However, when factoring in repetition, the true cost of all 'The 12 Days of Christmas ... in which the price of "The 12 Days of Christmas" gifts shot up 10.5%, according to CNN and Forbes.

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.

and all year round it’s not uncommon to hear someone add “… and a partridge in a pear tree!” to the end of a comically long list. What do the gifts in “The 12 Days of Christmas” represent?

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol ... Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit-----Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation ...