The Cost of the Items in "The 12 Days of Christmas"

According to PNC Wealth Management’s 28th annual index, the cost of the items in the song “The 12 Days of Christmas” is $101,119.84. This is a 4.4% increase from last year and the first time the cost of the items has topped $100,000. Some of the items increased in cost this year, but the three French hens, eight maids-a-milking, nine ladies dancing, and ten lords-a-leaping all cost the same this year as they did last year. A list of the items, their cost, and their price increase or decrease from last year is below:

1. Partridge in a pear tree: $185 (+14%) 
2. Two Turtle Doves: $125 (+13%) 
3. Three French Hens: $150 (unchanged) 
4. Four Calling Birds: $600 (-13%) 
5. Five Golden Rings: $650 (-1%) 
6. Six Geese-a-Laying: $162 (+8%) 
7. Seven Swans-a-Swimming: $6,300 (+12.5%) 
8. Eight Maids-a-Milking: $58 (unchanged) 
9. Nine Ladies Dancing: $6,294 (unchanged) 
10. Ten Lords-a-Leaping: $4,767 (unchanged) 
11. Eleven Pipers Piping: $2,428 (+3%) 
12. Twelve Drummers Drumming: $2,630 (+3%)

See Quentin Fottrell, The ’12 Days of Xmas,’ Itemized, Family Money, Dec. 2, 2011.