Donder or Donner? If you've ever had doubts about your memory of the reindeer traditionally listed in seventh place, you're not alone. When you list Santa Claus's famous reindeers, do you list the seventh one as Donder or Donner? I heard a friend recite a portion of the classic poem, A Visit From St. Nick the other day.
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. 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.
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. 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. 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.
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.
Donner (or Donder) Santa Claus shows two reindeer a map on his tablet computer in a snowy winter wonderland forest with his other reindeer and sleigh waiting in the background. An 1844 collection of writings by Moore called "Poems" included his tale of Santa Claus, and there, on Page 125, was Donder. The introduction to the book, which Moore wrote, also refers to the reindeer as Donder - not Donner.
"It's been translated into nearly all European languages," said Kitty Pittman, a librarian at the department of libraries.