Christmas is here again...well, it's not. But the dolls are!

  As usual the stores are way ahead of the holidays. It's not even Halloween yet, and the Christmas dolls are already showing up in stores. I recently saw all the new Holiday Barbies, (and Ken too these days!), at Meijer. 

  There's the required blonde Barbie.

  There's the African American/Black Barbie.

   And there's the Hispanic Barbie.

And lastly, there is Ken.

  I have never been much for blonde hair, or the blank expression of  most playline Barbies. This Holiday Barbie is no exception. I much prefer the more interesting face of the Black Barbie. I don't think this year's Hispanic Barbie is that attractive, so Black Barbie is my favourite this year. That frequently happens, although  there have been some pretty Hispanic Holiday Barbies over the years too. As for Ken, I don't like his hair, and he's one of those No Socks guys, (with a tuxedo?!),which I also can't get behind, so I can live without him. 

  Actually, I have never been into these big dress Barbies most of the time either. I have liked a lot of the collector Barbies with 'big dresses', but those were a bit more detailed than the playline dolls. It just seemed they put more time into the designs of the collector ones, which makes sense. But, as I say, I have never been that into the Big Dress Barbies, I am much more likely to be interested in the sweater Christmas Barbies, like this year's doll.

  

  This doll looks cozy and comfortable, which appeals to me. I think those are supposed to be pajama bottoms. Wearing your PJs all day on Christmas is allowed. Emma has planned for us all to wear matching Muppet Christmas Carol pajamas this year. That should be interesting. I'm five feet tall, and just about as wide, so we'll see if I can walk with extra long legs on the bottoms, or even pull the bottoms up.

  For those who missed the Christmas Mariah Carey doll, she's available at Ollie's again this year.

  There has been a bit going on around here. Ken spent a few days in the hospital recently, because of another UTI. He will never learn to listen to me when I tell him he's not drinking enough water. I have been busy wrapping Christmas presents, and have almost all my shopping wrapped already, including the stocking stuff. That sounds good, but a few years ago I had all my presents wrapped before December, and I just didn't feel Christmassy in December! On the other hand, I have been passing the wrapped presents off to Emma as I had them done, and now I don't have to haul  loads of presents out to the car in the cold and ice of winter, and tote them to Emma's house, where I reverse the process and tote them into her house in the snow and cold. So there is a positive too.

  There will be another post soon on some more doll releases of the Christmas season, plus some Halloween musings too. See you soon.