Christmas Price Index, 2006–2007
The true cost of Christmas in song is $78,100
Every year since 1984, PNC Wealth
Management has calculated the cost of the gifts in the classic holiday song
“The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
| |
2007 |
2006 |
% Change |
| One Partridge in a Pear Tree |
$164.99 |
144.99 |
13.80% |
| Two Turtle Doves |
40.00 |
40.00 |
0.00 |
| Three French Hens |
45.00 |
45.00 |
0.00 |
| Four Calling Birds |
599.96 |
479.96 |
25.00 |
| Five Gold Rings |
395.00 |
325.00 |
21.50 |
| Six Geese-a-Laying |
360.00 |
300.00 |
20.00 |
| Seven Swans-a-Swimming |
4,200.00 |
4,200.00 |
0.00 |
| Eight Maids-a-Milking |
46.80 |
41.20 |
13.60 |
| Nine Ladies Dancing |
4,759.19 |
4,759.19 |
4.00 |
| Ten Lords-a-Leaping |
4,285.06 |
4,160.25 |
3.00 |
| Eleven Pipers Piping |
2,213.40 |
2,124.00 |
4.20 |
| Twelve Drummers Drumming |
2,397.85 |
2,301.00 |
4.20 |
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| Total Christmas Price
Index |
$19,507.00 |
$18,920.59 |
3.10% |
| True Cost of Christmas in song1 |
$78,100.00 |
$75,122.03 |
4.00% |
1. Total cost of items if one
repeated all earlier verses on each successive day: that is, 12 (1 x 12)
partridges in pear trees, 22 (2 x 11) calling birds, 30 (3 x 10) French
hens, and so on.
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