Gift giving is a true art.

It's that time of year

OK kids, PNC bank has reported that there is a less than1% decrease in the price of the items needed for the 12 days of Christmas. In the 36th year of their survey, PNC has found that the 12 items come out to a grand total of $38,993.59, a $101.34 decrease from last year. There was some increase this year's CPI prices, driven by the cost increases for gold, the geese-a-laying, wage increases for the Lords-a-Leaping, pipers piping and drummers drumming. (I did not know this but you do not get any bargains by purchases these item online; buying all 12 items from the comfort of your living room would cost you $42,258.91, ($3,265.32 more than in-store purchases.) an increase of 1.01% from last years on-line total of $41,165.95.



These prices are, of course, just for one verse of the song. If you add up the total cost of all the items from the entire song (what PNC Wealth Management calls “The True Cost of Christmas”) it would surmount $170,298.03, down a little more than $310 from last year!

So it stands to reason that today's holiday theme is - The Twelve Days Of Christmas

The 12 Days Of Christmas  Ray Conniff -




Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree: Brian Sibley -




Christmas Countdown   Frank Kelly -





The Twelve Days of Yaksmas -




The 12 Gifts of Christmas  Allan Sherman -




Creature Comforts Merry Christmas Everybody! -





Demand Euphoria!