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The Transportation Security Administration has some news for kids flying over the river and through the woods this holiday season: You little ones need to be prepared to part with your stuffed animals, and you older ones might end up in federal custody if you think it's funny to joke about threats to aircraft. From the agency's news release on holiday tips:

When traveling with children, a discussion in advance of airport security may be helpful. At the checkpoint, children will need to temporarily part with such things as blankets and stuffed animals, and older children need to know that any comment suggesting a threat to an aircraft or its passengers is taken seriously by TSA security officers.