your ears, all these things cold because it's saving that heat for the brain. and just along the same lines we were talking about accidents. i mean combine alcohol with just household accidents you're more likely to get burns from putting up the candles, or putting up the lights. you know, falls related to that. >> the saint bernard carrying that barrel around his neck, not helpful. all right poinsettias. we always hear that eating poinsettias or making sure that your pets aren't chewing on the leaves of poinsettias can be a real problem because they're poisonous. is it true? will it kill your animals? >> no, they're not poisonous. i mean in theory if you had 500 or more of these leaves maybe that's a problem. most people would have a hard time, including pets, having that many because they don't taste really good. the concern is more they have some overlap in terms of allergens with latex. so if you have a latex allergy, that's the gloves that are in the hospital, you might have a problem with the poinsettias. otherwise they're not poisonous in themselves. >> you shattered myths this morning. the bottom line is you can eat