The holiday season was upon us, and it was time to set up the tree and decorations. To get into the spirit, I put on some old vinyl recordings of carols. My wife, Sue, took care of the tasteful part of the decorations, placing items around the living room and hanging the ornaments on the tree, while I handled calling an electrician in Fairfax VA to take care of the outdoor Christmas lighting.

We had a tradition of calling our Fairfax electrician to hang the outdoor lighting. After all, we always had enough to do with all of our Christmas home decorating and the lighting on the tree. The outside lighting is always a small job for our electrician in Fairfax because we only hang our holiday lighting on the front roofline of our house and down the sides of the garage. We have a scarcity of outlets, and so we’ve never really invested that much in outside lighting or decorations. Sometimes I regret it, especially when I see the way our neighbor, Mr. Thompson, having such a big show of holiday lights in his front yard every year. They even have carols playing on loudspeakers; and, to top it all off, a small sled with elves that races around on a track. People cruise by our streets every year, enjoying every moment of the Thompson’s holiday lighting spectacle.

This year I guess we had too many things plugged in on one circuit, because as soon as I plugged in the tree lights, the room went dark and the carols dipped in pitch as the record slowed than stopped. “I told you that we were using too many lights,” my wife said. At least I didn’t have to see her I-told-you-so expression in the dark. Fortunately, I was able to find my way through the room thanks to the brightness of the lights coming through the windows from Thompson’s display.

“It’s not a matter of using too many lights,” I said as I found the circuit box. “This house can no longer handle the amount of electricity we demand. We need to upgrade the wiring” I told her. “It’s old and it wasn’t designed for all the gizmos we use.” Luckily for us, we knew I could count on our local electrician Fairfax VA, Certified Electrical Technologies, to solve the problem.

Shopping for Christmas gifts was last on our holiday to-do list, and we suddenly both had the same thought at the same time.we couldn’t think of a better gift for our Christmas present to each other than the peace of mind of knowing our electrical was up to date and safe. “Seriously, my wife said, let’s get an estimate and this will be our gift to each other this year.” We knew that we’d be in the best of hands with Certified Electrical Technologies, our licensed Fairfax electrician, so my wife made a note to give them a call right away. We always kept their number in our rolodex under electrician Fairfax VA, so that it was easy to find.

Based on our past years of experience, we knew that we could count on Certified Electrical Technologies. After all, they answer their phones 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The next day my wife called our electrician Fairfax VA, and she was able to schedule an estimate for the following day. When our Fairfax electrician came out to do the estimate, he was thorough, professional, and (as always) gave a fair quote for the electrical work we needed done. When I reviewed the estimate with Sue, we both agreed that the price was right and that we should schedule the upgrade as soon as possible.

This year we both felt an extreme sense of inner peace during the holiday season, – which was just what we had hoped for – knowing that our electrical safety issues were solved and that the electrical work was done by the most competent licensed electrician in Fairfax VA, Certified Electrical Technologies. What a gift!

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