Holly and Poppy O'Hair are Ever After High characters meant to be the twin daughters of Rapunzel. Rapunzel is one of my all-time favorite fairy tale princesses (second only to Cinderella...) so that made this set desirable no matter what, but the extra-wonderful thing about these twins is that they have red hair. One of the girls, Holly, follows in her mother's footsteps and has really long red hair.
What I think is interesting here is that the original Rapunzel story ends with the prince climbing the tower only to find that Rapunzel is gone. He doesn't reunite with Rapunzel until years later, when he finds her in the forest--wandering around with her twins. These twins are a boy and a girl, but I like how the twin Ever After High dolls give a subtle nod to the Grimm brothers' tale.
Right now, the Holly and Poppy set is hard to find (*update: in stock at Target.com!). I was fortunate enough to get one from Amazon before the regular stock sold out. I paid $34.99, but the secondary vendors have marked them up to $70. I'm sure they will come back in stock, as there haven't really been any consistently rare Ever After High dolls so far.
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| Ever After High's Holly O'Hair and Poppy O'Hair, $34.99. |
