Santa Reindeer Donner Or Donder

Donner and Blitzen are the German words for thunder and lightning. So Dunder became Donder and Donder became Donner. But if you were part of a generation that knew that seventh reindeer as Donder, then you surely passed that pronunciation down to your kids.

And some of us have been unclear on which name is right ever since. Moore's 1844 version of the poem is the one that became the standard and established 'Donder' and 'Blitzen' as the names of two of Santa' reindeer in the memories of generations of children. It describes Santa's sleigh being pulled by a team of eight reindeer, best known as Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen.

[note 1][2] The popularity of the 1939 story "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", and the 1949 Christmas song of the same name, has resulted in Rudolph often being included among the team. However, Moore's poem underwent changes over the years, and in the 1860s, the names of the last two reindeer were altered to "Donder" and "Blitzen," meaning "thunder" and "lightning" in Standard Dutch. "Donner" didn't start kicking around until the early 20th century, and it's derived from German instead of Dutch.

The names of Santa's eight (or nine) reindeer have been immortalized in song: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen. However, in the original version of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, which was. Reindeer name games: Is it Donder or Donner? Santa's reindeer will need to have embedded chips or ear tags and respond to their names, according to the U.S.

Department of Agriculture. Eight reindeer The 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, commonly known as Twas the Night Before Christmas, by Clement C.

Moore, introduced the concept of eight named reindeer. These original eight reindeer are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder (later known as Donner), and Blitzen. The ninth reindeer In 1939, Robert L.

May added a ninth reindeer, Rudolph, who became known for. In 1823 Clement C. Moore wrote a poem naming Santa's reindeer.

He named one of the reindeer "Donder." In the 1950s Gene Autry made the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" popular but the song incorrectly used Donner. Ever since there has been a public debate about which is correct. This page attempts to address that topic.

(Talking about Santa's reindeer on a computer knowledge. Dear Ernest, I notice you use Donner as one of the main reindeer in Santa's group but isn't it Donder who was one of the original reindeer who pulled Santa's sleigh? Thanks, Rhona Hi Rhona, Good catch. But Donner and Donder are actually one-and-the-same.

While "Donder" is his proper name. Vixen Comet Cupid Donner/Donder/Dunder* Blitzen/Blixem* Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer** *Santa's original 8 reindeer were first introduced in 'A Visit from St. Nicholas', more commonly know as 'The Night Before Christmas' in 1823.

In this original printing the last two reindeer names are Dunder and Blixem, which in Dutch mean 'thunder and.