Christmas
Price Index, 2010-2011
The true cost of
Christmas in song is $101,119.84
Every year since 1984, PNC Wealth Management has calculated the cost of
the gifts in the classic holiday song The Twelve Days of
Christmas."
|
2011 |
2010 |
% Change from 2010 |
| One Partridge in a Pear Tree |
$184.99 |
$161.99 |
14.2% |
| Two Turtledoves |
$125.00 |
$100.00 |
25.0% |
| Three French Hens |
$150.00 |
$150.00 |
0.0% |
| Four Calling Birds |
$519.96 |
$599.96 |
-13.3% |
| Five Gold Rings |
$645.00 |
$649.95 |
-0.8% |
| Six Geese-a-Laying |
$162.00 |
$150.00 |
8.0% |
| Seven Swans-a-Swimming |
$6,300.00 |
$5,600.00 |
12.5% |
| Eight Maids-a-Milking |
$58.00 |
$58.00 |
0.0% |
| Nine Ladies Dancing |
$6,294.03 |
$6,294.03 |
0.0% |
| Ten Lords-a-Leaping |
$4,766.70 |
$4,766.70 |
0.0% |
| Eleven Pipers Piping |
$2,427.60 |
$2,356.20 |
3.0% |
| Twelve Drummers Drumming |
$2,629.90 |
$2,552.55 |
3.0% |
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|
| Total Christmas Price
Index |
$24,263.18 |
$23,439.38 |
3.5% |
| True cost of Christmas in song1 |
$101,119.84 |
$96,824.29 |
4.4% |
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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