My daughter wanted Chrissa for her birthday – primarily because Chrissa is on the swim team, like Miss N. Since her birthday was December 30, she agreed to wait a few days and I ordered Chrissa from my personal shopper at the American Girl Place in New York on Friday. Chrissa and her pet Llama Starburst arrived today.
In addition to Chrissa and Starburst, there was a large Chrissa poster in the box – this is why I usually order big items from my personal shopper – you never know what extra goodies they may add in.
My thoughts? The Llama is such a cute pet. It is super soft, bigger than all the other American Girl pets (even bigger than Jess’ monkey), and it has a cute purple carry saddle that holds bookmarks for the girls.
Chrissa is a pretty doll. Her hair cut isn’t my favorite, but the color of it is dark with some natural looking highlights. Her eyes are a gorgeous shade of dark blue – they match my daughter’s eyes, and her skin coloring is nice too. She came with her meet dress, undies, shoes, and a little friendship bracelet. Of course, her book, Chrissa was included too.
We had also wanted her swim team gear, but it is on backorder until April – none of the American Girl stores got any of the swim gear or craft table sets in the initial shipment. Hopefully it will be in sooner than later.
Her movie debuted on HBO earlier this week and while we missed, most of the Doll Diaries readers who saw it, liked it for the most part. Some commented that it appeared the girls in the movie were wearing too much makeup for real 4th graders, but that the story itself was good. The DVD, An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong
For more Chrissa photos from our readers, check out the new photo galleries at Doll Diaries – specifically the Dolls of the Year gallery.
i hav 4 dolls,jess akkiko mcconell,tasha april,elizabeth lin cole,and eliza regina gracie!
I have:
Felicity
Elizabeth
Josephina
Kirsten
Nellie
Samantha
Kit
I luv them all sooo much!
Do you need to know all my dolls again, Priscilla???
lol
hi selena! my school is closed 2day and 2morro cuz the heater’s broke! i was going to ask 4 sonali 4 my b.day but now im not asking 4 her, i’ll ask 4 rebecca cuz she comes out in june and that’s when my bday is and i REALLY want her and i showed her book pages online to my grandma and she said i should get her,too!
GUYS GUYS! GUESS WHAT?!
Rebecca is a popular name from the 1950s!
And since her book says “Rebecca and the Movies”, that kinda sounds 50s-ish. Lol!
rebecca’s coming out in june
Hi priscilla!
I don’t think 5 dolls are too much….when i get sonali I will have five. But whatever suits you. My mom thinks four is a lot….but she’s not the one who has them! I think that anything more than 10 or 12 dolls is way too much. No offense to people who do, though, its cool. It’d just be way too much for me, especially since I have to buy all my dolls now with my own $$$. I have bought 2 out of 4 dolls with my own money, and am saving up for Sonali. I have $91 right now!
hi starr! im saving up money 4 rebecca,but so far i only have 12 dollars! i know,its not a lot of money.well anyhow,how did u earn 91 dollars 4 sonali?
hmm… I got 50 of it from Christmas, i get 3 a week as an allowance, and I’ve done some jobs like raking leaves and babysitting to earn more $$.
i am going 2 do some babysitting tommorow 2 buy rebecca!!!!!!
Okay, I know everyone is excited about Rebecca, but we don’t even know what she looks like. So how does everyone know that they want to buy her.
The same thing happened with Chrissa, and then when we saw her, people lost interest…
I think we should just wait and see what American Girl has planned for us.
jovi,thanks,i geuss u r kind of right about that!
did u buy chrissa?
Sorry, up there I said I was Annika, but I am Antha 32.
