I know I originally said I was going to look at a picture book of A Perfect Christmas but it didn’t give me much to work with and instead I found a good holiday story from Barbie Fashion focusing on Skipper volunteering at a homeless shelter. This felt nice as it focuses on an aspect that is often overlooked this time of year helping our fellow man. So often people are more enamored with the materialistic part of Christmas and I am as well as I love presents but this is my favorite holiday because, to me, it’s a reminder that people can be good. And it doesn’t have to be a big or grand act, something as simple as what Skipper does in this book is enough to show how you can be a good person.
Looking at the cover is a bit pointless for this story as it has nothing to do with the story I am looking at and is instead tied to a skiing story featuring Ken. With that out of the way, let’s get onto the plot.
The Plot
I kinda gave away the plot when introducing this but it’s about Skipper and her friend Courtney volunteering at a homeless shelter and helping those less fortunate than them.
In many ways, it reminded me of something from The Baby-Sitters Club which makes sense as Skipper is known for loving to babysit little kids. I mean they made an animated movie all about Skipper on a babysitting adventure and an episode of Dreamhouse Adventures was about her first babysitting job. There was even a joke in the Barbie movie about a Skipper doll escaping into the real world that got kinda dark.
The (Mattel) CEO discloses that Skipper managed to enter the real world, and hints that she stole some children in order to babysit them
Considering that Skipper is my favorite Barbie character (to the point I’ve been eying a particular Skipper doll).
I love that joke and you really get a feel of that when you see Skipper interact with the little kids in this comic and how good she is with them. It’s all so sweet. I also love how they all come together and provide a meal for the homeless family as it shows them helping out in ways that are so important.
Yes, Skipper misses being with her family and we see that when she calls Barbie, which this gives Barbie an idea to have her and Ken bring dessert and she even finds a daycare for the kiddos that Skipper was looking after run by her friend Teresa. This is my one area of confusion.
I know Barbie has a Latina friend named Teresa but I don’t think this is her as she seems to have a different skin color than the Teresa I’m familiar with.
Pictured here are Teresa from the recent cartoons and one of the thirty-fifth-anniversary dolls. I know there was an editor’s note saying this character was introduced in a previous Barbie comic which even leads to a bit more confusion if she’s not the Teresa from the doll line, why would you give her the same name and that’s not a far off assumption as Teresa the doll debuted in 1988 and this comic was released in 1993. I don’t know this just seems kind of weird.
Sorry about that tangent but that bugged me in what was an otherwise really good story.
My Final Thoughts
I really loved this comic, this is easily my favorite Barbie comic I’ve looked at so far. A big part of that is yes I love Skipper as she is my favorite Barbie character and this was a fun look at a story featuring an earlier take on my favorite Roberts sister. This will remain my favorite version of Skipper as that’s how I was introduced to her.
Having said that, this was a cute story starring Skipper and tapped into what I love about Barbie and the holidays, that it’s easy to be a good person if you’re willing to try, and that it feels nice to help those who have less than you. I hope you’ve enjoyed my look at this Barbie comic as much as I loved talking about it. Happy holidays.
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