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Crissy
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2003-2005
This memory was added on: December 31,2004
I got Crissy for Christmas when I was 8 and she was my favorite doll or toy ever! I would sit in front of the tv at night and style her hair in a million different ways, I never got bored. She was the prettiest doll! I had the orange lace dress and orange boots and later added the halter top/hot pants outfit with the beaded belt. She was so cool! I grew up and went to hairdressing school and lost track of my Crissy doll, but I found a mint Crissy on eBay and later added Mia, Velvet, and Cinnamon! Yup, 40 and obsessed...it's great to keep that little girl in us alive isn't it?
Lisa
1963
This memory was added on: December 30,2004
Wow Vanessa! One of my best friends was also a Vanessa and I live just outside Belleville, IL.:) She had Crissy and Velvet> Inever got either of them and loved to go to her house to play with them. I am the same age as you and still received dolls for Christmas up unitl 1973. The last doll I got was Blythe! Boy do I wish I still had her!!! A crummy one goes for about $500.00 on ebay.
Kathy
1960
katcave@ameritech.net
This memory was added on: December 28,2004
Wow, Catherine, I was born and spent the first six years of my life in Belleville, Illinois. Plus, I was in the Air Force and stationed briefly in Mississippi for training. I met my husband there in 1979 and had MY first son in 1980! Anyway, about Crissy. I REALLY wanted a Crissy when they first came out, but my parents wouldn't get me one because they were too expensive and I was "too old" for dolls. I played with my friends' Crissys, but it wasn't the same as having my own. Then one day, I discovered Ebay, and the rest is history. I now have three Crissys, a Velvet and a Mia. I'm thinking about the rest. I also bought a couple of the patterns (one for the Crissys, one for the Velvet/Mia) and buy shoes when I can find them (I even pick up the "for parts" dolls if they have shoes!!). My husband and four sons think I've finally gone over the edge dealing with special ed. youngsters everyday (SPED teacher). My daughter is a little more understanding.
Vanessa
1960
unralumni1998@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 28,2004
i have a black baby crissy, factory wrapped in the box. i have also a twirly beads crissy factory wrapped in the box (with all paperwork), a look around velvet factory wrapped in the box(with all paperwork), and a country crissy. i've sold a few. i love crissy.
jb
1967
This memory was added on: December 22,2004
Wow...been on a search for one of my favorite toys as a child, "Bernie Bernard" talking dog by Mattel. In my search, I've found so many wonderful memories, yet so bitter-sweet. I am so very sorry that I didn't take better care of my things as a child. I would do anything to be able to push that button and pull her hair out to rull length, and then back again. My brother ended up cutting her hair too short one day, and it all ended up insider her head. I too enjoyed having a doll with my name.
Chrissy
1967
cmcviggi678@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 20,2004
I still got 3 chrissy doll's since i was a child in the 70's Black chrissy white chrissy and mia,and i love my chrissy's especially mia because she looks like me,
Babie
1964
Babyface121575
This memory was added on: December 18,2004
i always think of crissy when i hear "don't sleep in the subway". i don't know why, but she always reminds me of petula clark. i love crissy.
1967
This memory was added on: December 17,2004
I haven't been in the garage for a long time. I have a box with my sister Wanda's Crissy and my Velvet in the original boxes with the original plastic rollers and the orginal color matched tissue paper they came wrapped in, matching rope yarn,(the fluffy kind we all used to have in our ponytails), they still have their shoes on and their undies, and instructions. It's really a trip is to see my parents didn't even take off the price tags from the toy store they bought them from in Maryland Chritmas of 1969. Those two dolls were the last dolls we recieved for Christmas, as Wanda was going into 7th grade and I into 6th the following decade. The dolls are both cool and far-out chicks. That spring of 1970 my cousin from New York came down dressed in that groovy orange with matching patten leather purse and shoes. I always thought about my sisters Crissy when I see that color orange, and hear the Fifth Dimesion sing the "Age of Aquarius."
