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“Tin foil Barbie. A bit of backstory: We didn’t have a lot of money growing up, but one year, I was gifted a beautiful swan princess Barbie by a school friend for my birthday. Our family always liked a fairy/angel on top of the Christmas tree, but we couldn’t afford to buy one, so we used my Barbie. The problem was that, as the creative type, her beautiful dress was no longer a long, flowing ball gown, but rather had been transformed into a mini dress with pen all over it. So, we used the cardboard from a toilet roll to make her a crown and tin foil to create a shiny, flowing ball gown (think the good witch from The Wizard of Oz), and so tin foil Barbie was born.”
“I’m 33 years old now, and we still use tin foil Barbie and recreate her dress every Christmas. My husband hates it, but my daughter loves it, so we carry on the tradition. We are more comfortable money-wise and could easily buy an angel to go on top of the tree, but tin foil Barbie reminds me of a simpler time and not to take anything for granted.”
—Anonymous
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