MelissaA
Brenton
Shilpa Karhik
The 2009 REAL COST OF THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS!
December 11th 2009 09:11
* One Partridge in a Pear Tree: $159 – down 27%
* Two Turtle Doves: $56.00 now for the pair, up 1%.
* Three French Hens: $15.00 each – up by 50%.
* Four Calling Birds: $599.96 - $149.99 each, stable
* Five Gold Rings: $500 - after a hefty 43% increase.
* Six Geese-a-Laying: $150.00 - down by 37% on 2008’s figures.
* Seven Swans-a-Swimming: $5,250, down by 6.3%.
* Eight Maids-a-Milking: now charging $7.25 an hour and up 10.7%.
* Nine Ladies Dancing: $5,473 – up 15%.
* Ten Lords-a-Leaping: $4,413.61 – stable.
* Eleven Pipers Piping: $2,284.80 – stable.
* Twelve Drummers Drumming: $2,475.20 stable.
The grand total of the song for this year – a 1.8% increase overall compared with the inverted figure from the previous year of 8.1%. Therefore while the 2008 total amounted to $21,080.10, the total cost for the 12 Days Of Christmas for 2009 has been calculated to be only a marginal rise to $21,465.
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