The cost of Christmas not only effects your wallet but your health too..

�30bn: The amount Britons will spend celebrating Christmas this year
SPENDING
�4.2bn: The amount Britons spent on cosmetics this Christmas
�4.14bn: Britain's aid budget for the developing world in 2004
�813: Average spending per adult on celebrating Christmas (�55 less than last year)
�50: The per capita annual income in Ethiopia
�20m: Amount made by Mark Tilden, British robot expert who invented Robosapien, this year's hit toy
�20m: Amount nations of sub-Saharan Africa are paying in debt to developed world every 16 hours
EATING
7,000: Average calories consumed by Britons on Christmas Day
780: Minutes running needed to burn off 7,000 calories
7: Number of days a child refugee in Darfur could survive on 7,000 calories
�12: Average cost per head in UK of Christmas lunch
�12: Cost of a month's supply of grain for a family in drought-hit Malawi
30,525: Number of miles your Christmas dinner will have travelled to reach your table - vegetables alone are likely to have come 15,800 miles
4: Miles walked daily by families in developing world in search of water
HEALTH
5m: Britons will suffer a stomach upset over festive season
2.1m: People in developing world killed this year by diarrhoeal disease
CRIME
244,000: Homes in Britain likely to be burgled over festive season
75,058: Britons spending Christmas in prison
4.2%: Rise in murder rate over Christmas
ENVIRONMENT
83 sq km: Amount of wrapping paper used (enough to cover 33 Hyde Parks)
3,000,000: Tons of extra rubbish generated - enough to fill 120m wheelie bins
news.independent.co.uk... Bank to break Christmas tradition A bank is breaking festive tradition in the North East by opening its door to customers on a bank holiday. The Durham city and Newcastle Grey Street branches of HSBC will be opening on 28 December. Customers will have access to financial services, although there will not be a counter service.
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On another article I read this week it had claimed the a walk Befor the Huge meals is better than one After ...A stroll after Christmas dinner is part of many families' festive timetable - but heart experts say a pre-dinner walk is a good idea.
Glasgow University research for the British Heart Foundation found it could help reduce the damage done by too much Christmas pudding. It says a 90-minute walk lowers fat levels in the blood and improves blood vessel function. The study is published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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So guys enjoy your meals but don't forget to move them heels,keep your balance in check befor you'll end up flat on the deck.
A good stroll would'nt just help your soul but it'll also make you feel whole. then.