Despite switch to LED lights, Christmas hydro usage climbing in B.C.

The amount of electricity used for Christmas lights has gone up significantly in the past seven years even though two-thirds of British Columbians have ditched energy-sucking incandescent lights for LEDs.
The increase can be blamed on oversized blow-up seasonal yard art, Clark Griswold and possibly people replacing incandescent strands with a larger number of LED light strings, says B.C. Hydro.
And about one-third of hydro users are sticking with the old-fashioned incandescent lights to decorate