Festive fanatics planning to transform their home with Christmas lights this year have been warned they could be hit by whopping bills running into thousands of pounds for additional power usage. Personal insolvency provider Creditfix has calculated that Brits who love to decorate the outside of their houses with silhouettes of Christmas characters using rope lights will rack up the biggest bills.
Having five of these on for six hours a day could cost £510 if put up on December 1 and taken down on December 31. But waiting two weeks more to put them up would drop the cost to £279, a saving of £231.
Creditfix created a Christmas Lights Calculator to help Brits learn how much their displays could cost, and how much they could save by delaying their decoration date or investing in different types of light. The most expensive light to run is a Santa rope light archway, costing £6.08 to run for six hours a day, which equates to more than £188 for the month.
