On the Twelfth Day of Christmas...
Finally! We made it! Twelve days later and we're none the worse for wear. Of course, our bank account has seen better days, but for the most part, things haven't been that bad. Anyway, enough of the foreplay, let's get right to it.
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
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 Gold Rings!
Four Calling Birds;
Three French Hens;
Two Turtle Doves;
and A Partridge in a Pear Tree.
Twelve Drummers Drumming: "I am a poor boy, too; I have no gift to bring that's fit to give a king. Shall I play for you, on my drum?" And so all twelve of them shall play on their drums. Although, at the going rate, they will be poor boys no longer (though you will soon take their place on poverty's list). The cost of each drummer boy drumming will be about $185.36. That's not a bad haul for some rolls and rhythms.
The Twelfth Day of Christmas:
1). Twelve Drummers Drumming: $2224.32
2). Eleven Pipers Piping: $2053.15
3). Ten Lords a-Leaping: $4039.10
4). Nine Ladies Dancing: $4576.14
5). Eight Maids a-Milking: $41
6). Seven Swans a-Swimming: $4200
7). Six Geese a-Laying: $300
8). Five Gold Rings: $325
9). Four Calling Birds: $400
10). Three French Hens: $45
11). Two Turtle Doves: $40
12). A Partridge in a Pear Tree: $105
Total Cost for the Twelfth Day of Christmas: $18,348.71 Yowza.
So... let's recap it all, shall we? Just what do we have when all the days are done? Well, we have:
12 Drummers Drumming;
22 Pipers Piping;
30 Lords a-Leaping;
36 Ladies Dancing;
40 Maids a-Milking;
42 Swans a-Swimming;
42 Geese a-Laying;
40 Gold Rings;
36 Calling Birds;
30 French Hens;
22 Turtle Doves;
12 Partridges in Pear Trees...
...which comes to 364 items and a grand total of -- brace yourselves -- $72,610.48. That makes for one crowded living room, and 364 pricey gifts. You could have opted to buy your true love a luxury car for that much money, or sent them to an Ivy League school for a year and a semester. Or you could have bought 1.08 seconds of airtime for a commercial during the Super Bowl. That's long enough to flash the message, "Hey, I love you", and have it register in your true love's subconscious... and the collective psyches of 1.4 billion people worldwide.
Now that's a declaration of love.
THE END.
P.S. These prices and this list was made possible through the help of PNC, who calculates the true cost of Christmas each year. Sarcasm at wit were my own, though. Oh, and just one more piece of useless information: Tomorrow, January 6, is known as the Feast of Epiphany which heralds the end of the Christmas season. It is also the unofficial last day of leaving up your Christmas decorations. So break out those ladders.
Don't you just love useless information?
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
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 Gold Rings!
Four Calling Birds;
Three French Hens;
Two Turtle Doves;
and A Partridge in a Pear Tree.
Twelve Drummers Drumming: "I am a poor boy, too; I have no gift to bring that's fit to give a king. Shall I play for you, on my drum?" And so all twelve of them shall play on their drums. Although, at the going rate, they will be poor boys no longer (though you will soon take their place on poverty's list). The cost of each drummer boy drumming will be about $185.36. That's not a bad haul for some rolls and rhythms.
The Twelfth Day of Christmas:
1). Twelve Drummers Drumming: $2224.32
2). Eleven Pipers Piping: $2053.15
3). Ten Lords a-Leaping: $4039.10
4). Nine Ladies Dancing: $4576.14
5). Eight Maids a-Milking: $41
6). Seven Swans a-Swimming: $4200
7). Six Geese a-Laying: $300
8). Five Gold Rings: $325
9). Four Calling Birds: $400
10). Three French Hens: $45
11). Two Turtle Doves: $40
12). A Partridge in a Pear Tree: $105
Total Cost for the Twelfth Day of Christmas: $18,348.71 Yowza.
So... let's recap it all, shall we? Just what do we have when all the days are done? Well, we have:
12 Drummers Drumming;
22 Pipers Piping;
30 Lords a-Leaping;
36 Ladies Dancing;
40 Maids a-Milking;
42 Swans a-Swimming;
42 Geese a-Laying;
40 Gold Rings;
36 Calling Birds;
30 French Hens;
22 Turtle Doves;
12 Partridges in Pear Trees...
...which comes to 364 items and a grand total of -- brace yourselves -- $72,610.48. That makes for one crowded living room, and 364 pricey gifts. You could have opted to buy your true love a luxury car for that much money, or sent them to an Ivy League school for a year and a semester. Or you could have bought 1.08 seconds of airtime for a commercial during the Super Bowl. That's long enough to flash the message, "Hey, I love you", and have it register in your true love's subconscious... and the collective psyches of 1.4 billion people worldwide.
Now that's a declaration of love.
THE END.
P.S. These prices and this list was made possible through the help of PNC, who calculates the true cost of Christmas each year. Sarcasm at wit were my own, though. Oh, and just one more piece of useless information: Tomorrow, January 6, is known as the Feast of Epiphany which heralds the end of the Christmas season. It is also the unofficial last day of leaving up your Christmas decorations. So break out those ladders.
Don't you just love useless information?