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Cost of gold boosts '12 Days of Christmas' shopping: poll
2 December 2009 AFP
Buying all the presents in "The 12 Days of Christmas" carol would cost nearly 400 dollars more than last year, with the prices of gold rings and French hens up sharply, a survey showed Monday.
The Christmas Price Index, a tally of how much it would cost to buy everything from the partridge in a pear tree to the 12 drummers drumming, was up just 1.8 percent or 385.46 dollars from last year, a survey compiled by PNC Financial Services showed.
The total price tag would be 21,465.56 dollars this year, it said.
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