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     It's kind of sad to think that the cheapest gift are the milk maids

It wasn't until I read this article [1] from the Transylvania Times [2] that
I thought about the price of all the gifts from “The Twelve Days of
Christmas.” It was also the first time I learned about The Christmas Price
Index [3], where all this is tracked every year. This year's index, if you
were to buy all the gifts mentioned in the song, comes to a staggering
$197,071.09. And for all that, the 40 maids a-milking will only cost you
$290. Not mentioned is the cleanup costs [4] of all the gifts.

[1] https://www.transylvaniatimes.com/online_features/money_and_finance/annual-christmas-price-index-foreshadows-higher-costs-this-season/article_8ef2b083-b16f-52ca-a7ef-0340370e86fe.html
[2] https://www.transylvaniatimes.com/
[3] https://www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com/
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2021/01/06.1

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