Cost of 'Twelve Days of Christmas' Items Jumps

[Blue_Tires]

Buyers beware: the Twelve Days of Christmas are getting a little more expensive. The cost of all the items in the holiday classic The Twelve Days of Christmas jumped to $23,439, an increase of $1,974 from last year.

"This year's jump in the PNC CPI can be attributed to rising gold commodity prices, represented by the Five Gold Rings, which went up by 30%, in addition to higher costs for wages and benefits impacting some entertainers," said James Dunigan, managing executive of investments for PNC Wealth Management, which tracks the cost of the goods named in the carol.

The cost of the items jumped despite consumer price inflation of only 1.1%. Of the 12 items, only four were the same price as last year. These are the Partridge in a Pear Tree, the Four Calling Birds, the Six Geese a-Laying and the Eight Maids a-Milking.

The single biggest dollar increase was for the nine ladies dancing, which rose by $820, or 15%.

The full prices were as follows:

One Partridge in a Pear Tree: $161.99
Two Turtle Doves: $100
Three French Hens: $150
Four Calling Birds: $599.96
Five Gold Rings: $649.95
Six Geese-a-Laying: $150
Seven Swans-a-Swimming: $5,600
Eight Maids-a-Milking: $58
Nine Ladies Dancing: $6,294.03
10 Lords-a-Leaping: $4,766.70
11 Pipers Piping: $2,356.20
12 Drummers Drumming: $2,552.55

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And on a personal note, here's how to save a few bucks in a recession:

One Partridge in a Pear Tree: Get the bird at a pet store and chop down one of your neighbor's

Two Turtle Doves: Pet store, or raid the Olympic Committee headquarters -- They probably have a bunch locked in there somewhere

Three French Hens: I dunno...Find a farm somewhere, I guess...

Four Calling Birds: It's just a common blackbird and they are everywhere

Five Gold Rings: I blame Glenn Beck for the price increase...Try the local pawn shop

Six Geese-a-Laying: Everyday I've got thousands of those dumb Canadian geese in my yard like it's some kind of goddamned International Geese Airport -- I have enough to supply all of DU

Seven Swans-a-Swimming: My neighborhood was built in a wetlands, so I've got plenty of those, too

Eight Maids-a-Milking: Skip it -- I can't think of anything non-obscene

Nine Ladies Dancing: If there is a military base or truck stop in your area, then there are plenty of low-rent 'Gentlemen's Clubs' around...I wouldn't imagine you'd need more than $50 per dancer ($450 total)

10 Lords-a-Leaping: I got nothin'

11 Pipers Piping: Go to www.ua.org to find an organization near you and ask about their rates (solidarity)

12 Drummers Drumming: High school pep band??