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Christmas Price Index, 2006-7

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	13.8%
Partridge	15.00	15.00	0.00
Pear Tree	149.99	129.99	15.40
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	0.00
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

Total Christmas Price Index	$19,507.25	$18,920.59	3.10%
True Cost of Christmas in song¹	$78,100.10	$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.

PNC Wealth Management, http://www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com/index.htm

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