Experts Urge Parents to Check Kids' Presents on Christmas Morning.....

 Atlanta, GA - Child safety experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta are urging parents to check their child's wrapped gifts for hidden dangers this Holiday season.

This mogwai, which was discovered in a Christmas present in 2019, is capable of producing enough gremlins to kill the population of San Francisco.

"Every Halloween, parents are warned to watch out for razor blades, needles, and marijuana edibles in the treats that their children bring home," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky explained. "We want them to understand that the same level of risk that exists in Halloween candy can also be found in wrapped gifts that young children are potentially exposed to. Last year a kid in Lubbock opened a present from her uncle and it was just a brick of pure fentanyl."

The CDC is planning an awareness campaign aimed at tackling wrapped gift dangers that will begin the day after Thanksgiving. According to Dr. Walensky, parents and other caregivers should be on the lookout for a wider variety of potentially harmful contents than what might be found in Halloween candy, and they should focus on more than just Christmas presents. "Frankly we are concerned whenever a child is opening a wrapped gift. This includes birthdays, bar mitzvahs, and also Quinceañeras."

CDC Safety Tips for Checking Wrapped Gifts

-Wait until children are home to check and open presents.

-Don't rely on the shake test as no high quality randomized controlled trials have been performed proving that it effectively rules out the presence of a witch's curse.

-A responsible adult should closely examine all wrapped gifts and exercise caution with any of the following:

1. Wrapping paper with Satanic symbols, marijuana leaves, ancient runes, or "Let's Go Brandon" on it
2. Tiny holes in the present that may represent air holes necessary to keep a mogwai or other dangerous animal alive during shipping 
3. Scratching noises, growling, or angry yelling of obscenities coming from inside the box
4. A steady ticking noise or an audible countdown 
5. Unusual odor or leaking of any glowing, radioactive green goo that dissolves whatever it comes into contact with

-Tell children not to accept -- and, especially, not to open--any gift that wasn't wrapped at a government approved gift wrapping booth.

-When in doubt, throw any ticking gifts out a door or window and call your local bomb squad immediately.

-Parents of young children should unwrap all gifts ahead of time in order to check for hazardous contents, and then just re-wrap them.

-Try to apportion gifts over several days in order to reduce the likelihood of dangerous combinations of contents, such as opening up a box containing a hungry cougar at the same time that someone unwraps a package full of raw steaks.

-Although giving wrapped gifts is encouraged, make sure anything that can cause large numbers of casualties is given only to those of an appropriate age and temperament.