Evelyn Brayman
1959
dolereb@earthlink.net
This memory was added on: December 8,2004
My sister, Lisa, and I placed Beautiful crissy at the top of our christmas lists in 1969. My father had contracted Meningicoccol Menningitis and was in the hospital. My poor mother ran all over Los Angeles looking for two Beautiful Crissy's to place under our tree. There were none to be found. Father died five days before Christmas. By some miracle, our cousin found two Crissy dolls in time for Christmas. I kept my Crissy in her original dress and shoes and brought her with me each time I moved. In 1994, my husband and I bought our first home together. A neighbor helped us pack and I never saw Crissy again. I don't know whether she accidentally was thrown away, or found a new home with the neighbor. I will always remember Beautiful Crissy as the one bright spot of the Christmas of 1969. I loved her shiny black eyes and the color of her "skin." She was unique and very 60s in her orange lace minidress. I will have another Beautiful Crissy one day.
Stephanie B.
1960
Stephb105@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 8,2004
You all made me want to find Crissy again and there is one on eBay today! (Thurs Dec 8, 2004). I'll have to go bid on her.
Maryann
1955
heyyouvirginia@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: November 30,2004
I had a 'come and go' Crissy. My very own 'goodbye girl'. I was told she was a Christmas present, but I never remembered her until one summer, when my babysitter's adult daughter was busily braiding her hair into a lovely red coronet. Oh, what beauty ! I remember playing with her off and on...then I remember the big move in 1976. About the only toys that came with me were whatever Barbies fit into the Friend Ship. I thought Crissy was gone forever.
Several years (and two moves) later, a cousin found a ratty-haired Crissy in a waterlogged box in the corner of the garage. I immediately recognized that orange dress - the only clothes she ever had - and claimed my doll back. Even though I was fourteen. Spent all that weekend trying to restore her pretty hair. Drove my parents nuts, as I'd given all but my '78 Princess Leia doll away the previous year.
She sat on my dresser - next to Leia - until I joined the Army in '86. Packed up all my memories and childhood, put everything in storage at my parents' home. Last time I saw most of it (Yes, I actually had Leia with me when I took Basic Training !), because...all together now...they moved.
So when, I saw a worn, messy-haired Crissy at a flea market for $15., I just had to have her. Got the glued-on lace tornado of a dress off her, and scraped some white-out-like substance off her pretty brown eyes. It was love all over again. She's being rerooted - her non-ponytail hair was too badly matted and melted to save - and when I'm done with that, she's getting new clothes. Patterns and fabric's just waiting from my reroot-sore fingers to heal !
I hope you never lose sight of your Crissies !
Oh, and my Beloved Hubby bought a Big Baby Crissy off eBay for me for Christmas. I've wanted one
Dorrie
1966
dorriebelle@sbcglobal.net
This memory was added on: November 16,2004
I had Crissy, Tressy and Velvet...still have Tressy and Velvet. Gosh, I loved to play with them! I loved doing their hair and changing outfits! That's how I learned to braid hair.
Sally B
1963
This memory was added on: November 8,2004
I had 2 Crissy's. One broke and was replaced with "Christmas Crissy". She was my favorite doll even above Barbie and I am from the Barbie age. Both were presents from my Grandparents and my Grandma made all sorts of clothes for her even a beloved bridal gown and veil. Not quite sure what happened to her and her clothing but I still have a trunk that my mother played with and it was Crissy's closet. I truly miss Crissy.
jacki
1968
spottedeagle68@insightbb.com
This memory was added on: November 2,2004
Cyndyana Jones
1967
This memory was added on: November 2,2004
OOPS, got it figured out now, Got my first Kerry when I was seven, both my sisters got Mia dolls. (I was shopping with my mom that day). I still have my Kerry and she has a place of distiction in my collection, I love to buy the really beat up "for parts" doll lots on ebay and fix them up. My other favorite grow hair doll was Mattel's Valerie I got her when I was six, but my mom threw her away because poor Valerie was caught kissing GI Joe.
Cyndyana Jones
1967
This memory was added on: October 16,2004
I was doing a search for Baby Go Bye Bye and found this site about Crissy. I remember I was snooping in my parents room and found a Crissy doll in my mothers' drawer and then when I unwrapped the gift that said "from santa" for Christmas I then figured out that there santa was not real. I played with Crissy, but Baby Go Bye Bye was my favorite - but I remember that Crissy was the reason I learned about who was the real santa.
