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AAA Suggests '12 Days of Christmas' Gift Ideas for Home and Auto Safety

12 December 1997

AAA Suggests '12 Days of Christmas' Gift Ideas for Home and Auto Safety

    SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12 -- Having trouble deciding on gifts?
You can better prepare your friends and family for emergencies, disasters and
winter driving with some of AAA's suggestions for holiday gifts, sung to the
tune of ... ahh, you know.

    On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... a fire-safe
holiday tree.
    On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... two wiper
blades, and a fire-safe holiday tree.
    On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... three smoke
detectors, two wiper blades, and a fire-safe holiday tree.
    On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... four tire
chains, three smoke detectors, two wiper blades, and a fire-safe holiday tree.
    On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... five red-flamed
flares, four tire chains, three smoke detectors, two wiper blades, and a
fire-safe holiday tree.
    On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... six surge
protectors, five red-flamed flares, four tire chains, three smoke detectors,
two wiper blades, and a fire-safe holiday tree.
    On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... seven credit
card keys, six surge protectors, five red-flamed flares, four tire chains,
three smoke detectors, two wiper blades, and a fire-safe holiday tree.
    On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... eight fresh new
batteries, seven credit card keys, six surge protectors, five red-flamed
flares, four tire chains, three smoke detectors, two wiper blades, and a
fire-safe holiday tree.
    On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... nine flashing
flashlights, eight fresh new batteries, seven credit card keys, six surge
protectors, five red-flamed flares, four tire chains, three smoke detectors,
two wiper blades, and a fire-safe holiday tree.
    On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me... ten liquor-free
recipes, nine flashing flashlights, eight fresh new batteries, seven credit
card keys, six surge protectors, five red-flamed flares, four tire chains,
three smoke detectors, two wiper blades, and a fire-safe holiday tree.
    On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... eleven
bottled waters, ten liquor-free recipes, nine flashing flashlights, eight
fresh new batteries, seven credit card keys, six surge protectors, five
red-flamed flares, four tire chains, three smoke detectors, two wiper blades,
and a fire-safe holiday tree.
    On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me ... twelve energy
food bars, eleven bottled waters, ten liquor-free recipes, nine flashing
flashlights, eight fresh new batteries, seven credit card keys, six surge
protectors, five red-flamed flares, four tire chains, three smoke detectors,
two wiper blades, and a fire-safe holiday tree.

    AAA's "Cheers!" booklet of tasty alcohol-free drink recipes are available
free (even to non-members) at AAA district offices.  Credit card keys for cars
are available to members only at AAA district offices.
    Another gift suggestion is AAA's "Teaching Your Teen to Drive" kit with
video or CD-ROM.  Passage of California's "Brady/Jared Teen Driver Safety Act"
will require parents to spend more time teaching their teens during the
instruction permit period.
    The kit comes with a handbook to help parents plan driving lessons.  The
kit costs $29 45 plus tax and can be ordered by calling 800-327-3444.
    The AAA affiliate of Northern California, Nevada and Utah serves nearly
four million members with an array of travel, automotive and insurance
services.

SOURCE  AAA