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Post by haffyfan on Dec 17, 2013 20:02:06 GMT 1
Not a quiz so much as a quest to find as many 'christmas' theme named horses/ponies in books (and where they appear)
I'll start off with a really obvious one
* Christmas - Gregory's pony In Prince Among Ponies
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Post by Claire on Dec 17, 2013 20:07:59 GMT 1
Thanks for doing these quizzes haffy. They're great! Snowman - either the real one from Rutherford Montgomery's book or the fictional one in A Pony in Distress
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 20:59:41 GMT 1
Great idea!
Would The Snow Pony by Alison Lester count? I haven't read it.
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Post by kunuma on Dec 17, 2013 21:49:28 GMT 1
Frost Fern alias Airfrost. Since I can't remember the book's name I'll try and get the other point by going also for Frosty in Plenty of Ponies!
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Post by susanb on Dec 17, 2013 22:07:04 GMT 1
I'm pretty sure Air Frost is from Gaze at the Moon by Joanna Cannan...they grey mare the heroine has been saving for!
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Post by susanb on Dec 17, 2013 22:17:42 GMT 1
On the subject of frost, there is Frosty, from Pamela and the Blue Mare and The Blue Mare at the Olympic Trials by Alice O'Connell
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Post by darkhorse on Dec 17, 2013 22:18:49 GMT 1
Jingle from Riding with the Lyntons.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2013 7:56:30 GMT 1
Again I haven't read this but what about Chloe and Cracker by Kelly Mckain?
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Post by haffyfan on Dec 18, 2013 11:21:14 GMT 1
Balthazar - From Caroline Akrill's Ticket to Ride
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Post by rallycairn on Dec 18, 2013 16:06:05 GMT 1
And another Frosty from One Frosty Christmas by Laura Hesse.
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Post by kunuma on Dec 19, 2013 13:45:09 GMT 1
Mistletoe in the Pat and David books - and wasn't there a Berry in the later Pony Club books by the PTs?
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Post by haffyfan on Dec 19, 2013 14:49:37 GMT 1
I was thinking there was a misletoe in a CPT book just didn't know which one so had left it.
Holly (the Education of a Pony by Julia Wynmalen)
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Post by rallycairn on Dec 19, 2013 18:18:17 GMT 1
Show name Silver Bells, barn name Possum, is a grey horse in the horsey movie "Something to Talk About."
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Post by haffyfan on Dec 20, 2013 12:16:53 GMT 1
Star - Star of Shadowbrook Farm by Joanna campbell, having sat ion my shelves for quite a while now unread i assume the horse's name must be Star!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2013 12:37:48 GMT 1
Robin – Jody Blankenheimer’s horse in The Horses of Follyfoot by Monica Dickens
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Post by rallycairn on Dec 20, 2013 13:57:53 GMT 1
Oh,, I am puzzled by Robin. how is that Christmasy? lookin forward to learning an unfamiliar Brit tradition!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2013 14:36:49 GMT 1
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Post by susanb on Dec 20, 2013 18:53:58 GMT 1
(snigger)...I can never think about robins on Christmas cards now without remembering the Hogfather (well, more accurately DEATH as the Hogfather )
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Post by rallycairn on Dec 20, 2013 19:04:49 GMT 1
Thanks for the links. I haven't ever seen a robin on a card or decoration, but I see lots of cardinals (a dark-red American bird, also called a redbird) and chickadees! American robins do look a good bit different from the European ones I just saw when I googled Christmas robin. Here's our version: beachwatchers.wsu.edu/island/essays/Essay-AmericanRobin.htmThey are often frowsy looking, not really neat/pretty birds despite the red breast. But they do tend to be associated with the coming of spring, so that's nice.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2013 20:01:45 GMT 1
Just googled both those birds. Wow the cardinal bird is very striking! And the Chickadee is very like the Coal tit we have over here. Thanks for the link to the American Robin which in shape is a bit like our Blackbird. Embarrassingly I had no idea who Hogfather is so did another google. What would we do without googling
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Post by rallycairn on Dec 20, 2013 23:38:13 GMT 1
Don't feel bad, rosie -- I've seen the Hogfather movie with the charismatic Michelle Dockery, but I haven't read any of the Discworld books!
Yes, our cardinals are pretty birds, and the "state bird" of many states, including my own, Virginia. They are so common you get used to seeing them, but against snow they are truly stunning.
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Post by Claire on Dec 21, 2013 11:07:15 GMT 1
Well I never realised that robins were not associated with Christmas in the USA! This forum is a wealth of information and not just horse related!
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Post by kunuma on Dec 21, 2013 12:51:19 GMT 1
Well I never realised that robins were not associated with Christmas in the USA! This forum is a wealth of information and not just horse related! Sooo, what does a typical American and a typical Christmas card have on it then?? Ours would be a snowscene,from the olden days, with a coach and horses and a robin. Or a snowman in a snowscene, with a robin! Don't tell me it's possible to have a snowscene without a robin! lol On the horse name front, Prancer from the SC books!
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Post by haffyfan on Dec 21, 2013 18:23:34 GMT 1
Well I never realised that robins were not associated with Christmas in the USA! This forum is a wealth of information and not just horse related! me neither, can't say i've ever questioned it but i never knew why robin's were christmassy, if i'm honest, you just accept that they are as you see them on everything!
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Post by haffyfan on Dec 21, 2013 18:24:26 GMT 1
On the subject of robin, wasn't their a cock robin in Silver snaffles?
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Post by kunuma on Dec 23, 2013 19:19:33 GMT 1
Snow Cloud stallion Sherry and Martini in Pony For Sale DPT lol
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Post by Claire on Dec 23, 2013 22:06:31 GMT 1
Brandysnap from Friends Must Part. Also if we are going into more alcohol related names - Whisky from The Horse Sale. Now we just need to find a horse named Mince Pie lol.
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Post by rallycairn on Dec 24, 2013 6:50:03 GMT 1
Kunuma -- our cards have lots of winter scenes, lots of Currier & Ives type nostalgia scenes, including Victorian-type town scenes decked out for Christmas. Wildlife would include birds like chickadees and cardinals, as I said, or deer, or woodland scenes or other snowy landscapes. Lots of evergreens, holly, mistletoe, wreaths, bells with holly sprigs/ribbon, etc. Lots of Nativity scenes, Madonna and child, angels. Snowy churches decked for Christmas. Santa Claus and reindeer. Special interest cards for sure, like horse cards from hoofprints.com or dog cards with your breed of interest, though likely both of those types would have to be ordered, not readily available in stores.
I drink sherry year round so don't really think of it as Christmas-y. Agree we need a mince pie or maybe a wassail, haha.
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Post by Claire on Dec 26, 2013 11:32:46 GMT 1
Moving away from the food and drink theme, Snowball from Snowball the Pony by Enid Blyton
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