Thursday, November 29, 2007

12 Days of Christmas Cost More

You may have heard about this already, but in case you missed it. Here is a summery. As they do every year, PNC Wealth Management has come out with their Christmas Price Index.


It would cost $78,100 to buy the 364 items, from a single partridge in a pear tree to the 12 drummers drumming, repeatedly on each day as the song suggests, according to the annual PNC Christmas Price Index compiled by PNC Wealth Management. The cost is up 4 percent from $75,122 last year.
- Associated Press


Below is a break down of what each item would cost.
  • Partridge, $15
  • Pear Tree, $150
  • Two Turtle Doves, $40
  • Three French Hens, $45
  • Four Calling Birds (canaries), $600
  • Five Gold Rings, $395
  • Six Geese a-Laying, $360
  • Seven Swans a-Swimming, $4,200
  • Eight Maids a-Milking, $47
  • Nine Ladies Dancing (per performance), $4,759
  • 10 Lords a-Leaping (per performance), $4,285
  • 11 Pipers Piping (per performance), $2,213
  • 12 Drummers Drumming (per performance), $2,398



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