The weather here in New Orleans has finally gotten colder (we even had to wear a jacket today!), so it is getting easier to find my Christmas spirit! Last weekend, we started shopping for gifts, putting up our holiday decorations, unpacking our winter clothes and breaking out the Christmas music and DVDs.
While our favorites are Rudolph and Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas
“The all-new DVD, “Barbie: A Perfect Christmas” stars Barbie and her three sisters – Skipper, Stacy and Chelsea, whose holiday vacation turns into an unexpected adventure filled with new friends and magical experiences. In the end, the sisters learn a heartwarming lesson that the joy of being together is what really makes A Perfect Christmas! Released November 8th at all major retailers.”
We received the DVD today and my daughters could not wait one more second to watch the movie, so we decided to have a Wednesday night movie before bedtime. The DVD has a runtime of 1 hour and 14 minutes, so I was a bit concerned that it wouldn’t hold the attention of my 3 year old. I was wrong. Very wrong. Both of my girls (ages 3 and 6) loved the storyline and the music. Their favorite parts included the “raindogs” and the snowball fight between Barbie and her sisters!
As a Mom, I liked that the movie showed the importance of family at Christmas and downplayed the idea of receiving material items. Barbie’s two youngest sisters remind me a LOT of my two daughters….they tease each other just like the movie. I was glad to see scenes where the sisters learn to get along and love one another.
As a blogger, it was fun to watch because one of Barbie’s sisters, Skipper, is a blogger, too! It was funny to see Barbie and Skipper talking about podcasts and websites. That’s a far cry from the Barbie of my day!
Overall, both my daughters and I enjoyed the movie! I would definitely recommend it as a gift or stocking stuffer this Christmas for girls who love Barbie and friends. In fact, you can even purchase the Barbie and Sister dolls from the movie exclusively at Target ($49.99)!
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I loved playing with Barbie when I was younger especially the Rapunzel and the holiday collection. I still have the dolls in the boxes too!
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I remember getting a barbie dream house!
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I remember sewing my first Barbie outfit with my mom.
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Loved barbies but we never got further than setting up the house than it would be time to clean up, which was fine because making the house was the funnest. Im not sure we would have known how to actually play with the barbies
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I remember playing Barbies with my cousin. We both had the Barbie mansions and storage cases full of clothing. It was awesome. I ended getting the Barbie Limo & Jeep one year for Christmas. The year after that my cousin died and I ended up throwing all my barbies out in a emotional breakdown. I ended up finding a box of clothes that my own kids now use on their Barbies.
My favorite Barbie memory is getting my Barbie Dream House for Christmas when i was a child!
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I loved my barbie with the really really long hair.. Playing with her on the stairs.. thats where I made barbies house
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I loved having Barbie’s camping set. It came with a cute dog.
My favorite Barbie memory is the very first Barbie that I gave my oldest daughter. She was three and carried her everywhere to bed, bath , the store.
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my favorite was making “houses” for the barbies out of legos. Like the outlines of the rooms. My brother (with his GI joes) and i would do it for hours
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My favorite memory is playing with my sister’s big Barbie Townhouse.
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Has to be when my daughter fell out a short window into the mud and she still had her barbie in her hand through it all. Both the real doll and the barbie were fine except my daughter was solid mud.
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