Back to the thing about their differences...
One has to remember that Xenia and Olga were separated in age by about seven years--that's a big difference, and it makes it harder for siblings to become really close. But they were still pretty close. Olga being the youngest, she had a bit more freedom than Xenia had. Since she was the eldest daughter, she had no choice but to do all the Imperial things, and she didn't have as much privacy. But both sisters were very down-to-earth, and more of simple tastes, because their father had instilled it in them from an early age. A quote by Xenia after the revolution: "The Russian Revolution took almost everything from me but the Bolsheviks left me with one privilage--to be a private person." Xenia was very shy, unlike Olga, and she was more reclusive--she, just like Olga, didn't enjoy being in the spotlight...
Xenia was not as 'prim-and-proper' as one might think, either. She was human, after all. During her and Sandro's engagement, they quite pushed the boundaries of 'decency' and 'propriety'--read excerpts from "Nicholas and Alexandra: A Life Long Passion"--it has a couple of notations from Nicholas and from their brother George about Xenia and Sandro during their engagement. Don't be fooled by outward appearances...
I could go on about Xenia, but I don't want to bore anyone or be too talkative...(not that she's boring, because she's definately very interesting to me--but not everyone is quite as interested in her as I am, probably...)
