Cost Of Gifts for 12 Days Of Christmas

Have you ever wondered about the total cost of each item in the "Twelve Days Of Christmas" song? Probably not. It was probably just one of those dumb annoying Christmas songs that you don't really like, but get stuck in your head anyway.

But like, a few weeks ago, i heard on the radio the cost of the 12 days of Christmas. And i finally remembered 3 go on the Internet 3 research it and copy/paste it on here. I went 3 the first site that came up on google, and it was, like, written in 2006. So it might be a little off of today's prices. But its close enough 3 get the idea.


Each year a number of economists attempt to estimate the cost for all the gifts mentioned in the song.
The results by PNC Advisors who have been doing this study for 22 years, are as follows.

The Cost of the 12 Days Of Christmas for 2006.

* One Partridge in a Pear Tree: $144.99 ($15.00 Partridge, $129.99 Pear Tree)

* Two Turtle Doves: $40.00 ($20.00 each)

* Three French Hens: $45.00 ($15.00 each)

* Four Calling Birds: $479.96 ($119.99 each)

* Five Gold Rings: $325.00 ($65.00 each)

* Six Geese-a-Laying: $300.00 ($50.00 each)

* Seven Swans-a-Swimming: $4,200.00 ($600.00 each)

* Eight Maids-a-Milking: $41.20 ($5.15 each)

* Nine Ladies Dancing: $4,759.19 ($528.80 each)

* Ten Lords-a-Leaping: $4,160.25 ($416.02 each)

* Eleven Pipers Piping: $2,124.00 ($186.66 each)

* Twelve Drummers Drumming: $2,224.30 ($193.09 each)

The grand total of the song - $18,920.59 And that's in U.S.dollars! In Aussie dollars, that amounts to $24,065.03.

The survey has also included an internet component to keep up with the fact that a lot of gifts are now purchased online.
By buying all of the above gifts online,the price jumps quite significantly to a whopping $30,330.49 U.S. or $38,578.56 AUD!

That's one exceedingly expensive year!



Hey, you guys, I've got a question: Let's say a 13th Day of Christmas was put in the song. What gift do you think should be added to the list? Comment on it.