1993 Happy Holidays Barbie Doll

Stock number 10911 is one of two catalog entries for the 1993 Happy Holidays Barbie doll in the Happy Holidays series within the Holiday Barbie line. Released in 1993 as a Special Edition in the collector segment, the doll wears a red tulle gown topped by a golden bodice trimmed in poinsettias of red sequins and beads. Her long, flowing hair is accented with a poinsettia, and the hair poinsettia is the listed accessory. The same gown description covers the year's companion entry, stock number 10824, making 1993 the fourth consecutive year in this database in which the year's design carries two stock numbers. Both 1993 numbers are five digits, a break from the four-digit stock numbers the series used from 1988 through 1992 as documented here. The red-and-gold presentation brings the series' color sequence back to red after the silver of 1992, the green of 1991, the fuchsia of 1990, and the white of 1989. Reference sources index the release as "1993 Happy Holidays Barbie" or "Happy Holidays 1993." No designer is credited for this entry and no edition size is recorded; the edition designation is Special Edition, in line with the full series as cataloged here.

Collector notes

This 10911 entry is the companion stock number to 10824 for the 1993 red-and-gold release; the two records are otherwise identical in description, so the number on the example in hand is what distinguishes them. Both carry the series' first five-digit stock numbers in this database, a quick sorting cue against the 1988-1992 releases. The Special Edition designation has no stated edition size. The hair poinsettia is the documented accessory to account for on complete examples.