The Twelve Days Of Christmas Price Index

Posted: December 2, 2024 at 2:02 pm

PNC Bank released its annual report on how much it would cost to buy ALL the gifts from “The 12 Days of Christmas”. They’ve been tracking the prices for over 40 years. And once again, it’s an all-time high.  Everything on the list would run you $49,263 this year, up around 5%. But three of the gifts represent more than 35 grand of that. Here’s how much everything would cost this year . . .

Twelve drummers drumming . . . $4,017 to hire them
Eleven pipers piping . . . $3,715.
Ten lords-a-leaping . . . $15,580.
Nine ladies dancing . . . $8,557.
Eight maids-a-milking . . . $58.
Seven swans-a-swimming . . . $13,125.
Six geese-a-laying . . . $900.
Five gold rings . . . $1,245.
Four calling birds . . . $600.
Three French hens . . . $347.
Two turtle doves . . . $750.
And a partridge in a pear tree . . . $370.

They also do the math on how much it would cost to buy all the stuff over and over again, like the song suggests. To do that, you’d need to spend a grand total of $209,272.