Christmas Price Index chose the items in the popular Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" as its market basket: a partridge in a pear tree, two turtle doves, three French hens, four calling birds, five gold(en) rings, six geese, seven swans, eight maids, nine dancing ladies, ten leaping lords, eleven pipers, and twelve drummers. According to tradition, the purchasing of the items begins on December 26 and ends on January 6. PNC compiles both a "Christmas Price Index" and "The True Cost of Christmas." The "Christmas Price Index" is calculated by adding the cost of the items in the song. The "True
Twelve Tales of Christmas Twelve Tales of Christmas Twelve Tales of Christmas is a Christmas-themed solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Tom Chaplin. The album was released on 17 November 2017 by Island Records. It is Chaplin’s second solo studio album, following on from the release of his debut album "The Wave" in 2016, as well as the four studio albums he had recorded as the lead singer of Keane. On 13 October 2017, Chaplin announced that he had recorded his first solo Christmas album, entitled "Twelve Tales of Christmas", to be released on 17 November 2017. Simultaneously the first single from the