reindeer name

[Melody]

purpledragonclaw wrote:

Thanks, siberakh1! I never knew that! My mom just finished watching “Miracle on 34th Street”, and it was spelled “Donder” in that movie!

AHA! I knew it!

[Melody]

siberakh1 wrote:

You are correct. The original names were Dunder and Blixem! 🙂 Similar to German, they are Dutch for Thunder and Lightning!

This should help clear up the history a little bit.
http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/donner.asp

The original names of the reindeer appear in the poem “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” (aka. “The Night Before Christmas”). It was first published in 1823.

Interesting!WOW! That is interesting!! So “Dunder” is correct too! The things you learn around here!

[Melody]

PaperCut wrote:

I always thought there was one named Nixen 😮

(We also called them Vomit and Stupid …shhh!)

[twindragonsmum]

XD XD XD XD !!!!!

twindragonsmum XD

tdm

[Kristen]

twindragonsmum wrote:

XD XD XD XD !!!!!

twindragonsmum XD

I’m lazy so I’ll just second this! LOL

[Tiffany]

XD XD XD *explodes*

[siberakh1]

The first newspaper it was published in (The Troy Sentinel) is local to me (Troy, NY) 🙂

[Skigod377]

This topic was adorable, educational, and very entertaining. 😆

[Andrea]

This was a fun topic! I totally missed the ask Santa forum!
Well, if it’s not too late… Give Olive a kiss for me. She was always my favorit reindeer!

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