True cost of Christmas: $17,296.91

// December 9th, 2004 // General // 1,110 views

According to Kim Khan at MSN Money, your true love had better start saving, because the price of French hens has gone through the roof. The whole ‘12 Days’ - done right - now tops $66,000.

You think saving for a new flat-panel plasma television for the holidays is daunting? Be thankful you don’t have to save for the original gifts of the ‘12 Days of Christmas’.

To buy the partridge in a pear tree, the 12 drummers drumming and all the gifts in between in the verses of the famous song you’d have to shell out $17,296.91, according to PNC Advisors’ annual survey. And if you were really true to the song, buying all the gifts including the repetitions? That would cost a cool $66,334, about the price of a new Jaguar XJR.”

Go check out the article for the full Christmas Index.

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