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Silver Anniversary Holiday Barbie™ #FFMGiftGuide {Review & Giveaway}

November 11, 2013 by fabfrugalmama

Christmas is a magical time. The holidays bring glittering snowflakes, glamourous outfits (what better time to dress up?) and the anticipation of children’s eyes lighting up in wonderment and surprise on Christmas morning. Needless to say, it is my favourite holiday!

It is also the best time of year to celebrate one of my favourite childhood
icons – Barbie™!

Each year, Mattel designs a limited-edition Holiday Barbie that is so gorgeous it takes my breath away. Although I never had one as a child, I was thrilled to be able to experience my first Holiday Barbie this year, and share her with my daughter. Barbie has been commemorating the holidays with a unique look for 25
years. To celebrate the silver anniversary, the 2013 Holiday Barbie™
shines in a silver gown with wintry accents inspired by moonlit snow
fields. She is even more lovely in person than I anticipated… the detailing on her gown is exquisite, and it’s clear that a lot of love and care was put into her design.

I think Holiday Barbie is the perfect gift for little girls and ‘big’ girls alike… and a wonderful keepsake for years to come.

Want to ensure your child(ren)’s gifts aren’t on their unwishlist? Check out this cute video from Mattel… 🙂

Win it!

The wonderful folks at Mattel are giving a limited-edition Silver Anniversary Holiday Barbie to one lucky FFM reader!!

Giveaway is open to legal residents of Canada, aged 18+, and ends on Nov. 24, 2013 at 11:59pm ET. Full terms can be found at the bottom of the Rafflecopter form. Good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway
 

 
 

Filed Under: Contests, Kids Tagged With: #FFMGiftGuide, #unwishlist, Barbie, gifts for girls, giveaways, Holiday Barbie, Mattel

Comments

  1. Maya Fitzpatrick says

    November 11, 2013 at 5:25 am

    my niece would love this!

  2. amy banks says

    November 11, 2013 at 7:06 am

    my daughter would love it
    good luck to all

  3. Haylie Langwald says

    November 11, 2013 at 7:10 am

    I would love to win this for my daughter.

  4. Jeannie Lam says

    November 11, 2013 at 7:19 am

    I would love to win this for my niece!

  5. Tina says

    November 11, 2013 at 11:38 am

    I would love to win for my niece.

  6. flowerchild says

    November 11, 2013 at 11:43 am

    I would love to win this for my oldest daughter
    thanks

  7. Brandi Yee says

    November 11, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    I would love to win this for my daughter – she loves all things Barbie 🙂

  8. Lori's Place says

    November 11, 2013 at 12:53 pm

    I woul love to win this for my neice.

  9. Lori Jean says

    November 11, 2013 at 1:00 pm

    I have a few nieces I would have to narrow it down. (Lori Jackson)

  10. carschick2000 says

    November 11, 2013 at 1:24 pm

    My daughter is a Barbie fanatic and would love this doll for Christmas!

  11. michelle tremblett says

    November 11, 2013 at 2:19 pm

    I would love to win this for my daughter 🙂

  12. Anonymous says

    November 11, 2013 at 4:07 pm

    Our daughter for Christmas. (Christina- Benchmark)

  13. maria says

    November 11, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    I want this for my niece.

    billiondollarprincesss@hotmail.com

  14. jessica s says

    November 11, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    my niece would be so excited to get this!

  15. Michelle Tupy says

    November 11, 2013 at 9:48 pm

    My daughter would love this!

  16. Sunshine says

    November 11, 2013 at 10:04 pm

    My 4 year old daughter would love this.

  17. Mami2jcn says

    November 11, 2013 at 10:05 pm

    This would be for my daughter.

  18. Katrina Brady says

    November 11, 2013 at 10:25 pm

    I'd love to win this for my granddaughter

  19. Belinda M says

    November 12, 2013 at 12:12 am

    I would like to win this for my niece

  20. Jonnie (JB) says

    November 12, 2013 at 1:00 am

    I would love to wein this gorgeous Barbie for my niece!

  21. Sarah Jackson says

    November 12, 2013 at 2:30 am

    Id love to win for my 4 year old daugher

  22. bula says

    November 12, 2013 at 2:36 am

    I'd love to win this for my daughter.

  23. Tabitha says

    November 12, 2013 at 2:53 am

    i'd love to win this for my daughter.
    we are barbie lovers.
    kayleefaith1228@aol.com

  24. Signe Silver says

    November 12, 2013 at 2:56 am

    Daphne would love this!

