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Christmas Lights? Here's What It Costs To Run Them In Illinois
As a kid I asked why my dad turned the lights off at 9pm, and he said something that came right out of the typical Midwestern dad phrasebook: "What? Am I made of money? Do you know what it costs to run these lights? Do You?"