The 12 Days of Christmas

For those of you contemplating the gift list from the song, this is how much it costs these days:

-One partridge in a pear tree: $145, up 38 percent from $105; (The partridge is still 15 bucks, the pear tree is up 44%)

-Two turtle doves: $40, unchanged;

-Three French hens: $45, unchanged;

-Four calling birds: $480, up 20 percent from $400;

-Five gold rings: $325, unchanged;

-Six geese-a-laying: $300, unchanged;

-Seven swans-a-swimming: $4,200, unchanged;

-Eight maids-a-milking: $41, unchanged;

-Nine ladies dancing: $4,759, up 4 percent from $4,576;

-10 Lords-a-leaping: $4,160, up 3 percent from $4,039;

-11 pipers piping: $2,124, up 3.4 percent from $2,053; and,

-12 drummers drumming: $2,301, up 3.4 percent from $2,224.

Total cost $18,920.

From Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601093&sid=antOzoRQzTS0&refer=home