In case you were thinking you enjoy the holiday season:
Health experts notice a bizarre phenomenon December 25 of every year. It's the beginning of a two week spike in the death rate nationwide.
Depression is just part of this puzzle. The reason the number of natural caused deaths increases over the holidays could be because people get so caught up in the craziness of Christmas that their health needs fall by the wayside. Very sick and elderly people account for a large number of the holiday deaths.
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