Beware of Christmas Decorations

Visions of Christmas Vacation danced in my head as I learned, via a press release issued yesterday by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, that each November and December, about 10,000 people are treated in hospital emergency rooms for falls, cuts, shocks and burns related to holiday decorating. And Christmas trees, typically the sort that are around on Valentine’s Day and as dry as the face of Tommy Lee Jones, ignite and kill 10 people annually. I’d like to say this is why I don’t decorate for Christmas but really I’m just lazy.