  25. Rebby says

    November 12, 2013 at 3:16 am

    I would love to win this for my friends daughter!

  26. loven mommy says

    November 12, 2013 at 3:31 am

    this would be for my lovely daughter olivia

  27. Jody Doncaster says

    November 12, 2013 at 3:31 am

    My niece is a big Barbie fan!

  28. Monique L.S. says

    November 12, 2013 at 3:38 am

    I would like to win this for my daughter. This would be her first Barbie.

  29. Jennifer says

    November 12, 2013 at 3:51 am

    Hopefully my daughters would share 🙂

  30. lovekitten16 says

    November 12, 2013 at 4:00 am

    my daughter.. she is just getting into Barbie now

  31. Judy C says

    November 12, 2013 at 4:06 am

    I would give it to my niece (even though I might be tempted to keep her for myself..lol) (Judy Cowan)

  32. Annie1 says

    November 12, 2013 at 5:34 am

    I would love to win this for my neice Katie!

    thanks

    Rafflecopter Name is Anne Taylor

  33. pamalot says

    November 12, 2013 at 11:23 am

    This would be bor my special princess Emily.

  34. dorcontest says

    November 12, 2013 at 1:14 pm

    My niece … for sure. 🙂

    DOREEN LAMOUREUX

  35. rdw says

    November 12, 2013 at 1:19 pm

    My daughter would love it!

  36. Maria Malaveci says

    November 12, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    I would love to win this for my daughter! She loves Barbie!

  37. BlessedTa says

    November 12, 2013 at 3:20 pm

    for my niece

  38. eleanor says

    November 12, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    For myself. I love Barbie!

  39. Traci says

    November 12, 2013 at 5:11 pm

    I think my daughter and I will be sharing this!

  40. Angela M says

    November 12, 2013 at 5:17 pm

    I'd love to win this for myself. I have a little Barbie collection.
    angela mitchell

  41. Country Mouse, City Mouse says

    November 12, 2013 at 5:19 pm

    My little girl, Jillian would love her. She's gorgeous!
    (Pam Young)

  42. Nicole B says

    November 12, 2013 at 6:53 pm

    I'd love this for my niece for christmas!

  43. natasha severson says

    November 12, 2013 at 7:55 pm

    for my girls

  44. Penny Minding Mom says

    November 12, 2013 at 8:03 pm

    For my daughter.

  45. Lori Butler says

    November 12, 2013 at 8:58 pm

    my niece would LOVE this

  46. Holly Messana says

    November 12, 2013 at 9:04 pm

    I would love to win for my daughter

  47. Sue2Sueper says

    November 12, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    I would love to win this for my niece, she loves Barbies!

    SueSueper

  48. Victoria says

    November 12, 2013 at 10:39 pm

    I really want to win this barbie for my daughter. She would go wild for that dress!

  49. Maegan Morin says

    November 12, 2013 at 10:44 pm

    I would love to win this for my daughter!! She would adore it 😀

  50. MrDisco says

    November 12, 2013 at 11:40 pm

    For me to add to my annual collection of yearly Christmas Barbies

  51. Kathryn Lavallee says

    November 12, 2013 at 11:42 pm

    I would love to win this for a friend that collects them!

  52. Jenness Mills says

    November 13, 2013 at 12:09 am

    My niece would love it.

  53. Beth Gallinger says

    November 13, 2013 at 1:14 am

    I'd love to win this for my niece!

  54. Lori Bazan says

    November 13, 2013 at 1:26 am

    I would be the best Aunt ever if I gifted my niece this Barbie!

  55. Lindsay Cyr says

    November 13, 2013 at 2:14 am

    I would love, love, love to win this for my daughter! She has just recently taken an interest in Barbie and has dug out all of my old Barbie dolls from when I was a young girl, I would love to win this for her, as it would be her very first Barbie doll of her own 🙂

  56. Surso S. says

    November 13, 2013 at 3:48 am

    my wife she likes to collect them

    sousasurveys@hotmail.com

  57. Dianne says

    November 13, 2013 at 4:09 am

    My daughter 🙂

  58. Dreena says

    November 13, 2013 at 11:12 pm

    I'd like to win this for my niece.
    Thanks!

  59. Nada says

    November 14, 2013 at 1:54 am

    Honestly, it's for myself. My sister has our childhood Barbie's, which is fine since hopefully she'll have girls to enjoy them instead of all boys like me.
    I promise I won't let them give her haircuts or tattoos!

