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Santa īs reindeer
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feyaN
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Santa īs reindeer
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Could you please tell me how many reindeer Santa has. In all movies it is said that 8. If you count them in the song about Rudolf it will be nine. In wikipedia I found 10 names. So, how many?
Thanks in advance))))))))))))))) |
12 Dec 2010
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yanogator
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#7, Donner, is from the song "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer". According to the poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas", his name was Donder. This poem was the first place the names were given to the reindeer.
Bruce |
12 Dec 2010
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blunderbuster
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Ho, ho, ho,
"Donner" makes more sense, though, it means "thunder" in German, "Blitzen" means "lightning" in German.
Regards
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12 Dec 2010
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yanogator
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An earlier version of the poem used the Dutch word "dunder", which was later changed to "donder", bringing it closer to the German. Then the song completed the change.
Bruce |
12 Dec 2010
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edrodmedina
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What happened to Dopey and Doc?? er, umm sorry wrong list. ED |
12 Dec 2010
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MoodyMoody
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The tenth "reindeer" is from a book called Olive the Other Reindeer, which I think is actually about a dog. The author gets Olive from the line in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer": "All of the other reindeer..." which sounds like Olive. |
12 Dec 2010
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libertybelle
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Moody! Too funny! That was a true MISHEARD LYRIC which deserves to be in the Hall of Fame of Mondegreens! (Misheard lyrics)
Olive the other reindeer - all of the other reindeer!!! 
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12 Dec 2010
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