Regardless of the amount of times I placed a tenderly dog-eared American Girl catalog near my mother’s sleeping body and the evenings I spent loudly sighing while re-reading Happy Birthday, Samantha, I never had an American Girl doll to call my own. I was forced to fake disinterest when my luckier friends discussed the advantages of Kirsten over Molly and how they wanted to get a real girl-sized replica of Samantha’s Afternoon Tea Dress.
So I’ll admit my reaction to the news that American Girl had retired the original historical characters Samantha, Kirsten, and Felicity was abnormally visceral, especially for someone in their twenties. And reading about the new generation of American Girl dolls has only made it worse. The pioneers are gone, Molly has a British best friend, and the website won’t stop hustling me over to the page of some crunchy-looking doll named Saige. Saige! This isn’t what I remembered from my sad, deprived childhood! To reminisce about the American Girls’ past, click through the gallery below. Abandon the present, all ye who enter here.
This is so bittersweet! I miss those books. Kirsten’s crown was THE BOMB! I made my family celebrate St. Lucia’s Day with me that year. Emily’s doll is kinda lame, but Nellie has one too and it’s AWESOME. Le sigh. Back to reality.
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I thought I was the only one! I loved that catalog. It made my day when it came. I really, really wanted a samantha and a molly when I was a kid…I remember thinking that when I first got paid, I would buy them, but that didn’t really happen.
Colette McIntyre
You are certainly not the only one! The catalog was the closest I ever got to those dolls (DAMN YOU MOTHER!) and so I would wait for its delivery with baited breath.
I remember trying to save up all my tooth fairy coinage for an American Girl doll…eventually I realized that such a feat would take longer than it’s taking me to pay off my college loans now.
Colette McIntyre
UGH, I’m jealous that you got your family to celebrate St. Lucia’s Day! I could never even get my family to celebrate Thanksgiving in the way that I, taught by the Camden family of 7th Heaven, deemed appropriate. What does celebrating St. Lucia’s even consist of? Does everyone get to wear a candle crown?
Regardless of the amount of times I placed a tenderly dog-eared American Girl catalog near my mother’s sleeping body and the evenings I spent loudly sighing while re-reading Happy Birthday, Samantha, I never had an American Girl doll to call my own. I was forced to fake disinterest when my luckier friends discussed the advantages of Kirsten over Molly and how they wanted to get a real girl-sized replica of Samantha’s Afternoon Tea Dress. 
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