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flag This year’s holiday gifts in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" cost $51,476.12, a 4.5% rise due to higher gold and entertainment prices.

flag This year’s holiday shopping season is more expensive than ever, with the total cost of the gifts in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” reaching $51,476.12—4.5% higher than in 2024 and outpacing overall inflation. flag The increase is driven by rising gold prices, higher costs for the partridge in a pear tree, and growing expenses for entertainment-related gifts. flag The full “True Cost,” including repeated gifts, totals $218,542.98. flag PNC’s index, now in its 42nd year, tracks economic trends through the song’s gifts, with most items domestically produced and tariffs not a factor. flag Experts say future inflation may depend on Federal Reserve policy and global economic conditions.

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