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The holidays can be the season for serious injuries

Christmas decorating-related injuries send 18,400 people to emergency rooms each year, according to the USAFacts.org website.

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The holiday’s are supposed to be the season to be jolly, not distracted.

That’s because getting distracted during the holidays can to an emergency room visit - and jolly tends to go out the window when that happens.

Christmas decorating-related injuries send 18,400 people to emergency rooms each year, according to the USAFacts.org website.

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