Talk about the bizarre. A Canadian teenager died after kissing her boyfriend. No, he didn’t strangle her or infect her with an innocuous disease that is transmitted by spit, although I’m sure that the religious ultra-right fanatics will say that it was God punishing her for sharing saliva with a guy that she was not married to.

God really had nothing to do with it, except if you want to blame him for giving her an allergy to nuts. For all of you with severe allergies to peanuts or any other food that may linger in the mouth of another, take note. Passion kills.

From CBC.ca:

A 15-year-old girl in Quebec’s Saguenay region is believed to have died as a result of an allergic reaction to her boyfriend’s kiss.

An autopsy will be performed on the body of the teen, who was allergic to peanuts.

Officials said she did not consume the nuts, but they believe she had a reaction to kissing her boyfriend, who had eaten peanut butter.

The apparently fatal kiss was last Sunday in Jonquière, Que.

Although an adrenalin shot was administered almost immediately, the teen did not recover, the Montreal newspaper La Presse reports.

The girl was rushed to hospital, where she died after suffering respiratory failure. Her death was confirmed Wednesday.

Happy First Advent! Today is the official beginning of the Christmas season, even though the holiday shoppers were out en masse on Friday, and Santa was already holding court in department stores across the country.

But I restrain myself from doing anything Christmasy until the first Advent. And on that day, all hell breaks loose. The Christmas music starts to play, and will continue to play uninterrupted until Jan 6. The decorations come out, the Advent candles and wreath are set up, and we start deciding when to buy the tree.

So, wishing all of you a very happy Christmas season.

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