You better watch out

YOU BETTER NOT CRY, IT'S XMAS AT A & E

AHHH, Christmas, the time to have some festive fun… or should that be ARGH, Christmas, the time to visit your local accident and emergency department?

Thousands of people end up with festive injuries at Yuletide. Here JAMES MOORE reveals some of the biggest seasonal perils by numbers… 4 ...age of the girl who put a metal bell in her ear so she could listen to Jingle Bells. And a 36-year-old swallowed a drawing pin when he sneezed.

6 ...number of Chocolate Oranges wolfed down by just one dog.

11 …percentage of people who have burned themselves with hot cooking fat.

15 …the average number of days spent in hospital by those who injured themselves putting up Christmas lights.

26 …people died watering their Christmas trees while leaving the lights on during a 13-year period. 30 …number of people who die from food poisoning at Christmas each year.

35 …the percentage of people allergic to real trees due to moulds which cause symptoms similar to hay fever.

50

…per cent higher – your risk of dying in a house fire at Christmas. Tea lights and candles have even been known to burn through baths and televisions.

200 …people will hurt themselves due to not removing all the pins from a new shirt.

350

…the number of people injured in the UK every year putting up lights through falls, electric shocks and kids swallowing bulbs. 1 , 000injured …people are

by their Christmas tree by causes such as trying to fix decorations to higher branches or standing barefoot on a broken bauble.

80k …the number of people who visit A&E with a seasonal injury over the festive period .

744kknowingly …drivers who are

over the limit at Christmas.

2.6minjured …people have

themselves while falling off a ladder putting up Christmas decorations.