1993 Happy Holidays Barbie Doll

The 1993 Happy Holidays Barbie doll under stock number 10824 is one of two 1993 entries in the Happy Holidays series, cataloged in the collector segment of the Holiday Barbie line. Issued in 1993 as a Special Edition, the doll returns the series to red, the color of the 1988 opener: she wears a red tulle gown topped by a golden bodice decorated with poinsettias worked in red sequins and beads. Her hair is styled long and flowing and accented with a poinsettia, and the hair poinsettia is the accessory listed for the release. No designer is credited in the record, and no edition size is stated. Like the three years before it, the 1993 design is cataloged under two stock numbers: this entry, 10824, and a companion entry under 10911, both dated 1993 and sharing the same gown description. The 1993 pair also marks the shift to five-digit stock numbers within the series as documented in this database, following the four-digit numbers used from 1988 through 1992. Reference indexes identify the release under the aliases "1993 Happy Holidays Barbie" and "Happy Holidays 1993." Its edition designation, consistent with the rest of the series in this catalog, is Special Edition.

Collector notes

The 1993 release is cataloged under two stock numbers, 10824 and 10911, continuing the two-entry-per-year pattern that runs from 1990 onward in this database. The five-digit numbering also distinguishes the 1993 pair at a glance from the four-digit stock numbers of 1988 through 1992. The record designates a Special Edition with no stated edition size. The hair poinsettia is the documented accessory, the completeness point to verify on full examples.