I cannot think of a time where anyone in real life has received all the items from the 12 Days of Christmas song under the tree, but if it were to happen, it would be an expensive gift!
PNC Bank tallies up the bill every year- and for 2024, it’s just under $50,000 for everything from 12 drummers drumming down to a Partridge In A Pear Tree. We rounded the change. You can check their calculations out for yourself on their website.
For those who want an express version of the math…
A Western Partridge nestled in a Bartlett Pear Tree from The Home Depot adds up to $160.
Two Turtle Doves are $750– but since they are endangered, good luck!
Three French Hens turn out to be one of the less-expensive gifts this year, but still clock in at $347 (that’s $115 a hen!)
the Four Calling Birds have not gone up in price for over a decade! But still, $600 for the blackbirds…
Despite the price of gold going up, the five rings have stayed steady in price- $1,245 for the jewelry
It turns out that six Geese-A-Laying are expensive coming in at $900! ($150 a goose- more pricey than the hen)
Swans are even pricier- at $1,875 a piece… $13,125 for the lot making them the second most-expensive gift
Eight Maids-A-Milking is about $58– Just paying the labor costs there (federal minimum-wage was used to calculate)
A nine-member all-female dance line rang up at $8,557– Makes us wish we knew how to dance!
Ten Lords from Britain’s upper house of Parliament are the most expensive gift this year- at $15,579. Although, the British government maintains that it is illegal to physically purchase a Senator for any purpose, so good luck with that.
Pass the bagpipes! Eleven Pipers Piping charge $3,715 for their services.
The 12 drummers even got a raise this year- billing $4,016.
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