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Happy Holidays – Mattels Christmas Barbie Edition

   20. Dezember 2017

The first Holiday Barbie was released in 1988 and was called the Happy Holidays Barbie. This is what the series was called from 1988 until 1998. Though the Happy Holiday Barbie from 1988 wasn’t technically the first collector Barbie, she is responsible for igniting interest in collector dolls for adults. She started the adult collector Barbie craze of the 90’s as Mattel realized there was a market for these dolls aimed at adults.

Holiday Barbie remains one of the most popular Barbie collections as it’s the series that got most people into Barbie collecting as a hobby. The series has been around since 1988 but it has undergone a name change occasionally. In 1999, the holiday Barbie was called the Millennium Princess Barbie to celebrate the beginning of the new millennium. From 2000 to 2002 the series was called Holiday Celebration Barbie. In 2003 the Holiday Barbie was called the Winter Fantasy Barbie, she was meant to be the first in a new series called Holiday Visions, but it never continued. She and her AA counterpart are the only two dolls in that series, but they are still officially Holiday Barbie dolls. From 2004 and onward, they are called the Holiday Barbie collection.

1988
It all started with one single Holiday Barbie. In the first and second year Mattel issues only one doll: a typical blonde caucasian Barbie doll.
1988 Happy Holidays Barbie #1703
1989
Like the year before, Mattel issued again one blonde caucasian Barbie doll
1989 Happy Holidays Barbie #3523
1990
In 1990 Mattel started with two Holiday Dolls: caucasian and afro-american.
1990 Happy Holidays Barbie #4098 (caucasian)
1990 Happy Holidays Barbie #4543 (afro-american)
1991
1991 Happy Holidays Barbie #1871 (caucasian)
1991 Happy Holidays Barbie #2696 (afro-american)
1992
1992 Happy Holidays Barbie #1429 (caucasian)
1992 Happy Holidays Barbie AA #2396 (afro-american)
1993
1993 Happy Holidays Barbie #10824 (caucasian)
1993 Happy Holidays Barbie #10911 (afro-american)
1994
1994 Happy Holidays Barbie #12155 (caucasian, blonde hair)
1994 Happy Holidays Barbie #12155 (caucasian, brunette hair – 35th Anniversary Festival)
1994 Happy Holidays Barbie #12156 (afro-american)

Beside the two regular Holiday Barbies, Mattel issued in 1994 extra „Gala“ Dolls.
1994 Happy Holidays Gala Barbie #12432
1994 Happy Holidays Gala Barbie #13545

1995
1995 Happy Holidays Barbie #14123 (caucasian)
1995 Happy Holidays Barbie AA #14124 (afro-american)

1995 Happy Holidays Gala Barbie #15856

1996
1996 Happy Holidays Barbie #15646 (caucasian)
1996 Happy Holidays Barbie #15647(afro-american)
1997
The 1997 Holiday Barbie line is an odd exception. There is a blonde, brunette, and AA in the lineup like later on in 2012. So far nothing special, but usually the blonde Barbie is the one, that is widely available. In this year it was the brunette and the blonde was a rare variant.
1997 Happy Holidays Barbie #17832 (brunette)
1997 Happy Holidays Barbie #17833 (afro-american)
1997 Happy Holidays Barbie #20416 (blonde)
1998
1998 Happy Holidays Barbie #20200 (caucasian)
1998 Happy Holidays Barbie #20201 (afro-american)
1999
1999 Millennium Princess Barbie #24154 (caucasian)
1999 Millennium Princess Barbie AA #23995 (afro-american)
2000
The 2000 Holiday dolls were the Holiday Celebration Barbie dolls holding a silver Christmas tree ball with the year 2000 etched onto them. „Celebration Barbie is the first in a new series of dolls that symbolize the holiday spirit of the 21st century. She is stunning in a golden and ivory dress that defines a new elegance for the holiday season.“
2000 Celebration Barbie #28269 (caucasian)
2000 Celebration Barbie #28270 (afro-american)
2000 Celebration Teresa #28271
2001
2001 Holiday Celebration Barbie #50304 (caucasian)
2001 Holiday Celebration Barbie #50305 (afro-american)
2002
2002 Holiday Celebration Barbie #56209 (caucasian)
2002 Holiday Celebration Barbie #56210 (afro-american)
2003
2003 Winter Fantasy – Holiday Visions Barbie B2519 (caucasian)
2003 Winter Fantasy – Holiday Visions Barbie C0166 (afro-american)
2004
2004 Holiday Barbie #B5848 (caucasian) green and burgundy dress
2004 Holiday Barbie #B5849 (afro-american)
2005
In 2005 Bob Mackie was the Designer of the Holiday dolls, both dolls, caucasian and afro-american were released in green and red gowns
2005 Holiday Barbie #H8583 by Bob Mackie (caucasian)
2005 Holiday Barbie #H0178 by Bob Mackie (afro-american)
2006
2006 Holiday Barbie by Bob Mackie J0949 (caucasian)
2006 Holiday Barbie by Bob Mackie J0950 (afro-american)
2007

2007 was the first year that the Holiday dolls started using ModelMuse bodies.

In diesem Jahr setzte Mattel zum ersten Model Muse Körper in der Holidays Reihe ein. Die Holiday Barbie 2007 wirkt in ihrem roten Kleid und der weißen Plüsch-Umrandung wie eine moderne Antwort auf „Mrs. Santa Claus“. Um den Hals trägt sie das Symbol des Nordsterns. Die Caucasian Version wurde mit dem CEO Face produziert und hat eine blond gelockte Frisur. Die afro-amerikanische Holiday Barbie hat eine identische Frisur und Mbili Face.
2007 Holiday Barbie #K7958 (caucasian)
2007 Holiday Barbie #K7959 (afro-american)

2008

2008 20th Anniversary Holiday Barbie #L9643 (caucasian)
2008 20th Anniversary Holiday Barbie #L9644(afro-american)

2009

2009 Holiday Barbie #N6556 (caucasian)
2009 Holiday Barbie #N6557 (afro-american)

2010

 (caucasian)
(afro-american)

2011

 (caucasian)
(afro-american)

2012

 (caucasian)
(afro-american)
2012 was the first year where the series started adding a brunette doll to the lineup alongside the Caucasian and AA dolls.

2013

2013 Holiday Barbie, blonde #X8271
2013 Holiday Barbie, redhead #X9194
2013 Holiday Barbie AA #X8272

 Playline Edition 

2013 Holiday Barbie AA (Playline) #BBV51

2014
2015
2016
2016 was the first year where the brunette version was more obviously an ethnic / Hispanic doll. The first Asian holiday Barbie was also included that year alongside the other four dolls.
2017
Die Holiday Barbie Reihe umfasste 2017 drei Barbies – Caucasian mit closed Millie Face, Latin mit Mermaid Face und Afroamerican mit LaVinia Face.
2018
2019
2020
2021
In 2021, the brunette did use the Asian Kira face but she was supposed to be a Hispanic / Latina doll.
2022
2023
The 35th anniversary edition included four dolls and was designed by Kelley Lindberg.
2023 Holiday Barbie, caucasian blonde #HJX08
2023 Holiday Barbie AA, Daya Face #HJX09
2023 Holiday Barbie, caucasian dark blonde, Karl Face #HJX10
2023 Holiday Barbie asian, Kira Face #HJX11
2024

2024 Holiday Barbie, caucasian blonde #HRM65
2024 Holiday Barbie AA #HRM66
2024 Holiday Barbie Latin #HRM67
2024 Holiday Barbie asian #HRM68
2024 Holiday Barbie, caucasian redhead #JBF67

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