If you are yet to deck the halls and hang your Christmas lights, make sure you grab a stepladder to ensure Rotorua maintains its low rate of festive ACC claims.
Figures from ACC show fewer than three claims were received from Rotorua residents between November 15 last year and January 2 this year that contained the key words: Christmas light(s), Xmas light(s), Christmas present(s), Xmas present(s), presents, Christmas tree, and Xmas tree.
The year before fewer than three claims were received in the same time period, amounting to only $309.
In 2015 five claims were received, and ACC paid out only $128.
ACC spokesman James Funnell said that last year there were a large number of injuries involving falls, in particular from ladders while putting up lights outside.
"There were quite a few injuries involving lifting and carrying Christmas trees, in particular bending over to pick it up. People reaching up high to decorate the tree was also trending, reaching and twisting."
In some cases the tree fell over on to someone, Funnell said.
Someone who should have taken ACC's safety advice is Tamati Coffey's partner, Tim Smith,who got knocked out by a ceiling fan while hanging lights up and broke his elbow.
Smith was unable to talk to the Rotorua Daily Post as he was in hospital, but Coffey retold the tale of his tumble.
"Instead of going to get a chair he actually just climbed onto the corner of the couch and lifted himself up, forgetting the fact we have a ceiling fan that was going full tilt because it was a really hot day here yesterday," Coffey said.
The fan knocked Smith in the back of his head and he went crashing to the ground and landed on his elbow.
"It really sucks because it's summer and he's got visions of beaches and lakes and rivers and you can't do any of that with a plaster cast on so it doesn't look like he's going to be joining me in the water," Coffey said.
"I think he'll be working from home in bed basically," Coffey said.