It’s the holiday season, and holiday season means holiday shopping. That can be tricky enough at the best of times—some people are just difficult to buy for—but it can be even trickier when you are trying to find a gift that the whole family can enjoy. Well, have you ever thought about giving the gift that can keep on giving to your whole family all year-round? No matter what holiday you celebrate, you can treat yourself and all of your loved ones to lower gas and electricity rates—it’s sure to be a hit!
Okay, so it may seem like an odd gift to give someone—I mean, how would you even wrap that? But if you think of it in a less traditional way, there are a lot of reasons why gifting lower gas and electricity rates is actually the best gift you could give this Christmas.
1) It’s a gift the whole family can actually enjoy.
Again, it may not seem like something you can convince your five-year-old to enjoy and appreciate, but what if those lower gas and electricity rates save you enough money per month all year long that you can save up enough for one extra toy, or maybe even for a trip to somewhere (like Disneyland) that you never thought you’d be able to afford to take your family on?
2) It’s a gift that has a trickle-down effect.
It can actually help you save up year-round for the gifts you really want to give during the holidays. We all know we are going to spend a little more during the holidays to get that extra special gift for the ones we love, and that often means we save all year to account for our holiday spending. Paying lower gas and electricity rates can help contribute to those savings by allowing you to put the extra money you would have spent on your electric bill to good use during the holiday season—and that could actually end up making all the difference to a child who really wanted that one toy that may otherwise have been out of your price range.
3) It’s a gift that can contribute to all of the aspects of the holiday season
When you save on gas and electricity rates, you can think about running that gas or electric fireplace a little longer (or the Netflix version of the Christmas fire) to achieve the ambiance of the season, or baking that extra batch of cookies, cinnamon buns, or that extra Christmas pie. Paying lower gas and electricity rates can make it more financially feasible to create that truly warm and cheery holiday atmosphere you wait all year to enjoy.
4) It’s a gift for you from your gas and electricity provider—and who are we kidding, that’s who we really need to get a gift from this year.
There’s nothing more exciting than getting that mysterious gift from Santa, is there? Well, there might be. If you pay lower gas and electricity rates all year, the money you save all year long could end up wrapped up under the tree—and, realistically, that means it’s a gift from your gas and electricity provider. In fact, that could become the new family tradition: what did the gas and electric company bring us this year, mom?
To find out more about how to start receiving the gift that can keep on giving from your energy provider, visit energyrates.ca. We’ll help you find the lower gas and electricity rates that will work for you, along with some other energy and cost-saving tips this holiday season.
