Monday, November 28, 2005
12 Days of Christmas up 6.1%
"WASHINGTON (AFP) - One partridge in a pear tree: 104.99 dollars, up 12.9 percent.
Seven swans-a-swimming: 4,200 dollars, up 20 percent.
Overall, the cost of the items cited in the holiday song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is 18,348 dollars, up 6.1 percent over last year, according to the annual Christmas Price Index released Monday by PNC Bank. ... The Internet price index was much higher for the 12 items, due to shipping and handling costs -- 29,322.80 dollars, up 5.7 percent from a year ago. "- Yahoo
In other news, the biggest shopping day of the year isn't.
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