tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4137499729425715878.post7732788853864549949..comments2024-03-25T10:50:20.723-07:00Comments on The Barbie Blog: Day 10: Breathtaking in Black - 1998 Happy Holidays BarbieForestminuethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301696435960294456noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4137499729425715878.post-67984806081545594362012-12-10T21:05:39.070-08:002012-12-10T21:05:39.070-08:00What an awesome hubby! My hubby is okay with my do...What an awesome hubby! My hubby is okay with my doll collection but he doesn't actively "encourage" it if you know what I mean! :) Ah yes, it could be the prototype. I always wondered about not seeing the ends of the stole, now I know why. Maybe the collar was too hard to make it stand up in the box like the picture?Forestminuethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301696435960294456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4137499729425715878.post-62045677936724294012012-12-10T15:31:46.213-08:002012-12-10T15:31:46.213-08:00Almost forgot, about the pic on the back of the bo...Almost forgot, about the pic on the back of the box. I think this is a picture of the prototype doll, because it looks like the stole is merely a huge collar, almost like a hood. No ends visible behind the doll and it seems sewed to the dress.<br />I f you look at the ornament pictured in the bottom corner, it also has no stole ends visible. I think they exchanged the collar for a stole when they got into production. Probably for easier dressing.Andreanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4137499729425715878.post-70819389189161800762012-12-10T15:24:56.723-08:002012-12-10T15:24:56.723-08:00Actually I got one every year not neccessarily for...Actually I got one every year not neccessarily for Christmas, but I got one. I have extras of some of the Happy Holidays Barbies, mostly from ebay-lots or fleamarkets. I also have an extra of this one from the fleamarket, but she was nude. Her hair is stiff as a rock.<br /><br />When she was released, I couldn't decide which doll I liked better, the Caucasian or the African American<br />version. Hubby was a sweetheart and got both for me.<br /><br />Actually the Holiday Dolls were the first Barbie line that I seriously collected.<br /><br />Andreanoreply@blogger.com