Energy Crisis, inflation and Christmas

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• CHRISTMAS TREE IS LIT UP
• SHOPPING DISTRICTS FILLED WITH LIGHT, 2021
• HELSINGØR SQUARE, 2021
• STREETS OF HELSINGØR WITH VERY FEW CHRISTMAS LIGHTS OR DECORATIONS
• SOUNDBITE: Kim Backe
  “This year, we haven’t got any lights up due to the energy crisis and the prices of the energy. So this year we will cancel it and also because the Christmas lights are outdated. And also this year, we can save the money and buy some brand new for next year. So the Christmas light isn’t on this year.”

• HELSINGØR STREET
• MAN WIPING SNOW FROM CAFÈ SIGN
• SOUNDBITE: Kristian Parnell
  “It’s bad because it’s difficult to get people in a Christmas spirit when there’s no lights in the streets.”

• HELSINGØR STREET
• MAN LOOKING AT SHOP WINDOW
• SOUNDBITE: Kim Backe
  “Yeah, in the family we have decided to cut down on the amount of money we spend on Christmas gifts. That’s the only thing going to change. Otherwise, it´s going to be Christmas this year too”
• WOMAN FOLDING PRESENT
• SOUNDBITE: Michella Ørtenblad
  “We have actually bought vintage presents for each other this year as well as buying locally. It’s been very important to us as a family to not just go out and spend a lot of money on things that people find in a magazine or see on the Internet, but to support the local businesses. And then because there’s so many beautiful things already produced in the world, why don’t we buy some of those and give them as presents as well? Thoughtful presents.”

• CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS INSIDE HOME
• SOUNDBITE: Christian Thygesen
  “We have higher electricity prices than we have maybe ever had. 

• CHECKING THINGS ON LAPTOP
• SOUNDBITE: Christian Thygesen
• “I wash my clothes at night. I charge whatever I have to charge, even if it’s just my laptop. I try to charge it in the evening or whenever the cost of electricity is low.”

• MAN CLEANING OUTSIDE CAFÉ
• STREETS OF HELSINGØR

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