Are you having trouble buying presents this year? Do you have that one person that is SO hard to shop for? I would suggest that you be creative this year, and perhaps purchase according to that favorite holiday song: "The Twelve Days of Christmas." If that appeals to you, I hope you have deep pockets!"Making one's true love happy will cost a whopping $87,403 this year, a minuscule increase from last year, according to the latest cost analysis of the items in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas." That's the grand total for the single partridge in a pear tree to the 12 drummers drumming, purchased repeatedly as the song suggests, according to the annual "Christmas Price Index" compiled by PNC Wealth Management. The price is up a mere $794, or less than 1 percent, from $86,609 last year." (Yahoo News)
WOW - who would have thought these gifts would be so expensive? Here's a partial cost analysis:
Five gold rings: $500
Seven Swans A-Swimming: $5,250
Nine Ladies Dancing: $5,473 per performance
Ten Lords A-Leaping: $4,414 per performance
Eleven Pipers Piping: $2,285 per performance
Twelve Drummers Drumming: $2,475 per performance
Can anyone explain to me why seven swimming swans are more expensive than the lords, the pipers, and the drummers? What kind of store carries these items, Wal-Mart? And don't even ask about fitting all these under the tree for Christmas morning... :-)
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ReplyDeleteAnnette says, Neiman Marcus used to boast that you could buy anything from them.
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