Monday, December 3, 2012

Cost of '12 Days of Christmas' tops $107,000

This is always a cool stat to talk about each and every Holiday season, the cost of the 12 days of Christmas.  This year the total sum would add up to $107,000 which is up 6.1% over last year.

The biggest cost increase were the geese.  See total break down below compliments of USA Today

Prices of items in "The Twelve Days of Christmas," according to PNC Wealth Management:

— Partridge, $15; last year: same

— Pear tree, $189.99; last year: $169.99

— Two turtle doves, $125; last year: same

— Three French hens, $165; last year: $150

— Four calling birds (canaries), $519.96; last year: same

— Five gold rings, $750; last year: $645

— Six geese a-laying, $210; last year: $162

— Seven swans a-swimming, $7,000; last year: $6,300

— Eight maids a-milking, $58; last year: same

— Nine ladies dancing (per performance), $6,294; last year: same

— 10 lords a-leaping (per performance), $4,767; last year: same

— 11 pipers piping (per performance), $2,562; last year: $2,428

— 12 drummers drumming (per performance), $2,776; last year: $2,630

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