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'12 Days of Christmas' items would cost $86,609
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - At a price like this, it would have to be true love.
PNC Wealth Management says it'll cost you $86,609 to buy everything in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song this year. That's up more than $8,500, or nearly 11%, from last year, and includes everything from the single partridge in a pear tree to the 12 drummers drumming, purchased repeatedly as in the song.
While the price of the whole package is up, some things are actually cheaper than last year. Jim Dunigan, a PNC Wealth Management spokesman, notes how the price of 5 golden rings is down about 11%. Three French hens and six geese-a-laying also cost less this year.
But increases in the big items like eight maids-a-milking, 10 lords-a-leaping, 11 pipers piping and 12 drummers drumming is where you'll pay, thanks to a general wage increase.
On the first day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.
On the second day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the third day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the fourth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the fifth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the sixth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the seventh day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the eighth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the ninth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the tenth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the eleventh day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my true love sent 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 golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree!Name for a new country song: If I'd Shot You Sooner, I'd Be Out of Jail by Now.
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12-19-2008, 02:23 PM #2
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From our friends at Minnesotans for Global Warming, the wonderful group that gave us "If We Had Some Global Warming," just in time for the holidays -- and sub-zero temperatures across much of the fruited plain -- comes "The 12 Days of Global Warming":
You gotta love it.
On the first day of Global Warming,
my true love sent to me
Al Gore’s cap and trade policy.
On the second day of Global Warming,
my true love sent to me
Two Clinton thugs,
And Al Gore’s cap and trade policy.
On the third day of Global Warming,
my true love sent to me
No warming trend,
Two Clinton thugs,
And Al Gore’s cap and trade policy.
On the fourth day of Global Warming,
my true love sent to me
More falling temps,
No warming trend,
Two Clinton thugs,
And Al Gore’s cap and trade policy.
On the fifth day of Global Warming,
my true love sent to me
SOLAR MINIMUM,
More falling temps,
No warming trend,
Two Clinton thugs,
And Al Gore’s cap and trade policy.
On the sixth day of Global Warming,
my true love sent to me
Hansen a-lying,
SOLAR MINIMUM,
More falling temps,
No warming trend,
Two Clinton thugs,
And Al Gore’s cap and trade policy.
On the seventh day of Global Warming,
my true love sent to me
Climate Models drowning,
Hansen a-lying,
SOLAR MINIMUM,
More falling temps,
No warming trend,
Two Clinton thugs,
And Al Gore’s cap and trade policy.
On the eighth day of Global Warming,
my true love sent to me
El Nino missing,
Climate Models drowning,
Hansen a-lying,
SOLAR MINIMUM,
More falling temps,
No warming trend,
Two Clinton thugs,
And Al Gore’s cap and trade policy.
On the ninth day of Global Warming,
my true love sent to me
Scientists a-censored,
El Nino missing,
Climate Models drowning,
Hansen a-lying,
SOLAR MINIMUM,
More falling temps,
No warming trend,
Two Clinton thugs,
And Al Gore’s cap and trade policy.
On the tenth day of Global Warming,
my true love sent to me
Arctic Ice Recovering,
Scientists a-censored,
El Nino missing,
Climate Models drowning,
Hansen a-lying,
SOLAR MINIMUM,
More falling temps,
No warming trend,
Two Clinton thugs,
And Al Gore’s cap and trade policy.
On the eleventh day of Global Warming,
my true love sent to me
C02 a-rising,
Arctic Ice Recovering,
Scientists a-censored,
El Nino missing,
Climate Models drowning,
Hansen a-lying,
SOLAR MINIMUM,
More falling temps,
No warming trend,
Two Clinton thugs,
And Al Gore’s cap and trade policy.
On the twelfth day of Global Warming,
my true love sent to me
Twelve years this cycle,
C02 a-rising,
Arctic Ice Recovering,
Scientists a-censored,
El Nino missing,
Climate Models drowning,
Hansen a-lying,
SOLAR MINIMUM,
More falling temps,
No warming trend,
Two Clinton thugs,
And Al Gore’s cap and trade policy!
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/v...lobal_warming/ has the clipLaissez les bon temps rouler! Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.** a 4 day work week & sex slaves ~ I say Tyt for PRESIDENT! Not to be taken internally, literally or seriously ....Suki ebaynni IS THAT BETTER ?
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12-19-2008, 02:27 PM #3
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Minnesotans For Global Warming Song : Elmer and Daryl long for some Global Warming. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJUFTm6cJXM
Our friends at Minnesotans for Global Warming -- the folks who brought us the fabulous video "If We Had Some Global Warming" -- have just released a new number deliciously set to John Lennon's "Imagine."
