Christmas
Price Index, 2007-2008
The true cost of
Christmas in song is $86,608.51
Every year since 1984, PNC Wealth Management has calculated the cost of
the gifts in the classic holiday song The Twelve Days of
Christmas."
|
2008 |
2007 |
% Change |
| One Partridge in a Pear Tree |
$219.99 |
$164.99 |
33.3% |
| Two Turtledoves |
55.00 |
40.00 |
37.5 |
| Three French Hens |
30.00 |
45.00 |
-33.3 |
| Four Calling Birds |
599.96 |
599.96 |
0.0 |
| Five Gold Rings |
349.95 |
395.00 |
-11.4 |
| Six Geese-a-Laying |
240.00 |
360.00 |
-33.3 |
| Seven Swans-a-Swimming |
5,600.00 |
4,200.00 |
33.3 |
| Eight Maids-a-Milking |
52.40 |
46.80 |
12 |
| Nine Ladies Dancing |
4,759.19 |
4,759.19 |
0.0 |
| Ten Lords-a-Leaping |
4,413.61 |
4,285.06 |
3.00 |
| Eleven Pipers Piping |
2,284.80 |
2,213.40 |
3.20 |
| Twelve Drummers Drumming |
2,475.20 |
2,397.85 |
3.20 |
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|
|
|
| Total Christmas Price
Index |
$21,080.10 |
$19,507.25 |
8.1% |
| True cost of Christmas in song1 |
$86,608.51 |
$78,100.10 |
10.9% |
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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