The rising cost of Christmas

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The rising cost of Christmas

Postby Ageless » Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:22 pm

Prices of items in the Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas," according to PNC Wealth Management:

Partridge, $10 (last year: $20)
Pear Tree, $150 (last year: $200)
Two Turtle Doves, $56 (last year: $55)
Three French Hens, $45 (last year: $30)
Four Calling Birds (canaries), $600 (last year: same)
Five Gold Rings, $500 (last year: $350)
Six Geese a-Laying, $150 (last year: $240 )
Seven Swans a-Swimming, $5,250 (last year: $5,600 )
Eight Maids a-Milking, $58 (last year: $52)
Nine Ladies Dancing (per performance), $5,473 (last year: $4,759)
10 Lords a-Leaping (per performance), $4,414 (last year: same)
11 Pipers Piping (per performance), $2,285 (last year: same)
12 Drummers Drumming (per performance), $2,475 (last year: same)
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Postby swissarmygirl » Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:32 am

We'll have to cut some of that stuff. That song was always way too long anyway.
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Postby Miriam C. » Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:27 am

:o Might wanna refigure those gold rings. :shock:
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Postby Arne » Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:42 am

all I need is 8 and 9.... the rest just leave a lot of poo lying around...
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Postby planovet » Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:42 am

8 maids a-milking for only $58? :thinking:
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Postby S. Heisley » Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:48 am

Planovet wrote:
8 maids a-milking for only $58?



That must be a daily salary, including long breaks and lunchtime..It doesn't take long to milk a cow, even on Christmas. :lol:
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Postby High Desert » Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:49 am

planovet wrote:8 maids a-milking for only $58? :thinking:

farm labor is exempt from minimum wage laws :lol:
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Postby pauld3 » Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:50 am

I don't think I'd want a partridge in a pear tree, I have grackles in an ever green tree next to my house and they drive me nuts and poo on my car!

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Postby caseydog » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:44 pm

pauld3 wrote:I don't think I'd want a partridge in a pear tree, I have grackles in an ever green tree next to my house and they drive me nuts and poo on my car!

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:whistle: On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, an owl in an evergreen tree. :whistle:


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Postby planovet » Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:08 pm

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