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Show Don't Cook Your Goose Before Xtnas In all Christian lands. Christmas-is a time for featsing .. . . but don't cook your goose before Christmas! Every Yuletide hundreds of lives are snuffed out or ruined by careless accidents. Some of these occur in preparation pre-paration for the joyous season . . . falls while putting up decorations, or burns incurred while cooking. But the greatest toll takes place on the nation's highways, while the victims are bound to or from the get-togethers that are so much a part of Christmas. The National Safety Council has found that traffic accident ac-cident deaths on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are about twice as high as the annual daily average. Family gatherings and other festivities bring the peak travel of the winter. And when more cars are on the move there is more chance of an accident. Early darkness plus bad weather add up to poor visibility. vis-ibility. Fogged windshields also make it difficult to see and avoid accident situations. Rain, snow and ice mean slippery streets and highways, high-ways, but thousands of holiday drivers fail to adjust their speed to hazardous conditions. The good fellowship of the season stimulates more drinking and too often the celebrants clink glasses with death. Seven hundred and forty persons died as the result of accidents during the Christmas holidays last year and the toll of 556 killed in traffic accidents was the highest on record. For a Merry Christmas this year, be wary. Don't cook your goose before Christmas! N - S - C |