Christmas Price Index, 2016
Updated August 5, 2020 |
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The true cost of Christmas in song is $155,407.18
Every year since 1984, PNC Wealth Management has calculated the cost of the gifts in the classic holiday song The Twelve Days of Christmas.
| 2016 | % Change from 2015 | |
|---|---|---|
| One Partridge in a Pear Tree | $209.99 | -2.3% |
| Two Turtledoves | $375.00 | 29.3% |
| Three French Hens | $181.50 | 0.0% |
| Four Calling Birds | $599.96 | 0.0% |
| Five Gold Rings | $750.00 | 0.0% |
| Six Geese-a-Laying | $360.00 | 0.0% |
| Seven Swans-a-Swimming | $13,125.00 | 0.0% |
| Eight Maids-a-Milking | $58.00 | 0.0% |
| Nine Ladies Dancing | $7,552.84 | 0.0% |
| Ten Lords-a-Leaping | $5,508.70 | 0.0% |
| Eleven Pipers Piping | $2,708.40 | 2.8% |
| Twelve Drummers Drumming | $2,934.10 | 2.8% |
| Total Christmas Price Index | $34,363.49 | 0.7% |
| True cost of Christmas in song1 | $156,507.88 | 0.7% |
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.
Source: PNC Wealth Management, Christmas Price Index
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