The tree is wrong, the goose is too salty and at the end of playing around all with their mobile phones: the perfect Christmas eve is not safe.
In the holiday stress, a lot can go wrong. With these Last-Minute tips Christmas is still a joyful.
1. Before Christmas eve, the Christmas tree set up
Many Christmas trees are Packed for Transport in a network, and after the unpacking and the Decorating for a day time, to bring the Branches back in their original Position.
The Association of Natural Christmas tree advises the network from top to bottom cut. Two-Meter-high trees will need about two litres of water a day – the required, but can increase depending on the location in the room. The tree is not better in front of a heater or an oven, as it will dry out faster and its needles will lose.
2. The necessary Christmas tree safety concerns
When setting Up the tree stand with cable technology make work easier. They are easier in handling than other models, explains the TÜV. Here, the tree is clamped in a wire rope with terminals, which is drawn on a foot pedal fixed.
Well it is, when the stand is in the locked state lock. This is especially important if you have small children in the house. It prevents the rack from being inadvertently opened, and the tree tilts.
3. The risk of a fire in the apartment to minimize
Candles one should really never burn unattended. The German fire service Association, recommends, as a precaution, a full bucket of water and a large rag to provide.
The testing organization DEKRA recommends that the flames do not blow out, but to smother it with a candle quencher. Poor wick quality, or a draught, the flame could ignite under the blow out again. When purchasing, customers should pay attention to the RAL-quality mark of the quality Association for candles.
4. Children of Holly keep
Babies and small children like red berries on the advent flower arrangement for Snacking seduce. See parents at the popular Holly (Ilex aquifolium), should be the Foundation of children’s health warns.
The berries may trigger abdominal cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting. In case of suspicion, parents should immediately have your child’s doctor or the local poison control center.
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5. Gift ribbons are dangerous for cats
They rustle, sparkle, and are dangerous – because gift ribbons can be easily swallowed by cats. The tiger should be allowed to play only under strict supervision with the Raschel tape, advises the veterinarian Sabine Schroll in the magazine “A heart for animals”. Sharp-edged, and ringed bands get into the intestines of a cat, you may cause serious injury.
6. Perfume as a Last-Minute gift?
Christmas gifts are gladly given perfume. Buyers should try in the selection of a maximum of three fragrances, advises Martin Ruppmann, managing Director of the Fragrance Foundation and cosmetic Association of the CR: “you have a left, a right wrist, and maybe even a hand, on which you can taste.”
Customers should apply the fragrance on the skin. “Smell the tires help of course, but it is something else when the scent hits the skin,” says the expert.
7. Versalzenes feast with cream save
The elaborate feast is almost done – and then the salt shaker from slipping out of your Hand. Salty soup is simple to use with water or cream routes, declared the Initiative “Too good for the bin!” of the Federal Ministry for nutrition.
Fish and meat has to get a lot of salt, put a small cut and a neutral, ungewürzten a side dish such as rice or potatoes, mix, rates of the experts. If meat or fish are to fall sharply, it could create – if it fits the meal – also honey remedy.
8. Coffee as an aid for the stomach
At Christmas we have a feast, what holds the stuff. Just after a very sumptuous meal such as a roast Goose with red cabbage and dumplings in a can spread in the stomach discomfort such as bloating or flatulence.
Some Affected think, perhaps, that a liquor cleans up the stomach. The chamber of pharmacists of lower Saxony advises instead to take a coffee to – because it stimulates digestion.
9. The Christmas eve not to phone it a night
It could all be so cozy on Christmas eve. But then you are sitting next to each other, and everyone looks up, wipes and taps silently on his cell phone. “Who depends constantly on the Smartphone, and every Detail about Social Media sharing sucks”, warns the style trainer Susanne Helbach-Grosser. Because also the recipient of the message will be held by the celebrate.
The expert advises to schedule phone-free times in advance. A photo of the tree is okay – switch off the phone!
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)
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