According to the PNC Christmas Price Index, buying everything included in the song for your “true love” would set you back $51,476.12 this year.
- Overall, that’s up 4.5% over last year, but some gifts jumped much more in price.
- Five Gold Rings saw the single biggest increase with 32.5%, but the Pear Tree cost climbed 13.5%.
- Many of the prices for the birds involved didn’t go up at all.
Broken down by gift, the costs are:
- A Partridge in a Pear Tree - $420.18
- Two Turtle Doves - $750
- Three French Hens - $346.50
- Four Calling Birds - $599.96
- Five Gold Rings - $1,649.90
- Six Geese-A-Laying - $930
- Seven Swans-A-Swimming - $13,125
- Eight Maids-A-Milking - $58
- Nine Ladies Dancing - $8,856.88
- Ten Lords-A-Leaping - $16,836.14
- Eleven Pipers Piping - $3,797.48
- Twelve Drummers Drumming - $4,106.08
While nearly $52-thousand sounds like a lot, if you bought all the items repeated over and over in the song, you’d be on the hook for a lot more. All the repetitions come out to 364 gifts, which add up to a total of $218,542.98, 4.4% more than last year.
Source: PNC
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