Every year, PNC Wealth Management researches how much it would cost for you to buy all of the gifts in the “12 Days of Christmas” song. And GOTT DAMM . . . calling birds, golden rings, and partridges in pear trees are getting expensive.
–This year, if you wanted to buy all of the items from the song, it would cost you $96,824. That’s up 10.8% from last year.
–That’s the price for buying everything in the song each time it’s repeated. So you’d end up buying 12 partridges in pear trees, because it’s mentioned 12 times. You’d only have to hire 12 drummers drumming once.
–If you only wanted to buy everything in the song once, it would cost you $23,439, which is up 9.2% from last year.
–The biggest jump in price this year is for the three French hens. Last year they would’ve cost you $15 per hen . . . now they’ve jumped up to $50 per hen.
–Nine ladies dancing are up 15% from last year . . . they’ll cost you $6,294.03, or almost $700 per lady.
–No items went down in price from last year, and only three stayed the same: Four calling birds, six geese-a-laying, and eight maids-a-milking. Those eight maids still work for a standard $7.25-an-hour minimum wage.
Here Are the Costs of All 12 Items from the “12 Days of Christmas”:
–A partridge in a pear tree: $161.99, up 1.3% from last year
–Two turtle doves: $100, up 78.6% from last year
–Three French hens: $150, up 233.3% from last year
–Four calling birds: $599.96, no change from last year
–Five golden rings: $649.95, up 30% from last year
–Six geese-a-laying: $150, no change from last year
–Seven swans-a-swimming: $5,600, up 6.7% from last year
–Eight maids-a-milking: $58, no change from last year
–Nine ladies dancing: $6,294.03, up 15% from last year
–Ten lords-a-leaping: $4,766.70, up 8% from last year
–Eleven pipers piping: $2,356.20, up 3.1% from last year
–Twelve drummers drumming: $2,552.55, up 3.1% from last year
Joel Sheridan
