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Holiday Hazards
Keep Your Little One Safe This Season
By Crystal Patriarche
Eighteen-month-old Kaelee VanGundy of North Carolina also has an attraction for glass decorations. She pulled the glass balls off the Christmas tree and happily said, "Ball!" "Then she would throw it!" says her mother Sarah. "Of course, then the glass ball would shatter, and the metal hanger was left on the tree. We stopped using those kinds of decorations."
Mary Ellinger, a retired nurse in Kirkland, Wash., has been an in-home daycare provider for the past several years. She decorates her basement, where she has fixed up her daycare, for Christmas and the holidays every year. "I won't use lights or cords or bulbs because they put them right into the mouth," says Ellinger of the small children she watches. Instead, Ellinger decorates her tree with felt ornaments of Sesame Street characters tied onto the tree with yarn instead of hooks.
VanGundy says her daughter would stand at the tree and play with the lights. When she would yell at Kaelee to stop, the toddler would go running with the light strand still in her hand, almost knocking the tree over.
Christmas trees that are not kept moist are also serious hazards during the holidays. You should look for a tree that is green and fresh, not one with brown, shedding needles. Take a needle from the tree and bend it. If it snaps, it's too dry, and experts say that a dried out Christmas tree can be consumed by fire in less than 30 seconds.
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