Just in time for Christmas and New Year’s travel the average price for a gallon of regular gas is below 3 bucks a gallon. GasBuddy reports that it’s $2.99 a gallon which is 11.5 cents lower than the past week and nearly 19 cents a gallon lower than last year at this time. Nationally, the average is still at $3.09 a gallon, 20 cents a gallon lower than the week leading into Christmas last year.