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 Twelve Days of Dash & Lily The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily is a romantic young adult novel. It is a collaboration by authors David Levithan and Rachel Cohn and the sequel to their earlier book, "Dash & Lily's Book of Dares". It was announced that this would be the first of two new collaborations. The book takes place a year after "Dash & Lily's Book of Dares". Set in Manhattan in the twelve days preceding Christmas, Lily has been left devastated by her grandfather's heart attack. His declining health has caused her to fall out of love