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The Newest Dangers to Watch Out for This Season Are Christmas Decorations?

Danny Gallagher — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:02:43 +0000

They may look like innocent reflections of the festive holiday season but if you’re not careful, you’ll be seeing a lot more red than green at Christmas.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) issued an alarming study that found that accidents caused by holiday decorations went from 10,000 cases in 2007 to more than 13,000 in 2010.

Watch 25,000 Christmas Lights Tuned to the 'Angry Birds' Theme [VIDEO]

Danny Gallagher — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:45:45 +0000

A family in Austin, Texas turned their Christmas light display into the brightest ever tribute to the popular ‘Angry Birds’ game. Pigs beware! The 25,000 lights that adorn the home blink in a dazzling, rapid display to the game’s iconic theme covered by the indie band Pomplamoose. The house not only dances in theme with [...]

Holiday Grinches Steal Neighbor's Christmas Ornaments and Put Them Up in Their Own Yard [VIDEO]

Danny Gallagher — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:24:37 +0000

Thanks to security cameras and good ol’ fashioned stupidity, a pair of not-so-nice neighbors could be facing charges for allegedly stealing some decorations out of a Florida resident’s front yard and using them for a holiday display of their own.

Real-life Griswolds Pack Home With More Than 200 Christmas Trees [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:20:31 +0000

It’s perfectly normal to mark the holidays with a decoration or two. But the Rieken family in Texas takes their celebration of the season to the extreme by cramming over 200 trees into their home. Clark Griswold of ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ fame would be proud!

Christmas Traditions That Are Disappearing

BJ Kelley — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:17:10 +0000

Over the weekend, the folks over at TheStreet.com compiled a list of 6 Holiday traditions that are fading away. I could start this with “You know you’re old when…” because I remember everything on the list! In fact, I still put up my grandmother’s Aluminum Christmas tree, complete with color wheel, every year. I love [...]

Burglar Breaks In and Puts Out Christmas Decorations

Mary — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:39:00 +0000

Terry Trent of Ohio found himself in the Christmas spirit, too bad it wasn't in his own house.

New York Daily News reports that Trent, while under the influence of bath salts broke into a families home in Vandalia, Ohio and proceeded to put up Christmas decorations.