Well, I'm no PugJesus, but I believe this is a reference to the ill fated Donner Party expedition of pioneers attempting to make the east to west journey to California. They became stranded in the Sierra Nevada region during the winter of 1846-47, and ended up resorting to eatting the bodies of the party members who'd perished in order to survive.
"Well, Donner replaced the previous reindeer, Kebab. Sometimes when a reindeer breaks a leg on a janky rooftop, we have to put them down. It's sad, but, you know, Donner is a reminder that we try not to waste anything here at the North Pole. Say....you hungry? Suddenly I'm kind of hungry..."
Y'all know St. Nicholas of Myra lived in Anatolya, right?
Had a reindeer stew once, and it was pretty solid relative to other venison. Venison kebab would need some added fat, but I would 100% get down on some.
"One is named after Mrs. Clause, she was quite a looker back in our day! The other is named after a dear friend of Santa's, we play D&D with the Easter Bunny, St. Patrick, and The Great Pumpkin once a month, you probably know his holiday, 'Valentines Day.'"
Good point, Thor's Day, god of thunder and lightning. But I noticed if I set Translate to Detect Language and type in donder, it translates from Dutch becoming thunder, but if I type in donner it says it's English and doesn't translate it.
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Broadfern@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 264d
I was half expecting this to be a PugJesus post with a historical context comment lmao
notabot@piefed.social · 33 pts · 263d
Well, I'm no PugJesus, but I believe this is a reference to the ill fated Donner Party expedition of pioneers attempting to make the east to west journey to California. They became stranded in the Sierra Nevada region during the winter of 1846-47, and ended up resorting to eatting the bodies of the party members who'd perished in order to survive.
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 262d
Is that why the kebap got it's name
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 263d
@PugJesus@lemmy.world you're loved (and not just by me)
PugJesus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 263d
I'm just happy to be a little useful to the Fediverse! 🙏
sturlabragason@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 262d
Seconded ❤️
hansolo@lemmy.today · 31 pts · 263d
"Well, Donner replaced the previous reindeer, Kebab. Sometimes when a reindeer breaks a leg on a janky rooftop, we have to put them down. It's sad, but, you know, Donner is a reminder that we try not to waste anything here at the North Pole. Say....you hungry? Suddenly I'm kind of hungry..."
Y'all know St. Nicholas of Myra lived in Anatolya, right?
causepix@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 263d
Yo venison kebab would actually slap I couldn't even be mad
hansolo@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 263d
Had a reindeer stew once, and it was pretty solid relative to other venison. Venison kebab would need some added fat, but I would 100% get down on some.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 263d
In case of muscular animals, liver kebab may also taste good.
hansolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 263d
Can confirm. Love a goat liver kebab.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 263d
his older brother Gyro was a dear
Kacarott@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 262d
*deer
Kraiden@piefed.social · 19 pts · 263d
Vixen and Cupid are gonna need some explanation too please Santa
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 263d
You really don't want to know.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 263d
"One is named after Mrs. Clause, she was quite a looker back in our day! The other is named after a dear friend of Santa's, we play D&D with the Easter Bunny, St. Patrick, and The Great Pumpkin once a month, you probably know his holiday, 'Valentines Day.'"
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 263d
This is why we need to spell Donder's name correctly! Donder und Blitzen 🌧️⚡
Dojan@pawb.social · 9 pts · 263d
There’s nothing incorrect about donner. You have it in Donnerstag as well.
Seleni@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 263d
Except it is? In the original poem it was ‘Donder’.
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 5 pts · 263d
Well in German it's Donner and Blitz not donder and blitzen
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 263d
Good point, Thor's Day, god of thunder and lightning. But I noticed if I set Translate to Detect Language and type in donder, it translates from Dutch becoming thunder, but if I type in donner it says it's English and doesn't translate it.
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 263d
Donner is German for "thunder"...
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 263d
Donner is also French for "to give"
I'm sitting corrected, thanks. And I'm also more aware of the limits of "detect language," since it defaulted to English: donner = donner
Dojan@pawb.social · 2 pts · 262d
I can see that. The Swedish equivalent to Thunder/Donder is "dunder." The German word is "Donner."
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 262d
I thought it was Donner kebab
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 262d
That adds an interesting element to the Dinner Party story... Edit: Shit! DONNER PARTY, you stupid autocorrect! Although you're not entirely wrong....
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 264d
And then the reindeer thundered??
Hupf@feddit.org · 3 pts · 263d
They're outnumbered 15 to one
And the battle's begun
logicbomb@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 263d
He obviously chose names so that they would work in that song. A name like Slartibartfast is immediately ruled out.
Furbag@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 263d
What about Vixen, Santa?
...I said, WHAT ABOUT VIXEN, SANTA?! 🗣
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 263d
also anyone got any moose suggestions?