HOW MUCH WOULD THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS COST TODAY?

If you wanted to give your true love all of the gifts detailed in the classic Christmas carol The 12 Days of Christmas this year you’d have to come up with $21,080.10. Here is a cost breakdown for each gift:

1 Partridge in a pear tree $219.99

2 Turtle doves $55 (Successful breeding cycles have caused dove prices to drop in recent years.)

3 French hens $30

4 Calling birds $599.96

5. Golden rings $349.95

6 Geese a-laying $240

7 Swans a-swimming $5,600

8 Maids-a-milking $52.40 (Dairy workers saw their paychecks rise substantially in the past two years due to increases in the federal minimum wage.)

9 Ladies dancing $4,759.19

10 Lords-a-leaping $4,413.61

11 Pipers piping $2,284,80

12 Drummers drumming $2,475.20

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December 14th, 2009 | Tags: Christmas carols | Category: Daily Blog, Economy, Holidays