# On the first day of Christmas... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-first-day-of-christmas/382168 "2006-11-29T03:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-first-day-of-christmas/382168/1 "2006-11-29T03:49:33Z")
[…my bank statement came to me…](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TWELVE_DAYS_COST?SITE=MATAU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) > [@](#): > > PITTSBURGH (AP) – The cost of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is on the rise - again. > > Buying each item in the song just once - from a partridge in a pear tree to a dozen drummers drumming - will cost you $18,920, or 3.1 percent more than last year, according to PNC Financial Services Group. Well, there goes _my_ holiday list for the season… ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-first-day-of-christmas/382168/2 "2006-11-29T07:23:58Z")
At least the partridge is still cheap! ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-first-day-of-christmas/382168/3 "2006-11-29T09:12:04Z")
$4759 for nine ladies dancing? I don’t think we talking about the same kind of dancers… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-first-day-of-christmas/382168/4 "2006-11-29T15:49:34Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] $4759 for nine ladies dancing? I don’t think we talking about the same kind of dancers… [/QUOTE] Hmmm, nine dancers for ten days total, how long is the typical shift? 90 days \* 4 hours = 360 hours $13.20/hour - does that buy you a stripper or a ballerina? 😉