I really want Chrissa. Thax for the pics. I have ten dolls ( soon to be 11, when I get Chrissa) and I have four bitty baby and twins. These are there names…
Samantha
Nellie
Marisol
Elizabeth
Emily
Felicity
Nicki
Kit
Ruthie
Alexa (jly)
Bitty Babies and Twins
Madelyn
Annilisa
Annika Rose (Annie) &
Ava Grace (twins)
I love them all, but I really want to add Chrissa to my collction. I love her story and movie and she’s so pretty. My favorite doll I have is Samantha.
i have-
jess
elizabeth
eliza sunni regina gracie
tasha cameron april!
and my liitle sister has the bitty twins,there names are-
lila and kiki!
Hmm…
I am babysitting 2morrow + getting my allowance, so i will be getting some more money soon. i might, just might, have enough 4 sonali after that. i don’t know how much i will get 4 babysitting, tho. i need 23, if i get 3 from allowance, that’d mean i’d need 20 from babysitting, which i might be able to do since i am doing it for 4 hrs (i think)
does anyone on have chrissa or sonali? what do they look like in person? are they cute? if you anwser, thank you.
I don’t have either of them, but if you go to the photo gallery, you can see them there. Of course pictures can’t really give you a 3rd dimension, but just imagine…
thanks starr.
Hiya! Th Chrissa movie was aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawesooooooooommmmmmmmee!
I loved lovd loved lo- LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED IIIIITTT!!Thank you Char for
the pictures. I just have a couple questions:
1) Does Chrissa;s hair stay nice?
2)Whats a personal shopper?
BEST AG MOVIE EVER! If you agree type back:
Chrissa Rocks xoxo:)xoxo
L.l.D.D.!!! (long live doll diaries!)
I have 13 dolls: (listed in the order i got them)
Josefina
Marsisol
Emily
Jess
Molly
Kirsten
Felicity
Nicki
Ruthie (gave her away 2 my bff because i won one and i got her as a gift.
Ruthie Kit (I won the bff collection from Barnes and Noble)
SOON TO BE: ——————–> Chrissa, Gwenn, Sonali, Lindsey mybe Kailey
Nellie Samantha Mia (I got 3 this christmas)
I have : (in order)
pre-mattel Felicity, Nellie, Elizabeth, Marisol, Jess, Julie, Mia, Samantha, Kit, and Ruthie!!
I love all of them but my favorite (clothes and stories) is: Mia, Jess, or Kit and Ruthie!! What’s your favorite AG book??
I have : (in order)
pre-mattel Felicity, Nellie, Elizabeth, Marisol, Jess, Julie, Mia, Samantha, Kit, and Ruthie!!
I love all of them but my favorite (clothes and stories) is: Mia, Jess, or Kit and Ruthie!! What’s your favorite AG book?? Mine is one of those!
O oops!! It said I did it twice (but I couldn’t see it) so I added on!! lol
Chrissa cute but, I really go for dolls with long hair. my plan is to get Gwenn because if i got Sonali i would basicly have identicle dolls because I have Kaya and she looks alot like Sonali. Also about Chrissa, I entered the poster contest to maybe win Chrissa but, I think I may have a chance! my friend who is seven tried too, but not to be mean hers is horrible!!
Chrissa rocks xoxo
xoxo! Loved the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want Chrissa so bad. I give the movis 5 stars out of 5 stars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I entered the contest. I don’t think I will win, but it’s good to try. Good luck to everyone who entered.
Thanks for posting this Char! I was really wondering what she looked like in person because I was thinking of buying her but I wanted to see her in person first. Thanks again!
Chrissa is so pretty! I hope your daughter loves her!
I have Chrissa, and I think she is SO pretty in person!
I saw the movie but wat did tara stick chrissa in the back with in the classroom on the movie and wat did chrissa pull out of her back in the bathroom stall in the movie, it was red i think…reply asap!thx
I have : Kit,Emily,Samantha,Kirsten,and i have a myTwinn doll and i want the whole chrissa collection SOOOO BADDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!oh and who is lindsey??
i just got A new Build a bear! shes so cute!
I got Chrissa today (with Starburst), and I LOVE them! I don’t like the book illustrations (they look like they were made by a computer), but the story is really good.