The Price of Christmas

Each year this company figures out the "Price of Christmas," based on how much it would cost to buy all the items gifted in the 12 days of Christmas.  This year the grand total is $23,439.38.  That's quite a bit of money, that could be put to much better use in my opinion than buying me 13 birds and other various items.


Here are the gifts of the 12 days:

• 12 Drummers Drumming
• 11 Pipers Piping
• 10 Lords a leaping
• 9 Ladies Dancing
• 8 Maids a Milking
• 7 Swans a Swimming
• 6 Geese a Laying
• 5 Gold Rings
• 4 Calling Birds
• 3 French Hens
• 2 Turtle doves
• 1 Partridge in a Pear Tree

Personally, I wouldn't want most of that stuff anyway,  I am not a fan of birds, and I live in a 740 square foot apartment, 1 cat, 1 tree, 13 birds, 8 cows, and 50 people would not fit in here very well, especially not with instruments or dancing room.


Some of these gifts wouldn't be so bad, but if someone wants to give me just one lord a leaping, I'll take Conner Walsh in a heartbeat.

Connor Walsh -- Principal Dancer
Houston Ballet

I also wouldn't mind the 5 gold rings, but if they could be white gold, that would be better.  Better yet, one platinum and diamond ring (or two) is the only ring I would want from my "true love." You know, something like this would be nice:

I can do without any of the birds, but if I had a yard, I would take the pear tree. 


According to snopes.com it isn't true, but I have heard that the items in the 12 days of Christmas refer to tenets of the Catholic Church. 

• Partridge in a Pear Tree - Jesus Christ the Son of God
• 2 turtle doves - The Old and New Testament
• 3 French hens - Faith, hope, and charity, the 3 theological virtues
• 4 calling birds - the 4 Gospels/Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
• 5 gold rings - the Pentateuch the 1st 5 books of the Old testament: Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Leviticus, and Numbers
• 6 geese a laying - the six days of creation
• 7 swans a swimming - the 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit or the 7 Sacraments
• 8 Maids a milking - the eight Beatitudes
• 9 ladies dancing - the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit
• 10 lords a leaping - the 10 Commandments
• 11 pipers piping - the 11 faithful apostles
• 12 drummers drumming - the 12 doctrines in the Apostles' Creed

But really people, I won't object to finding Connor Walsh under my tree in a few weeks. ;)