Gina
1964
gtoste@msn.com
This memory was added on: October 14,2004
Oh JM! I loved your post!! My husband thinks I've lost it too. He came home from a business trip and found me playing with Brandi (unearthed while cleaning the closet), Kerry (same-day Ebay purchase), and Crissy (yup, Ebay). I'm 40. I'm not sure if he's afraid to ever leave again or afraid to come home.
CRG
1963
This memory was added on: October 3,2004
Stacey
1963
sjmcom@aol.com
This memory was added on: October 3,2004
No, no, no! The bellybutton made the hair longer, but there was a flower-shaped knob in Crissy's back that you turned to make her hair shorter. How could you forget that? I always needed an adult's help to shorten Crissy's hair, because the flower-shaped knob didn't turn easily enough for a kid. Making Crissy's hair longer was a no-brainer -- you just pushed the bellybutton and yanked down the doll's hair. However, it was a bit counterintuitive for a little pacifist like me. I usually let my older sister, who was congenitally violent, handle that. My favorite aunt gave me Chrissy. She also sewed pants for the doll which didn't fit well. In homage to aunty, and because I couldn't get Chrissy's pants on and off her, I just left the pants on her all the time under her dress. So much for Crissy's pretense at glamor. By the time I was done with her, Crissy's hair was even frizzier than mine. Poor doll.
Stacey
1963
This memory was added on: September 22,2004
Oh! I'm so excited to find out that if i'm going crazy (like my kid's claim) then I'm in great company! Chrissy has become a steadly growing obsession with me. I loved her so! (mine had the teal dress also) I've recently purchased (my first) 2 chrissy's one black and one white, and a set of clothes (inc. teal dress!) My kids think I've gone insane, and my co-workers are begining to keep their distance, of course they are all younger and just don't understand the whole Chrissy thing. My husband has a slight fear of doll's and say's he can't sleep with them in the same room. I told him he would be quite comfy on the couch.....
jm
1965
This memory was added on: September 22,2004
I'm surprised no one mentioned that the one glitch with Crissy was sometimes you'd pull her hair all the way out and press the button, but it wouldn't retract. I remember trying to jam the hair back in the hole with a pencil!
Linda
1964
This memory was added on: September 21,2004
Wow! Ithought I was the only one that felt this way about the wonderful Crissy! I have been searching for one for my daughter, Christine. I tell her often of why I call her "my beautiful Crissy"
I have so many wonder memories of my favorite doll and can not even begin to tell you here .............but thanks for the memory book!
Deborah
1962
loanlass@aol.com
This memory was added on: September 19,2004
RE: July 10, 2004 memory: Catherine, what a wonderful story! I'm so happy you found your very own Crissy again! Can you believe that? Just meant to be, I guess. There is a Yahoo Crissy Club with all kinds of adorable photos and postings and info about fixing them up & finding their clothes, and all kinds of nice people to share Crissy stories. If you haven't checked it out, it's really fun. Only thing is, you can find yourself on there all day long!
Faith
1959
radisky@webtv.net
This memory was added on: September 4,2004
I got my Crissy doll when I was about 5 or 6 years old. I thought she was the most beautiful doll and I loved giving her different hairstyles. She was my all time favorite. I have no idea what happened to her but from time to time my sister and I talk about our childhood and I always remember how much I loved Crissy. It was great seeing her again (picture above). I can still see myself combing her long beautiful hair. They just don't make dolls the way they used to!
Lisa
1959
zoubie98
This memory was added on: August 31,2004
My sister got a Crissy doll I believe in 1968. I was 8 and she was 6. She cut her hair too.
Debbie
1960
dju4him@cox.net
This memory was added on: August 20,2004
I can remember the first crissy doll I got her name is Kerry. I really loved that doll and my sister had one named Mia. My mother made clothes that went with the doll for Christmas that year. I really wanted Crissy, but my mom said that Kerry was what she could find.
A few years ago I was at a garage sale and there was Kerry for the great sum of $10.00. The lady that was selling her didn't want her anymore, so I offered her $7.00 and brought her home. I was overjoyed. Oh, and she had a lot of home made clothes that went with her to for that price.
