A vendor sells Christmas stars on the first day of the Christmas Market near the city hall in Berlin on Monday.Cost of ’12 Days of Christmas’ items
Prices of items in the Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” according to PNC Wealth Management:- Partridge, $15; last year: same- Pear tree, $189.99; last year: 169.99- Two turtle doves, $125; last year: same- Three French hens, $165; last year: $150- Four calling birds (canaries), $519.96; last year: same- Five gold rings, $750; last year: $645- Six geese a-laying, $210; last year: $162- Seven swans a-swimming, $7,000; last year: $6,300- Eight maids a-milking, $58; last year: same- Nine ladies dancing (per performance), $6,294; last year: same- 10 lords a-leaping (per performance), $4,767; last year: same- 11 pipers piping (per performance), $2,562; last year: $2,428- 12 drummers drumming (per performance), $2,776; last year: $2,630
By KEVIN BEGOS
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH – Add seven swans, six geese and five golden rings to the list of Christmas gifts that cost more than they did a year ago.
And if you get all 364 items repeated throughout “The Twelve Days of Christmas” carol, you’ll pay 6.1 percent more this year, according to the so-called Christmas Price Index that PNC Wealth Management updates annually.