‘Tis a month before Christmas and all over campus, the students are wondering what they’ll be doing for presents.
Gas prices are high and pocket books empty, but those that we love deserve to get something.
With gas prices skyrocketing and the value of the dollar diminishing, department stores and retail venues are worried about the upcoming spending trends of the public for Christmas gifts.
Most of these outlets rely on the Christmas season to make for a favorable fourth quarter.
“Well, since I’m a slave to the grind, I’ll just have to make due with what I have and what I don’t have. Besides I’ll make the rest up with the Christmas cheer,” junior Criminal Justice major, Ashley Everhart said.
Everhart believes she will spend around $300 for Christmas presents this year in all, a gift for her dad being the most expensive item on her list.
Andrew Penland, senior Management major expects to spend approximately $200 this season, with his most expensive item being $50 drum heads for his dad.
Junior Business major, Chris James said that his Christmas bill would reacHclose to a grand total of $500.
His most expensive gift, although not knowing what that is, he said would probably cost $200.
With prices of items in general costing more year after year, just how much would the 12 days of Christmas cost today?
Well, to purchase a pear tree, you would have to drop $12, and for partridge to place in that pear tree, it’d be an additional $15.
To make sure your loved one has that oh-so-sought-after pair of turtledoves, you would need to shell out $35 apiece. That’s $70 dollars to make sure there’s some coo with your woo.
And those three French hens are going to run you $9.75, not really enough to make your wallet raise the white flag.
After those French hens, make sure you’re willing to invest the $4,800 it’ll take to stake claim to those four calling birds. That should have you shopping for the Hy-Top crackers and giving up the Ritz crackers until your difference check arrives in January.
And you better hope whomever you buy those five golden rings for decides to wear them all day, everyday, after you spend $1,240 at a local jewelry store.
$65.10 will be the amount of dough you give to mark those geese off your Christmas list, just enough money to make you want to fly south for the holidays.
Make sure you don’t have to fund a pool for your seven swans to swim in, because they will cost you a combined total of $1,750.
And with those no-returns policies, it would be a blow to your bank account to end up with an ugly duckling.
Milking those cows might become a chore less hated once you get the bill for those eight maids, weighing in at $5,600.
Purchasing nine dancing ladies at $20 dollars a private dance might not be the best thing to give at family get together, but Uncle Joe would sure have a good time.
$1,410 could buy the group gift this year: ballet lessons for you and your nine friends. Then you be would able to show your family and friends what ten lords a leaping should look like.
We all know how enjoyable some good old bagpipe music can be around Christmas time, so in order to spread that joy, those 11 bagpipe CDs are going to drain you of $164.67.
Because the likelihood of you getting 12 Vinnie Pauls to come and play drums is slimmer than Lindsey Lohan on a diet, you might want stick with spending the $210.60 for the 12 drum-music CDs at your local music store.
So after the song has been sung and Santa Claus has come to town and been spotted kissing your mother, it’s time for that reliable credit card bill in the mail.
If you indeed were diligent enough to pick up all of those items, your bill would be $15,491.03. Better put in for some extra hours at work.