How much for Christmas did 'my True Love' spend on me?

Now I caught your attention! ;P

This post has nothing to do with SP, but rather the PNC Christmas Index. hehehe. 

No, I didn't make it up. It really exists! Here you go:



The PNC Christmas Index tracks the index of the current costs of the gifrs given by the True Love to the singer of the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas".

For those who don't know the song well, the gifts are:

Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree!

According to the data, the cheapest gift is the 'two turtle doves'(USD$40), while the most expensive is the 'nine ladies dancing' (USD$4,759.19). 

The 2006 index is USD$18,920.59 and it is the most expensive year since the index started 22 years ago.

The “True Cost of Christmas”, which is the cumulative cost of all the gifts with the repetitions listed in the song, runs to USD$75122.03.

It is really an expensive Chrismas!

For more information:

http://www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com