G`day ya`all..
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So like every year the cost of Christmas has been tallied.
According to the USA based financial group PNC wealth management , the cost is up by over 10% from last year.
PNC has been doing the tally since 1984. Although it is done with humour, it really does reflect the economic trend.
This years cost of the twelve days of Christmas is an outstanding $86,609 ( us). up $8,508 or 10.9%.
Although gold prices are slightly down over last year , the culprit seems to be wages. The leaping lords and the 11 pipers have had a wage increase but the maids a milking seem to have had not one but two minimum wage increases this year.. hummm.. is there a school for that??.. and not to mention the drummer boys... child labour and all.
Being Christmas and people like to keep things as traditional as possible. Thus keeping the prices up.
PNC however tells us that we could substitute the turtle doves ( $55.00 ) for two dove chocolate bars. And ofcourse we could skip the lords a leaping for a riverdance cd. But what fun would that be?
So lets keep up with tradition.. keep it real and enjoy your holidays..
Merry Christmas.. Dave..
