{"id":19163,"date":"2020-12-02T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=19163"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:46:32","slug":"consumer-health-minute-holiday-safety","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/consumer-health-minute-holiday-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Health Minute: Holiday Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19167 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/decorated-house-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"house with holiday lights and decorations\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/decorated-house-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/decorated-house-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/decorated-house-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/decorated-house-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/11\/decorated-house-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>As we all know, this holiday season will be celebrated a little differently this year. Despite knowing this, we long to experience the traditions that bring us the joy and cheer we expect this time of year. We can still continue to decorate, to prepare favorite foods, and give gifts. Not only should we do this safely because of the pandemic but because all of these activities require some need of safety.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some resources to provide your patrons and community to help them have a healthy and safe holiday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For a comprehensive overview of holiday safety, visit the CDC website for the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/healthequity\/features\/holidayseason\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">12 Ways to Have a Healthy Holiday Season<\/a>&#8220;. Don&#8217;t forget the always cheery, the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hCebthk9b2A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Twelve Ways to Health<\/em><\/a>&#8221; holiday song.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safekids.org\/holiday-safety-tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kids Safe Worldwide<\/a> provides quick tips for keeping children and teens safe whether it is driving, gift giving, car seats, and cooking safely.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpsc.gov\/Safety-Education\/Safety-Education-Centers\/holiday-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission<\/a> not only provides safety tips on a number of topics but also has a poster, videos, and toy recalls.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsc.org\/home-safety\/tools-resources\/seasonal-safety\/winter\/holiday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Safety Council<\/a> includes not just tips on holiday safety but addresses winter activities such as shoveling, sledding, and winter driving.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we all know, this holiday season will be celebrated a little differently this year. Despite knowing this, we long to experience the traditions that bring us the joy and cheer we expect this time of year. We can still continue to decorate, to prepare favorite foods, and give gifts. Not only should we do&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/consumer-health-minute-holiday-safety\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316,457,9],"tags":[119,292,293,294],"class_list":["post-19163","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-consumer-health","category-consumer-health-minute","category-health-literacy","tag-consumer-health","tag-holiday-celebrations","tag-holiday-safety","tag-safety-tips"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19163"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19178,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19163\/revisions\/19178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}