Only Three Dolls

Redressed for Christmas 2025

I usually dress at least five dolls for Christmas. This year, I only dressed three, and I scaled back my Christmas decorations to the bare minimum. It's always a chore to put things back in their place and to redress dolls in their usual clothing after the holiday. This year, that chore, which usually occurs by January 15th of the following year, if not sooner, will be less taxing.

Circa 1940s composition and hard plastic Shirley Temple-type transitional mama doll

My circa 1940s Shirley Temple-type transitional mama doll is usually the first doll that I redress for Christmas. I maintained that tradition this year. This 29-inch doll holds a paper doll ornament inspired by Gladys MacDowell's 1950s wax doll, Tuesday. The Tuesday paper doll was made in 2018 by Victoria Christopherson as a souvenir for the Gladys MacDowell Doll Study Club's 50th Anniversary.

This is the Tuesday paper doll ornament that the transitional mama doll holds. The paper doll's dress is made of fabric.

This 2025 pink box Barbie, which uses the Shani head sculpt, wears a Santa T-shirt designed by Nise's Designs.

I dressed my most recent pink box Barbie in a Santa T-shirt, black Spandex Capris, and black high-heeled shoes. She holds a wrapped Christmas present ornament.

The waving Santa image is better visible in this close-up.

I used AI to add a Christmas border to Shani's photo.

Global Girl Dolls Amahle is the third and final doll I redressed.

Used to enhance my dining room table decorations, Global Girl Dolls Amahle wears American Girl Addy's Christmas dress with lace-up black boots. She holds a wooden and cloth ornament like the ones that decorate a tabletop Christmas tree.

I've made less after-Christmas work for myself while managing to create enough festive decor.

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