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To be annoyed that Elsa has usurped Tinkerbell on all Christmas merchandise everywhere?

29 replies

LadyFreja · 09/11/2025 13:29

I love Disney and have always loved Tinkerbell. I have a few collectable china Tinkerbell ornaments I have collected over the years and over the past twenty years I have acquired and sadly broken many Tinkerbell Christmas tree ornaments. Now that I'm a proper adult with my own home and storage space things don't really get broken anymore I've been trying to rebuild a collection but over the past ten years it's been nigh on impossible to find any nice Tinkerbell Christmas merchant, it's all Elsa!

The Disney shop at Christmas used to be a Tinkerbell wonderland now it's all Elsa and no Tink to be seen. There used to be tree toppers, tree ornaments, snow globes, now nothing! They have all these things still just it's Elsa now. I've never watched frozen but the song drives me up the wall and I won't be finding a new love for Elsa any time soon.

Christmas used to be all about Tinkerbell with Disney but now it's all about Elsa. Is anyone else sad that the old characters seem to be forgotten about and it's all cars, marvel, stitch etc. in Disney shops now? The classics never get old in my opinion. Aware this is a minor thing to be annoyed about but I just want Tinks for Christmas and I can't find any anymore!

OP posts:
FitAt50 · 09/11/2025 13:47

I would never equate Tinkerbell with Christmas, and have no idea there was any connection.

PinkGiraffe1 · 09/11/2025 13:49

Are you really a proper adult? I doubt it.

TeenToTwenties · 09/11/2025 13:49

Tinkerbell is a fairy, so works as a 'fairy on a christmas tree'.
Elsa is about ice and snow so works with Christmas time.
Elsa is more modern.

CatamaranViper · 09/11/2025 13:50

FitAt50 · 09/11/2025 13:47

I would never equate Tinkerbell with Christmas, and have no idea there was any connection.

Same... Tink has never been christmassy to me.

Nanny0gg · 09/11/2025 13:50

What's Tinkerbell got to do with Christmas?

She was never a Christmas Fairy

UtterlyOtterly · 09/11/2025 13:52

I think you need better quality problems.

mynameiscalypso · 09/11/2025 13:54

I think Hook made Peter Pan into more of a Christmas thing but I always think Tinkabell isn’t wearing enough to be properly Christmas.

WonderlandWasAllAHoax · 09/11/2025 13:57

I would never associate Tinkerbell with Christmas.

Hobbes8 · 09/11/2025 14:01

If you know anyone going to Disneyland Paris there’s a Christmas decorations shop there. I’ve got a nice ceramic star with an outline of Tinkerbell cut out.

SinnerBoy · 09/11/2025 14:02

They're both fantasy figures, you know!

myglowupera · 09/11/2025 14:16

Elsa / Frozen is so over rated in my opinion. And the second film is so shit.

I think everyone needed a refreshing break from Elsa when Kpop Demon Hunters came along. 😄 Way better songs too.

I prefer Tinkerbell @LadyFreja.

RenaissanceBaby · 09/11/2025 14:20

Tinkerbell was a nasty mean-girl in Peter Pan anyway. This is a complete non-issue but for what it’s worth, I’m Team Elsa.

Allthesnowallthetime · 09/11/2025 14:20

Neither of them have anything to do with Christmas, imho.

Is it something like this that you are looking for?

https://www.disneystore.co.uk/tinker-bell-living-magic-sketchbook-ornament-peter-pan-436019856206.html

WonderlandWasAllAHoax · 09/11/2025 14:23

RenaissanceBaby · 09/11/2025 14:20

Tinkerbell was a nasty mean-girl in Peter Pan anyway. This is a complete non-issue but for what it’s worth, I’m Team Elsa.

Yep, I don't get the obsession with Tink - she was horrible, lol.

OctopusHands · 09/11/2025 14:23

I can’t stand Peter Pan, Disney or not. It’s an awful story. I haven’t seen tinkerbell on anything to do with Christmas. Isn’t she in charge of changing the seasons in a film?

Misla · 09/11/2025 14:33

The difference is that Disney own the IP for Elsa. They do not own the IP for "Tinkerbell", as a character. So of course they push Elsa.

Blueuggboots · 09/11/2025 14:38

You are very lucky if this is the biggest problem in your life!
peter pan is very old. Disney will always go with the most popular characters. I’m surprised it’s not Stitch as everything seems to be stitch related at the moment!!

look on Vinted, eBay etc?

hohummm1 · 09/11/2025 14:40

powershowerforanhour · 09/11/2025 14:31

That's hilarious @powershowerforanhour. I love Daniel Foxx but hadn't seen this.

I've also never associated anything Disney with Christmas, so don't feel the loss, OP. I'm guessing you can find older ones on Ebay or similar if you want some more?

SomethingInTheAirToday · 09/11/2025 14:54

YABU to even care about this as an adult

Notmyreality · 09/11/2025 15:00

Is that you Tink?

Okiedokie123 · 09/11/2025 15:13

ALL Christmas merchandise everywhere?
And yet somehow loads of us dont own anything (Christmas or otherwise) with either Tinkerbell or Elsa.

You obviously mean specifically Disney........ but actually Im thinking that a lot of us havent got any Disney Christmas stuff either?

WheresBillGrundyNow · 09/11/2025 17:19

I agree with you. I’d prefer Tinkerbell, but kids generally prefer Frozen, so what can you do 🤷‍♀️
Things move on.

Baanaanaas · 09/11/2025 17:27

Now that I'm a proper adult with my own home , I don't need cartoon characters on everything I own...