Items in '12 Days of Christmas' now top $100K

[rug]

The Associated Press
Published: Monday, November 28, 2011 at 8:18 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 28, 2011 at 8:18 a.m.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The price of partridges, pear trees and turtle doves has spiked, pushing the cost of every item mentioned in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" above $100,000 for the first time.

Holding mostly steady this year: maids-a-milking, ladies dancing, lords-a-leaping and gold rings.

The 364 items repeated across all the song's verses would cost $101,119, an increase of 4.4 percent over last year, according to the annual Christmas Price Index compiled by PNC Wealth Management. The broader government Consumer Price Index increased by 3.9 percent over the same period.

Those with the money to spend would end up with 12 drummers drumming, 22 pipers piping, 30 lords-a-leaping, 36 ladies dancing, 40 maids-a-milking, 42 swans-a-swimming, 42 geese-a-laying, 40 gold rings, 36 calling birds, 30 French hens, 22 turtle doves, and 12 partridges in pear trees. (The price does not include bird maintenance.)

http://www.ocala.com/article/20111128/WIRE/111129744?Title=Items-in-12-Days-of-Christmas-now-top-100K

[MADem]

1. Ah ha! They're saying you need a new one every time you sing it.

I don't buy that--I think they can "reprise the role" as it were!

But buying just one set of each verse in the song will cost $24,263 this year — a moderate 3.5 percent rise.

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2. Good point.

[jberryhill]

3. That's just dumb

What is the point of another five golden rings each day.

I mean, crap, on day 12, the drummers are just lost in the crowd and might as well wander off to Zucotti Park for their alloted two hours.

Although... it does improve the Lords to Ladies and Maids ratio, for the Lords at least.