Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 25, 1997
Transcript:
To purchase all of the gifts mentioned in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas a person would have to spend over $55,000! One partridge in a pear tree- $45; two turtledoves- $50; three French hens- $15; four calling birds- $280; five golden rings- $325; six geese-a-laying- $150; seven swans-a-swimming- $3500; eight maids-a-milking- $41.20; nine ladies dancing-$3,250; 10 lords-a-leaping- $3,309.87; 11 pippers piping- $1,137.24 and 12 drummers drumming- $1,232!