Because the golden rings are pheasants and not jewellery, the most expensive item in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is seven swans a-swimming, at US$7,000, followed by ten lords a-leaping and nine ladies dancing.
The current price of a partridge in a pear tree is $34, which is the hourly rate for eight maids a-milking.
So when everything is added up, the tab for all the gifts in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” is $15,944.20.
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