Despite holiday festive fun, unpredictable risks and incidents can strike at any minute.

"Christmas decorations may look harmless, but they send tens of thousands of Americans to the ER every year – from shattered glass baubles and collapsing trees to faulty lights that shock, spark or overheat," a press release from Bisnar Chase, a personal injury attorney based out of California.

According to a study conducted in November this year by Bisnar Chase, the most common injury by holiday decoration for Alabama residents is glass ornaments or baubles. These make up 61% of all decoration-related injuries.

Christmas trees falling or collapsing makes up 6% and string lights causing electric shock, burns or fires is 27%.

The press release also points to how the survey highlighted risky decorating habits.

33% of the 2,011 households surveyed in the country said overloaded outlets and extension cords are among the most underestimated dangerous decoration.

Other top recorded underestimated hazards included real trees drying out and posing a fire risk, glass ornaments and indoor string lights.

"Every year we see preventable injuries caused by decorations that people assume are harmless," Brian Chase of Bisnar Chase said in a statement. "A broken ornament, a wobbly tree stand or an overloaded outlet doesn't feel like a major threat – until it sends someone to the hospital. Our message is simple: enjoy the season but take those extra seconds to decorate safely. It's the easiest way to keep the holidays joyful instead of painful."

Gulf Shores and Orange Beach typically have relatively quiet Christmases when it comes to injuries or other incidents reported to the police department.

"This time of year is traditionally slower and we don't see any particular 'trend' each year," Orange Beach Interim Chief of Police Trent Johnson said. "Every so often, we may have a rash of package thefts off porches or unlocked vehicles that are rifled through but for the most part we don't have anything with any semblance of regularity."

Gulf Shores Chief of Police Dan Netemeyer said calls for services are generally down in the holiday season and officers can focus more on crime prevention during this time.

Gulf Coast Media also reached out to Baldwin Health and Infirmary Health but they did not respond before press deadline.

For more information on the Bisnar Chase study, visit https://www.bestattorney.com/dangerous-holiday-decorations/.