Gasoline prices have fallen $0.50 a gallon since November, giving consumers some respite during the holiday season.
Prices have been falling since early November, with Americans saving a total of $200 million a day since Dec. 6, said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, a Boston-based provider of retail fuel price information and data .
Crude oil prices fell sharply Tuesday, down 3.72% to $74.10 a barrel for West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, while Brent