On the ninth day of Christmas. . .
On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me . . .
- The Ninth Day of Christmas
Nine Grandkids dancing!
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- The Eighth Day of Christmas
Eight maids a-cleaning,
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- The Seventh Day of Christmas
Seven EELS a-peeking,
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- The Sixth Day of Christmas.
Six Guineas Preening,
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- The Fifth Day of Christmas
Five canning rings!
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- The Fourth Day of Christmas
Four Calling Birds,
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- The Third Day of Christmas
Three Fat Sheep,
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- The Second Day of Christmas
Two Spitting Llamas,
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- The first day of Christmas!
… And a Parrot on a Fairrryyyyy!.
New Style, cost of 9 grandkids dancing: $3,996.00
Old (Classic) Style, cost of 9 Ladies Dancing: $1,800.00
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- Leotard and Tutu – $25.00
- Girls Tights – $8.00
- Ballet Slippers – $20.00
- Tap Shoes – $35.00
The outfit then comes to a total of $88.00, plus the dance lessons of $356.00 for a year, for a grand total of $444.00 for one grandchild.
But there’s supposed to be NINE grandkids dancing, so 9 x $444 = $3,996.00 total.
I figured you’d go see one recital. Might see more, but for the purposes of comparison of old and new styles, just one.
So that leaves having the 9 ladies dancing for ONE time. Well, I searched to see how much it would cost to hire dancers for a party, and I found a group of 3 dancers at Gigmasters for $600. Multiply that by 3 to get 9 dancers, and it’s $1,800.00 for the 9 ladies dancing.
Total to date:
New Style – $6,645.89
Classic Style – $12,625.74
So while this day’s New Style with the 9 grandkids dancing was more expensive than hiring dancers for one party, the total of the Classic Style is still almost twice what it is for the new way of doing “The Twelve Days of Christmas”.
