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
The Pied Pipers Love Lucy. The current Pied Pipers are Nancy Knorr, Don Lucas, Kevin Kennard, Chris Sanders and David Zack. The group frequently performs with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. In both 1944 and 1945, The Pied Pipers won awards from "Down Beat" magazine as the best and most popular group of the year. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2001. The Pied Pipers The Pied Pipers is an American popular singing group originally formed in the late 1930s. They had several chart hits through the 1940s, both under their own name and in association with Tommy