When the play was still in rehearsal, the directors came up with the idea of a Secret Santa for the kids. Everyone would bring a gift bag with items costing no more than $7 for their Secret Santa. These would be hung on the front of the apron of the stage. After the final performance there would be a cast party, and the presents would be handed out then. Zorah got a Barbie.
Ugh. I didn't know how to react! I've been wondering whether we should have been keeping them away from her all these years since that has given them an unparalleled mystique, but here she was before us without any decision having been made. Zorah had already received a three-inch Shanghai Barbie from a girl at rehearsals about a month ago when they were Happy Meal toys.
Long story short we let her keep it. And I have been relieved to see that she has not treated it as if it were some lost relic from the Ark of the Covenant as I thought she might. That very night she combed and cut Falada(the doll formerly known as Barbie)'s hair and resewn her sleeves since she didn't like the slit style Falada came with.
Since then Z has cut Falada's sleeves to a more suitable length. The extra material was made into a cape/scarf.
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