I brought her home and dressed and redressed her several times. At the time my daughter who was 10 or 11 thought I had went off my rocker. One day I was on line and discovered ebay and to my amazement could buy the rest of the dolls. So now I have all the dolls except the black dolls and Tara. I also bought a baby Crissy too. I love my dolls and recently bought several of the patterns that Simplicity offered when the dolls were popular.
Sandra G.
11211961
deedee19612004@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 27,2004
i was in a foster home when i recieved my crissy my mom gave her to me on a visit. she had unwraped her and made clothes for her. she said her name was dina like mine. she looked alot like i did with the same coloring and hair color. the real Dina has blond hair. my brother destroyed my crissy and i got a another one when i was grown with a child of my own and found out her name was crissy unstead of Dina.
Dina Matina
1965
dina.Matina@azdes.gov
This memory was added on: July 18,2004
I am an Aussie Crissy lover. I got my Crissy for my Seventh Chrissymas. I knew it was more than my mum could afford so every single day for a whole year I would say I wish I could have a Crissy for Christmas. I used to watch her hands tighten around the steering wheel, cause I think her 'wish' was to strangle me for nagging her so much anyway I got my beautiful Crissy She was my best friend since there were no kids to play with where I lived we had lots of fun together. I collect them now. Real friends are better I have found out
Jodie
1965
jodieberford@optusnet.com.au
This memory was added on: July 10,2004
I received my Crissy for Christmas in 1970. To me she was the most beautiful doll with her orange lace dress and orange shoes. I took good care of her and even learned to sew her clothes from a pattern my mom bought me. I still have the pattern today. I join the Air Force in 1978 and ended up stationed in Mississippi, where I married in '79 and had my first son in '80. By then I had all of my shildhood items, including my Crissy with me. In 1982 I received orders to the Air Force Academy, so we packed up all of our own stuff and moved. Well, guess who got left on the very top shelf of the closet? Yes, Crissy. I was heartsick. But the years passed andin 1999 my family and I were living in Belleville, Illinois when a doll show came to town. Walking around, looking at all the dolls was a wonderful experience, until I saw her.......Crissy, she was in a white dress someone had made for her, but she was mine, how did I know this? She had a tiny spot of white paint on her that was in the same location as the one I had lost. I bought her, found her orange dress I had save all of those years and fixed her hair. My Crissy is with me to this day and that is where she will remain.
Catherine
1960
erinmegan22@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: July 2,2004
WHAT'S UP WITH THE LIMITED PERSPECTIVE WE HAVE OF CRISSY (SEE PHOTO AT TOP) I really wanted to see Crissy again -side views, multiple front and back with hair flowing type of views. I want a sound sample of what pulling her hair out to length use to sound like. Boy I guess that could sound bad if you've never owned a Crissy doll. Only Crissy doll owners know that sound. I was a little disrespectful of my Crissy, whirling her around by her long red mane, but as a tom boy thats how I had fun. She was so pretty though wasn't she?
JJ
1964
This memory was added on: June 17,2004
Thanks Lizzie for making me laugh out loud! I got my first grow hair doll for Christmas too and I think I was about 8. I wanted a Crissy but my mom got Velvet, she always liked blond dolls! Next I asked for Mia, I remember feeling as if I would die if I didn't have that doll. That Christmas I got Brandie, another blond! I loved them both though and the best part was the clothing my mom made them, tons of it! I now collect the dolls and make outfits for them. I also make outfits to sell on Ebay using the vintage patterns. It's a great hobby, even my boyfriend has bought me one, a beautiful minty Tara that I adore. It's just like being a kid again
Pixyl
1962
Pixyl@cisbec.net
This memory was added on: June 1,2004
I'm still grieving for my Crissy. My sister and I got into a fight one day and to be spiteful she cut off Crissy's ponytail right at the roots. I think she's still up in the attic at my mother's house (Crissy, not my sister....)
Lizzie
1963
lizmcl@lycos.com
This memory was added on: May 29,2004
I have always loved the "original "Baby Crissy" dolls. They are so beautiful. Years ago, I bought a black one for my daugher when she was about 3 or 4 years old.
