Want to show your true love the real spirit of Christmas? You can’t go wrong with 12 days of presents – and we’ve even done the maths. Get your credit card out. Let’s go for broke!
The 12 Days Of Christmas carol celebrates the joy of gift-giving from Boxing Day, Dec 26, to the Feast of the Epiphany, Jan 6. The song first appeared as a rhyme in a children’s book in 1780 before English composer Frederic Austin wrote the music for it in 1909. The song’s appeal comes from its list of extravagant gifts from a “true love”, and its repetitive structure that makes it a great sing-along. But according to America’s PNC Bank, which has been publishing its annual Christmas Price Index since 1984, the song’s haul of presents costs a whopping US$114,651 (RM373,475) in 2013, taking into account the entire value of the gifts as they’re repeated, bringing the complete set of items to 364. So, how much would 12 Days Of Christmas cost in Malaysia? Get your calculators ready!
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