CHRISTMAS BANNERS

Christmas banners saving energy
November 21, 2006 (BBC News)

- Christmas banners are being introduced by a council in Kent to try to reduce energy consumption from light displays.
- The decorations, with messages such as "Season's Greetings", have been hung up in Gravesend town centre…being "green and festive" at the same time..,
- [T]here was "no bah humbug in Gravesham" as there are still some low-energy illuminations over streets and lights on Christmas trees…
- The Gravesham branch of Friends of the Earth encouraged people in Gravesend to see [the banners] as "a positive step"…[A council spokesman] said he would see how much energy had been saved, and what the public response was, before deciding if the use of Christmas lights could be further reduced in the future.