Due to the wear and tear on the doll, I kept saying I was going to buy another one and keep her as a collectible, but it seemed like I never had the extra money. Then, when I finally decided I could afford to buy one, a lot of years had passed, and they were no longer being made. I definitely did not like the ones that came out later. (I think it was in the 80's).
I kept thinking about Baby Crissy and was wondering how I could find one. I knew I would have to pay a much higher price than when I made my original purchase, but that was fine. Anyway, I did end up finding her (on EBay). I now have three of them; two are black and one is white.... and they are beautiful.
The first two (which I purchased at the same time) are dressed in really beautiful outfits, so I am in the process of purchasing a dress, shoes, and socks for the third one. Then she will be dressed just as nice as her sisters!
Carol
1944
lady44@worldnet.att.net
This memory was added on: May 14,2004
my older sister had crissy my nexy sister got velvet but i had the prettiest of them all brandi my goal is to purchase each dool as close to original...love these dolls
lee
1968
leelilac@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: May 6,2004
Does anybody else agree that Velvet resembled Jan Brady? Both had really long blonde hair, and both had those sideburn banana curls. I'm not sure if Jan had blue eyes or not . .. ...
jb
1967
This memory was added on: April 21,2004
Oh, I remember that "Twilight Zone" episode with Telly Savalas. That was funny. Crissy reminds me more of "The Stepford Wives"; she looks just like the re-made Katherine Ross character (but in a benevolent way, of course!)
Faith Radisky
1959
radisky@webtv.net
This memory was added on: April 18,2004
I remember my Crissy doll but I can't remember how old I was, maybe 7 or 8? Anyhow, I loved to watch "Twilight Zone" and there was an episode about "Talking Tina", a doll that was "possessed". After watching that episode I put Crissy up in the attic and never played with her again!
vickie
1964
This memory was added on: April 13,2004
I remember being in a friend's basement "Rec Room" (around 1974), and she pulled out her Crissy doll. It was the first issue model, with the hair that goes all the way to the floor. I thought she was the prettiest doll I had ever seen, and I was fascinated with her growing hair. I've been a Crissy fan ever since, and have collected 7 of the dolls so far. Most are in their boxes and are factory wrapped. She's the best doll that was ever made. I wish they would make her again.
jb
12/24/67
This memory was added on: March 25,2004
I was 8 years old and wanted a Chrissy doll so bad. I thought her bright orange lace dress was the most beautiful thing in the world not to mention her long hair that you could make short then go back to long. Every year for Christmas my dad would buy one special gift for each of us kids that was just from him. My dad had several heart attacks and finally had to have heart surgery. He did ok for about 6 months but on Thanksgiving morning of 1972 my mom found him on the couch. He had died in his sleep from a heart attack. But he had a feeling he might not be there for Christmas so he shopped early and on Christmas morning my mom gave me my special present from my dad and there was my beautiful Chrissy doll. As the years passed and I grew out of toys we got rid of all the toys. Now that I am older I wish I would have kept my doll since that was the last special gift I got from my dad. Unfortunately when you're young you make a lot of foolish mistakes. I may not still have Chrissy but at least I have the memory. Thanks for letting me share my story.
Stacey
1962
sldobler@msn.com
This memory was added on: March 25,2004
Thank you, stacey, for that totally depressing story.
1967
This memory was added on: March 15,2004
Have bought two baby Crissys this week...one a vintage black one(MIB) the other a newer cloth-bodied one...that makes three I own...just the start, I'm sure!
Elizabeth
1964
This memory was added on: March 14,2004
No matter who you are, how can you not love crissy?
1967
This memory was added on: March 7,2004
I still have my Crissy baby, she was my favorite doll, I loved her long hair and the fact that she looked just like a real baby because she was so big. I had asked for a baby doll for my birthday, I wanted one just like my friend Allyson had, but that one was $25 and my parents bought me Crissy instead, she was $15. The other one had a cloth body and Crissy was more fun, I could give her a bath. I'm going to start collecting Crissy babies.
