What is the cost of the festive decorations on the houses the people of different States
|In the United States has long been the holiday season, all Americans have decorated their house with Christmas lights and installations. But all this festive spirit has its price: a holiday can add almost $30 to your bill for electricity if the lights will be lit from thanksgiving until the New year. This writes CNBC.
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Website Simple Thrifty Living have determined the average amount that will be billed to you for lighting the house in Christmas in 34 days from thanksgiving to New years — six hours a night. The calculations took into account the 10 skeins of strings with a length of 68.5 feet (20.8 m) each, plus two inflatable installations.
In General, the lighting of the Christmas displays in the United States costs an average of $19,81. The biggest expense is the garland, as in most States, the inflatable Santa and other characters are not worth more than $1.
CA
- The average cost of the Christmas lights: $28,74
- Garlands: $27,52
- Inflatable Santa: 69 cents
- Inflatable snowman: 54 cents
New York
- The average cost of the Christmas lights: $26,38
- Garlands: $25,26
- Inflatable Santa: 63 cents
- Inflatable snowman: 49 cents
New Jersey
- The average cost of the Christmas lights: $23,84
- Garlands: $22,83
- Inflatable Santa: 57 cents
- Inflatable snowman: 44 cents
FL
- The average cost of the Christmas lights: $18,65
- Garlands: $17,86
- Inflatable Santa: 45 cents
- Inflatable snowman: 35 cents
Il
- The average cost of the Christmas lights: $of 16.98
- Garlands: $16,26
- Inflatable Santa: 41 cents
- Inflatable snowman: 32 cents