Kim Kardashian Tweets Barbie On Christmas, Continuing Confusing Trend

For a reality star, Kim Kardashian seems to have a precarious handle on real life. Or, just a tendency to tweet after a night of egg nog consumption. Either way, she took her tendency to talk to her "dolls" to a whole new level on Christmas night.

Kardashian sent out a series of tweets on Sunday evening, including two messages to the official Twitter account of Barbie. "Merry Christmas Barbs @BarbieStyle! Long time no see! What did Ken get you for Christmas? Miss you doll!" she wrote to the social media account of a fictitious plastic toy.

When the toy became sentient and responded, Kardashian added, "I'm sure we will be seeing lots of each other!Shopping soon!Xo RT @BarbieStyle: Happy Doll-idays to you too @KimKardashian! See you in 2012?"

@KimKardashian
Kim Kardashian

Merry Christmas Barbs @BarbieStyle! Long time no see! What did Ken get you for Christmas? Miss you doll!

December 26, 2011 2:33 am via web Reply Retweet Favorite

@KimKardashian
Kim Kardashian

I'm sure we will be seeing lots of each other!Shopping soon!Xo RT @BarbieStyle: Happy Doll-idays to you too @KimKardashian! See you in 2012?

December 26, 2011 3:30 am via UberSocial for BlackBerry Reply Retweet Favorite

So, what does this mean? One, it's the continuation of a trend that Kardashian began in 2009, when she played Barbie on the cover of Australia's Kurv Magazine. Perhaps it's hard to blame Kardashian for her confusion of real life and "reality." After all, every weekend she's forced to live tweet an episode of a TV show ("Kourtney and Kim Take New York") that depicts her in a seemingly fraudulent marriage that for the most part no longer exists.

Another theory: on Twitter, real and fictional people intermingle on such a regular basis that, so long as one has an avatar, it doesn't matter whether the words come from a human personality or an abstract entity or property being personified by a marketer. Kardashian sells her clothing and personal appearances on Twitter in the same way she shares her "thoughts," and she's even said that she is her own brand, her own product. In that case, perhaps her communicating with another brand and product isn't all that unnatural.

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Comments

[kiran1207]

11:59 PM on 12/30/2011

Kim died this morning

[marc9wa]

11:59 AM on 12/29/2011

This girl is a lonely person,and afraid of a real commitment. Why else would one do so many childish,and degrading things to get attention and cause embarrassment to the family name . If it wasn't for the money she would probably be a prostitute because of the way she flaunts her body.She will wake up one day wanting a real relationship and have the script fliped on her like she did that young Chris she had. She will die alone with no one to look up to her but family ,and thats only because of who she is to them .

[oral surgeon]

11:50 AM on 12/29/2011

weird, childish and totally in to her own world....but what the heck...she gets lots of unearned attention and people (men) give her what she needs....

[Elementsinspired]

11:42 AM on 12/29/2011

Would it be far fetched to simply believe that she is either pushing for a Kim Kardashian Barbie offer or that she is starting to promote one already in the works?

[Carla Rae H]

01:50 PM on 12/30/2011

That was my thought as well. She's a marketer of herself. Nothing she does is without dollar signs attached, so I suspect you are right. It baffles me the writer did not think of this possibility as it seems so obvious to me.

[electricladyland]

11:35 AM on 12/29/2011

Kim Kardashian is not a real person, she just plays one on TV.

[1success]

11:34 AM on 12/29/2011

KK says "she is her own brand, she is her own product". So in other words, she's a hooker who's sold her soul to the public domain.

[dim]

01:44 PM on 12/29/2011

You make it sound like a bad thing.

[sasha sands]

11:28 AM on 12/29/2011

It is sad to think that so many contributing souls have left this earth in their prime who had great things to offer and many people to help. Then there is KK who isn't worth the space that she inhabits who is so into herself and her money that she is totally unaware that there is a real world out there that is productive, giving and spiritual. It is so difficult to understand why such bozos are permitted to inhabit this earth.

[shlack123]

11:27 AM on 12/29/2011

To the author:

Are your parents proud of your journalistic integrity?

[belgarde1]

11:24 AM on 12/29/2011

what is the next step a porno Barbie? Mattel or whoever makes Barbie better get a grip on this before going much further with "KIM" as their endorsement. What a Barbie with a big A**. or as I first mentioned. Remember Barbies were intended for CHILDREN "NOT" the Kardshitians.

[racerx577]

11:15 AM on 12/29/2011

do me and your readers a favor arianna, stop writing about these very creepy people. Im sick of seeing these people in h.p. ....stop already will ya please. make a commitment to your readers to print nothing about these sleazey people...thank you...

[Monique-Inez]

03:48 PM on 12/30/2011

Agreed!!

[jay ponti]

11:15 AM on 12/29/2011

Whoever wrote this article should seriously contemplate sterilization. What is the matter with you? You are contributing to America remaining anesthetized with this drivel while things are really bad out there. Shame on you. Shame on your boss. Shame on everyone who contributes to this in anyway. Please wake up America and pay attention. Make a firm resolution to boycott this mindless nonsense. These people are bottom-feeders and make zero contribution to society.

[MiddleWestern]

11:01 AM on 12/29/2011

It's called advertising. They paid her to tweet about Barbie so she did. The content doesn't matter, it's just connecting the two items so young girls get interested in Barbies. Quite sad to think that Barbie needed to stoop that low!

[ncrespi]

12:24 PM on 12/29/2011

It's called marketing in a consumer society. Nothing wrong with it ( if it's for something YOU like ).

[collectsrocks]

10:37 AM on 12/29/2011

What a wack job.

[lmb21]

10:18 AM on 12/29/2011

I think it was the Ambien talking.

[Downrivers]

10:05 AM on 12/29/2011

DEAR HuffPo. For 2012 I never want to read, see, hear, or even think the word "Kardashian " again, and I don't think I am alone on this.

[electricladyland]

11:35 AM on 12/29/2011

Kardashian.