--- title: How Much the 12 Days of Christmas Gifts Cost description: The cost of gifts in the 12 Days of Christmas song according to the Christmas Price index by PNC bank. canonical: https://time.com/4129123/12-days-of-christmas-pnc-price-index/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer Nov 30, 2015 5:21 PM UTC PNC Wealth Management released its annual “[Christmas Price Index](https://www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com/)” Monday, which calculates how much it would cost to buy the gifts in the Christmas carol “The 12 Days of Christmas.” If one’s “true love” bought all of the gifts mentioned in song’s final verse, then the bill would come out to $34,130.99, up from $33,933.22 in 2014 — making 2015 the priciest year yet. And it would cost $155,407.18 to buy the presents every time they are repeated in the song (364 gifts). That’s up from $154,508.08 last year. Here’s the full list: Partridge: $25 (up from $20 last year) Pear tree: $189.99 (up from $187.68) A partridge in a pear tree: $214.99 (up from $207.68) Two turtle doves: $290 (up from $260) Three french hens: $181.50 (same in 2014) Four calling birds: $599.96 (same) Five gold rings: $750.00 (same) Six geese-a-laying $360 (same) Seven swans-a-swimming $13,125 (same) Eight maids-a-milking: $58 (same) Nine ladies dancing: $7,552.84 (same) Ten lords-a-leaping: $5,508.70 (up from $5,348.24 last year) Eleven pipers piping: $2,635.20 (same) Twelve drummers drumming: $2,854.80 (same) These calculations are based on data from retailers, hatcheries, the Philadelphia dance company PHILADANCO and the Pennsylvania Ballet Company. 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