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'12 Days of Christmas' items' cost would top $87K
Quick ReadPrice of '12 Days of Christmas' items would exceed $87,000; up a mere $794 over 2008's costs
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Making one's true love happy will cost a whopping $87,403 this year, a minuscule increase from last year, according to the latest cost analysis of the items in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas."
That's the grand total for the single partridge in a pear tree to the 12 drummers drumming, purchased repeatedly as the song suggests, according to the annual "Christmas Price...
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