The 12 Days of Christmas

... and a partridge in a pear tree! Photograph: Oriol Alamany/Corbis

... two turtle doves ($55, up 37.5% on 2007) Photograph: Joseph Devenney/Getty

... three French hens ($30, down 33%) Photograph: Getty

... four calling birds ($600) Photograph: Getty

... five gold rings ($350, down 11% on last year) Photograph: Push Pictures/Corbis

... six geese-a-laying ($240, 33% cheaper than last year) Photograph: Getty

... seven swans a-swimming ($5,600, up 33% on 2007) Photograph: Raymond Gehman/ National Geographic/Getty

... eight maids-a-milking ($52.40, 12% higher than last year) Photograph: Lee Tracey/Getty Images

... nine ladies dancing (unchanged at $4,759) Photograph: Getty

... 10 lords-a-leaping ($4,413, up 3% on last year) Photograph: Adam Woolfitt/Corbis

... 11 pipers piping ($2,284 - 3% more than 2007) Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty Images

... 12 drummers drumming ($2,475, 3% higher than last year) Photograph: Getty

... and a partridge in a pear tree! Photograph: Oriol Alamany/Corbis