12 days of Christmas...

How much would you pay for the items in "12 days of Christmas"?

for every item mentioned 

 the total comes to nearly $100,000!

(I bet you are feeling  much better at how much you've spent on your Christmas gifts this year now)

OR

you could just get one of everything. 

That would cost only $23,439!

 the total cost of ALL (364) of the items repeated in the song's verses

from the 12 drummers drumming to a partridge in a pear tree...

it all comes to $96,824!

          

 (increase of about 10.8% over last year)

 

 

Partridge, $12 (last year: $10)
Pear Tree, $150 (same as last yr.)
Two Turtle Doves, $100 (last year: $56)

Three French Hens, $150 (last year: $45)

Four Calling Birds (canaries), $600 (same as last yr.)

Five Gold Rings, $650 (last year: $500)

Six Geese a-Laying, $150 (same as last yr.)

Seven Swans a-Swimming, $5,600 (last year: $5,250)

Eight Maids a-Milking, $58 (same as last yr.)

 Nine Ladies Dancing (per performance), $6,294 (last year: $5,473)

10 Lords a-Leaping (per performance), $4,767 (last year: $4,414)

 11 Pipers Piping (per performance), $2,356 (last year: $2,285)

 12 Drummers Drumming (per performance), $2,553 (last year: $2,475)

 I think I'd just like to have the rings!

"Just send the five gold rings & cancel the rest of my true love's order"

♥

theChicGirls