Christmas
Price Index, 2009
The true cost of
Christmas in song is $87,402.81
Every year since 1984, PNC Wealth Management has calculated the cost of
the gifts in the classic holiday song The Twelve Days of
Christmas."
|
2009 |
2008 |
% Change |
| One Partridge in a Pear Tree |
$159.99 |
$219.99 |
-27.3% |
| Two Turtledoves |
$55.98 |
$55.00 |
1.8% |
| Three French Hens |
$45.00 |
30.00 |
50% |
| Four Calling Birds |
$599.96 |
$599.96 |
0% |
| Five Gold Rings |
$499.95 |
$349.95 |
42.9% |
| Six Geese-a-Laying |
$150.00 |
$240.00 |
-37.5 |
| Seven Swans-a-Swimming |
$5,250.00 |
$5,600.00 |
-6.3% |
| Eight Maids-a-Milking |
$58.00 |
$52.40 |
10.7% |
| Nine Ladies Dancing |
$5,473.07 |
$4,759.19 |
15% |
| Ten Lords-a-Leaping |
$4,413.61 |
$4,413.61 |
0% |
| Eleven Pipers Piping |
$2,284.80 |
$2,284.80 |
0% |
| Twelve Drummers Drumming |
$2,475.20 |
$2,475.20 |
0% |
| |
|
|
|
| Total Christmas Price
Index |
$21,465.56 |
$21,080.10 |
1.8% |
| True cost of Christmas in song1 |
$87,402.81 |
$86,608.51 |
0.9% |
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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