Cost of 'Twelve Days of Christmas' items up in '08

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)