You folks are the first to see it. I've asked Elmer to send me the lyrics, and will post them once he responds.
*****Update: Elmer has been gracious enough to forward us the lyrics!
Imagine there's no warming
It's all just been a lie
CO2 is not a pollutant
The Polar Bears aren’t gonna die
Imagine if all the people
Livin' another day
Imagine there's no Kyoto
It isn't hard to do
Gas at 99 cents a gallon
And no carbon taxes too
Imagine all the people
Driving SUVs
You may say I'm a denier
But I'm not the only one
31,000 scientists
Say the world’s climate follows the sun
Imagine no politicians
I wonder if you can
No one to fear monger
No need to eliminate man
Imagine all the people
Drilling all over the world
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be more fun
Thanks, Elmer!
http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/noe...global-warmingLaissez les bon temps rouler! Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.** a 4 day work week & sex slaves ~ I say Tyt for PRESIDENT! Not to be taken internally, literally or seriously ....Suki ebaynni IS THAT BETTER ?
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11-30-2015, 08:16 PM #4
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'12 Days of Christmas' gifts' costs rise sightly
3:22 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, 2015
If you're planning on buying the turtle doves and the partridge in the pear tree, the prices for the times in the "12 Days Of Christmas" have gone up since we did our holiday shopping last year, but not by much.
According to a report released by PNC Wealth Management, most of the gifts listed in the popular, ear-worm of a Christmas carol stayed the same price as last year, The Associated Press reported.
The cost of the 10 lords a-leaping went up about 3 percent since 2014.
The partridge also went up about 3 1/2 percent, costing almost $215.
The most important gift on the list, the five golden rings, stayed the same this year at $750.
The list puts a holiday spin on PNC Bank's track of inflation, The AP reported
http://www.ajc.com/news/lifestyles/h...lightly/npYrz/
"12 Days of Christmas" items top $34K, up 0.6 percent
Posted: 2:46 AM, Nov 30, 2015
Lords a-leaping is the U.S. economy slow to recover!
The cost of 10 lords a-leaping increased 3 percent over last year, but nine of the other 12 gifts listed in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" stayed the same price as last year, according to the 32nd annual PNC Wealth Management Christmas Price Index released Monday.
The index is a whimsical way the Pittsburgh-based bank tracks inflation.
The set of gifts spelled out in the final verse of the song would cost $34,131 this year, or 0.6 percent more than the adjusted 2014 price of $33,933. PNC decided to adjust the historic prices of turtle doves and swans after realizing the prices quoted by vendors didn't reflect the birds' overall value on the open market over the years.
"The headline, I think, is that inflation in this economy, with the sort of tepid recovery we've seen, is almost nonexistent," said Jim Dunigan, chief investment officer of PNC's asset management group.
While the good news is that the price of consumer goods isn't rising very much, it also means demand for those goods is down, at least partly due to wage stagnation.
The government's Consumer Price Index has pegged inflation at about 0.2 percent, Dunigan said.
The only other items to increase in price since last year were a partridge in a pear tree and two turtle doves.
The bird in the bush rose 3.5 percent overall, mostly because partridges now cost $25 each, up from $20, because partridges are increasingly popular as gourmet food. Pear trees inched up from $188 to just under $190.
Turtle doves increased 11.5 percent, from $260 to $290, mostly due to increased grain prices that pushed up feed costs.
The lords a-leaping are more expensive because labor costs increased their price from $5,348 to $5,509.
PNC calculates the prices from sources including retailers, bird hatcheries and two Philadelphia dance groups, the Pennsylvania Ballet and Philadanco.
A buyer who purchased all the items each time they are mentioned in the song would spend $155,407.18.
The full set of prices:
-- Partridge, $25; last year: $20
-- Pear tree, $190; last year: $188
-- Two turtle doves, $290; last year: $260
-- Three French hens, $182; last year: same
-- Four calling birds (canaries), $600; last year: same
-- Five gold rings, $750; last year: same
-- Six geese-a-laying, $360; last year: same
-- Seven swans a-swimming, $13,125; last year: same
-- Eight maids a-milking, $58; last year: same
-- Nine ladies dancing (per performance), $7,553; last year: same
-- 10 lords a-leaping (per performance), $5,508; last year: $5,348
-- 11 pipers piping (per performance), $2,635; last year: same
-- 12 drummers drumming (per performance), $2,855; last year: same
Online: http://www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com
http://www.wxyz.com/news/12-days-of-...-up-06-percentLast edited by Jolie Rouge; 11-30-2015 at 08:23 PM.
Laissez les bon temps rouler! Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.** a 4 day work week & sex slaves ~ I say Tyt for PRESIDENT! Not to be taken internally, literally or seriously ....Suki ebaynni IS THAT BETTER ?