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The traditional British carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas” has long been a favorite during the holiday season, standing the test of time over the centuries and inspiring hilarious parodies like Bob Rivers’ “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” has been created.
But the song, which counts up from Christmas to the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6, also provides a clue to an unusual way to measure year-over-year inflation. Pennsylvania-based PNC Bank and other financial institutions track the cost of each set of gifts, from “Twelve Drummers” to “Partridge in a Pear Tree,” and track the cost of each set of gifts as men give each gift to their true love. I found out exactly how much it would cost to have it delivered. .
The total cost of gifts for this song has increased by 5.4% since 2023, to a total of just under $50,000, according to PNC’s Christmas Price Index.
Meanwhile, Texas-based business firm Swift Filings noted that costs will also vary by state in 2023. Taxes, regulations, and other factors are the most likely variables. The company found that California, Hawaii, and Washington were the most expensive states, while Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama were the least expensive, when fluctuations were taken into account.
Christmas expenses 10 years ago
Color illustration of a partridge in a pear tree by Laurie McAdam. (Mosto Bee/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The breakdown of expenses counted down from day 12 is as follows:
12 drummers play drums
PNC Bank cited wage inflation as a factor in this year’s increase in rentals for its 12-piece drum corps. Estimated cost was $4,017. 15.6% increase compared to 2023.
Some websites estimate that the average cost for two hours of a drummer is between $250 and $500, depending on the set. Multiply that median fee by a dozen drummers and the cost comes to about $4,500, plus tip, of course.
11 Piper piping
Hiring 11 flutists, or an 11-piece wind ensemble, costs the same per person as a drummer.
In this regard, PNC Bank estimated an increase of 15.6%, the same as 12 drummers, and a final cost of $3,715.
10 Lord A Leaping
In the British political system, a lord is a title of peerage or peerage dating back to feudal England, and the House of Lords is the name of the current upper house of parliament.
Applying this term to the American context, it is still illegal to physically or provocatively bribe a senator for any purpose, including jumping, and public corruption is often talked about in the media.
However, some estimates have been released of how much it would cost 10 senators and lords to make the jump.
PNC reported that the purchase of 10 Load-A-Leap units was the most expensive purchase of the 12 units, with an estimated cost of $15,579.65 in 2024. This is a 7.2% increase from 2023.
nine dancing women
According to the website Gig Salad, the average cost for a 30-minute performance by a dance troupe is between $200 and $400. Freelance platform UpWork has listings for hiring dancers ranging from $30 per hour to more than $100 per hour.
Multiply the median hourly cost per dancer by 9 to get $405 for 30 minutes.
According to PNC research, nine women dancing in the form of a professional troupe would cost $8,557 for an undisclosed set time, an increase of 3% over the past year.
Milking of 8 maids
Milk prices have been on the rise again in recent months, according to the St. Louis Fed. The average price per gallon of whole milk in November was $4.14, up from a flat price of $4 during the same period last year.
The ubiquitous beverage soared during the coronavirus outbreak and has since subsided in the two years since then, but it’s on the rise again.
PNC Bank estimates that if Milkmaid is added to this, the cost will remain unchanged from 2023 at $58.
seven swans swimming
A swan farm in the Midwest listed the price per bird as $400. In 2020, the city of Lakeland, Florida, was dealing with an overpopulation of about 80 swans in a local lake outside of Tampa. According to CNN, the current price at the time was $400.
Listing prices on BirdsNow range from $400 to $2,500, with pairs significantly more expensive than two. In total, PNC estimates the total cost will be more than $13,000 and will not increase beyond 2023.
6 geese lay eggs
A goose farm in South Dakota charges $140 per goose weighing 8 to 10 pounds for consumption, or $8,400 for six birds, but the price for a live goose capable of laying eggs is $140. was different.
Prices for live geese averaged $40 each online, or $240 for six.
However, PNC’s Christmas index calculates the full cost to be $900, or 15% higher than in 2023.
five gold rings
On Monday, gold futures hovered around $2,600 an ounce. PNC has quoted a total price of $1,245 for the five gold rings, but the actual price may vary depending on carat, ring size, and other factors.
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A gold ring exhibited at a trade fair in Lower Saxony, Germany. (Getty)
four songbirds
There is some debate as to whether the original lyrics are really “four collie birds” or “four songbirds.” A collie bird is a blackbird in English. The term “collie” comes from how it looks when blackened by coal dust.
Live blackbirds cost between $150 and $225, and PNC estimates four birds to cost just under $600. This indicates the lower end of its price range. The bank estimated that costs would remain unchanged from 2023 onwards.
3 French chickens
French Breasted chickens are considered one of the most popular chickens in the world.
Butchers in Paris were selling French chicken for 40 euros per kilogram, or about $92 per pound. Prices for live poultry purchased from U.S. farms ranged from a few dollars up to about $250 as of Monday.
According to the PNC index, the price of three French hens has increased by 5% from 2023 to about $347.
two turtledoves
In 1992’s “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” Macaulay Culkin’s Kevin McCallister visits “Duncan’s Toy Box,” a play on Manhattan’s iconic FAO Schwartz department store.
The elderly owner, played by Eddie Bracken, offers Kevin decorations for his store’s Christmas tree.
Mr. Duncan tells Kevin that he should keep one turtledove and give the second one to “someone very special.”
“The turtledove is a symbol of friendship and love,” he explains. “As long as we both have turtledoves, we can be friends forever.”
After helping capture the film’s villains, Marv, played by Daniel Stern, and Harry, played by Joe Pesci, Kevin gives a second turtledove to the Pigeon Lady, played by Brenda Fricker, at the end of the film.
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The pair in the movie may have been valuable, but the PNC index puts the cost of a pair at $750, and the European Turtle Dove itself is considered an endangered species.
and a partridge in a pear tree
Home Depot has a Bartlett pear tree on sale this week for about $58.
Additionally, in the American context, the Alaska state bird, the willow grouse, is a more common type of western partridge.
The “Hun” or Hungarian gray partridge was also introduced to the northwestern Lower 48 states in the early 20th century.
Prices for live grouse and grouse meat were not available Monday, but PNC estimated the total cost at $160. The bank’s report said that while the price of birds remained unchanged, the price of pear trees increased from 2023 onwards.
In a report on their own estimates, PNC officials said on the bank’s website that, thanks to the Internet, the cost and availability of items featured in ancient English carols has improved over the past 40 years. He said it has become much more accessible.
“Believe it or not, the causal link between the pandemic and the inflation hangover is still clear nearly five years later,” Amanda Agati, chief investment officer at PNC Asset Management Group, said in a statement. said.
Willow-grouse partridge, Alaska’s state bird, in Denali National Park. (Getty)
“After years of rapid price increases, it’s easy to think that inflation has nowhere to go, but you’re wrong. This latest PNC CPI accurately reflects what we’re seeing in the market. I am.”
It was calculated that purchasing lyrical items online would be more expensive online than in-store due to shipping costs.
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The overall cost of the 12 Days of Christmas has increased by 133% over the past 40 years. Factors such as minimum wage increases particularly affected rental gifts such as pipers and drummers.
If an enterprising man were to buy a total of 364 gifts of this song for his girlfriend over a 12-day donation drive, the cost would be 3.6% more than in 2023, for an estimated cost of $209,272.
