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 Many Moods of Christmas The Many Moods of Christmas The Many Moods of Christmas is 1963 LP of eighteen Christmas carols conducted by Robert Shaw, grouped into four suites. The carols were arranged for chorus and orchestra by famed Broadway orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett. The following is a listing of the suites and the music that each suite contains: "Suite One" Good Christian Men, Rejoice — Silent Night — Patapan — O Come, All Ye Faithful "Suite Two" O Sanctissima — Joy to the World — Away in a Manger — Fum Fum Fum — March of the Kings "Suite Three" What Child is