• by Amy Corr  @MediaPostOTL, December 3, 2013

Every year for the last 30 years, PNC Bank has calculated the current costs of each of the gifts mentioned in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and shared them in a lighthearted economic report. Changing things up this year, the company has invited users to create their own toys in an online workshop, calculate the toy’s price, and enter their finished product in a contest to receive their 3-D toy creation. The “Gift Maker” begins with the basics: Which gift to create? Is it a partridge in a pear tree? A turtle dove? Golden rings? I went for the pipers piping. Users can drag the designs they wish to use or take a chance on a randomly selected design. The pipers cost $2,635.20, up 2.9% from last year. I also created a French hen, which can be suited up in an adorable blue and white-striped outfit -- or a bag of French fries. I went for the fries. And my three French hens will cost $165.00, the same price as last year. Now we’re talking. Deutsch New York and Invisible Creature created the site.