Friday, December 2, 2011

The Twelve Days of Christmas

We are all familiar with the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas." If you were to purchase all the gifts mentioned in the song, how much would it cost? Do you wonder how many total gifts that would be. For example is it only 1 partridge in a pear tree or 12 of them?


So your assignment for today's blog is simple. How many total presents  will you need to purchase? How much will it all cost you? Of the twelve  presents purchased, which one is your favorite and why? You will need to do some web searching and a calculator is probably a good idea. Remember to proofread!

On a more serious note, some of you seem to think that posting is optional. It is not. Proper posting is required. You can not earn your full daily class grade if you do not post, or if your post is not up to standards. So make it simple and do it.

44 comments:

Trey said...

About 73 for each person. It will cost to much. None of the them because I just don`t know.

Zabinski said...

The total:
Partridges: 1 × 12 = 12
Doves: 2 × 11 = 22
Hens 3 × 10 = 30
Calling birds: 4 × 9 = 36
Golden rings: 5 × 8 = 40
Geese: 6 × 7 = 42
Swans: 7 × 6 = 42
Maids: 8 × 5 = 40
Ladies: 9 × 4 = 36
Lords: 10 × 3 = 30
Pipers: 11 × 2 = 22
Drummers: 12 × 1 = 12
Total = 364

The cost:
Tradionally: $96,824.29
Now-a-days: $137,851.70

Info obtained from: http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/malled/2010/11/29/how-much-do-the-12-days-of-christmas-cost-23439/

Zabinski said...

I personally like the golden rings because I could melt that down and get a gold bar.

Allyssa said...

There are 364 items repeated in the songs verse. All together they would cost $101,119. I definitely would want the golden rings. Who would want french hens or "lords-a-leaping"? The rings are the best gifts in the song.

Caleb Dundlow said...

This Christmas I will need to purchase about 364 items. I will need about 100,000 to but all this gifts that I'm getting. My favorite one will be the xbox 360 that I'm getting.!:)

Vonquisha Turner said...

In the song "The Tweleve Days Of Christmas" there was 364 total of present all together! After buying all those presents it would ring up to about 211,792!!! My favorite present out of the song is the golden rings and doves. One reason is because I like shiny objects and doves are peaceful!

Jasmine Walston said...

The total would be 364 items needed to buy for Christmas. The cost would be over $100,000. It would be quite an expensive gift for the holidays, considering how many presents and the total cost of it all.

hacker said...

I look and didn't find it. Sarah's looks pretty good. from sarah's i guess it cost 96,824.29 or 137,851.70

Marissa Gautier said...

It would cost you about $96,824.24
The total:
About 364 total.
My favorite of the twelve presents is the two turtle doves. The reason I like the two turtle doves is because they represent friendship and doves are supposed to be peaceful.

COTY said...

The amount of items is 364.
The cost of these items are $100,000. My favorit is drummers because i dont want all those brids.(some one must love you alot to buy you all that)(WOW)

Austin McNew said...

There are a total of 364 items repeated across all the song. The total price of ALL those items would come up to be a little bit above 100k. My favorite gift out of the items is the golden rings because I could sell them.
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Anonymous said...

some of the things that you would get don`t realy make sense like calling birds and geese. Why wuold you get her those things you can`t do anything with those.

Blake Walker

T.J. said...

There will be about 364 items. I will need at least 100,000 for all these gifts then wrap them up. But that a lot of money to spend.

Anonymous said...

The total would be 364 presents. They would cost... a lot. My choice out of all of them will probably be the golden rings.

Megan

Jessica Bryant said...

Well, as everyone else already said, there would be a total of 364 gifts. The amount cannot be estimated seeing as there is not a set about of money to buy each item, and you can't but ladies or lords. I like the Partridge in the pear tree, because the rest of the song is just annoying, and I like pears.

Ryan Brant said...

If anyone were to buy all the things listed in the song, it'd be 364 items all together. It would be a total of over 100 thousand dollars. So, I don't think anyone really would want to spend all the time and money on a couple of lousy gifts. My favorite gift is the turtle-dove because it's cool.

Quinterra said...

If I was to purchase that stuff, I would be spending a lot of money. And i wonder who would actually use all of that stuff. I never really thought about the price of this stuff before. But I would definitely buy the golden rings.

Jeamis Britt said...

In all that is 364 presents. Im too broke for all of that. That is over 1,000 dollars. Nobody is that special. The gift I would want of course would be the diamond rings. Diamonds are a girls bestfriend!

Anonymous said...

Their are a total of 364 items in the twelve days of Christmas. To buy everything in the song it would cost $101119. And the gift i would want the most would be the 5 gold rings.
said by josh

Anonymous said...

I think it will cost a lot to purchase all of these gifts and hand them out like some candy. According to Zabinski it will be 364 total.

-Quinton Walters

rjisokaynow said...

Well all together there will be 364 gifts(Thanks to "Zabinski"). That'll be way too much pay for.
I personally like the golden rings. I would have 40 gold rings, that's enough for all my fingers and toes and a friend's toes and fingers.
-Robbie Jones

Anonymous said...

In the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" there are 364 total presents. If you bought all of those presents it would come to $101,119. Now that's a little to much!

~Morgan McKinney~

Anonymous said...

364 presents total & $137,851.70. That's a bit much. I'd like to receive the five gold rings because they're valuable and if I didn't like them I could just sell them. My question is this: Are they rings that you put on your fingers, or are they just really big rings like hoola hoops?

-Erin Holtz

Danielle said...

The total is 364, and my favorite gift would be the 5 golden rings. Why? Because i mean come on it's golden rings. Now the amount would be way to much in today's time.

Jeamis Britt said...

I meant golden !!!!!!! geeseee ( :

Ashley4878 said...

The answer would be 364. Also my favorite is the gold rings because I could sell them save them or wear them.

Mr. Downings favorite student:D

Sharod said...

i estimate about 140,000

ALEX said...

Well Before "Zabanski" ruined it for me, I was guessing that all together there would be around 72-74. Not so much.. 364 presents all together. That is a lot of presents, even for your spouse, and at $137,851.. Not in my price range. If anything, I would ask for number 5's, yeah boy.

Chelsea Marie said...

It is 364 gifts, and it would cost somewhere around 100,000 or over. Christmas is expensive. :/
My favorite gift would have to be the Golden Rings, because they're gold!! (:

Sandy Cruz said...

"The Tweleve Days Of Christmas" there was 364 total presents..

anna d :) said...

There are 364 items listed in the songs verse. All together they would come to the total of $101,119. My favorite present out of the song would probably be the golden rings!

Gerald P. said...

There are 364 total items in the Christmas song that everyone knows. The total cost of all of these items would be around 101,000. My personal favorite gift from the song would be the gold rings because I could pawn them and get lots of money from them.

Jasmine M. said...

There are 364 gifts total.
Which are too many, along with the cost being well over 100,000 dollars. Which is still way too much.
I would like the rings if they were silver. Money value is money value though.

Jake D. said...

There are 364 items in the song. It costs about 110,000 dollars, thats a lot of money. My favorite gift would be the ladies or the hens:).

Raegan Hasty said...

There is 364 items in the song. The expense would be 101,119. My favorite of the gifts are the turtle doves because they are so cute!

Alexandra said...

There are 364 items in the song. The prices for all these items being repeated across all the song's verses would cost $101,119. My favorite would have to be the Golden Rings.

Amanda Chappell said...

The Twelve Days of Christmas has proven to be quite annoying and quite expensive as well! If someone were to purchase everything mentioned, which would be 364 items, the total cost would be a whopping 101,119. My favorite gift would be the golden rings because they would be pretty and worth a lot of money as well. I can't believe that Christmas is so near!!

Breon $ said...

In the song thier are 364 gifts. it might cost about $140,000. My favorite gift would be the maids because I hate cleaning.

Morgan Myers said...

There is a total of 364 gifts. It will take about $96,824.29 to purchase all of these gifts. My favorite girft would be the two turtle doves because their cute!

Lindsey Ball said...

Total: 364
According to Wikipedia, in 2011 the price would be $101,119.84. Even though Mr. Downing suggests otherwise, the way I did the math was RIGHT!!! Just saying! Basically the guy got his girl $101,119.84 worth in gifts. Sheesh. My favorite gift was 12 drummers drumming!

Caroline Steele said...

The total would be 364. The cost would probably be now-a-days $137,851.70 (Thank youu Zabinski!) My favorite would be the turtle doves, because they are very peaceful.(:

Dylan D. said...

After all there will be 364 gifts. They will cost $101,119 that alot of money. I like the gold rings the most cause they are expensive and I like gold.

Emma Grace said...

$101,119... 364...

http://www.freakingnews.com/Two-Turtle-Doves-Pics-41580.asp

AAWWWWWWWW! Its cute!

austin said...

The amount of items is 364. The cost of all of them is $101,119. This is too much money and presents for one person.