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Christmas Price Index, 2006–2007

The true cost of Christmas in song is $78,100

Every year since 1984, PNC Wealth Management has calculated the cost of the gifts in the classic holiday song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”

	2007	2006	% Change
One Partridge in a Pear Tree	$164.99	144.99	13.80%
Two Turtle Doves	40.00	40.00	0.00
Three French Hens	45.00	45.00	0.00
Four Calling Birds	599.96	479.96	25.00
Five Gold Rings	395.00	325.00	21.50
Six Geese-a-Laying	360.00	300.00	20.00
Seven Swans-a-Swimming	4,200.00	4,200.00	0.00
Eight Maids-a-Milking	46.80	41.20	13.60
Nine Ladies Dancing	4,759.19	4,759.19	4.00
Ten Lords-a-Leaping	4,285.06	4,160.25	3.00
Eleven Pipers Piping	2,213.40	2,124.00	4.20
Twelve Drummers Drumming	2,397.85	2,301.00	4.20

Total Christmas Price Index	$19,507.00	$18,920.59	3.10%
True Cost of Christmas in song¹	$78,100.00	$75,122.03	4.00%

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.

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Christmas Price Index, 2006–2007

The true cost of Christmas in song is $78,100

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