Elizabeth
1964
RoseLass@msn.com
This memory was added on: February 27,2004
I loved Crissy and her family back then and I still do. I got teased alot about having red hair and here was Crissy, the most beautiful doll ever, and she had red hair!
Never had one as a kid b/c they were an expensive line and I was also into Barbie and friends, so........but now I have a daughter and when I checked ebay, HOPING to find something of Crissy, a whole retro world opened!! Now I have 2 light skinned Crissys (one who talks, one who doesn't), one dark-skinned Crissy, one 1982 re-issue Crissy (sometimes called the Country Crissy but this one came in the lovely white dress outfit), and 3 Velvets!
They are all friends with my daughter's American Girl doll and can even share some clothing. My daughter is becoming quite the Crissy connosseiur and enjoys adding to "our Crissy collection." We just played with them tonight and I'm often searching for clothes and more shoes (the shoes go for more on ebay than the dolls!).
Like I told my husband, "It's never too late to have a happy childhood." I loved the Ideal dolls (Giggles, Baby Tippy Toes, Baby Go Bye Bye). They bring back great memories and it really makes me happy to know that my daughter will have happy memories of Crissy and family. Guess I'll always love Crissy!
Independence Day Baby
1961
pjh0704@cs.com
This memory was added on: February 26,2004
Hi Everyone, I have many fond memories about my Chrissy Doll.But then I have one bad memory.I came to the terrible discovery that Her hair didn't really grow back after I butchered her hair. I would like to dedicate my memory input to my Sister Carmen Rosado whom I know it will bring her great joy to see Chrissy again.I love Ya Girl...Hope your day is going well!!!!! Aurea Margie Arroyo
Aurea Margie Arroyo
1966
Reawild@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: January 27,2004
I must have been 6 or 7 when I got Crissy. My older sister was soooo jealous. Just loved her hair that 'grew'. Toys were so much fun back then.
Susan
1964
This memory was added on: January 4,2004
I still have this doll "Crissy" along with 'baby go bye bye" and my "flatsy doll".
D
1967
channi2000@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 22,2003
I got a Crissy doll for Christmas 1973. I really wanted a Barbie Beauty Center, but my parents couldn't find one anywhere. They decided to get me a Crissy doll instead. My name is Chris and I had to go by Chrissy in school because there was a boy in my class who also was named Chris. Ihated being called Chrissy and was not happy with a Crissy doll until I got her out of the box and played with her.
She was one of the greatest dolls I ever had. I have been looking for one like here for some time. She had orange hot pants, and orange, long sleeve shirt and orange shoes. Has anyone seen one like this?
Chris
1962
cafroning@aol.com
This memory was added on: December 18,2003
I can still picture myself on Christmas Day sitting on a kitchen chair by our sliding glass doors looking out at all the snow (remember how much snow we used to get back then?) and playing with my brand new Crissy doll. I couldn't wait til the 26th so I could go show her off to my girlfriends.
Laura
1962
laurachoy@aol.com
This memory was added on: October 25,2003
My younger sister had this one also. All these toys were good for (from a boys perspective), was taking off the clothes and seeing what the female anatomy was supposed to look like. *L*
HeyJoe
1964
This memory was added on: October 22,2003
RE: the last memory dated 10-18-03- there was also a doll named "Mia" who was Velvet's size: 15 inch. She had dark brown hair. There was also Dina (15 in.) & Brandi (17 1/2 in.) who sported California tans. (since we all have serious tans here in California!). BTW: you can find all these dolls on e-bay on the Ideal Crissy search.
Faith Radisky
1959
radisky@webtv.net
This memory was added on: October 18,2003
My sister who was two years older than me had Chrissy. My neighbor had Velvet, but she had blonde hair. Someone on here said they had Velvet with black hair. They must of come with black hair as well. Can't quite remember.But we had so much fun with those dolls, great memories..........
Gina Weinzapfel
12-30-63
davidwein@msn.com
This memory was added on: October 4,2003
i remember cricket and tressy. never liked tressy much 'cause i thought she looked sort of dopey. cricket was cute. i think of all Crissy still reigns supreme.
This memory was added on: October 2,2003
So, let's see: if Velvet is Crissy's cousin, and Cinnamon is Velvet's little sister, then Cinnamon is also Crissy's cousin, which would explain that familial red hair. So do you also remember Tressy & Cricket?
