The cost of Christmas

PNC’s annual gift CPI is out and Christmas is as expensive as ever!

1. One partridge in a pear tree: $204.99 (Up from $184.99 in 2011)
2. Two turtle doves: $125.00 (No change from 2011)
3. Three French hens: $165.00 (Up from $150.00 in 2011)
4. Four calling birds: $519.96 (No change from 2011)
5. Five gold rings: $750.00 (Up from $645.00 in 2011)
6. Six geese-a-laying: $210.00 (Up from $162.00)
7. Seven swans-a-swimming: $7,000.00 (Up from $6,300.00 in 2011)
8. Eight maids-a-milking: $58.00 (No change from 2011)
9. Nine ladies dancing: $6,294.03 (No change from 2011)
10. Ten lords-a-leaping: $4,766.60 (No change from 2011)
11. Eleven pipers piping: $2,562.00 (Up from 2,427.60 in 2011)
12. Twelve drummers drumming: $2,775.50 (Up from $2,629.90 in 2011)

 

Based on the gifts in the holiday classic, “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” the cost of Christmas for the PNC CPI is $25,431.18 in 2012, a 4.8% increase from 2011.

Check out PNC’s interactive website for more information on their holiday CPI.

These guys are going to need to start saving.