Piggy, the Critters, et al are feeling rather festive as Christmas is only 15 days away! So they decided to illustrate some of their favorite Christmas carols and songs. Kay and Theo came up with the first one, although I think they got their English a bit mixed up- or maybe it was love in the air. It's 12 "days" not dates you two!
Giving someone all the gifts in the song would be ... pricey
To calculate the cost of all the gifts in "The 12 Days of Christmas," I'll turn to the PNC financial services group's annual Christmas Price Index, which PNC has been putting out since 1984 (and which occasionally makes its way into school lesson plans). The index calculates the cost of all the gifts in the song based on current market rates; 2018's total comes to a hefty $39,094.93, or $170,609.46 if you count each mention of an item separately (which would amount to 364 gifts in all) — up 1.2 percent from last year.
So Theo may want to rethink his gift idea if he was thinking of duplicating the song!
@grammyn Thank you Katy and thank you for the fav! @louannwarren Thanks Lou Ann! @allie912 Sorry! Typo! Now corrected- thanks Allison! @pandorasecho Thank you Dixie! @summerfield Thank you Vikki! Yes they are- yum yum!! @kerristephens Thank you Kerry! @haskar Thank you Haskar! @Dawn Thank you Dawn! @robz Thank you Rob! Ahhh...the sacrifices we make for 365, right? They were!! @joansmor Thank you Joan! Jeff's grandmother used to stuff them with pb and roll them in sugar. One of his favorite Christmas treats. I think I will make him some this year.
@daisymiller Thank you Daisy! @pyrrhula Thank you Ferry! @randystreat Thank you Kathy! Isn't that interesting? It certainly would be a gift on the extravagant side!
@louannwarren Thanks Lou Ann!
@allie912 Sorry! Typo! Now corrected- thanks Allison!
@pandorasecho Thank you Dixie!
@summerfield Thank you Vikki! Yes they are- yum yum!!
@kerristephens Thank you Kerry!
@haskar Thank you Haskar!
@Dawn Thank you Dawn!
@robz Thank you Rob! Ahhh...the sacrifices we make for 365, right? They were!!
@joansmor Thank you Joan! Jeff's grandmother used to stuff them with pb and roll them in sugar. One of his favorite Christmas treats. I think I will make him some this year.
@pyrrhula Thank you Ferry!
@randystreat Thank you Kathy! Isn't that interesting? It certainly would be a gift on the extravagant side!