Faith
1959
radisky@webtv.net
This memory was added on: September 6,2003
wrong, kerry was crissy's irish FRIEND. they just came out with a retro porcelain version of crissy. just saw it on ebay. wish i had come across the ad so i could have bought one new. amazing how much they sell for on ebay these days. give me a break.
This memory was added on: September 6,2003
i mean, irish COUSIN. i need to get a life.
This memory was added on: September 4,2003
My Crissy is up in my closet, still in great condition, even though I played with her all the time! The only difference I see from what everyone else is talking about is that my Crissy came with a turquiose satin mini dress with turquoise shoes. My Mom got Crissy patterns and made me a grocery sack full of cool clothes. She would make them out the the same material she made my clothes out of so we could have matching outfits.
Karen
1961
This memory was added on: August 31,2003
I had Crissy with the orange lace dress and my sister had Velvet..I have become very nostalgic since my last child was born..She is now 11. I am reliving my childhood I now have 43 dolls from the Crissy family. 20 Crissys 10 Velvets, 3 Cinnamons, 1 Kerry, 1 Mia, 6 baby Crissys, the big ones and the ones with the soft bodies. I have 1 Black Crissy , 1 black Country Crissy, 2 Black Velvets...I am redoing doing the baby Crissys hair and will turn around and sell most of those . Most have had a budding beautician do her hair before. lol.
I have given some baby Crissys away so other people can have a piece of their childhood as well.
If you are looking for any of the above dolls EBAY!
I had a great childhood and thanks to Ebay I can relive it again..
There is also a Crissy doll club on Yahoo too.
Lisa
1961
lisah@mail2lisa.com
This memory was added on: August 26,2003
VELVET was CRISSY'S cousin. CINNAMON was VELVET'S little sister (that was even her name when she was first introduced). KERRY was CRISSY'S irish friend.
jb
1967
This memory was added on: August 25,2003
Oh how I loved my Velvet doll. I can still see and feel her beautiful purple dress. And that blond hair. Was Velvet Crissy's sister or cousin? I just couldn't imagine why anyone would want a Crissy when they could have a Velvet.
Laurie
1962
ldnh03@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: August 25,2003
Hmmm, I don't remember. Maybe sisters?
soho
1960
This memory was added on: August 11,2003
I got Crissy in 1969 for Christmas. I got Velvet the following year. I loved them both! I wish I would have kept them for my daughter!
soho
1960
This memory was added on: August 9,2003
Is that the doll whose hair grew when you pressed a button. A girl I had a crush on invited me over and I cut all her doll's hair off....I was never invited back.
Brian
1966
bksmith66@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: August 5,2003
how could anybody forget BABY crissy? she was cool because you could buy real clothes for her. what a head of hair!
mary
1967
This memory was added on: July 8,2003
In fourth grade, we all had a crush on the boy Chris. He had this curly blond hair. We would always giggle, amongst ourselves, about "beautiful Chrissy with the beautiful hair". Had forgotten all about that until my brother-in-law emailed me this website.
Laura
1963
This memory was added on: July 7,2003
I had Crissy and my friend was jealous. When Crissy's hair became tangled like a bird nest my friend told me to put baby oil on her hair and all of the tangles would come out. Needless to say, Crissy had to get a "bob" hair cut after that. I know my friend just wanted me to ruin her because she did not have one.
carol
1962
carol@southerndoorply.com
This memory was added on: June 26,2003
I got a Crissy doll for xmas in 1968.It was my favorite doll of all time! That year they may have been in demand, my Mom says she had a hard time finding one and affording it. My mother was newly divorced and just getting by. She told me I just kept talking about Crissy and would not even consider asking santa for a different doll.(The power of advertising). But as always, my Mom came through! She made every xmas special.
dianne
1964
zonight@aol.com
This memory was added on: June 26,2003
i'm a toy collector and have a 1970 crissy mint in the box with the plastic on the head - totally complete and unplayed with. she cost $9.97 at the yankee department store in 1970.
jb
1967
This memory was added on: June 26,2003
you think the guy that designed this site could have found a better crissy picture.
