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Christmas decorations harbour 5 TIMES as many germs as a toilet seat

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Experts from Initial Wahsroom Hygiene used swab tests to analyse germs on 25 Christmas decorations.

This included everything from trees to baubles, as well as festive wreaths and tree lights.

Christmas tree boxes were the worst offenders, with an average reading of 845 units.

Baubles came in at 610 units, while Christmas wreathows were the least contaminated.

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78

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76

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46

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semi-formal

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English

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54

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