Good evening everyone! Sorry I'm so late.
I don't usually start thinking about Christmas in November, but this year is different! Here energy costs are rising fast and everything else will automatically follow suit. I could afford to celebrate the holiday as usual with Christmas tree and lights but I'm already telling people that, as far as I am concerned, this year is going to be different. I'm not yet sure how different things will be but the less electricity I use after dark (I have a photovoltaic system to help during daylight hours) the more power there will be for hospitals and other emergency services. Cooking will have to be reduced to a minimum and the oven will only be used during the day as it requires far more energy than the hob.
In fact, I am looking forward to celebrating Christmas and saving energy; no qualms about breaking with tradition!
How about you? Perhaps electricity and gas prices are not an issue where you live, or Christmas is not celebrated anyway. Could you break with tradition for a religious or traditional holiday?
I don't usually start thinking about Christmas in November, but this year is different! Here energy costs are rising fast and everything else will automatically follow suit. I could afford to celebrate the holiday as usual with Christmas tree and lights but I'm already telling people that, as far as I am concerned, this year is going to be different. I'm not yet sure how different things will be but the less electricity I use after dark (I have a photovoltaic system to help during daylight hours) the more power there will be for hospitals and other emergency services. Cooking will have to be reduced to a minimum and the oven will only be used during the day as it requires far more energy than the hob.
In fact, I am looking forward to celebrating Christmas and saving energy; no qualms about breaking with tradition!
How about you? Perhaps electricity and gas prices are not an issue where you live, or Christmas is not celebrated anyway. Could you break with tradition for a religious or traditional holiday?