#holiday barbie

[ice-creamforbreakfast]

Posting her on the correct account now…if you clocked the alt, no you didn’t lol.

The queen of 1997 😭💜

[90s-2000s-barbie]

I decorated the house for Christmas on my day off. I love collecting things from childhood, passed down the family, and vintage. Even holiday stuff and it goes for every holiday cause I love decorating! lol Not all of it is entirely older, like my neopets stocking and a couple things my mom gave me. But A lot I’ve had since me and my sister were little or I’ve collected through the years . The tree skirt was always a childhood favorite. 🎄

[fresherfriut]

[ballpointdoll]

some of my favourite winter / holiday barbies pt. 2

[samanthasgone]

Breaking the ice with a twist! NHL teams transformed into Barbie dolls - From modern Cowgirl Barbie to vintage Malibu Barbie, see which one you got! 💖🏒 #NHL #Hockey #WomenInSports @barbie

( I got the 2022 holiday Barbie, Tim Hortons Barbie and cowgirl Barbie )

[seaoflove07]

Merry Christmas!🎄

From

🔪Azusa & Christine🌹

As Barbie in The Nutcracker 🩰

• A commission artwork by @dlyuiannii •

My Holiday Rose 🌹

Inspired by 2015 Holiday Barbie.

• A commission artwork by The Drawables •

[momoslilpeets]

-------------------Holiday Barbie-------------------

A holiday Barbie inspired styling, because that's the 1st thing I thought of when I was messing around with the free dyes on this dress!

[blonderonette]

barbie in a christmas carol

(2008)

[muppetgelica]

I’ve been doing a little series of my favorite holiday Barbies on instagram! Here is girlie #1: 2009!!

[dozydawn]

December 9th, 1990. Photographed by Ron Galella.

[barbielore]

I haven't been posting about any of the 2024 Holiday, Christmas or other seasonal Barbies in any of my new release round-up posts, because I wanted to save them up for December. So now I can't put it off any further - it's time to talk about them.

So to start off with, the 2024 Holiday Barbies - this year, a five-doll release.

The series has been ongoing, albeit with a few different names over the years, since 1988. In 1988 and 1989, this was released only as a white blonde Barbie. From 1990 onwards, Mattel began to release two dolls a year, with both a white blonde and an AA Barbie. In more recent years this has expanded even further.

The 2024 dolls in particular were moderately controversial, not because of the dolls themselves, but because of Mattel using generative AI to create the box design. The earliest I could find someone discussing this was from Stella Brown in mid July, but this was officially discussed by Mattel and Adobe in October. (Technically, actually, this article from June also discusses Mattel using generative AI in their designs: but it doesn't specifically mention the 2024 Holiday Barbie, the first Barbie about which I saw widespread press about Mattel actually using it.)

But the Holiday Barbies are far from the only seasonal Barbies Mattel has produced this year. There's also the third entrant in the much newer annual series, 12 Days of Christmas, as designed by Bill Greening.

This series is a 12 day countdown, featuring a Barbie and a number of Christmas accessories, including a wreath, candles and gingerbread cookies.

I'm always charmed by vintage-style collectors Barbies, so I can't think of much to say about this. Would I pay premium price for them? Probably not. But I like looking at them, and like that they exist.

Also the third installment in a collectors series - though this one identified as the third and final - is the Bob Mackie Holiday Angel.

I'm always a big fan of any Bob Mackie doll, as he has such a distinctive style that just shines through. My biggest quibble is Mattel coyly branding this as "Holiday", as you can see the Christmas influence all over it.

Worth noting also that while this is very specifically branded as a Bob Mackie doll, Bill Greening is credited as co-designer!

And last but not least (or at least, I think last... there's so many I'm concerned I've missed one) is the Mariah Carey Holiday Celebration doll.

For some people, Mariah Carey is practically unanimous with Christmas, so I can't very well fault them for this. Designed by Angel Kent, this doll specifically pays homage to "All I Want For Christmas Is You". (Specifically, the 2019 version - although I'For some people, Mariah Carey is practically unanimous with Christmas, so I can't very well fault them for this. Designed by Angel Kent, this doll specifically pays homage to "All I Want For Christmas Is You". (Specifically, the 2019 version - although I'm super not a music person so I couldn't have told you that without seeing it on the Mattel website.)

Note: Over the coming days I will also be reblogging seasonal posts from last year as well, just for the nostalgia factor.

[angelqueen13art]

1999 - Holiday Amber

I always loved Amber's dress from the pilot. She looks so good in blue and that dress was absolutely gorgeous. This dress reminded me so much of that one so it felt perfect for her.

Here we are at the final piece for the year.  Thank you all for joining me for this little Holiday series.  Excited to share more artwork in 2024 and looking forward to seeing new works in my fandoms.

Happy New Year!

[nattykazooartyay]

1996 Happy Holiday Barbie

[ballpointdoll]

some of my favourite winter / holiday barbies pt. 1

[haredjarris]

Would any of my followers be interested in seeing my Christmas/Holiday/Winter Barbie collection? It’s quite substantial now, and I’ll be getting another one to add to it on Christmas Day!

[haveamagicalday]

Battle of the Barbies! Round 8: Holiday (Sub Round 5)

This is round 8 (sub round 5) of the bracket. All other polls in can be found here.