  60. mongupp says

    November 14, 2013 at 2:12 am

    My sister

  61. karine123 says

    November 14, 2013 at 2:22 am

    For my niece 🙂

  62. dawnmonroe83 says

    November 14, 2013 at 7:27 am

    Id give this Barbie to my granddaughter, she loves Barbie.

  63. Michelle Hebert says

    November 14, 2013 at 8:42 am

    my daughter

  64. lynn macdonald says

    November 14, 2013 at 12:33 pm

    my daughter has every one, she started collecting as a baby, we can't stop the collection now!

  65. Doris says

    November 14, 2013 at 1:35 pm

    I'd love to win this for my niece.

  66. inmy30sanditstime says

    November 14, 2013 at 4:53 pm

    i'd LOVE to win this for my niece 🙂

  67. Amy Brown says

    November 14, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    I'd like to win this Barbie for my daughter, she loves barbies!

  68. Tara says

    November 14, 2013 at 7:41 pm

    I would love this for my oldest daughter. She loves all things Barbie!

  69. Elizabeth FrugalMomEh says

    November 14, 2013 at 7:41 pm

    I'd like to say for my daughter, but she is so pretty I'd keep it for myself! lol

  70. Bernice06 says

    November 14, 2013 at 7:53 pm

    I would love to win it for My Daughter ,She loves anything Barbie

  71. Mahdi Martin says

    November 15, 2013 at 3:13 am

    I'd love to win this Barbie for one of my nieces. I'd have to get something equally as sparkly for the other!

  72. Craig Silva says

    November 15, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    I'd like to win this for my youngest daughter… she is all about Barbie right now!

  73. Michelle B says

    November 15, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    I'd love to win this for my daughter 🙂

  74. missbobloblaw says

    November 15, 2013 at 10:02 pm

    For my daughter!

  75. Erin says

    November 16, 2013 at 1:10 am

    This would be for my daughter, it'd be her first Barbie!

  76. Kim Bartlett says

    November 16, 2013 at 6:33 am

    I would love to win this for my granddaughter she would love her!

  77. Skees says

    November 16, 2013 at 12:04 pm

    My niece to add to her collection.

  78. Jennifer L. says

    November 16, 2013 at 3:57 pm

    My niece would love this!

  79. truckerofbc says

    November 16, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    This would be for my daughter. She would love it! Thanks for the chance.

  80. Cheryl Almas says

    November 16, 2013 at 5:23 pm

    I'd love to win this for my granddaughter.

  81. Bailey Dexter says

    November 16, 2013 at 6:12 pm

    I would love to be able to tuck Barbie under my tree for my granddaughter! She would love it.

  82. charity konrath says

    November 16, 2013 at 8:07 pm

    i would win it for my niece

  83. Pip444 says

    November 16, 2013 at 10:56 pm

    I would love to win this for my daughter

  84. Keri Dudley says

    November 16, 2013 at 11:24 pm

    I would keep this for myself when I was young (many moons ago) I had a barbie with a gold dress just like that one, OH the memories!

  85. Christine O'Connor says

    November 16, 2013 at 11:43 pm

    my daughter (Chandra Christine O'Connor)

  86. ChaosAndSilence says

    November 17, 2013 at 1:38 am

    It would go into a Christmas hamper for a deserving little girl

  87. Heidi Carlson-Reid says

    November 17, 2013 at 2:47 am

    My daughters would love this!

  88. Patricia Wojnar Crowley says

    November 17, 2013 at 2:50 am

    I'd love to win this for my niece!

  89. Brandee H says

    November 17, 2013 at 2:57 am

    I would love this for my niece. This would be her first Barbie!!!

  90. krisha44 says

    November 17, 2013 at 3:53 am

    i would LOVE to win this for my daughter

  91. Martina - GetReal Momma says

    November 17, 2013 at 12:09 pm

    My daughter would love this

  92. Ashley Rexrode says

    November 17, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    I would love to win for my daughter

    Ashley turicik on the rafflecopter

  93. Gillian Morgan says

    November 18, 2013 at 1:23 am

    My niece.

  94. Ladena says

    November 18, 2013 at 5:02 am

    She's beautiful! I know a little girl that would love her!

  95. Heather says

    November 18, 2013 at 6:08 am

    My five year old daughter would love it!

  96. Tennille says

    November 18, 2013 at 7:07 am

    I would bring to a toy drive 🙂 I have boys

  97. SUMMER PLEWES says

    November 18, 2013 at 6:55 pm

    100 PERCENT THIS WOULD BE FOR MY NIECE!!!!!

  98. Rhonda says

    November 18, 2013 at 7:21 pm

    For my niece…thankyou!
    via Rhonda W G.

