This week on Health Watch, we’re talking about making your holiday decorating safer. There are several plants that are traditional in holiday decor, including holly, mistletoe and poinsettias. But Dr. Robert Wiebe, a pediatric emergency medicine specialist, says these plants can be dangerous if they’re eaten in large quantities.

Holly can cause upset stomach and cause skin inflammation, mistletoe can be toxic to the heart and poinsettias can cause gastrointestinal distress. If you have young children who might be tempted to taste plants, keep plants where small hands can’t reach them. If you suspect that a child has eaten any of these plants, call your local poison control number. Some of these decorative plants can also be dangerous to pets, so be careful about putting them where pets could get to them.