Eight maids a-milking get a raise this year

If you're planning to purchase your true love everything in the "12 Days of Christmas" song, be prepared to dig a litte deeper into your wallet this year. The Associated Press annually reports the cost of everything, beginning with a partridge in a pear tree. This year the cost of all 364 items would be $78,100, says the annual PNC Christmas Price Index, which is compiled by PNC Wealth Management.

The cost of the items is up 4% from the $75,122 you would have paid last year.

Me? Note to true love: Never mind the bird and the golden rings, I'd go for the 12 drummers drumming. Pa-rum-pa-pum pum.

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