If you buy all the gifts from ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ this year, you will pay twice as much as you did last year

Obtaining every item included in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” will cost you 5.4% more this year than it did in 2023, compared to a 2.7% increase from just last year. (It’s up steeply this year, but it’s still a long way from 2022’s 10.5% increase.) If you choose to buy these truly bizarre gifts for your loved ones, you’ll pay $49,263 this year, according to the 40th Anniversary. PNC Christmas Price Index.

Blame the birds. And the drummers. And while you’re at it, give the oboe a bad look, too.

Should you be a complete/traditional Christmas fan who has completely lost his mind and bought all 364 gifts (seriously, enough With pear trees!), you’ll end up paying $209,272. You will also likely be single by the end of the holiday season.

Oh…and you tip those poor maids, don’t you? They haven’t seen a pay increase since 2009!

What gifts have seen the biggest spike? Okay, Doolittle, let’s talk about birds. First – and this is important – no one wants 184 birds for Christmas, especially 42 geese wandering around the living room honking their horns and… well, you know. Geese jerks.

By the way, those geese will cost you 15.4% more this year. Partridges in pear tree(s) saw a 16% rise, although you can blame the tree for that. Pipes and drummers beating? These are 15.8% more expensive.

(This also seems to be a good place to note that aspirin, while not one of the gifts mentioned in the song but a great stocking stuffer if you already do, is Also more expensive this year.)

Are you still determined to expose your true love to potential bird flu, jewelry, and a group of strangers in their house? Here’s how the prices break down.