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Real Cost of the Twelve Days of Christmas

Xmastree2_2Last year at this time I wrote a post about how the PNC Christmas Price Index (check out their ticker!) tracks the cost of the items in the Twelve Days of Christmas song, and I wanted to revisit that in celebration of the season.

The July minimum wage increase with its resulting rise in the salary for milkmaids and the high price of gold contributed to a 3.1% increase in the total cost of the goods, which was $19,507 this year!

As usual, we want to say that as organizing experts, buying all of these 364 items for your true love goes against our professional advice.

Happy Holidays, everyone!

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Sheri Stritof

My husband and I love the Twelve Days of Christmas and have celebrated the Twelve Days (December 26-January 6) for many years.
We tweaked the traditional 12 Days gifts so that the gifts are beneficial to a relationship and do not add to clutter!

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