1970s dolls visit 1978 Dream House for Christmas

I wrapped a string of small electric lights around the roof of the 1978 Dream House. That was the easy part.  Picking out the dolls and outfits to be at the house for a Christmas party was much more difficult.

For some years, such as 1970, I have umpteen Barbies, Barbie friends and Barbie winter clothes.  The only friend I have for 1975 is Quick Curl Cara, and her limbs will not stay attached for anything!  I have neither a Barbie friend nor a winter outfit, except for the ballerina outfits, for 1976.

There were a few outfits, such as Simply Elegant Blue Party Dress, that came with shoes but I don't have them.  The Best Buys didn't come with shoes, but I Googled the outfits and discovered that all three of them came from Korea, so the footwear is from Korea as well.

I've always liked the winter coats and clothing the most for all of my dolls.  Setting up this display showed me where I need to fill in some gaps.

Here is my list of the dolls and outfits.

On the top, left to right:

1970 Standard brunette Barbie in 1797 Ski Scene (My sister Joan received this doll as a child.  With the doll's hard straight legs, it is much easier to pull the vinyl ski pants over the legs than with a bend leg or Living Barbie.)

1970 Walking Jamie in 1799 Maxi N Midi (I wanted this outfit as a little girl, and it was one of the things I bought almost immediately after I started collecting.)

1971 SunSet Malibu Barbie in Red for Rain and Zig Zag Bag

1971 Live Action PJ in 3429 Cold Snap and 3401 Fringe Benefits

1972 Talking Busy Barbie in 3491 Suede N Fur and 3341 Long N Fringy

1972 Walk Lively Steffie in 3338 Mainly for Rain and 3337 All-American Girl

On the bottom, left to right

1973 Quick Curl Barbie in 8687 8687 Pink N Furry plus a hairpiece from 8640 Hair Originals, clogs from Korea

1973 Quick Curl Kelley in 8682 New Fashion Coat and 8681 Chic and Proper, boots from Korea

1974 Newport Barbie in Sears Red Gown

1974 Yellowstone Kelley in 7840 Simply Elegant Blue Party Dress

1975 Gold Medal Barbie in her original ski outfit

1976 Ballerina Barbie in 9329 Princess Aurora

1977 Ballerina Barbie in 9835 Brocade Shine for TV Time

1977 Sweet 16 in 9742 Six to Mix, Match and Pack

1978 SuperStar Barbie in Best Buy 2560, boots from Korea

1978 TV’s Star Women Cheryl Ladd in 2483 Interview at Home

1979 Hawaiian Barbie in 1010 Disco Dazzle and the wrap from 2595 Fur and Jewels Safe

1979 Recording Star Debby Boone in her original outfit

I never realized how many red winter outfits Barbie has!

I've placed boxes in front of the feet
of Quick Curl Barbie, Malibu Barbie and Yellowstone Kelley
to hid the fact that I don't have shoes for them!

The topiary and the Santa Claus boxes are from the 2000s,
but the Nativity set is from the 1960s.

I've always loved 1970s fake fur coats.