Claudie's Christmas Accessories
Claudie's Christmas Accessories was introduced to Claudie's Collection in 2023. It is paired with Claudie's Winter Coat. Retail cost was $34 and increased to $38 and $40.
Plush
White plush rabbit designed to look like the Velveteen Rabbit. Brown and black embroidered eyes and light pink nose and mouth. White whiskers. Light beige inside ears. Brown spots on back.
Book
Softcover reproduction of The Velveteen Rabbit with a yellow cover and an illustration of the rabbit on the front.
Cookie Tin
Gold square metal cookie tin with matching lid and handle. Printed pattern on lid and sides of orange, light blue, and black floral shapes. Black and teal diamond border.
Cookies
Three beige sandwich cookies with heart cut-outs in the center that show the fruit filling. The filling is purple on one, red on another, and yellow on the last cookie. These are advertised as being from Mr. Wells' bakery, Angelo's Bakery.
Postcard
Paper postcard with "A Merry Christmas" written on the front along with an illustration of deer and a snowy house landscape. Opposite side has a message from Claudie to her grandmother in Georgia. It has a postage date of December 21, 1922.
Yo-yo
Red working plastic yo-yo, also called a quiz in Claudie's time. It has molding on the side to replicate the look of wood.
Pamphlet
Paper pamphlet describing how much Claudie enjoys Christmas in Harlem, along with illustrations to match this. This pamphlet was used for both this set and Claudie's Winter Coat. Claudie wears her holiday coat as she walks through Harlem. It mentions how much Claudie likes to stop and look in the window of Hart and Company, Inc., a five-and-dime department store. She hopes that she will receive the Velveteen Rabbit stuffed animal and book for Christmas. Claudie enjoys getting holiday cookies from her father's bakery and sharing them with the other boarders, and she always saves the smallest cookie for Dizzy Dot. On Christmas Eve, Claudie is excited to get a postcard from her grandmother in Georgia. Her mother gives Claudie and Jody a wooden quiz, also called a yo-yo, that their Cousin Sidney carved for them. Before church, Claudie's family and the other boarders gather together to decorate the tree in the boardinghouse parlor with paper chains, tinsel, and white cotton "snow." Claudie's father lifts her up to put the gold foil star at the top of the tree.
Pamphlet also includes the poem "Winter Sweetness" by Langston Hughes, a Harlem Renaissance writer. The pamphlet mentions that this poem is from his collection of children's poetry titled The Dream Keeper.
Trivia
- Unlike all of the other historical characters who celebrate December holidays, Claudie's books do not include Christmas; the information mentioned in this pamphlet is the closest to a Christmas story that American Girl has released for her.