Total cost of ‘12 Days of Christmas’ tops $114,000
That’s a 6.9 percent increase over 2012 prices. No wonder Black Friday shoppers weren’t buying as much this past holiday weekend—bah, humbug!
• Partridge, $15; last year: same • Pear tree, $184; last year: $189.99 ($5.99 cheaper) • Two turtle doves, $125; last year: same • Three French hens, $165; last year: same • Four calling birds (canaries), $600; last year: $520 ($80 more expensive) • Five gold rings, $750; last year: same • Six geese a-laying, $210; last year: same • Seven swans a-swimming, $7,000; last year: same • Eight maids a-milking, $58; last year: same • Nine ladies dancing (per performance), $7,553; last year: $6,294 ($1,259 more expensive) • 10 lords a-leaping (per performance), $5,243; last year: $4,767 ($476 more expensive) • 11 pipers piping (per performance), $2,635; last year: $2,562 ($73 more expensive) • 12 drummers drumming (per performance), $2,855; last year: $2,776 ($79 more expensive)
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