  99. Tina L. says

    November 19, 2013 at 1:24 am

    My niece would love this.

  100. Christy Martin says

    November 19, 2013 at 3:03 am

    I would love to win this for my niece. She is a Barbie addict!

  101. Dianne says

    November 19, 2013 at 7:39 am

    I would love to win this for my oldest granddaughter. She saw this Barbie online and went crazy over it.

  102. Cassie Fancy says

    November 19, 2013 at 5:07 pm

    I would love to win this for my youngest daughter

  103. andie says

    November 19, 2013 at 6:00 pm

    abrennan09@hotmail.com
    My daughter would LOVE this just as much as the house – how beautiful!!

  104. KittyPride says

    November 21, 2013 at 12:32 am

    My friend has a nine year old grandchild that would adore this beautiful doll!

  105. Heather Nolan says

    November 21, 2013 at 1:54 am

    This would go straight to my 4 yo daughter 🙂

  106. gummybaba says

    November 21, 2013 at 2:06 am

    my great granddaughteer

  107. Anna .w says

    November 22, 2013 at 2:55 am

    I would love to win this for my daughter.

  108. Katy Emanuel says

    November 22, 2013 at 3:58 am

    I would love to win this for my daughter

  109. Rick and Jennifer says

    November 22, 2013 at 7:59 am

    I would love to win this for my daughter.

  110. Kim M says

    November 22, 2013 at 3:13 pm

    I would like to win this for my cousin's granddaughter

  111. Sandi Tymchuk says

    November 22, 2013 at 8:51 pm

    My niece would love this!

  112. silverneon2000 says

    November 22, 2013 at 9:47 pm

    This would be for my collection which does not have a lot but I would like to add to it

    Londia

    silverneon2000 at yahoo dot com

  113. Ginger says

    November 23, 2013 at 3:10 am

    I would give this Barbie to my eldest daughter!

  114. Anonymous says

    November 23, 2013 at 3:44 am

    I would love to win this for the little girl that lives down the road from me. Her family is going through a tuff time, so I think this would help give her a better Christmas

    Judy we_know@hotmail.com

  115. pinksuzanne says

    November 23, 2013 at 4:06 am

    I would love to win this for my granddaughter.

  116. Ameirah Taha says

    November 23, 2013 at 2:25 pm

    my daughter,,,

  117. Melissa Nielsen says

    November 23, 2013 at 3:05 pm

    my neice

  118. Wanda Bergman says

    November 23, 2013 at 3:05 pm

    I'd love to win this for my friend's young daughter.

  119. Brittany Cole says

    November 23, 2013 at 6:10 pm

    I would love to win this, and donate it to a kid who might not get any presents. 🙂

  120. Megan Barnecutt says

    November 23, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    I'd love to win this for my niece or maybe even myself – I have always LOVED holiday barbies!!!

  121. Beki says

    November 23, 2013 at 9:39 pm

    My daughter lily she would love this so much!!

  122. tanyab79 says

    November 23, 2013 at 10:37 pm

    my niece

  123. Heather says

    November 23, 2013 at 11:50 pm

    I would love to win this for my daughter.

  124. Carey Plowman says

    November 24, 2013 at 4:29 am

    I would win this for my niece

  125. Melissa Avey says

    November 24, 2013 at 6:06 am

    for my daugher 😀

  126. Anonymous says

    November 24, 2013 at 6:38 am

    My granddaughter would absolutely love this! Bonny
    lakesidens at hotmail dot com

  127. Anonymous says

    November 24, 2013 at 8:22 am

    I want to donate this to Project Share a make a young girl very happy..:)

    WandaJean1564(at)yahoo(dot)ca

  128. Christie says

    November 24, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    I'd love to win it for my niece.

  129. Doris Calvert says

    November 24, 2013 at 5:33 pm

    All my niece's would love these, they try tp get them every year.

  130. Viv Sluys says

    November 24, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    I have 3 daughters who all love Barbies. I'd like to won for them.

  131. Tammy D says

    November 24, 2013 at 11:29 pm

    Would love to win this for my niece!
    (Tammy Dalley)

  132. Anonymous says

    November 25, 2013 at 1:44 am

    I don't have any girls to buy for, so I would give it to charity

  133. Edith Rennes says

    November 25, 2013 at 7:12 am

    I would love to give this to an underpriviledged child.

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