Comments on: Just wondering… about Christmas http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/grosscomplement/2006/12/04/just-wondering-about-christmas/ Thoughts of living people. Lives of thinking people. Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:13:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ano http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/grosscomplement/2006/12/04/just-wondering-about-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-12 ano Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:18:04 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/grosscomplement/2006/12/04/just-wondering-about-christma#comment-12 hello everyone hello everyone

]]> By: Gui http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/grosscomplement/2006/12/04/just-wondering-about-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Gui Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:00:40 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/grosscomplement/2006/12/04/just-wondering-about-christma#comment-3 I wonder if you could look at use of electricity the night before and the night after christmas as a proxy for how many Christmas lights a region uses. That is, on dec 24th, people have most of their Christmas lights up. On the 26th, many don't. Could this be a good proxy of how Christmassy a place is? The 26th and the 24th are pretty similar, except that one is before and after Christmas. Of course, there are lots of problems with this idea (maybe in some places people are less likely to stop lighting their lights on the 26th) I wonder if you could look at use of electricity the night before and the night after christmas as a proxy for how many Christmas lights a region uses.

That is, on dec 24th, people have most of their Christmas lights up. On the 26th, many don’t. Could this be a good proxy of how Christmassy a place is? The 26th and the 24th are pretty similar, except that one is before and after Christmas.

Of course, there are lots of problems with this idea (maybe in some places people are less likely to stop lighting their lights on the 26th)

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