According to a non-profit environmental organization, Germans should turn off their Christmas lights this winter in order to save energy.
The news was reported by a German newspaper.
The Christmas lights in houses, apartments, and cities should be unplugged this year, according to the Federal Managing Director ofDeutsche Umwelthilfe.
The suggestion was made because of the energy shortage and climate protection reasons.
Reducing Christmas lighting to one illuminated tree is one solution.
Resch said that the private lighting sector alone consumes more than 600 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually, which is as much as a medium-sized city with 400,000 inhabitants.
Resch told Insider that this Christmas could be very special if people make conscious decisions to give up things.
There are other countries that may go dark during the festive season. The Christmas markets in Vienna are expected to be delayed.
As a result of the sanctions imposed on Moscow, Russia has cut gas supplies to Europe through theNord Stream line.
European governments, banks, and other businesses are trying to reduce power consumption due to the energy crisis.
Italians were told to cook their pasta with the stove turned off to save energy, while Finns were told to spend less time in saunas and showers. German bakeries switched their lights off in protest of soaring bills at the same time as Britons were throwing out $29,000 vintage stoves to combat sky high energy costs.
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