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Besides festive goodies, there are also festive baddies such as colds. Here's how not to have a sick, X'mas.
#1: Kissing under the mistletoe is out, unless it is an air kiss
If you are giving the sort of kiss a grandmother gives to a child, then the transmission of anything infectious is quite low.
If you are mouth to mouth - or wet kissing - there is an exchange of saliva. There are infections which are transmitted by saliva, such as herpes, Epstein-Barr virus - also known as the kissing disease - and even syphilis.
The Common Cold Centre in Cardiff, the United Kingdom, says the common cold virus is not spread by kissing, but you may not want to if your partner has a runny nose.
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