While buying your true love all the gifts from the "12 Days of Christmas" carol certainly isn't practical -- they would end up with A LOT of birds -- it would also cost you thousands of dollars.

However, when factoring in repetition, the true cost of all 'The 12 Days of Christmas' gifts in 2023 is even more staggering, per PNC's Christmas Price Index Abigail Adams is a Human Interest ...

Why is it so long? Why 12 days? Why those gifts? (Can you even call flocks upon flocks of birds “gifts”?) And is there a more hidden tie-in to Christmas symbols? If you’ve ever wondered ...