DAY BY DAY

DAY BY DAY

Prices surge

Prices of items in the Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” according to PNC Wealth Management:

Partridge, $20 (last year: $15)

Pear tree, $200 (last year: $150)

Two turtle doves, $55 (last year: $40)

Three French hens, $30 (last year: $45)

Four calling birds (canaries), $600 (last year: same)

Five gold rings, $350 (last year: $395)

Six geese a-laying, $240 (last year: $360)

Seven swans a-swimming, $5,600 (last year: $4,200)

Eight maids a-milking, $52 (last year: $47)

Nine ladies dancing (per performance), $4,759 (last year: same)

10 lords a-leaping (per performance), $4,414 (last year: $4,285)

11 pipers piping (per performance), $2,285 (last year: $2,213)

12 drummers drumming (per performance), $2,475 (last year: $2,398)