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Faced with the energy crisis, many municipalities are adapting their light decorations for the Christmas holidays, in particular by playing on their quantity and duration of illumination.
When it is illuminated for the Christmas holidays, the village of Beauchêne (Orne) attracts 100,000 visitors. This year, the illuminations will be extinguished at 22h30due to rising energy prices. From Normandy bocage to Champs-Elysees (Paris)it’s the same equation: save money without turning off the light. The city of Paris is supplied by the European leader in festive lighting, the company “Blachere” settled in Apt (Alpes de Haute Provence), which is a hit with its remote-controlled boxes.
Not a city plans to renew the illuminations of past years. In Limoges (Haute-Vienne)they will be reduced by half, concentrated in the hypercentre of the city. But very rares are the municipalities which will completely renounce luminous debauchery, a question of atmosphere. At Christmas, the light will therefore be present, unless the country’s electricity network cracks before.