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Prepare yourself, Barbie. This is going to hurt: You are no longer the top of the Christmas wish-list for little girls.

You have been replaced. She’s also blonde, she’s also blue-eyed, but there’s a big difference.

She freezes stuff. And little girls like that, evidently.

That’s right, Elsa from Frozen has knocked Barbie down a peg.  A survey by the National Retail Federation (the biggest retail-survey-people in the world) has found that one in five parents plan to buy Frozen merchandise for their daughters this Christmas (we mean… Santa will do that… *cough*…).

Only 16.8 percent plan on placing Barbie under the Christmas tree. That’s the first time in 11 years she hasn’t been at the top of the list. You okay, Barbs?

Even a year after it’s release, Frozen is making Disney a whole lot of money. It’s earned more than a billion at the box office, and merchandise sales don’t look to be stopping any time soon.

Unlike Barbie, who has had a 21 percent drop in the third quarter, as reported by her maker Mattel Inc.

It’s okay, Barbie. Let it go. The cold doesn’t bother you anyway.

Queen dolls, Nigeria: Nigeria's Queen dolls were created seven years ago, when toymaker Taofick Okoya was unable to buy a black doll for his niece. He now sells between 6000 and 9000 dolls a month.

Licca-Chan, Japan: Licca-Chan was released way back in 1967, and her Japanese-inspired features (she is shorter than Barbie, with a rounder face) have meant that she has been Japan's top-selling doll ever since.

Susi, Brazil: The creators of Susi designed her so that she was a more Latina-looking Barbie, with a more realistic bust, and broader hips.

Sara (pictured with her husband, Dara), Iran: Sara and Dara came onto the market the year before Fulla. They are bigger dolls, and are dressed exclusively in Iranian national dress.

Pullip, South Korea: Pullip is a doll with some crazy features - you can change her eye colour and wig colour, as well as make her wink and blink through levers in the back of her head.

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