I should be moving on to a Jenny Craig weekend workshop..
Like always ..i digress..
The real dilema is should i start my diet now ...? Or wait till after Christmas .. A New Year Resolution if you will .. Just incase my addiction to mince pies returns.
So whats your plans for the holiday season ?
Family catch ups? Friends visiting? Holidays even? The temperature has picked up here, So i think for a few of the holidays will be at the Islands with friends.. Then a wee travel.. maybe.
Its funny how this time of the year , songs take you back to a time of your life, I heard "Last Christmas" by Wham on the radio this morning and before i knew it was in a time travelling daze..
Straight back to a Christmas day swapping gifts and lots of laughs.. Thankfully i was in the carpark and not driving along the freeway. It might haver been my last Christmas..
Talking of last Christmases .. Did you know..:
160 decorating-related injuries every single day
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), during the holiday season there are on average about 160 injuries per day from Christmas decorating activities — nearly half of those involve falls.
~18,400 ER visits annually due to holiday decorations
Another source estimates roughly 18,400 people per year visit emergency rooms because of accidents involving Christmas decorations (lights, trees, ornaments, falls, etc.).
Over a decade — 134,000+ injuries from Christmas decorations (US, 2008–2017)
Between 2008 and 2017, there were over 134,000 injuries recorded in the US solely due to holiday decorations.
~5,800 people treated annually for falls while decorating
Roughly 5,800 people each year are treated in hospital emergency departments for falls related to holiday decorating (like ladder falls, roof falls, chair-stool falls).
Electric shock & electrical-equipment hazards are common
Each year, thousands are treated for injuries tied to extension cords, lights, plug problems — and electrical failures are a major cause of fires linked to Christmas trees and decorations.
Holiday lighting & decoration injuries aren’t trivial — 1 in 40 people may get electrical shock from faulty lights / wiring (historical)
Some sources state that historically “one in 40” people using badly wired Christmas lights suffer electrical shock.
Christmas-tree fires: ~160 home fires per year in US start with a tree (2016–2020 data)
On average, in the US between 2016–2020, about 160 house fires per year started with a Christmas tree — leading to ≈ 2 deaths, ≈ 12 injuries, and about US$10 million in property damage annually.
Insuranceopedia
For tree-related fires: electrical issues (lights, wiring) are major cause
During the 2016–2020 period, around 44% of home Christmas-tree fires involved electrical equipment or lighting; and such electrical-equipment fires accounted for roughly 47% of all injuries from tree fires.
Insuranceopedia
Holiday season accidents peak — decorations + cooking + distractions = higher risk
Beyond lighting and fires: there’s a noticeable increase in injuries from cooking mishaps, cuts/scrapes opening presents or preparing food, burns, falls, and even choking or ingestion of ornaments (especially dangerous for small children).
Independence Australia
So there ... lets all be careful out there ;)
The song is of course Last Christmas.. But a very different version .. Watch till the end .. Very Clever :)
George Michael Wham!
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