Christmas Safety
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I love this time of year: the music, the weather, the sights, sounds, and good shopping deals! I also find people tend to be in better moods, as well. However, there are extra hazards during the holiday season that you need to watch out for.
No matter what holiday you may or may not celebrate, all of us here at live.pirillo.com certainly hope you have a safe and happy one. Over 60% of house fires during the winter are caused by decorations and/or Christmas trees. That is a scary statistic. Here are some tips to help keep you safe, sent in by cb14 from our chat room.
- Unplug the lights and decorations when you are not home, or they are otherwise not in use. Heat + a pine tree = house fire. The trees are highly flammable. Also, be sure to check all cords and plugs prior to using them for the year, for wear and tear. Throw out and replace any that look as though they are starting to fray or show bare wires. The smallest spark can possibly result in a very large disaster.
- Make sure all external electrical decorations are well protected. Keep them away from moisture, and especially keep them away from moisture and salt. Salt and water together can also cause a fire very quickly when they come in contact with something electrical. Again, turn them off when not in use. They look great at night, but turning them off at bedtime will keep you safer… and keep your electricity bill down.
- If you don’t have any rock salt handy, you can use table salt to keep your walkway and driveway ice free. This can help keep a lawsuit from landing in your lap, due to someone falling and becoming hurt on the ice. Try it yourself: place an ice cube in a container, and cover it with table salt. It works wonders!
- Santa comes down the chimney, not through the door or windows. Keep those locked, and your blinds drawn when you aren’t home or are sleeping/otherwise occupied. Most home burglaries happen this time of year, and it would be awful to have the presents stolen, along with your other treasured possessions.
- Go ahead and indulge in EggNog, but stay away from fruitcake. Fruitcake is an evil that should be avoided at all costs.
Have a wonderful holiday season, wherever you are.
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33 Comments
DMXell
December 1st, 2007
at 10:02am
My mom is the only person I know that likes Fruitcake lol.
jgig18
December 1st, 2007
at 10:04am
ha on the news the other day there was this dude who went in to a camcorder store and tried to steal the cameras, he was caught in like 500 different views PLUS there was a police station across the street
The820Yankee
December 1st, 2007
at 10:06am
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claytonraymond2004
December 1st, 2007
at 10:26am
Fruitcake is AWESOME!!!!!!!!
igob8a
December 1st, 2007
at 10:57am
merry christmas!
jcrist
December 1st, 2007
at 11:06am
freezing rain.
jcrist
December 1st, 2007
at 11:07am
you need a hair cut.
Cessna154
December 1st, 2007
at 11:23am
I agree…
ShadowSight45
December 1st, 2007
at 2:13pm
ur married..wo
MyLastSerenade666
December 1st, 2007
at 2:16pm
I like your videos!
Snakeyes11123
December 1st, 2007
at 2:52pm
yes….he is.
bgeorge
December 1st, 2007
at 8:06pm
I agree. Fruitcake is the root if all evil.
Judaspriest1992
December 2nd, 2007
at 3:08am
What do you want for christmas chris?
pancake292
December 2nd, 2007
at 4:46am
lmao
Left Of Center
December 2nd, 2007
at 5:13am
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McIntec
December 2nd, 2007
at 5:16am
ROFL Chris, We use those in Canada!
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December 2nd, 2007
at 5:19am
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chives
December 2nd, 2007
at 7:38am
salt lowers the freezing temperature, causing the ice to melt
MsKanada
December 2nd, 2007
at 12:35pm
You can also use kitty litter on ice.
skippy10101010
December 2nd, 2007
at 1:54pm
PC is awsome, Macs suck… but he uses a Linux, so I don’t care. (Rate this a plus if you like PC over Mac, and visa versa for Mac users, I just want to see the end result)
CrashGames2108
December 2nd, 2007
at 7:30pm
Same reason to use salt in a cooler.
martron3000
December 3rd, 2007
at 3:39am
One other safety tip (if you live where it snows):
Don’t eat the YELLOW snow!! hahaha
chives
December 3rd, 2007
at 4:52am
YEAH! i did that once for a school experiment its really does make soda cool faster.
elmo4777
December 3rd, 2007
at 5:37am
yay dec. 3ed lol
Ray Thompson
December 5th, 2007
at 7:01am
It is also a very good idea to make sure interior lights are used inside and exterior lights are used out side, not vice versa. The exterior lights cause much more heat and the interior lights are normally not waterproof.
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December 5th, 2007
at 2:17pm
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GTPeach
December 6th, 2007
at 11:01am
Isn’t Herkimer the magic Christmas bird? Disney? Wow, I’m lame.
Another holiday safety tip is to watch out when driving. Really, people become bad drivers (well, worse than usual) around the holidays. Traffic + impatience * bad weather = dangerous. If you stay patient and calm and watch the people around you, you’ll end up safe, even if some raging maniac beeps his head off and swerves through lanes.
tehb0ll0x
December 20th, 2007
at 1:28am
it never snows in exeter… :(
EgoGamaoKDerno
December 20th, 2007
at 6:52pm
aaaaah i saw an advertisement on the youtube screen!!!!!!!
first one ever omgwtffuuuck
gokugamer
December 21st, 2007
at 4:45am
wonky? lol
sim0b
December 29th, 2007
at 3:25pm
Type in - Gary Mckinnon - was stabbed in the back by his own traitor country Great Britain, by order of the police state USA. He hacked into NASA space command and ended up with 70 years in a US jail. What have these traitors NASA etc people got to hide? And what are they scared of? Do your own research and stop being sheep all your lives!