Editor's Note: After tomorrow's posts, Ypulse will be taking the rest of the week off for the holidays. But look for new posts next week on Monday and Tuesday (then we take the rest of the week off again for New Year's). Happy Holidays!

Meet Chrissa (the newest American Girl doll aims to teach tweens a timely lesson in dealing with bullies. Also Hasbro stirs up some controversy with their latest animatronic baby doll) (Trendhunter) (MediaPost, reg. required)

- Girl Ambition (a new site promotes self-esteem and online safety to tween girls without using dolls or toys)

- More like Fakebook (Inside Facebook calls out guidebook publisher College Prowler for creating fake profiles and groups in an attempt to generate a mailing list. More on the underhanded dealings on SquaredPeg. Plus Wired worries about the hasty passing of the vaguely worded new cyberbullying statute)

- If you advertise, they will log on (Study shows kids between the ages of 6 and 11 will visit websites to learn more about products they see advertised on TV. Also Campbell's Soup partners with Universal Picture's "Desperaux" for online promotion) (MarketingVox)

- Street style goes global (with fashion photoblogs profiling sharp-looking pedestrians from all over the world) (New York Times, reg. required)

- Feelyourboobies.com (Another breast health awareness campaign aimed towards young women)

- Big spending on campus? (BizReport takes a look at a recent report from Alloy Media and Harris Interactive that predicts an increase in how much college students spend. I wonder just how recent this was…Plus PSFK asks if young shoppers can save retail?) (BizReport)

- 50 Youth Marketing Trends in 2009 (part two from MobileYouth's Graham Brown) (MobileYouth)

- Cover coverage (from Ypulse friend Melissa Walker. Check out her review of Living Dead Girl's haunting cover art. Plus YA author Walter Dean Myers on why we should be bailing out children, not bankers over at The Huffington Post) (Melissa Walker: The Blog)

- Reckless teen driving (is taken to creative and dangerous new levels in Maryland) (ZDNet)

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P.P.S. Ypulse has partnered with Ashoka Youth Venture to help promote the Best Buy @15 Challenge voting this month. They have announced the 30 finalists for "Favorite Young Social Entrepreneur," so cast your vote online today! The winning team will get $10K to fund their venture.

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