The New American Girl Doll This Christmas

By Marc Cameron

If you have a young girl to shop for, then you probably already know that Chrissa, the American Girl of the Year for this year is sure to be one of the hot gifts on her Christmas list. Like all American Girl dolls, the workmanship is faultless and the doll is beautiful. She has a light skin texture, straight brown shoulder length hair that is parted down the center. She has light blue eyes. She arrives dressed in a pink floral faux wrap with a flower at the waist and ribbon accents. She also is packaged with purple underwear, purple shoes and a floral ribbon bracelet. The package will also come with a pet mini-llama that is called Starburst. As with all American Girls, she is packaged with her very own self-titled book.

The story of Chrissa debuted earlier in the year on HBO, with the title "Chrissa Takes a Stand". The movie focuses around Chrissa dealing with bullies, a topic that is very important to lots of girls today. As a response to the large quantity of requests from families to the American Girl company on the matter, they decided that they needed a doll whose story would take on this genuine and important crisis that affects of thousands of girls daily.

Chrissa is a creative and friendly 10 year old girl who has recently relocated to a new town in Minnesota with her family to live with her grandmother, who she lovingly calls Nana. Chrissa's mother Meg is a doctor, while her father Paul makes platewear for a nearby company. She also has a brother who is called Tyler who is exceptional in his expertise of the universe and planets.

Her grandmother lives in a lake-front home in a well to do neighborhood. Chrissa's favorite activities are swimming and diving. She is really looking forward to swimming in the lake when warmer weather arrives. Chrissa is also very talented at sewing and knitting. But, when Chrissa and her family relocate to the new neighborhood it is during the midpoint of the school semester. Because of this, Chrissa is a bit nervous about making acquaintances at the new school.

When the time comes for Chrissa to begin going to school, she is given a hard time by three girls in her new class. She refers to the girls as the "Mean Bees". The girls tease Chrissa all over the place, including swim club, around school and online. Chrissa chooses to stand up for herself, and be couregous and resilient.

This is a valuable tale for young girls to watch, as it depicts just how critical it is to handle these kinds of situations and how they might be able to learn from them..

There are loads of pretty outfits that were showcased in the movie that can be bought for the Chrissa doll. There is Starburst the mini-llama, along with other outfits and accessories for sledding, sewing, swimming and going out to a fun event. - 31409

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