This Year, The “Twelve Days of Christmas” List Will Run You More Than $34,000

iStock/Thinkstock(PITTSBURGH) — Pittsburgh-based PNC Financial Services Group has tracked the cost of the gifts mentioned in the “Twelve Days of Christmas” for the last 33 years as a way to keep a whimsical eye on inflation.

The cost of two turtle doves jumped from $290 to $375 this year, but nine of the other 12 gifts listed in the carol stayed the same price — or became cheaper.

You’ll still pay a pretty penny, however: more than $34,000 for ever item on the seasonal list. PNC says the cost of this year’s gifts increased $233 to $34,363, up 0.7 percent from last year.

Eleven pipers piping and 12 drummers drumming were also slightly more expensive this year.

At slightly more than $5,500, nine lords a-leaping are a downright bargain, considering the prices Hamilton tickets are fetching.

In case you still need to do some Christmas shopping, here’s the full list, as PNC found from brick-and-mortar businesses — not online:

– Partridge, $20; last year: $25
– Pear tree, $190; last year: same
– Two turtle doves, $375; last year: $290
– Three French hens, $182; last year: same
– Four calling birds (canaries), $600; last year: same
– Five gold rings, $750; last year: same
– Six geese-a-laying, $360; last year: same
– Seven swans a-swimming, $13,125; last year: same
– Eight maids a-milking, $58; last year: same
– Nine ladies dancing (per performance), $7,553; last year: same
– 10 lords a-leaping (per performance), $5,509; last year: same  
– 11 pipers piping (per performance), $2,708; last year: $2,635
– 12 drummers drumming (per performance), $2,934; last year: $2,855

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