Green Christmas

Image: Kelly J. Brownlee
1949:
The year residents of Candy Cane Lane, a roundabout on Park Road in Ravenna, started elaborate Christmas light displays
24:
Houses on the lane lit up each year
400:
Number of bulbs 23–year resident Susan Bryant uses to decorate her house each year, keeping them lit eight hours a day for three weeks
$757:
Cost to light her house for 23 Christmas seasons using traditional lightbulbs
99%:
The amount she’ll be reducing her energy use when she and her neighbors switch to LED lights for the first time this year
$748:
Amount she’ll save if she continues to use LEDs over the next 23 years
0:
The number of times she’ll likely have to replace those bulbs during that time