My, Christopher Robin, you've changed...By Will PaviaThe TimesDecember 09, 2005 Winnie the Pooh's owner just wasn't attractive enough, so Disney
turned him into a 6-year-old girl
POOR Christopher Robin. For 80 years there has been an enchanted
place on the top of the forest where a little boy and his bear would
always be playing.
But though Winnie the Pooh became a hugely successful brand,
Christopher Robin just wouldn't sell.
"There's only one thing to be done," said the executives at Disney,
and replaced him with a six-year-old girl.
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