PNC wealth management has been tracking the price of christmas since 1984... the 12 days of christmas, that is.
this year your 12 drummers drumming right down to your partridge in a pear tree will cost you $78,100, up 4% from last year's bargain of $75,122
blame it on the recent minimum wage hike (maids a-miking), and the increased price of food products (geese a-laying) and gold (goooooolden rings)
here's the breakdown:
partridge ~ $15 (last year: same)
pear tree ~ $150 ($130)
2 turtle doves ~ $40 (same)
3 french hens ~ $45 (same)
4 calling birds (canaries) ~ $600 ($480)
5 gold rings ~ $395 ($325)
6 geese a-laying ~ $360 ($300)
7 swans a-swimming ~ $4200 (same)
8 maids a-milking ~ $47 ($41)
9 ladies dancing (per performance) ~ $4759 (same)
10 lords a-leaping (per performance) ~ $4285 ($4160)
11 pipers piping (per performance) ~ $2213 ($2124)
12 drummers drumming (per performace) ~ $2398 ($2301)
who knew swans were that expensive???
as much as i abhor the waste of money, i like oprah's 12 days of christmas much better. who wants french hens when you can get a fridge with a tv in it?!?
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