This memory was added on: June 19,2003
I didn't have a Crissy when I was little. I think I got a Cinnamon when I was about 12. (sort of old) I guess we couldn't afford one. But now I have tons of them; I buy & sell them on e-bay. She & her friends just have really happy faces & they make you feel good like they're always happy to see you! Plus the have all those cool outfits. Ideal was a great toy company!
Faith
1959
radisky@webtv.net
This memory was added on: June 17,2003
barbie was fashionable, but crissy was GROOVY. strange that they made her hair only to her knees as of the second year (anything to cut expenses on ideals part). if you can find a first edition with hair to the floor, hold on to it.
jb
1967
This memory was added on: June 13,2003
My older sister received Crissy for Christmas the same year I got my Gabbigale doll. Crissy was so much fun to play with - we especially enjoyed doing things with her hair. There's not another doll like her out there. I wish Ideal Toys would not have gone out of business. It would be nice to see a 2004 Beautiful Crissy doll, but I doubt that would happen.
Cheryl Cohen
1965
CherylCohen83@msn.com
This memory was added on: June 12,2003
My best friend to this day has not actually plaed with her Beautiful Crissy Doll. It is still in its original box and the plastic on her head.
I was/am a blonde so I got the Velvet Doll from Santa. As usual in a matter of minutes her dress was off and lost, and I do recall giving her a smart hairdo when I lobbed off all her growing hair that came thru the top of her head after you pressed her belly button - button!
Maddie 1962
Madeline
1962
This memory was added on: June 1,2003
I remember a woman that my grandmother used to work with in cross county (Yonkers, NY), Had bought me a crissy doll for my birthday when I was maybe 4 0r 5 yrs. old. It was actually Dina, crissys friend.. But I loved that doll & Never forgot about her. Then I was at a local flea market about a month ago & Seen a MIB Crissy doll & All my childhood memories returned. Of course I just had to buy her, so I did & Since then I have purchased a Velvet doll, Crissy Clothes/shoes & Just bought 2 baby crissy dolls. I guess I'm getting addicted to Crissy!!! They are just so pretty & Made very nicely, lets face it, you really can't go into any toy store these days & Find something like Crissy. Thanks for reading my crissy story!
Sandra
1978
princessangel78@msn.com
This memory was added on: May 28,2003
My uncle bought me a Crissy doll when I was about 5. I thought she was the prettiest doll ever! I used to come home from school and our maid would always fix Crissy's hair in a different style. I would love to come home and find Crissy's hair in a bun or braided.
M. Johnson
1967
johnson@kingwoodcable.com
This memory was added on: May 21,2003
I had a Crissy doll and just loved her! I think I was about 5 or 6 when I got her. She had that great orange dress and red hair that you pull out of the top of her head. The hair could be long, all the way down her back, mid-length or short. I always loved to keep it long the best. You controlled the length by pressing in her belly button, which would release the tension and allow you to shorten or lengthen her hair. I would brush it and style it for hours! It was the most shiney, silky doll hair and so soft and smooth to the touch.
My mother hand-made her some other really cool outfits to wear, like a green velvet pant suit and a couple of pucci print style sun dresses. I also had a companion for her, another doll that was actually her little sister, named Velvet. Velvet was a little shorter, smaller than Crissy and had jet black hair. Of course, Mom was great and made some more special clothes just for Velvet too. I received most of the clothes one Christmas and remember she and my father told me Mrs. Santa Claus made them special for me. I think they both had one pair of little rubber mary jane style shoes. Crissy had orange pair and Velvet had a black pair.
I was up in my parents attic about two years ago and found them both, along with all of the clothes! They were in great condition with full working "belly buttons" and all. Their hair isn't as shiney as it used to be but the belly buttons still work!
Ellen
Born in 1965
This memory was added on: May 8,2003
I LOVED MY CRISSY DOLL. SHE HAD THE BEST ORANGE DRESS AND THAT BEAUTIFUL RED HAIR. I ALWAYS HOPED SHE NEVER HAD A HEADACHE!!!!
DEB SOUZA
1962
TEDEBBI@AOL.COM
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