News that the American Girl franchise has a "Smart Girls' Guide" for avoiding caring adults and leaving girlhood behind permanently has Christmas ... girl in a pink dress, or, that it’s part ...

The books all followed the same sequence—we meet each girl, she learns a lesson, celebrates Christmas ... leads with the My American Girl offerings, followed by “Dress Like Your Doll ...

American Girl dolls have stood the test of time — several generations have looked forward to opening up their brand new look-alike doll on Christmas morning. But today's girl can own — or at ...

When the October American Girl catalog ... front of a Christmas tree alongside another young model, wearing her hair in pigtails and holding her doll, which sports a matching red dress.

The American Girl doll line ... her must-have accessories — like her tea dress — was difficult for my lower-middle class parents to justify. Christmas, however, was a time my father used ...

They also celebrated Christmas with their ... and appears on the American Girl website wearing a backwards baseball cap, choker necklace, blue T-shirt dress and sneakers, with a flannel shirt ...