The need for blood doesn’t pause for the holidays. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, more than 1 million units of blood could be transfused in the United States.  Despite this constant need, busy holiday schedules make it difficult for the American Red Cross to collect enough blood to meet those patient needs.  The Red Cross says donors of all blood types, especially type O, are urgently needed.  There are two upcoming blood drives in the Greater Danbury area.  One is on Monday the 30th at the The Crowne Plaza, on Old Ridgebury Road in Danbury, from 8am to 1pm.  The others is the day of New Years Eve, Tuesday the 31st at Congregational Church of Brookfield on Whisconier Road from 9am to 2pm.